1. An Electronic Borrowing System Using REST
Shaun Vos

2. Project Objectives
Specify requirements of the application and document these appropriately.
Research and analyse methods that can meet the requirements and document these appropriately.
Produce design documentation to aid in the implementation.
Implement the application and document problems that occurred.
Test the application for errors; documenting the results and subsequent actions that were taken.
Complete final report.

3. [Incremental Approach]
Project Overview
Requirements
Design
[Incremental Approach]
Testing
Implementation
Report
Findings
Project Management

4. Technical Description
System Overview
Submit data / request page
Server
HTTP REST Query
Web App
HTML
XML
Result Set Returned
SQL
Database

5. Technical Description
Additional technical areas explored:
Encryption for added security.
Regular Expressions for data validation.
Parsing of XML Files.
SQL queries.

6. Outcomes of the Project
A documented and fully functional software solution.
Met original aims and objectives.
Knowledge and experience gained from unfamiliar platforms.
Improved existing technical skills.
Invaluable project management experience.

7. Management of the Project
The time planned for the implementation was over ambitious.
Further research before implementation would have been useful.
The project management techniques deployed allowed adequate control.

8. Conclusion & Evaluation
Positive outcomes (as discussed) from the project overall.
Huge scope of application determined it’s constraints.
Potential to have good use if further developed.
The project allowed a range of skills to be developed using well applied CS.
Ideal for teaching the principles of Web 2.0

9. The Demonstration Primary (WWW Server 1) Secondary (WWW Server 2)
Tertiary (Labs)