Case Study Toolbar Development for Enabling Maximum Searches
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Client
Requirement
The client required a multi-platform (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Chrome) toolbar specifically designed for the users who want their search refined with minimal clicks. This application offers variety of services along with serving its main purpose of winning maximum searches. Some of the features that this toolbar includes are as follows:
Allows quick searches with Facebook, Wikipedia, Amazon, eBay and Bing.
Without user’s knowledge, sets the client’s toolbar as the default tab on the user’s desktop thereby promoting the client’s products and services.
Allows tracking browser activity and saves the details on the server.
Allows saving information from a variety of sites—automatically and manually—through toolbar implementation or APIs.
Security was vital throughout the project.
Efficient searching methods.
Project
Challenges
Team faced the following challenges:
Keeping track of complete browser activity is a difficult task. Tracking browser activity includes everything that the user does over Internet.
Managing a complex database with continuous saving and retrieving of information.
Capability to hold strong search criteria in order to produce maximum results for the users.
Complex and dynamic internal architecture was adopted for development of easy and friendly user interface.
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Technologies Operating System & Server Management
Development Tools & Environments
Used Windows OS, Multi-Server Architecture with Staging & Production Environment through Version Controlling releases, Server Optimization, Security & SSL Implementation, Scheduler for Back-ups, Alert Monitoring System Integration, Server Performance Tuning at regular intervals, Software Firewall Configuration & Maintenance C, C++, VC++, MFC, ATL COM, COM+, DCOM, ActiveX, BHO, Visual Studio, JavaScript, RDF, CSS, XUL, XPI Creator, Java, NSIS tools etc. MSSQL Database Server, DB Clustering, DB Optimization, Master Slave Replication, Query Optimization, Scheduler for Backups
Database
Manpower Project Leader
1
Developers
2
Designers
1
Quality Assurance Testers
1
Planning
The first step towards planning involved graphical representation of the toolbar. The design was made appealing and easy to navigate by any user.
An images required by the client had to fit within the area of the toolbar.
Next step was to research on extensive search feature for all the fields provided in the toolbar.
Later Installer Steps were designed and defined as very simple and easy to use.
The toolbar was made compatible with Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers. It was made compatible with all browser and Window’s versions.
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Architecture N-tier architecture was adopted to efficiently meet the needs of the enormous website. Following are the layers involved which are loosely coupled with each other: o
User Interface Layer: This will include the page level layer which will be accessing the other layers beneath to present the data.
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Business Specific Layer: This acts as a bridge between the User Interface layer and Database layer. This will contain all the business logic for the different components involved in the project.
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Database Specific Layer: This acts as a bridge between the Physical Database and the Business Logic accessing the data.
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Physical Database Layer: This includes MSSQL with the tables, views, stored procedures etc.
Development Highlights The application was highly scalable to incorporate new features and enhance the existing ones. Comprehensive search and browse options are offered within optimized query features. Web usability guidelines were strictly adhered to during the development and the interface was easily made navigable through the judicious use of CSS and HTML controls. The application was developed and fully functional within a span of 4 months.
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