This week i had to learn a few new things, first was Cricket. I’m not known as a very sporty person, and I don’t think I have ever played a game of cricket in my life, let alone know how to score one. I found a couple of great websites that explained the basics of the game to me; Rules of Cricket, ABC’s of Cricket and Cricinfo’s Glossary of Cricket Terms. I also researched the new HTML 5.0 specifications on the W3C website, since this is the platform I will be coding in. Armed with the new knowledge of my platform and subject, I created a 500 word document on proposed methods of data entry into the project’s web app. I had to put myself into the shoes of a prospective user of the site, and start from the start on how I would setup and enter data into a game match. I had alot of fun working out what fields would have to be sorted, but ran into a bit of trouble when thinking of how input from 2 sources will be verified – especially if the results are flat out disputed between the 2 parties, and not just an error on one teams behalf. I also had to think of scenarios that could interrupt a planned game, changing players mid game, and how things like being in a remote location with no internet would affect the users. With my limited knowledge of cricket, this turned out to be rather challenging, and when taken back to the team, I’m sure many new scenarios will be introduced and solutions figured out. I worked on a location based data entry system to help users input information about location based events during the game, by using a stylised interactive overhead view of a cricket pitch, with contextual menus, and view filters. I am excited to see how well this functions on touch screen devices, like the iPod and iPhone. I also did some sketches to work out how the pages and widgets will be represented visually, turns out I’m not a drawing person, either!
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