Chronicles from our peeps.
On top of filling the registration slip with the participant and registration details, a QR code is added too. This code will be generated using the qrencode library and the png library. These registration slips are then sent to the provided emails. Templates are used to render the contents of 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…
I am currently working on generating the registration slips for the participants of a music competition. After participants complete registration, these slips are sent to them to confirm their registration. This program starts off with listening to changes in the database. If a change is detected, the id of the Read more…
There are many joys in life that bring meaning to the frustration that precedes them. Joys like the sweet relief of seeing actual running code. This week, as that little introduction might have implied, went smoothly, perhaps the universe’s way of making up for last week. It was my third 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…
Time runs faster in Aeste, between learning how to use new tools, reading documentation of new libraries, and the seemingly endless process of research that proceeds every step you’re taking in a project, it’s often hard to catch up with time. My second week in here wasn’t very different than Read more…
I have been involved with generating the report cards for participants of a competition. The report card will contain the candidate’s details as well as graphs that gives them a sense of how well they did in their venue, in their category, or among those who play the same instrument. 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…
This week, I continued working on the report card which is to be sent to the participants. I used a CSV parser to parse the spreadsheet that holds the competition data. Dr Shawn has advised me to use a template to render the contents of the PDF in order to Read more…
I had expected plenty to go wrong on my first week; felt under prepared and built a hundred scenarios of how it might go wrong. However, it was quite the opposite, the place was very warm and welcoming, and I cannot recall a period in which I learned this number Read more…