By: T09-3
Since: 22 Feb 2019
Licence: MIT
- 1. Introduction
- 2. How to use this guide
- 3. Setting up
- 4. Design
- 5. Implementation
- 5.1. Undo/Redo feature
- 5.2. Import/Export feature
- 5.3. Compare Task feature
- 5.4. List Feature
- 5.5. List Projects Feature
- 5.6. SortDeadline Feature
- 5.7. List Tag feature
- 5.8. Define Tag feature
- 5.9. Add Tag feature
- 5.10. View Task Command History Feature
- 5.11. Completed/Analyse feature
- 5.12. Logging
- 5.13. Configuration
- 6. Documentation
- 7. Testing
- 8. Dev Ops
- 9. Product Scope
- Appendix A: User Stories
- Appendix B: Use Cases
- Appendix C: Non Functional Requirements
- Appendix D: Glossary
- Appendix E: Instructions for Manual Testing
Welcome to NoteNote (NN)!
If you’re looking for an application to organize your projects you’ve come to the right place! But that’s not all NoteNote can do! NoteNote can also keep track of individual tasks, analyze your productivity and share your To-Do list with your friends!
We designed the application ground up for computing students, so you can say that NoteNote is designed for computing students, by computing students, so you can be sure that it will fulfil all your project management needs!
Built for computing students, NoteNote uses minimal (GUI) elements, instead opting for a faster Command Line Interface (CLI) while maintaining the benefits of the GUI. So if you can type fast and are used to command line, NoteNote is sure to help manage your task faster than other traditional GUI based task managers.
There are several terms which we use throughout our guide. To make your life easier, please do read the following section to ensure that you are able to use our Developer Guide to the fullest extent!
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JDK
9
⚠️ JDK 10
on Windows will fail to run tests in headless mode due to a JavaFX bug. Windows developers are highly recommended to use JDK9
. -
IntelliJ IDE
ℹ️IntelliJ by default has Gradle and JavaFx plugins installed.
Do not disable them. If you have disabled them, go toFile
>Settings
>Plugins
to re-enable them.
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Fork this repo, and clone the fork to your computer
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Open IntelliJ (if you are not in the welcome screen, click
File
>Close Project
to close the existing project dialog first) -
Set up the correct JDK version for Gradle
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Click
Configure
>Project Defaults
>Project Structure
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Click
New…
and find the directory of the JDK
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Click
Import Project
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Locate the
build.gradle
file and select it. ClickOK
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Click
Open as Project
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Click
OK
to accept the default settings -
Open a console and run the command
gradlew processResources
(Mac/Linux:./gradlew processResources
). It should finish with theBUILD SUCCESSFUL
message.
This will generate all resources required by the application and tests. -
Open
MainWindow.java
and check for any code errors-
Due to an ongoing issue with some of the newer versions of IntelliJ, code errors may be detected even if the project can be built and run successfully
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To resolve this, place your cursor over any of the code section highlighted in red. Press ALT+ENTER, and select
Add '--add-modules=…' to module compiler options
for each error
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Repeat this for the test folder as well (e.g. check
HelpWindowTest.java
for code errors, and if so, resolve it the same way)
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Run the
seedu.project.MainApp
and try a few commands -
Run the tests to ensure they all pass.
This project follows oss-generic coding standards. IntelliJ’s default style is mostly compliant with ours but it uses a different import order from ours. To rectify,
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Go to
File
>Settings…
(Windows/Linux), orIntelliJ IDEA
>Preferences…
(macOS) -
Select
Editor
>Code Style
>Java
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Click on the
Imports
tab to set the order-
For
Class count to use import with '*'
andNames count to use static import with '*'
: Set to999
to prevent IntelliJ from contracting the import statements -
For
Import Layout
: The order isimport static all other imports
,import java.*
,import javax.*
,import org.*
,import com.*
,import all other imports
. Add a<blank line>
between eachimport
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Optionally, you can follow the UsingCheckstyle.adoc document to configure Intellij to check style-compliance as you write code.
After forking the repo, the documentation will still have the SE-EDU branding and refer to the se-edu/addressbook-level4
repo.
