Thelma Project Plan

Thelma Project Plan

The current project plan is very ad-hoc...

Overall Attack Plan

  • Write a generic XMLHTTP abstraction for sending and receiving data. See transport...
  • One way chat
  • One way video
  • Two way chat
  • ...

Current and Future Activities

  • Learn JavaScript (big one)
    • Investigate what privileged code in JavaScript means.
      • Can you make access to other sites?
      • Can you do local file access?
    • What communications possibilities exists in JavaScript?
      • Can you communicate using other means than HTTP? UDP? TCP?
    • Investigate framework further...
      • Prototype, Yahoo UIL seems to be the two most promising right now.
  • Create a web page with links to various tests created in conjunction with Thelma.
  • How should data be transferred for the various media components to the running client?
    • Chat: Should we e.g. use XML with push or something else?
  • Should a JavaScript framework be used?
    • Will e.g. the usage of Prototype impede on future usage?
    • If, yes which framework should be used.
  • Update the technology discussions so all items at least has some initial text.
  • How should JavaScript code be packaged?
    • It seems like JavaScript files cannot include additional so all have to be included from the main HTML file which opens for ugliness....
    • Can the download be optimized via gzip of the script-files?
      • How general is that?
  • Switch the diary over to a real blog that people can RSS.

Done Activities

  • 2006-02-26 Setup initial project web site
  • 2006-02-22 Order relevant books from Amazon.
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