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Hello to all our avid followers! Team Newspaper is back again with our first progress report.

This week (and some part of last week), we have begun planning the build of the Augustana Observer app.  We have taken some initial steps to get us as ready as possible to begin the actual software developing of the app.

The first step, of course, was to meet with our clients, the Observer team, and learn what they wanted in the app for design and features.  The general idea seemed to be that the simpler the better and that they wanted the app to push out notifications for breaking stories or even certain types of stories.  Simple enough, right? 😁Obviously, this will be a more touch and go process so we'll be meeting up with them again soon to keep us going in the right direction.  We also plan on meeting with their designers to see what they had in mind when it comes to the design aspect, something we all agreed would be great since none of us have much experience doing that!

Some other steps taken were to look into the different pieces of software that we will need to understand going forward, such as push notifications and getting information from a website, in our case the Observer site itself.  We were able to get two working prototypes of each software so we are definitely in good shape there!

We are excited to get started coding soon and hope to make ways before we go on break!

Whats black and white and "red" all over?

Whats black and white and "red" all over?

That's right, A NEWSPAPER!

WELCOME

Since this is Team Newspaper's first blog post I would like to first introduce you to our members and explain the purpose of this blog. Team Newspaper is a group of four Augustana College seniors who are participating in the computer science senior inquiry course.

MEMBERS

Riley Moss

Riley is a computer science and business administration double major from Oak Forest, IL. On campus he is a member of the Rho Nu Delta fraternity.

Andrew Bainter

Andrew is a computer science major with a mathematics minor from Coal Valley, IL. On campus he is a member of the Symphonic Band Orchestra.

Minh Le

Minh is a computer science and economics major from Hanoi, Vietnam. Last year Minh participated in the programming contest and he is also the hip hop music director for the Augie radio station.

Lauren Johnson 

Lauren is an engineering physics major with minors in computer science and mathematics from Saint Joseph, IL. On campus she is a peer mentor and member of the Augustana cheerleading team.

PURPOSE

Now I suppose you are wondering why we are here and what the purpose of this blog is. Well, during our time here at Augustana pursuing a degree or minor in computer science we have gained the skills necessary to be successful in the computer science field. Now, we are putting them to the test. During the next 8 or so weeks we will be developing an Android application for the Augustana Observer, our student led newspaper. Our app will provide a sleek and effortless platform to allow students and the community keep up to date with events and news at Augustana at the touch of their phone. We will be keeping everyone updated on our adventure of app creation using this blog, including not only our successes, but also our failures along the way. We hope you join us on this journey!