If you plan to develop this fork as a separate product (i.e. instead of contributing to se-edu/addressbook-level4
), you should do the following:
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Configure the site-wide documentation settings in
build.gradle
, such as thesite-name
, to suit your own project. -
Replace the URL in the attribute
repoURL
inDeveloperGuide.adoc
andUserGuide.adoc
with the URL of your fork.
Set up Travis to perform Continuous Integration (CI) for your fork. See UsingTravis.adoc to learn how to set it up.
After setting up Travis, you can optionally set up coverage reporting for your team fork (see UsingCoveralls.adoc).
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Coverage reporting could be useful for a team repository that hosts the final version but it is not that useful for your personal fork. |
Optionally, you can set up AppVeyor as a second CI (see UsingAppVeyor.adoc).
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Having both Travis and AppVeyor ensures your App works on both Unix-based platforms and Windows-based platforms (Travis is Unix-based and AppVeyor is Windows-based) |
When you are ready to start coding,
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Get some sense of the overall design by reading Section 4.1, “Architecture”.
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Take a look at [GetStartedProgramming].
The Architecture Diagram given above explains the high-level design of the App. Given below is a quick overview of each component.
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The .pptx files used to create diagrams in this document can be found in the diagrams folder. To update a diagram, modify the diagram in the pptx file, select the objects of the diagram, and choose Save as picture .
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Main
has only one class called MainApp
. It is responsible for,
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At app launch: Initializes the components in the correct sequence, and connects them up with each other.
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At shut down: Shuts down the components and invokes cleanup method where necessary.
Commons
represents a collection of classes used by multiple other components.
The following class plays an important role at the architecture level:
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LogsCenter
: Used by many classes to write log messages to the App’s log file.
The rest of the App consists of four components.
Each of the four components
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Defines its API in an
interface
with the same name as the Component. -
Exposes its functionality using a
{Component Name}Manager
class.
For example, the Logic
component (see the class diagram given below) defines it’s API in the Logic.java
interface and exposes its functionality using the LogicManager.java
class.
The Sequence Diagram below shows how the components interact with each other for the scenario where the user issues the command delete 1
.
The sections below give more details of each component.
API : Ui.java
The UI consists of a MainWindow
that is made up of parts e.g.CommandBox
, ResultDisplay
, TaskListPanel
, StatusBarFooter
, BrowserPanel
etc. All these, including the MainWindow
, inherit from the abstract UiPart
class.
The UI
component uses JavaFx UI framework. The layout of these UI parts are defined in matching .fxml
files that are in the src/main/resources/view
folder. For example, the layout of the MainWindow
is specified in MainWindow.fxml
The UI
component,
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Executes user commands using the
Logic
component. -
Listens for changes to
Model
data so that the UI can be updated with the modified data.
API :
Logic.java
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Logic
uses theProjectParser
class to parse the user command. -
This results in a
Command
object which is executed by theLogicManager
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The command execution can affect the
Model
(e.g. adding a task). -
The result of the command execution is encapsulated as a
CommandResult
object which is passed back to theUi
. -
In addition, the
CommandResult
object can also instruct theUi
to perform certain actions, such as displaying help to the user.
Given below is the Sequence Diagram for interactions within the Logic
component for the execute("delete 1")
API call.
API : Model.java
The Model
,
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stores a
UserPref
object that represents the user’s preferences. -
stores the Project List Data and Project Data.
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exposes an unmodifiable
ObservableList<Task>
that can be 'observed' e.g. the UI can be bound to this list so that the UI automatically updates when the data in the list change. -
does not depend on any of the other three components.
The Storage
component,
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can save
UserPref
objects in json format and read it back. -
can save the Address Book data in json format and read it back.
This section describes some noteworthy details on how certain features are implemented.
The undo/redo mechanism is facilitated by VersionedProject
.
It extends Project
with an undo/redo history, stored internally as an projectStateList
and currentStatePointer
.
Additionally, it implements the following operations:
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VersionedProject#commit()
— Saves the current project state in its history. -
VersionedProject#undo()
— Restores the previous project state from its history. -
VersionedProject#redo()
— Restores a previously undone project state from its history.
