Honours Project: - Napier University

Gregory Huet
Honours Project
99034735 Dr. William Buchanan
5. Implementation
The implementation passes through an investigation of needs for the development. As soon as
the requirement specifications define, the implementation can start.
5.1 Definition of needs before implementation
In this section, it is relevant to speak about the technologies which will be implemented
during the development. As it has been describe in the financial approach, the economical
aspect is very important to succeed in the implementation of a project, that’s why it is
recommended to minimise the effort required to create the assets, avoiding unnecessary
repetition to save time and money. The use of techniques as the CSS is relevant to that idea
because it allows an easy update of the all site.
5.1.1 User interface
The recent studies on users’ configuration show that around 90% of the users are using at
least a version 4 or later of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape. Moreover, the screen
resolution tends to have a standard of 800×600 pixels, and more and more of 1024×768
pixels, for the same percentage of users. These specifications will be very useful to reach the
maximum of users.
5.1.2 Software
Software involved in the implementation of the prototype are:
• Adobe PhotoShop 6® : used for creating, editing and manipulating graphic elements.
• Macromedia Fireworks 4® : used specifically for converting graphic elements to the
web.
• Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4® : used for creating, editing and
manipulating web pages and dynamically database elements:
•Data Bindings Inspector: Quickly add server expressions or information from
databases to your pages. Bind any object's attributes to server expressions without
knowing the exact syntax.
•Multi-Server Design Environment: Build ASP, JSP and CFML sites in one
environment—there's no need to master a new program each time you use a
different server technology.
•Remote Database Connectivity : UltraDev lets you connect directly to a database
through your Web application server, instead of defining connections on your
development machine and server.
•Master Detail, Database Editing, Recordset Navigation, and Recordset Status
Live Objects: Build typical Web application layouts more quickly. UltraDev
includes a set of predefined objects that generate basic layouts and server-side
scripts for common actions. These actions including database inserts, database
updates, master/detail relationships, Recordset statistics and Recordset navigation
bars.
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