This week was pretty stable and concluded with nearly finishing up all development related to the competition project. At the start of the week I altered my code to make all backend API calls pass through the Vuex store. This was done by making use of Vuex Actions, which is Read more…
This week was spent finalizing the react admin work from last week and making minor changes to the main application. For the forward linking between resources in react admin I had gone off on a journey of creating a whole new workflow based on systemically typed new components with custom Read more…
At the start of this week I added a services folder and shifted all the backend API calls occurring in the Vuex store to pass through this services folder instead. It comprises of two files, the first of which holds all of the database methods called in our Vuex store, Read more…
I spent the starting part of this week finalizing the QR code scanning and attendance taking. As per Dr. Shawn’s suggestion, I shifted from the usage of an in app Vuejs QR code scanner and instead added in the Cordova Camera plugin. The camera plugin was added along with a Read more…
Cordova is a framework that allows you to use your existing Web Application code and wrap it in a system Webview to be deployed as a mobile application. This week was spent mainly cleaning up and modifying the original app and testing it out on the Android tablets using Cordova. Read more…
A trap that novice web developers can fall into is being overwhelmed by the plethora of tools and frameworks out there, thereby leading them to jump from one tool to another rather than diving in deep with any particular one to discover and utilize it to its full prowess. Having Read more…
This week went past fairly quick and smooth and I had the opportunity to delve in a little deeper into the React Ecosystem when configuring the components on our admin system dashboard. At the start of the week I managed to get the Admin system packaged and bundled with Electron Read more…
Having deployed the main application previously I had been struggling to get the Admin system up and running but after receiving some help setting up the DataProvider and AuthProvider I was finally able to get in on the action and get some work done. React Admin is a great tool Read more…
This week has been anything but productive. I have barely made any progress to the react-admin system and I keep coming across hurdles due to my lack of knowledge. At the start of the week I redid the user guide for my main application to provide a more concise instruction Read more…
With Electron finally up and Running I was told to get the Cordova App ready as well so I used a Plugin to add Cordova to my Vue project and managed to build an Android App that Emulated successfully. The Android App performed as expected except one minor problem. The Read more…