These operations are exposed in the Model
interface as Model#commitProject()
, Model#undoProject()
and Model#redoProject()
respectively.
Given below is an example usage scenario and how the undo/redo mechanism behaves at each step.
Step 1. The user launches the application for the first time. The VersionedProject
will be initialized with the initial project state, and the currentStatePointer
pointing to that single project state.
Step 2. The user executes delete 5
command to delete the 5th task in the project. The delete
command calls Model#commitProject()
, causing the modified state of the project after the delete 5
command executes to be saved in the projectStateList
, and the currentStatePointer
is shifted to the newly inserted project state.
Step 3. The user executes add n/David …
to add a new task. The add
command also calls Model#commitProject()
, causing another modified project state to be saved into the projectStateList
.
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If a command fails its execution, it will not call Model#commitProject() , so the project state will not be saved into the projectStateList .
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Step 4. The user now decides that adding the task was a mistake, and decides to undo that action by executing the undo
command. The undo
command will call Model#undoProject()
, which will shift the currentStatePointer
once to the left, pointing it to the previous project state, and restores the project to that state.
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If the currentStatePointer is at index 0, pointing to the initial project state, then there are no previous project states to restore. The undo command uses Model#canUndoProject() to check if this is the case. If so, it will return an error to the user rather than attempting to perform the undo.
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The following sequence diagram shows how the undo operation works:
The redo
command does the opposite — it calls Model#redoProject()
, which shifts the currentStatePointer
once to the right, pointing to the previously undone state, and restores the project to that state.
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If the currentStatePointer is at index projectStateList.size() - 1 , pointing to the latest project state, then there are no undone project states to restore. The redo command uses Model#canRedoProject() to check if this is the case. If so, it will return an error to the user rather than attempting to perform the redo.
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Step 5. The user then decides to execute the command list
. Commands that do not modify the project, such as list
, will usually not call Model#commitProject()
, Model#undoProject()
or Model#redoProject()
. Thus, the projectStateList
remains unchanged.
Step 6. The user executes clear
, which calls Model#commitProject()
. Since the currentStatePointer
is not pointing at the end of the projectStateList
, all project states after the currentStatePointer
will be purged. We designed it this way because it no longer makes sense to redo the add n/David …
command. This is the behavior that most modern desktop applications follow.
The following activity diagram summarizes what happens when a user executes a new command:
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Saves the entire project.
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Pros: Easy to implement.
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Cons: May have performance issues in terms of memory usage.
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Alternative 2: Individual command knows how to undo/redo by itself.
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Pros: Will use less memory (e.g. for
delete
, just save the task being deleted). -
Cons: We must ensure that the implementation of each individual command are correct.
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Alternative 1 (current choice): Use a list to store the history of project states.
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Pros: Easy for new Computer Science student undergraduates to understand, who are likely to be the new incoming developers of our project.
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Cons: Logic is duplicated twice. For example, when a new command is executed, we must remember to update both
HistoryManager
andVersionedProject
.
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Alternative 2: Use
HistoryManager
for undo/redo-
Pros: We do not need to maintain a separate list, and just reuse what is already in the codebase.
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Cons: Requires dealing with commands that have already been undone: We must remember to skip these commands. Violates Single Responsibility Principle and Separation of Concerns as
HistoryManager
now needs to do two different things.
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The import and export feature was implemented in order to facilitate easy transfer of projects and tasks between two NoteNote users.
The import
feature reads projects from a JSON file provided as input and adds these projects on top of the current list of projects.
The mechanism is facilitated by JsonUtil
and is achieved using the following functions:
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JsonUtil#readJsonFile()
— Read projects from JSON file -
VersionedProjectList#addProject()
— Adds projects from JSON file to project list.
The export
feature exports the current selected project (after select
1) or projects specified by their index to a JSON file.
The mechanism is facilitated by FileUtil
and JsonUtil
and is achieved using the following functions:
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FileUtil#createIfMissing()
— Creates JSON file to write to if it does not exist -
JsonUtil#saveJsonFile()
— Writes projects to JSON file
Given below is an example usage scenario and how the import/export mechanism behaves at each step.
