GSoC Week 3 Report
Accomplishments
This week was a bit more challenging than last week. It took some time to come up with a plan of attack for the interface creation, as well as getting used to communication as a community. With the help of my mentor, we pushed through and was able to come up with a good mockup for the interface!
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Communicated with community regarding worker clusters interface
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Designed a figma mockup for the interface
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Communicated with mentor regarding the rough-draft of the design
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Continue to rename the worker clusters to their proper name (tag)
Struggles / Blockers
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Worker tags. Since the renaming of worker clusters to worker tags, I’ve still got a ways to go. Some files are not very happy with the rename and cause errors that aren’t easy to trace. I’m going through each file, trying to tackle the “root” files and then work my way down. That way, there’s a less likely chance for major errors to come up that I cannot read.
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Multitasking. I’m not the most amazing multitasker, but having to focus on restructuring variables while worrying about the creation of a new interface is challenging because if any errors come up from the variables, it can cause my interface to not even show up. So, I’m working on balancing between the renaming and interface development.
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Communication. Sometimes, it’s a bit difficult to get questions answered from the community, and it’s even more difficult to start when there’s not a whole lot of feedback. I also am learning to ask the right questions, so it’s a lesson for me to learn as well.
Notes
The path I’m going on is a bit different than my original proposal. I am working on the tasks to get Flamenco 3.3 up and running, so the detour affecting my schedule just a bit. I am going to be rewriting my proposal in a later time to reflect the changes that I’ve made, but any changes (again) can be seen in my forked repo.
This week is fun and I’m really starting to get into the “fun” stuff with Flamenco. I cannot wait to see what’s next!