SOTI SNAP Data Acquisition and Display

Companies spend a large amount of money and time on mobile application development which requires knowledge of various native platform programming languages and the different characteristics of these platforms. However, demands for mobile applications are increasing and are becoming difficult to follow for the IT department. One solution seems to be no-code development platforms that allow anyone to create applications with no coding experience. The SOTI SNAP is one such cross-platform mobile application development software with a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface. In addition, with SOTI Blockly, a block-based programming language, no prior programming experience is required even for custom scripting. One challenge of such software is the secure retrieval, transfer, display, and manipulation of data without a single line of code. The goal of this project is two folds. First, we will research and find a way to retrieve and transfer data securely from / to potentially multiple data sources that are not exposed externally. Second, we will perform user experience research to design and evaluate an interface to display, control, and manipulate data without code. The resulting deliverable will enhance the existing functionality of SOTI SNAP.

Faculty Supervisor:

Marsha Chechik

Student:

Partner:

SOTI Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program: