Ducky 511 Project

• google "a better web api" or http://lisp.tech.coop/Web%2FContinuation
• "developing interactive web programs"
• scheme intro up thru http://www.federated.com/~jim/schintro-v14/schintro_129.html

Implement to-do list with PLT web-server

• documentation
• directions on how to set up the server
• reification of post to get and in Scheme Cookbook

Features:

• authentication
• save preferences
• save to-do items
• save what page you were on last
• hide-until/defer + show all
• expose/hide tree (done on server side)
• (search)

To-do Schema:

• owner
• last modify date?
• completion date?
• % completed?
• body
• defer until (now, indefinitely, date in future)
• parent items
• children items
• expanded/collapsed? -- how save that?

Owner preferences:

• top-down or bottom-up

Validation:

• compare with past experience of CGI
• deliverables: report on differences and code

Schedule:

• 20 Feb: run web server, try examples, serve (at least) one static Web page, install servlet.ss teachpack
• 26 Feb: design schema for to-do items; create simple servelet that allows simple authentication, editing/displaying one text item which is saved, and logging out
• 5 Mar: design CLI for entering items; display hierarchical items; expand and collapse
• 12 Mar: implement defer functionality
• 19 Mar: deal with unforeseen schedule slippage
• 26 Mar: beautifiation and documentation
• 3-5 Apr: Project presentation

Literature:

• Sharing To-Do Lists with a Distributed Task Manager 1993
• Bellotti et al 2004

Continuations:

• Quan UIST paper

Competition:

• http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fastcgi-whitepaper/fastcgi.htm FastCGI