1. COMP410 2005 Project Status Overview April 1st, 2005

2. What is COMP410? Large group projects Real-world tools Demanding “clients”

3. Pedagogic Value Pure discovery learning State-of-the-art object oriented design and programming Project management Communications New technologies

4. Modern Development Tools Visual Studio.NET Source control such as Vault and Subversion FlyWheel UML diagram tool

5. Sharepoint Centralized communication hub Document repository User management Task lists

6. Sky.NET

7. Goals Well-developed Rules System (like in Terrarium) Service-oriented Architecture for View devices Dynamic Object Creation Dynamic Network Persistence Platform independent

8. Technology Overview View Network Model DirectXTablet SDK Dynamic Class Loading PastrySQL VoltronXML

9. Voltron Building off of the past Distributed, persistent file system –User Information –Game Objects Pastry –TCP/IP Communication Library

10. Service-Oriented Architecture Flexible Device System Technology independence Customizability

11. DirectX and Tablet PC High-Performance, Interactive User Interface Exploit Technology Capabilities New Forms of Interaction

12. Media Packages XML packages Images, Meshes, Renderers ”Skinnability”

13. SQL Data Server

14. Distributive Network Network Persistence Fault Tolerance Redundancy Scalability Server/Client Model

15. Current Status Well-thought-out design and APIs We are presently in the middle of merging components of Sky.NET –Network proof-of-concept code –Server Model –SOA :View

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