Transcript Architecture Overview

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Noah Hilt (Team Leader, Communicator)
Josh Chapman (Facilitator)
Steve Koechle (Recorder, Communicator)
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The International Small Group and Tree
Planting program (TIST)
◦ Helps subsistence farmers
 Reverse deforestation
 Provide a renewable fuel source
◦ Development goal
 Empower and equip subsistence farmers to:
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Restore their natural environment
Increase soil fertility
Create jobs
Strengthen the local community
Move from famine to surplus
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Current Project Review Site
◦ No searching or filtering of results
◦ All data is public
◦ No per user information
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PDAs Used For Data Collection
◦ Form editing program used to upload data
◦ No administration tool for content to be
downloaded
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Download Manager
◦ Not a download manager for web portal
◦ Admin tool for selecting PDA downloads
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Loosened Software Requirements
◦ Could upgrade database if necessary
◦ Allowed for non-PHP implementations
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Built Using Yii Framework
◦ PHP framework
◦ Object Oriented
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Model View Controller (MVC)
◦ Enforced by Yii framework
◦ Familiar paradigm
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Iterative Process
◦ Easy to implement proof of concept
◦ Easy to extend existing implementation
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AuthManager allows for Role Based Access
Control (RBAC)
Roles are defined
Users are assigned roles
Controller actions are restricted by defined
roles
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Gets language preference from browser
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If can’t translate use app language
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Translations stored in the database
◦ SourceMessage Table (Application Language)
◦ Message Table (Available Translations)
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Look and feel defined by a site-wide CSS
file
Single entry point to the web portal which
defines the main layout of the portal
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Encapsulates database access
Method for each query
Methods return single data items or SQL
arrays
SQL arrays have columns renamed for
usability
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What you will see
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Authentication
User Management
Searching / Filtering Projects
Project View
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Server
◦ Failed to receive a functional machine from NAU
 Problem with setting up VMs
 Disk Space
 Installation Problems
 Hardware server constantly crashed
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Learning Curve
◦ Database Design
◦ Yii Framework
Design
Design Specification Draft
Design Specification Final
Implementation
GUI Interface
Database Interface
Translation
Administration/Authentication
Data Selection/Download
Advanced Information
Help/Instructions
User Testing
Start Date
Completed
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Implemented solution with the Yii framework
in a MVC paradigm
Product is in Beta phase
◦ Ready for user testing
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Project on schedule