This week I have been learning a lot of random stuff. On my first day of the week, I tried to build the project and run it. I’m really impressed on how the whole thing is built up like login authentication and the interface with google drive. Though the whole thing looks simple, the code embedded in it is actually sophisticated and is terrifying to read. Reading and understanding the project code written by previous interns is not an easy Read more
This week began very slowly as I had to quickly learn up on how computers worked, therefore I set out to finish a text book by A. Tanenbaum on Structured Computer Organization recommended by Dr. Shawn which I’ve previously only read 3 chapters. It turned out to be useful as in writing C++ drivers as some topics in the book did shed some light on it. As I started to work on the drivers, I failed terribly the first time Read more
Working in Aeste Works is a unique experience that you rarely get in anywhere else. The task here is rather challenging and learning curve is never flat. I have definitely learnt a lot of skills from Aeste. Starting from a knowing-C-only student, I get to learn building a web application by using C++ and integrating different i/o modules onto fpga. I am very grateful that I get to learn both software and firmware from this position. The skill set that Read more
After fixing the bugs from last week’s work, I proceed to automate simulation on gutter click. Before I start to code, i studied about jQuery and learn about how requests work. Then, I started off with my first task of the week, that is to retrieve a file from the back-end. This task became easy with the help of an existing REST API. I use a jQuery Ajax method to interact with the REST API and then the file will Read more
Continuing as an extension of the front-end from the previous week, I continued my Javascript marathon with coding up the head judge and attendance roles. Succumbing to temptation, I started off with the attendance role as it was trivial enough to be done in an hour or two which left me with the not so trivial head judge UI. Now, this took a while with the addition of new features for custom prizes and sorting on the front-end but was Read more
For this week I just continue fixing more bugs in the website which Dr Shawn has listed out to me during our last meeting. I moved the function of Scheduled to Status. When the users want to reschedule they need to hit the schedule which is under the Status. Then there will be a function to change the date and after that they just need to save it. I also fixed and do some changing in pages and files that related Read more
I learned the way of testing a specific function in a program which is built with REST API. Basically every function is assigned to be accessed with either one of four commands (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE). By using CURL command, I can access and test the functionality of a particular function. For the last two weeks of my internship, I am going to work on triggering synthesis for the Verilog output. We are sure that the result is correct because Read more
This week, I am mainly working with JavaScript. I added the simulator into the current project I am working on as a widget to test it out. As expected, I got a few errors and warnings in the console. However, the errors and warnings in Mozilla Firefox and Chrome were slightly different. It turns out that the error that has been bugging me for quite some time was just a silly mistake. In a JavaScript file we loaded , the Read more
This week was spent replicating the functionalities of the previous application but this time with modifications to utilise the REST API as a source for data. Currently while coding up the front-end, there were some minor amendments made to the back-end API to make it more easy to interface with the front-end. With regards to overall front-end progress, the emcee, judge and judgings page are done. For the admin page, it appears that the main functionalities of Admin On Rest Read more
Well, this is my first week of internship at Aeste Works. On my very first day, I told Dr Shawn that I’d prefer to handle software projects rather than hardware. As a result, I’m assigned with the web application project that requires to interface with google drive API. Dr Shawn gave me a lot of useful study materials to study in order for me to handle the job. Therefore, I’m expected to fully master C++, witty (the web application framework Read more