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Introduction to Computer Science

Thought Provokers

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Thought Provokers

1 .
Consider our start-up company, which is looking to develop a mobile application for monitoring sleep disruptions (e.g., snoring, restless sleep) using a user’s phone microphone. Users will be prompted to complete a mindfulness questionnaire on their phones each morning and night, allowing them to correlate sleep disruptions and mood. Users can also view reports on a website. The start-up company wants to use the data from users to point them toward support services, and they are looking to partner with health companies. Based on this, how would you recommend the solution be architected? Provide a sketch of the architecture. Create a list of the technologies you’d consider using, where they would be used, and why you chose that technology.
2 .
Your colleagues need an organized way to prioritize tasks for their team and would like to install a Todo web application. But they are concerned about the amount of work required. Based on your experience installing this Todo web application using Bootstrap and Django, what advice would you give them?
3 .
Consider our start-up company, which is looking to create a collection of web applications with a scalable back-end application that will feature multiple front-end applications. How can we create automated testing that will scale our back-end application?
4 .
Consider our start-up company and our goal of growth. Our new clients say that they will only use Apple devices. How can we accelerate development of their front-end web application?
5 .
Consider our start-up company and our goal of growth. Our client has indicated that their business does a lot of international business transactions. How could we utilize the Ethereum blockchain to save our customer in transaction fees?
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