Group Management for Google Calendar

Description of the Project

This project is designed for allowing users to schedule their daily events by using a desktop application. This application uses Google Calendar infrastructure and only can be used by Google mail account users. In that project, we use Google APIs to get events and add new events to user Gmail account. Our application provides group addition function to the events as a guests. There is not any number limitation for that addition. In default, Google Calendar only permits to enter guests by manual. In our program, user can define his/her groups and adds that groups member to the any events with one click.

Project Members

Huseyin SULAR

Can VURMAZ

Manuel of Program - Passive Situation For Add Even Button

First of all, application needs the details of account, which will be used for scheduling. When we input the user id and password of related Gmail account, application checks the input validation on Gmail server.

Manuel of Program - Active Situation For Add Even Button(After The Connection)

Users use connect button to establish a connection through their Gmail account. If the inputs are correct, Add event button turns from passive to active situation.

Manuel of Program - Read Event From Calendar

After a successful connection user selects the day in which he wants to add an event by using the calendar.

If an event is already scheduled for this day, the font of this day will be seen as bold and when we clicked on it, details screen let us see what it is about and when it will be. When we click on day, the color of the day turns to red.

Manuel of Program - Add Event to Calendar

After deciding the day, users click on add to event button to schedule it. When this button is clicked a new Gui opens.

This Gui allows users to organize the details of the event. These details are time, content, starting and finishing time of the event, guests or groups, which will be invited to event and reminder time. User enters the title and content of the event. After user selects an appropriate start time, available end times of the event options are start from 30 minutes after the start time.

User might add guest(s) to the event by entering the user id and clicking the Add to Guests button.

If user wants to send a notification to the guest according to reminder time, user has to enter the Gmail addresses of the guests.

User also can add multiple guests by adding a group to event. But user has to create and organize the groups that he will add for event.

Last editable detail is reminder time. This allows participants get notification about the event on specified time. Users can select how long before he wants to be get warned about event by e-mail. After the reminder time counts to 0, application sends e-mail to all guests.

User can select time unit as minute, hour, day and week.

After user finishes all settings about event, he just needs to add to event button to approve the event. When user finish the add event action, he/she can continue add new events to same day.

When we check the Google calendar, we can see that calendar event is also can be seen on calendar schedule.

Users, which are involved for event also gets a notification e-mail, regard to reminder time.

Manuel of Program - Create Group

All group setting buttons are places on main gui. These buttons are Create Group, Delete Group, Add to Group and Delete from group. Create group gui allows user to create a new group and add new e-mails to that group.

Manuel of Program - Delete Group

User finishes organizing the group by pressing to save group button. If user wants to delete a group, he just has to press the delete group button and select the group that he wants to delete.

Manuel of Program - Add To Group

User can add additional participants to an existing group by using add to group button. When user choose the an existing group which is listed on choose group combo box, the e-mail addresses of the people who is in group can be seen on details screen which is at above.

Manuel of Program - Delete From Group

User also can delete a group member from a selected group. After clicking the delete from group, delete from group gui gives users two variables can be edited. First one is the group, which the person is wanted to be deleted from. Second one is the id of the person, which is wanted to be deleted.

When user chooses the name of the group, choose person combo box lists the people in this group.

Requirements for This Project

• We use Google Developer API (gdata) to reach users' information.
• We use SQLite for storing group members.