PetPal: A Web Application for Domestic Animal Adoption of Noah’s Ark Shelter for Dog and Cat
- Jeneal R. Fuellas
- Christopher Merk L. Hitutua
- Emmanuel John R. Mendoza
- Crystal Jade M. Reforsado
- Chem Harold G. Sanchez
- Melanie M. Valerio
- Lorenzo C. Macam
Abstract
Animal abuse is one of the problems in the community, many pet owners are not responsible in taking care of animals and most common victims of this animal abuse are those domestic animals like dogs and cats. Nowadays innovations and advancements are being made daily in the world of web development. The main objective of this research is to develop a web application entitled “PetPal: An Application for Domestic Animal Adoption of Noah’s Ark Shelter for Dog and Cat” that has a feature that can make the process of adopting a pet easier by notifying people when a pet is discovered or lost, displaying knowledge about pets, and creating a platform for pet donations. Because of the flexibility that suits project development, the researcher employed the Modified Waterfall to construct the Web application. The developed application features has a capability to display several information on the available dogs and cats that can be adopted, the pets that were lost and surrendered to the shelter, trivia about several categories that are related about the pets and the display of bank accounts of the locale where anyone could donate. The develop web app has garnered remarkably overall alpha and beta testers response of “Strongly Agree” with a verbal interpretation of “Highly Acceptable” based on Software Product Quality model standards of ISO25010 in terms of Functional Suitability, Usability, Compatibility and Portability. With the summary of findings and complete evidences researchers conclude that the overall objective of the study was achieved.
