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From the #metoo campaign to the gender pay gap, in recent months, the topic of gender inequality has seldom been out of the headlines. Since the early twentieth century, bolstered by the founding of the Women’s Social and Political Union, women in Britain have been fighting for equal rights and opportunities. While images of imprisoned suffragettes on hunger strike or members of the Women’s Liberation Movement burning bras are ingrained in our minds as early examples of the struggle against gender inequality, there is one form of historical discrimination that remains largely forgotten, despite the fact that it is still prevalent in our society today: the giving of books as gifts and prizes. The full extent of this highly gendered practice only became apparent to me through a delve into the Janet Powney Collection at Special Collections and Archives., Special Collections and Archives / Casgliadau Arbennig ac Archifau. Showcasing Research Resources / Hyrwyddo Adnoddau Ymchwil.This blog showcases the rare books and archives held by Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.

Syftet med denna rapport har varit att beskriva hur man utvecklar en internetbokhandel i form av enwebbapplikation samt att dokumentera erfarenheter från programutveckling. För att kompensera för konkurrenternas stordriftsfördelar valdes en inriktning mot att säljapresentböcker. Genom att leverera ett komplett paket med inslagning och personlig hälsningtillsammans med boken ska det bli möjligt att uppnå lönsamhet. Utvecklingen har skett i ett enmansprojekt och den ensamme projektmedlemmen har befunnit sig påIrland. Detta gör att kursens inriktning mot agila metoder fått anpassas så att endast de relevantadelarna av metoden (SCRUM) har kommit till användning. Utvecklingen har genomförts i femsprintar. Teknikplattformen har varit HTML och ramverket Bootstrap (CSS och jQuery) på klientsidan och Flasksom är ett ramverk baserat på Python på serversida. Databashanteraren har varit SQLite. Av tidsskälhar asynkron kommunikation mellan klient och server inte implementerats. Den levererade applikationen har ett ”look and feel” som ligger nära de större konkurrenterna. Allspecificerad funktionalitet har inte varit möjlig att leverera inom ett begränsat enmansprojekt. Deviktigaste funktionerna som behöver läggas till för att lansera affärsiden ligger inom områdettilläggstjänster och fulltextsökning., The purpose of this report is to document the design and development of a web application forselling gift books online. The report and the project to develop the site are included in the courseTDDD83 Computer Engineering - Bachelor Project at the Linköping Institute of Technology. Inaddition to training in the technologies required to build a web application the course is focused onScrum an agile development method. The intent is that the students practice using Scrum in a projectteam of six to eight students. However the project documented in this report only has one team member a student on a one yearexchange programme in Ireland. This being so it has been necessary to adapt the project scope andmethodology to a one-man project. The scope of the development effort is reduced by not requiringthat the application is made available on the internet and by not using asynchronous communicationbetween client and server. For more restrictions see paragraph 1.4 Avgränsningar. The Scrummethod is used only when it is relevant. This adaptation of the method is documented in paragraph2.1 SCRUM. An important part of the Scrum method that is retained is the use of iterations (sprints).Each sprint delivers a working end product. The project was divided in five sprints each of thembetween two and three weeks long. The technical platform with a few exceptions has been mandatory. In addition to HTML theframework Bootstrap based on CSS and jQuery has been used on the client side. On the server sidethe framework Flask based on Python has been used. The RDBMS has been SQLite. For a detaileddescription see paragraph 2.4 Utvecklingsmiljö and 4.3.1 Översikt och kommunikation. The business to sell books online is dominated by a few major companies. A new small player in thismarket can not earn money by doing the same thing. The Vision for the new business is to becomethe preferred choice for customers that want to find a book to be given as a gift. The new businessshall be a one stop shop