UTP WEB DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT

This report describes about the implementation of UTP Web Desktop Environment using Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) as main programming languages. The UTP Web Desktop Environment is an online 'desktop' workspace for student where it contains multiple applications that can be accessed simultaneously within a single web browser. The system may promote a new way of experiencing web applications where students are given a bunch of ways to manipulate the system. The objective of the development of the system is to provide a web-based desktop environment that allows user to interact with the desktop workspace as same as user's computer operating system's desktop. Due to some limitation of conventional web applications where most of the content of it is static and dull, it is also the aim of this research to explore the feasibility of using AJAX as the main programming language since it make applications more responsive, interactive, and customizable. To carry out this study, some researches have been made by comparing the requirement of this system with a similar system, WebOS which leads to the objectives of this application. Based on the flow of RAD, the prototypes are developed along with the new ideas of designing it specifically for student's interest. Some researches have also been made about RSS and AJAX's components, requirements, and implementation to distinguish the advantages of using them rather than using other programming languages. The application is driven by EyeOS MicroServer which responsible for managing web server and AJAX compiler. By implementing this project for UTP student, the author can conclude that it will provides students with a cutting edge systems that never been applied before where students may find it very helpful and interesting to organize their live and work

Combining Web 2.0 and Web Services in Collaborative Working Environments

Collaborative applications offer significant benefits in business sector. Usually, team members need to use several systems to carry out their tasks. What these users need is an environment which permits them to carry out these tasks automatically, considering the flow of information between the different systems and offering interoperability and composition features. Nowadays, Web Services have gained their prominence in providing these both features. On the other hand, the use of Web 2.0 allows to create web applications in which the user constitutes a key element. What we propose in this paper is the combination of both approaches for creating a Collaborative Working Environment (CWE)

INTRODUCTION TO ZEND FRAMEWORK

A software framework provides the skeleton of an application that can be customized by an application developer. Like software libraries, software frameworks aid the software developer by containing source code that solves problems for a given domain and provides a simple API. However, while a code library acts like a servant to other programs, software frameworks reverse the master/servant relationship. This reversal, called inversion of control, expresses the essence of software frameworks. A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities used in Web development. For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code reuse.Zend Framework

Development of a lightweight library catalogue

Development of a lightweight library catalogu

Technology and special educational needs: let's play “Doing Good Deeds!”

“Doing Good Deeds!” is a game directed to children with special needs, in pre and elementary school age that aims to promote the development of social skills in diferente contexts. Structurally, this game has available a set of Avatars that players can choose to represent them. To adapt the game to each child, an administration module was developed, corresponding to the back office of the game, which allows the educator to create or change contexts, difficulty levels and sequences. This module includes also the visualization of the user performance, in particular the duration of each game, the number of attempts with and without success, allowing the educator to analyze the progress of each player.The authors would like to express their acknowledgments to COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013 for the support. The authors are also grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology (FCT) through the financial support, Pest-OE/CED/UI1661/2014 projects, FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Program – COMPETE.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio