It's Project Time!

Posted in Blog by Tieson | geeksneversleep.com

GRCC recently updated a lot of their network structure, the applications the students use, and a host of other improvements. Unfortunately, these upgrades broke an application we use in the Open Lab (where I work) called TutorCall. TutorCall was a little applet students could invoke that would summon help if they needed it. This was nice, because it meant we did not constantly have to be looking around to see if someone needed help...

To make matters worse, the guy who developed TutorCall won't fix it unless GRCC hands him a nice fat check, which they are disinclined to do. Leaving us with no TutorCall. Boo...

So, someone had the great idea that I could write a replacement, since I've been complaining about wanting a project to work on. I can do it, but I was kinda hoping for a relatively easy semester.

Anyway, from what I already know, and combined with a bit of research, I have come to the conclusion that the best replacement would be an ASP.NET web service combined with a couple of small desktop clients. The logic is easy to work out, there is a lot of code already out there that can be adapted, and (most importantly) I can write most of the code in C#...

I will keep y'all abreast of developments as they occur. Also, if you have any suggestions, feel free to comment here.

Cheers!