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Glossary and Sources

AY-Chen edited this page Apr 1, 2019 · 22 revisions

Glossary:

Activity

A screen in the app, the user can interact with

Auto-fill

Having information (text, numeric, or other) automatically added into a field

Atheneum

This app, which allows people to borrow and lend books from and to other people

Barcode

A pattern of lines representing a book

Book

A written work consisting of paper pages with words on them

Description

A short piece of text to give a general introduction of a book
OR
A short piece of text written by an owner to describe one of their own books

Borrower

Person who temporarily uses a book that belongs to an owner

ISBN

"International Standard Book Number" A unique identifier for a book
Different editions of a book will have different ISBNs, but copies of the same one will have the same ISBN

Owner

Person to whom a book belongs

Prompt

Text displayed to the user to provide additional information, provide directions and instructions, and/or ask for confirmation

Rating

A score given to something
For this app, higher numbers correspond to "better"

Request

The process in which a borrower formally asks an owner to borrow a specific book

Return

The process in which an owner officially receives a borrowed book from the borrower

Review

A text based expression of how a person feels about a subject(here, a book)

User

Someone interacting with the app
A user must be logged in to access app's functionality
A user can both both a borrower or owner, but take on different roles based on what actions they are trying to take

"Wow" Factor

An additional, self-directed goal beyond the instructor provided requirements for this app
For this app, this includes book recommendations, and ratings and reviews of books from Goodreads


Sources

https://figma.com
https://www.figma.com/file/IICsr1PuZPjxYHFHq1kU3f/Android-GUI-by-Great-Simple-Studio-(Copy)?node-id=0%3A1