Network Bridge Richard Bowman Elitza Maneva Leah Fox

Project Overview:  Play Bridge across a network  Similar to yahoo or msn Bridge games  Encompasses rating system  Chat feature

Design Overview:  Smart server, dumb client  Send message in human readable form  Use ACE Socket library for network stuff  MySQL database of players  GUI in GTK--

Revisions:  Stuck to design with communications and server  Completely revamped the UI to use a different platform  Added some message classes / redesigned some to be less bulky  Added a few objects

Major Mistakes:  Lack of communication  Specifications not specific enough  Procrastinated too much

What We Learned:  Mostly we just re-learned what we already knew (but we re-learned it better)  Be as specific as possible in design phase  It’s important to stick to a detailed schedule  The default should be to have meetings rather than not have meetings  Some programming stuff too…

Current Status  Client and server written  Messages written and tested independently  Some integration done

What we need to do:  Database  Scoring  Debug Server  Network Integration