About this Site

The Builders

Matt
In the early stages of the project, Matt worked on a template for planning the general page layout. This involved using a combination of Dreamweaver and html coding, including the creation of the original Cascading Style Sheet. He generally took care of most html coding involving tables. He also researched and wrote the entire history section of the site, including biographies, which constitutes a major portion of the total content of the site. Matt wrote several explanations and other short pieces of text for various areas of the site. His duties also included proofreading and editing much of the final content, including the French translation. Matt worked with Robbie on the dynamic features of the main page (quote and problem). Like the other members of the group, he shared the responsibility of overall site design.

Powell
Powell was the primary programmer of the entry. He did all of the Java and Perl programming as well as a fair portion of the HTML and JavaScript. His Major contribution was that of PiClient, the distributed computing application for calculating digits of pi. He also used his Java programming skills to program the applets displayed in the entry. He used Perl to program CGI scripts for the forum, bookmark, and comments functions. He contributed to the content most in the "What is Pi?" section and the "History of Pi" section. Powell also served as the webmaster/administrator for the entry. He was responsible for the file structure and setup of the account. Powell also greatly contributed to the overall design of the web page. He hopes that the design will create a fluid feeling in the user. Powell has learned a lot about website construction through these past eight months, but he has learned even more about working as a member of a group.

Robbie
Robert did the "applications" section of the entry. This included all the problems, the "Fun with Pi" section, and the "Applications of Pi” section. He also was heavily involved with site design. He used a combination of JavaScript and HTML to program the site. This included many of the images and graphics, as well as the overall layout of the web page. He was also in charge of soliciting help from outside sources. He was able to solicit the help of James Ganong, webmaster of KneeDeep Computers, Inc., as well as Bryan Beyer, a author from the Southern United States. Robert was the chief hardware and software support and worked on many technical problems. This has helped his troubleshooting skills overall as well as with specific operating systems and software packages. He has learned about the many uses of pi through extensive research and interaction with the team. He hopes that "Your Piece of the Pi" will be able to catch the interest of all types of users, not just math gurus.

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