Notes for Team 9-11
(From September 25 meeting with Prof. Keshav)
Remarks
-
This is the wide-open project. You should come up with an application
that does "one thing" that involves the internet and telephone network.
-
You should worry about cutting your losses if the other teams don't get
all their stuff working. For example, come up with a way to "fake it"
e.g. by reading voice samples from a data file.
-
The idea of null implementations is to allow applications to start working
right from the beginning.
-
The main thing that is interesting for this group is the chance to think
up something really new and neat. It is a chance to come up with a
design and a specification. But don't waste you time on building GUIs.
Questions
-
How big should our project be?
About the same as the whiteboard with a conference call.
-
What can we assume from other teams?
Directory service, gateway, etc. But don't plan to build on top of
another application.
-
How do we test our application?
Once you have gotten null interfaces from other teams, you can begin to
test your application.