Preliminary Interface

Quarter III: Displaying data in a preliminary interface. The third round of work on the interface was to create an initial version of the interface using the findings of previous work to gradually expand the capabilities of the interface. In addition to obtaining a basic level of functionality, the interface was to represent adherence to the fundamental precepts of the design of user interfaces.

• Iteration VII: Comprehensive analysis of progress and goals. During Iteration VII, a comprehensive review of progress to date and future plans was performed. The description of the project provides a summary of the methodology and intended results for this project, including information on visual display of the results. The scientific method applied to this project is unique in its concentration on research of many subject and on ultimately obtaining a product, as opposed to theoretical exploration. However, the scientific method is still valid for An Online User Interface for Tracking Stock Portfolios. Version 3.1 of the interface is depicted in the form available at the end of Quarter II. Included in these documents are information regarding the features of Version 3.1, goals for the subsequent iterations, and the ultimate aims of this project.
• Iteration VIII: Creation of initial interface. Relying on MySQL tables to provide information regarding sample accounts and Yahoo! Finance for data regarding the holdings of the accounts, the initial interface was created, allowing users entering the correct password to view the prices of their individual holdings, the changes of those holdings on the day (in dollars and in percent), and the levels of the major American indices. New functions for displaying data were created in order to achieve the proper format, given the guidelines of the design of user interface asserted by Joel Spolsky. The product of Iteration VIII represented the first combination of the studies in data retrieval and interface design.
• Iteration IX: Documentation for Quarter III. Administrative tasks for the end of the quarter, including a draft of the technical paper, were completed.