Use Cases

I forgot to post this in my last post, so why not another one?

I put together 3 use cases for my web application.  What are use cases?  They are short paragraphs listing your typical users and how they will use the app.  My use cases are for the three primary types of users that I envision.  As I get deeper, I will probably add more cases, but will not be removing any.

What are use cases good for?  They mainly serve to remind me that I have to put the app together in a way that is intuitive for the different types of users.  They may be good at computers, or they may just be the email/surfing type.  So every decision that I make in regards to design and usability have to work for these users.  They are also part of the spec for the app, as the use cases flesh out the different things that the app has to do.

Sample ASP script for getting your public IP address

Wrap this in HTML, BODY and % tags

Dim UserIPAddress
UserIPAddress = Request.ServerVariables(”HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR”)
If UserIPAddress = “” Then
UserIPAddress = Request.ServerVariables(”REMOTE_ADDR”)
End If
response.write(UserIPAddress)


Post this on a webserver that you have access to as something.asp, and use that address in the gadget.