EASYTASKTOUCHDEVELOP

APPLICATIONPresentation type: homework project presentation

Class: CS 519 – Software Evolution for MobilityPresenter: Sergii Shmarkatiuk

Date: 10/14/2013

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INITIAL IDEA

Simple task management with TouchDevelop application

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INITIAL IDEA

Initial requirements:Tasks/subtasksTasks creation and completionSubtasks creation and completionTree structure of the tasksImplementation of predefined UI

ideaTasks drag & drop

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INITIAL IDEA

Initial requirements:Tasks/subtasksTasks creation and completionSubtasks creation and completionTree structure of the tasksImplementation of predefined UI

ideaTasks drag & drop

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IMPLEMENTATION

https://tdev.ly/dnot

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IMPLEMENTATION

4 Boxes 3 Tables 3 Buttons

1 PageGlobal string

variable

Tap wall text event

8 custom functions

Text prompts

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TOUCHDEVELOP: PLEASANT EXPERIENCE

It is very pleasant to use TouchDevelop on touch device

Simple and clean syntaxGood autocompletionGood sharing featuresGood input from touchscreen

keyboard

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TOUCHDEVELOP: UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE

Unpleasant to use TouchDevelop on the laptop

Confusing types (tables, maps) with a lack of standard API methods (find, remove, …)

Confusing runtime errors (unknown type) Necessity to initialize collections Not enough documentation No possibility to rename global records Cannot redefine lower bound for the for

loop

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TOUCHDEVELOP: SURPRISING EXPERIENCE

Getters and settersDrag & dropTouch events are confusing, no long tap

Wall positioning and boxing concept