K.C. Cab Client-Side Mobile Application
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
16-5-2019
End Date
16-5-2019
Abstract
K.C. Cab is a local cab company owned by Stephen Jennings here in Ellensburg. Being a small business, Mr. Jennings is always looking for ways to expand his business and compete with larger companies such as Uber and Lyft. One of the biggest hurdles for K.C. Cab has been reaching out to his younger customers who expect smart phone applications such as those provided by the previously mentioned companies. Being a part of the Ellensburg community, the CWU Computer Science department seeks out potential senior projects that can benefit community various community members. Thus, the K.C. Cab Client Mobile Application project and was created. We are the KCCoders development team composed of six CWU undergraduates, and we wish to talk about our development process, successes and failures, and the difficulties we had to overcome. Mr. Jennings wanted a mobile application for modern smart phones with basic functions similar to those found in the Uber and Lyft mobile apps. These features included the ability to request a cab to your location, get live GPS tracking of both the client and cab driver, an embedded google map displaying those positions, and various pages for user and company information. To accommodate these features, a central database server and additional driver side app development team were also required. Focusing on the client side app, the KCCoders team had to learn many new modern technologies and skills to successfully complete the project, including Facebook’s new React Native mobile framework, Javascript ES6, and the Android/iOS development kits.
Winner, Outstanding Oral Presentation, College of the Sciences.
Recommended Citation
Copenhaver, Steven; Alonso, Jose Luis; Gontes, Francisco; Hoesman-Foley, Amanda; Dunn, Andrew; and Jaszczult, Thomas, "K.C. Cab Client-Side Mobile Application" (2019). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 112.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/112
Department/Program
Computer Science
Slides for SOURCE 2019 presentation Copenhaver
Additional Files
KCCAB_SOURCE_Presentation.pptx (34255 kB)Slides for SOURCE 2019 presentation Copenhaver
K.C. Cab Client-Side Mobile Application
Ellensburg
K.C. Cab is a local cab company owned by Stephen Jennings here in Ellensburg. Being a small business, Mr. Jennings is always looking for ways to expand his business and compete with larger companies such as Uber and Lyft. One of the biggest hurdles for K.C. Cab has been reaching out to his younger customers who expect smart phone applications such as those provided by the previously mentioned companies. Being a part of the Ellensburg community, the CWU Computer Science department seeks out potential senior projects that can benefit community various community members. Thus, the K.C. Cab Client Mobile Application project and was created. We are the KCCoders development team composed of six CWU undergraduates, and we wish to talk about our development process, successes and failures, and the difficulties we had to overcome. Mr. Jennings wanted a mobile application for modern smart phones with basic functions similar to those found in the Uber and Lyft mobile apps. These features included the ability to request a cab to your location, get live GPS tracking of both the client and cab driver, an embedded google map displaying those positions, and various pages for user and company information. To accommodate these features, a central database server and additional driver side app development team were also required. Focusing on the client side app, the KCCoders team had to learn many new modern technologies and skills to successfully complete the project, including Facebook’s new React Native mobile framework, Javascript ES6, and the Android/iOS development kits.
Winner, Outstanding Oral Presentation, College of the Sciences.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/112
Faculty Mentor(s)
Szilard Vajda