So we are starting our capstone projects next week. We had the option to submit a proposal and I considered an idea but never fleshed it out. Our bootcamp worked toward and guided us in creating web applications. The projects we completed thus far were:
1. A simple shopping cart app
2. An app where the user could choose a national park and the 5 day weather forecast was displayed along with suggestions based on the weather. All data was read from and written to files.
3. An app where a user could reserve a campsite at a particular national park. All parks had multiple campgrounds, which had multiple campsites with various features. All data was stored and read from a database.
I considered submitting a proposal for a fantasy football type web application. In the past I have done projections for all relevant NFL players and there has been decent feedback from the forum. I figured I would give the user options for entering a scoring system and displaying my projections based on that. They could also filter by position or team or whatever to see only the players they desire. Or the user could submit their own projections via something?(excel?) which would be inserted into the database. Then they could choose to display their own projections, my projections, or some sort of average. Also the user could change the projections on their own within the app. In this way they could only change a few players if desired, or many.
It seems that in our bootcamp we have mostly worked with simply manipulating data. Reading the data and displaying the data. Fantasy football can have a ton of data so it may have been worthwhile. Or it may have been a bit too simple.
So regardless, I never put in the effort to propose and instead I am stuck with the options from the instructor. There are 6 different projects but here is the one I hope to work on. (We had to submit choices.) (I could post the other ones if ppl are interested.)
Project 5: Plot Planning and Planting
Quote:
Description:
The application helps users plan for, and purchase all needed materials
to plant trees, shrubs, and perennials. The user enters the dimensions of
the area they wish to plant, and the general amount of sunlight it
receives. The application then returns a list of trees, shrubs, and
perennials to the user, who then makes their selection. Finally the
application produces a shopping list of bags of soil and mulch needed,
plus the selected plants which the user can then head to the store with.
Users:
Anonymous Users
System Administrator
Use Cases :
User start the application by entering in the length and width of the area
they wish to plant, and the amount of general amount of sunlight it
receives. The application returns the number of bags of soil and mulch
needed to cover the area based upon the dimension, a list of
recommended trees, shrubs, and perennials appropriate for the amount
of sunlight the user specified. Note, each recommended plant includes its
spread and height.
User can drag any of the recommended plants from the lists and drop
onto a visual representation of the plot, The spread of each individual
plant dropped will be reflected on the plot.
User can drag any plant far enough from the plot to deselect it.
Deselected plants will change colors to reflect they have been
deselected.
User can also outright delete plants from the plot rather than deselecting
them.
User can drag and drop plants around the plot to rearrange.
When ready, the user requests a shopping list of the soil, mulch, and
plants.
System administrator maintains database of plants, which includes
tracking the ready availability and appropriateness of individual species
of plants
I am hoping for this one as it seemed like the most challenging. The drag and drop feature will require some Javascript understanding that is currently far beyond me. Then there is the shopping cart aspect.
So I guess I am just wondering if people think this is a worthwhile endeavor and would look impressive (at least a little bit) in a portfolio.