Step 1. The user launches the application, projectList
will be populated by invoking StorageManager#readProjectList
.
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If user launches the application for the first time, projectList will be populated with sample project list as ./data/projectlist.json does not exist.
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Step 2. The user executes import ./data/import.json
to add projects from JSON file to versionedProjectList
.
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Path to JSON file is passed to
JsonUtil#readJsonFile()
which would read projects to a temporary project list. -
Application will then loop through all projects and add them to
versionedProjectList
usingVersionedProjectList#addProject()
. -
updateFilteredProjectList
is then executed to refreshProjectListPanel
with all projects, including recently imported projects.
The following sequence diagram shows how the import operation works:
Step 3. The user executes export i/1,2,3 o/./data/export.json
to export projects with index 1, 2 and 3.
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Application will
get
the projects fromfilteredProjectList
and add them to a new ProjectListprojectsToExport
. -
projectsToExport
is then passed toJsonUtil#saveJsonFile()
which would write to output file specified by user.
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The entire project list could be found in ./data/projectlist.json |
The following sequence diagram shows how the export operation works:
We considered two designs for the format to import and export multiple projects and tasks within the project list.
Alternative one |
Alternative two |
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Consideration |
Each project will have its own <Project File>.json which contains only that project’s tasks. |
All projects and all tasks to be contained in a single project.json file. |
Pros |
Easy to implement. |
Will not clutter data folder. |
Cons |
May clutter data folder with too many project files. Application will have to read a new project file whenever user switches project. |
Storage model has to be modified to support new storage structure. |
Current Choice |
This option was chosen as users need not handle multiple files when importing and exporting projects. |
The Compare Task feature allows the user to compare the past iteration of a task before it was edited.
Building on top of the Undo/Redo feature, it is facilitated by VersionedProject
and implements the following operations:
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VersionedProject#compareTask()
— Compares the chosen task with its previous version if it exist.
Given above (Figure 10) is the sequence diagram when compare
is called.
These operations are exposed in the Model
interface as Model#compareTask()
.
Given above (Figure 11.) is an example usage scenario and how the Compare Task mechanism behaves.
Step 1. The user selects the task to compare by entering the index of the task that is shown. CompareCommandParser#CompareCommand()
will then get the index of the task
within projectStateList
and passed into CompareCommand#CommandResult()
.
Step 2. The index will then be used by CompareCommand#CommandResult()
to retrieved the Task object within projectStateList
and passed into VersionedProject#compareTask()
.
Step 3. VersionedProject#compareTask()
will retrieve the unique taskId
of the chosen task.
Step 4. VersionedProject#compareTask()
will iterate through all the the tasks within each project state. The taskId
will be used to determine if the task encountered during the iteration is the same as the chosen task (Figure 12, A).
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If no same tasks are found after iterating through all the project states, or if there is no difference in all the task that is encountered, "Nothing to compare" will be showed to the user. |
Step 5. If the task encountered is the same as the chosen task, the 2 task will be compared against their name, description & deadline (Figure 12, B).
Step 6. If there is a difference in any of the fields in the comparison (Figure 13), the difference will be showed to the user. Else Step 4. will continue to run to look for another version of the chosen task to compare (Figure 12, C).
Two designs was considered for the implementation of compare
. The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below
and our chosen option is Alternative 1
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
Utilise existing versionedProject to look for the specific task in previous versions. |
All tasks will have their own "versionedTask", keeping track of its own history per task. |
Pros |
Easy to implement. |
System performance will be better as you will iterate through lesser data. |
Cons |
A large versionedProject might result in a slow system performance. |
Harder to implement, can be considered for future version in v2.0 |
Implementation Choice |
Implemented |
Step 1: User uses list feature in task level to list all tasks and in project level to list all projects
Step 2: List checks if the program is in the task level or project level by LogicManager#getState()
Step 3:
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If the program is in the project level, it updates the
Model#filteredProjectList
usingModel#updateFilteredProjectList
and the predicateModel#PREDICATE_SHOW_ALL_PROJECTS
. -
If the program is in the task level, it updates the
Model#filteredTaskList
using theModel#updateFilteredTaskList
and the predicateModel#PREDICATE_SHOW_ALL_TASKS
.
