Application Summary

Now we'll go through the steps to write a simple application named "My Status". The application will allow a user of a Forum to enter a status code and text describing their current activity, for example, (busy, "At work") or (away, "Walking the dog").

Any member of the Forum may update their status at any time. The Forum administrator can view a list of the forum members and their current status.

For this application, we'll need the following:

• Type
  • MyStatusCode enum containing status code values
• Model
  • MyStatus property model which updates the my_status_t db table
  • MyStatusList list model
  • MyStatusForm form model
• Tasks
  • MY_STATUS -- The user's current status with links to other tasks
  • MY_STATUS_UPDATE -- The update state form
  • MY_STATUS_ADMIN_LIST -- The administrator's list of all users' status
• View
  • my_status -- view for the MY_STATUS task
  • my_status_update -- view for the MY_STATUS_UPDATE task
  • my_status_admin_list -- view for the MY_STATUS_ADMIN_LIST task