18. MyISERN-1.1

For this assignment we (myself and Laura) continued where we left off of and added new functionality to the system.

The source code can be found at http://myisern-1-silver.googlecode.com/files/myisern-xml-1.1.1015.zip

What was difficult about this assignment?

I think the main issue was dividing up the work in the beginning - there were two 'features' to implement, and it is still unknown to this date whether or not they were both equal in terms of the amount of work. (We split the two between the two of us). It seemed to turn out fine, though.

The other issue came with EMMA coverage - it was mentioned in class that coverage is quite possibly a misleading metric that many companies go by; however, I also had a guilty voice that went off every time I didn't see a 100%. Unfortunately, I did use an enumerated type in my code, and since I don't use all the features of an enumerated type, it won't reach 100% coverage.


What problems were encountered in organizing the group and carrying out the work?

The biggest challenge was the comment that Dr. Johnson made in class about meeting in person. Meeting in person proved to be very difficult; however, this seemed to be made up by communicating online frequently. (True, you don't get to see neat tricks from each other if you do this)

Other than this, it went pretty smoothly. Frequent communication encouraged working on the code before the due date.

Were all of the assigned tasks completed? If not, why not?

Yes.

What will you do differently during the next Milestone to improve the process and the product of your efforts?

It would be good if we could meet in-person more often, although this is difficult due to scheduling issues. Aside from this, things went pretty smoothly, at least in my opinion.