This results in the relavent panels updating to show all tasks (if entered in the task level) or all projects (if entered in the project level)
Step 1: User uses listproject to navigate from the task level to the project level
Step 2: Uses LogicManager#setState()
to set display the project level
Step 3: Syncs versionedProject with versionedProjectList using
This results in the relavent panels updating to show all projects and hiding the task panel
Step 1: Sort command should be done in the task level to ensure this,
LogicManager.getState()
is executed and user is asked to move to task level if command was entered in the project level.
Step 2: The list of tasks is obtained via Model#getFilteredTaskLIst() and stored in a observable list `filteredTasks
Step 3: filteredTasks
is sorted via the provided comparator and stored as a sorted list sortedList
Step 4: The list of tasks in Model
is cleared using Model#clearTasks()
Step 5: The list of tasks are entered individually into model from the sortedList
by using a loop and the
Model#addTask()
Two designs was considered for the implementation of sortDeadline
.
The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below and our chosen option is Alternative 1
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
Sort would be permanent |
Sort would be temporary |
Pros |
User would have to use sort function less often |
Would impact other functions lesser |
Cons |
Harder to implement as it would affect other functions |
Less user friendly |
The listtag
feature allows users to list all unique tags and associated tasks within a project.
It requires users to navigate to a project first with select
command before executing the listtag
command. Failure to do so would trigger an error message prompting users to do so.
Step 1. The user launches the application. projectList
will be populated by invoking StorageManager#readProjectList
.
Step 2. The user selects a project. setProject()
is invoked based on Model#filteredProjectList
, and the tasks for that project are displayed via invoking Model#filteredTaskList
.
Step 3: User displays all tags and their associated tasks in the project by entering listtag
and the following operations are carried out:
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ListTagCommand
callsModel#getTagWithTaskList()
who in turns callsModel#getUniqueTagList()
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Model#getUniqueTagList()
makes use of the list of tasks obtained fromfilteredTask
to iterate through all tasks and returns a list of unique tags within each project state -
Model#getTagWithTaskList()
uses a nested loop to iterate through this list of unique tags and the list of tasks to concatenate all tasks with the same tags into a string -
This string is returned to
ListTagCommand
and displayed toCommandResult
The following sequence diagram shows how the List Tag operation works:
Two designs was considered for the implementation of listtag
. The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below
and our chosen option is Alternative 1
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
Seperate parsing and cleaning of |
Parsing and cleaning of |
Pros |
Functions are reusable since they are located |
Easy to implement. |
Cons |
A large |
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The definetag
feature allows users to create a group tag and add multiple child tags into it. It should be used in conjunction with addtag
feature.
definetag
feature can be used on both project
and task
level. Duplicated group tags created from definetag
command are not allowed.
Step 1. The user launches the application. projectList
will be populated by invoking StorageManager#readProjectList
.
Step 2: User creates a new group tag and its associated child tags with definetag
.
Step 3: DefineTagCommandParser
create a new GroupTag
object from the user’s input. The object contains the group tag’s name and its associated tags and are return to DefineTagCommand
.
Step 4: DefineTagCommand
checks if the returned GroupTag
is unique via Model#hasGroupTag()
and adds the object to the model with Model#addGroupTag()
and Model#commitProjectList
if it is.
The following sequence diagram shows how the Define Tag operation works:
Two designs was considered for the implementation of definetag
. The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below and our chosen option is Alternative 1
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
Redefine group tag and its associated child tags every instances of |
Saves the group tags and its associated child tags created via |
Pros |
Easy to implement |
Better user experience since group tags established in previous instances of |
Cons |
All group tags created in |
Harder to implement, can be considered for future version in v2.0 |
The addtag
feature allows users to apply existing group tag to multiple tasks. It should be used in conjunction with definetag
feature. It requires users to do the following:
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Navigate to a project first with
select
command before executing theaddtag
command -
Add only an existing group tag defined previously at
definetag
Failure to do any of the above would trigger an error message prompting users to do so.
