The class diagram below illustrates the data structures which will be used on the client and server. These models will be made available over REST, which is discussed here. The Enhanced Entity Relationship diagram below shows the schema of the database. The tables and relationships between the tables are illustrated.
This post will illustrate two user scenarios of LeapIn.it. The first scenario illustrates how a new user can register to Leap in it! social network, customizes his/her own avatar and choosing which rooms that match his/her interest from the public room. The second scenario shows how the user is taken from the real world to… Read more →
In designing our social network, we will consider how we intend to facilitate communication between individuals. One important consideration is: who will be communicating to who? This post will identify who people will interact with and why. One way we can study this is by considering the models of homophily and heterophily. Rogers and Bhowmik (1958) discuss the concepts of… Read more →
The name of our social network is LeapIn.it. There are several motivations behind this name: It describes our social network. Our social network allows people to go to virtual rooms to discuss real life things. Using a smartphone camera, a person can scan something they’re interested and “leap in it” to interact with others about it. It’s a short and… Read more →
During our development of the LeapIn.it prototype, we have used a number of design patterns, libraries and API’s. This post will give an overview of the most crucial of these. Server The server is responsible for creating a REST interface for database access. As mentioned in our post on architecture, we have chosen to use RedBeanPHP to communicate with the… Read more →
A context-level data flow diagram is used to identify the data flows between the system and its external entities. The data contained in our system comes from two external entities, which are the regular users and the subscribed organizations. Therefore, the system is shown as a single process (or a black box) that exchanges information from its external actors. Figure… Read more →
In this post, we will identify three recent relevant news articles about social network found on popular media websites. We will later refer to these for analysis. Social media users migrating to smaller circles (CNN, 24 March 2014) Original article available here. In an age when people are encouraged to collect hundreds of Facebook “friends” and thousands of Twitter followers…. Read more →
The following use case diagram is used to illustrate the functions that will be implemented in our social network. This diagram demonstrates who the stakeholders are and what they can do. There are two main stakeholders/actors who can use our project: The regular user who might be a regular viewer/visitor or a room administrator (the first to scan a particular… Read more →
