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---+ Ducky 511 Project
   * google "a better web api" or http://lisp.tech.coop/Web%2FContinuation
   * "developing interactive web programs"
   * [[http://www.federated.com/~jim/schintro-v14/schintro_toc.html][scheme intro]]

---++ Implement to-do list with PLT web-server
   * [[http://docs.plt-scheme.org/web-server/][documentation]]
   * [[http://www.kimbly.com/blog/000215.html][directions on how to set up the server]]
   * [[http://calculist.blogspot.com/2005/10/post-redirect-get-with-plt-web-server.html][reification of post to get]] and [[http://schemecookbook.org/Cookbook/WebPostRedirectGet][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: <strike>run web server, try examples, serve (at least) one static Web page, install servlet.ss teachpack</strike>
   * 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:
   * [[ftp://ftp.gmd.de/GMD/cscw/ECSCW93.ps.gz+task+manager][Sharing To-Do Lists with a Distributed Task Manager]] 1993
   * [[http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/985692.985785][Bellotti et al]] 2004


Continuations:
   * [[http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/dquan/uist2003-uicont.pdf][Quan UIST paper]]

Competition:
   * http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fastcgi-whitepaper/fastcgi.htm FastCGI
Topic revision: r8 - 2006-03-30 - DuckySherwood
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