The addTag
feature obtains the target task from FilteredTaskList
based on the task index given by the user. It then adds the child tags associated to the group tag defined previously at definetag
into the task.
Additionally, it implements the following operations:
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VersionedProject#commit()
— Saves the current project state in its history -
VersionedProjectList#commit()
— Saves the current project list state in its history
These operations are exposed in the Model interface as Model#commitProject()
and Model#commitProjectList()
respectively.
Step 1. The user launches the application. projectList
will be populated by invoking StorageManager#readProjectList
.
Step 2. The user selects a project. setProject()
is invoked based on Model#filteredProjectList
, and the tasks for that project are displayed via invoking Model#filteredTaskList
.
Step 3: User applies the group tag and its associated child tags in the selected task by entering addtag
. The following operations are carried out:
-
AddTagCommandParser
parses the arguments and return themAddTagCommand#AddTagCommand()
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lastShownList
of all tasks in the current project is obtained fromModel
usinggetFilteredTaskList()
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Two identical tasks,
targetTask
andtaskToAdd
are created based onlastShownList
using the index from user’s input. -
AddTagCommand
will then callModel#getGroupTagList
which returns a list of all group tags. Names from the list of group tags will be iterated and checked if it matches the name given by user’s input. -
Tags in the group tag will be added
taskToAdd
if the checks passes.
The following sequence diagram shows how the Add Tag operation works:
Two designs was considered for the implementation of definetag
. The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below
and our chosen option is Alternative 1
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
Tags in group tag are added to the task by a separate command and remain visible in Task List |
Users can add a group tag into a task via the existing |
Pros |
Easy to implement |
Better user experience by utilizing existing command that users are already familiar with. |
Cons |
Might be confusing to users since tags are usually added via |
Harder to implement, can be considered for future version in v2.0 |
Allows the user to view a list of all the command history of a chosen task.
Stores a parallel list userInputHistoryTaskId
along userInputHistory
, containing the taskId of edit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
commands.
The list will store 0
for all other commands.
Given above (Figure 19) is the sequence diagram when taskhistory
is called.
It is facilitated by CommandHistory
and implements the following operations:
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CommandHistory#addHistoryTaskId()
— Adds taskId to the index that is the same as theedit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
command. Pads0
for all other commands.
Step 1. When taskhistory
is executed, CommandHistory#getHistory()
, CommandHistory#getHistoryTaskId()
and Task#getTaskId()
is called.
Retrieving a list of userInputHistory
, a list of userInputHistoryTaskId
and the taskID of a task, taskId
Step 2. userInputHistoryTaskId
will be iterated through.
-
Step 2a. If
taskId
of the selected task appears withinuserInputHistoryTaskId
, the index at that position will be used to retrieve the command string withinuserInputHistory
. The string will then be appended to a ArrayList<string>,commandlist
.
Step 3. If commandList
is not empty, it will be printed in reverse order(newest command first, oldest command last) to the user.
Note the behaviour of useTaskHistoryTaskId when all other commands (not edit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
) is called (Figure 20). CommandHistory#addHistoryTaskId()
will not be called thus userInputHistoryTaskId
will not be updated.
However userInputHistory
will still be updated as usual.
Note the behaviour when a edit
command is called (Figure 21). CommandHistory#addHistoryTaskId()
will be called thus userInputHistoryTaskId
will be updated with the taskId of the task where the
edit
command is called on. Observe that positions of previous non-edit
command will be filled with 0
. userInputHistory
will still be updated as usual.
Two designs was considered for the implementation of taskhistory
. The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below
and our chosen option is Alternative 1
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
Implement a separate list |
All tasks will have their own |
Pros |
Easy to implement. |
System performance will be better as you will iterate through lesser data, will have less wastage of space. |
Cons |
A large |
Harder to implement, can be considered for future version in v2.0. |
Implementation Choice |
Implemented |
The completed
feature allows for tasks to be marked as completed.
The analyse
feature allows for viewing of statistics for each project, including:
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Number of tasks completed for each project
-
Percentage of each project completed
The completed
feature obtains the target task from FilteredTaskList
based on the task index given by the user, and adds a completed
tag to it.
