Homework project presentation for the CS519 "Software Evolution for Mobility" class presented on Oct 14th 2013. Presentation time: 5 min

1. EASYTASK
TOUCHDEVELOP
APPLICATION
Presentation type: homework project presentation
Class: CS 519 – Software Evolution for Mobility
Presenter: Sergii Shmarkatiuk
Date: 10/14/2013

2. INITIAL IDEA
Simple task management with
TouchDevelop application
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3. INITIAL IDEA
Initial requirements:
 Tasks/subtasks
 Tasks creation and completion
 Subtasks creation and completion
 Tree structure of the tasks
 Implementation of predefined UI idea
 Tasks drag & drop
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4. INITIAL IDEA
Initial requirements:
 Tasks/subtasks
 Tasks creation and completion
 Subtasks creation and completion
 Tree structure of the tasks
 Implementation of predefined UI idea
 Tasks drag & drop
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5. IMPLEMENTATION
https://tdev.ly/dnot
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6. IMPLEMENTATION
4 Boxes
3 Tables
3 Buttons
1 Page
Global
string
variable
Tap wall
text event
8 custom
functions
Text
prompts
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7. TOUCHDEVELOP: PLEASANT
EXPERIENCE
 It
is very pleasant to use TouchDevelop
on touch device
 Simple and clean syntax
 Good autocompletion
 Good sharing features
 Good input from touchscreen keyboard
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8. 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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9. TOUCHDEVELOP: SURPRISING
EXPERIENCE
Getters
and setters
Drag & drop
Touch events are confusing, no
long tap
Wall positioning and boxing
concept
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