Additionally, it implements the following operations:
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VersionedProject#commit()
— Saves the current project state in its history -
VersionedProjectList#commit()
— Saves the current project list state in its history
These operations are exposed in the Model interface as Model#commitProject()
and Model#commitProjectList()
respectively.
Given below is an example usage scenario and how the completed/analyse mechanism behaves at each step.
Step 1. The user launches the application. projectList
will be populated by invoking StorageManager#readProjectList
.
Step 2. The user selects a project. setProject()
is invoked based on filteredProjectList
, and the tasks for that project are displayed via invoking filteredTaskList
.
Step 3. The user marks a task as completed by entering completed
followed by the index of the task.
-
lastShownList
of all tasks in the current project is obtained fromModel
usinggetFilteredTaskList()
. -
Two identical tasks,
targetTask
andtaskToComplete
, are created based onlastShownList
using the index from user input. -
Tags of
taskToComplete
are obtained usinggetTags()
and checked if they contain acompleted
tag. If it does not, this indicates that the task has not been completed yet, and acompleted
tag will be added.
The following sequence diagram shows how the completed operation works:
Step 4. The user goes back to project level using listproject
. setProject
is invoked to sync VersionedProject
with VersionedProjectList
.
Step 5. The user enters analyse
to view statistics of all the projects.
-
filteredProjects
is obtained fromgetFilteredProjectList()
. -
For each project in
filteredProjects
,filteredTasks
is obtained fromgetTaskList()
. -
For each task in
filteredTasks
,getTags()
is invoked to check if the task has acompleted
tag. -
The result returned is the number of tasks completed in each project, and the percentage of each project completed.
The following sequence diagram shows how the analyse operation works:
Two designs were considered for the implementation of completed
. The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below
and our chosen option is Alternative 1.
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
|
Task saved to Storage and removed from display in Task List. |
Pros |
Adding a specific tag to the existing task can be done using existing |
|
Cons |
Completed task needed to be updated in Task List and Project List. |
Storage needs to keep track of all the completed tasks and be able to separate them based on the projects they were under. |
Implementation Choice |
Implemented |
Two designs were considered for the implementation of analyse
. The pros and cons of the designs are listed in the table below
and our chosen option is Alternative 2.
Alternative 1 |
Alternative 2 |
|
Design |
|
|
Pros |
Easier as only need to iterate through one project’s tasks. |
User can easily view progress on all projects with one command. |
Cons |
User will need to select each project and call |
More complicated as need to iterate through all tasks in all projects. |
Implementation Choice |
Implemented |
We are using java.util.logging
package for logging. The LogsCenter
class is used to manage the logging levels and logging destinations.
-
The logging level can be controlled using the
logLevel
setting in the configuration file (See Section 5.13, “Configuration”) -
The
Logger
for a class can be obtained usingLogsCenter.getLogger(Class)
which will log messages according to the specified logging level -
Currently log messages are output through:
Console
and to a.log
file.
Logging Levels
-
SEVERE
: Critical problem detected which may possibly cause the termination of the application -
WARNING
: Can continue, but with caution -
INFO
: Information showing the noteworthy actions by the App -
FINE
: Details that is not usually noteworthy but may be useful in debugging e.g. print the actual list instead of just its size
We use asciidoc for writing documentation.
ℹ️
|
We chose asciidoc over Markdown because asciidoc, although a bit more complex than Markdown, provides more flexibility in formatting. |
See UsingGradle.adoc to learn how to render .adoc
files locally to preview the end result of your edits.
Alternatively, you can download the AsciiDoc plugin for IntelliJ, which allows you to preview the changes you have made to your .adoc
files in real-time.
See UsingTravis.adoc to learn how to deploy GitHub Pages using Travis.
We use Google Chrome for converting documentation to PDF format, as Chrome’s PDF engine preserves hyperlinks used in webpages.
Here are the steps to convert the project documentation files to PDF format.
-
Follow the instructions in UsingGradle.adoc to convert the AsciiDoc files in the
docs/
directory to HTML format. -
Go to your generated HTML files in the
build/docs
folder, right click on them and selectOpen with
→Google Chrome
. -
Within Chrome, click on the
Print
option in Chrome’s menu. -
Set the destination to
Save as PDF
, then clickSave
to save a copy of the file in PDF format. For best results, use the settings indicated in the screenshot below.
The build.gradle
file specifies some project-specific asciidoc attributes which affects how all documentation files within this project are rendered.
💡
|
Attributes left unset in the build.gradle file will use their default value, if any.
|
Attribute name | Description | Default value |
---|---|---|
|
The name of the website. If set, the name will be displayed near the top of the page. |
not set |
|
URL to the site’s repository on GitHub. Setting this will add a "View on GitHub" link in the navigation bar. |
not set |
|
Define this attribute if the project is an official SE-EDU project. This will render the SE-EDU navigation bar at the top of the page, and add some SE-EDU-specific navigation items. |
not set |
Each .adoc
file may also specify some file-specific asciidoc attributes which affects how the file is rendered.
Asciidoctor’s built-in attributes may be specified and used as well.
💡
|
Attributes left unset in .adoc files will use their default value, if any.
|
Attribute name | Description | Default value |
---|---|---|
|
Site section that the document belongs to.
This will cause the associated item in the navigation bar to be highlighted.
One of: * Official SE-EDU projects only |
not set |
|
Set this attribute to remove the site navigation bar. |
not set |
The files in docs/stylesheets
are the CSS stylesheets of the site.
You can modify them to change some properties of the site’s design.
The files in docs/templates
controls the rendering of .adoc
files into HTML5.
These template files are written in a mixture of Ruby and Slim.
|
Modifying the template files in |
There are three ways to run tests.
💡
|
The most reliable way to run tests is the 3rd one. The first two methods might fail some GUI tests due to platform/resolution-specific idiosyncrasies. |
Method 1: Using IntelliJ JUnit test runner
-
To run all tests, right-click on the
src/test/java
folder and chooseRun 'All Tests'
-
To run a subset of tests, you can right-click on a test package, test class, or a test and choose
Run 'ABC'
Method 2: Using Gradle
-
Open a console and run the command
gradlew clean allTests
(Mac/Linux:./gradlew clean allTests
)
ℹ️
|
See UsingGradle.adoc for more info on how to run tests using Gradle. |
Method 3: Using Gradle (headless)
Thanks to the TestFX library we use, our GUI tests can be run in the headless mode. In the headless mode, GUI tests do not show up on the screen. That means the developer can do other things on the Computer while the tests are running.
To run tests in headless mode, open a console and run the command gradlew clean headless allTests
(Mac/Linux: ./gradlew clean headless allTests
)
We have two types of tests:
-
GUI Tests - These are tests involving the GUI. They include,
-
System Tests that test the entire App by simulating user actions on the GUI. These are in the
systemtests
package. -
Unit tests that test the individual components. These are in
seedu.project.ui
package.
-
-
Non-GUI Tests - These are tests not involving the GUI. They include,
-
Unit tests targeting the lowest level methods/classes.
e.g.seedu.project.commons.StringUtilTest
-
Integration tests that are checking the integration of multiple code units (those code units are assumed to be working).
e.g.seedu.project.storage.StorageManagerTest
-
Hybrids of unit and integration tests. These test are checking multiple code units as well as how the are connected together.
e.g.seedu.project.logic.LogicManagerTest
-
See UsingGradle.adoc to learn how to use Gradle for build automation.
We use Travis CI and AppVeyor to perform Continuous Integration on our projects. See UsingTravis.adoc and UsingAppVeyor.adoc for more details.
We use Coveralls to track the code coverage of our projects. See UsingCoveralls.adoc for more details.
When a pull request has changes to asciidoc files, you can use Netlify to see a preview of how the HTML version of those asciidoc files will look like when the pull request is merged. See UsingNetlify.adoc for more details.
Here are the steps to create a new release.
-
Update the version number in
MainApp.java
. -
Generate a JAR file using Gradle.
-
Tag the repo with the version number. e.g.
v0.1
-
Create a new release using GitHub and upload the JAR file you created.
A project often depends on third-party libraries. For example, Address Book depends on the Jackson library for JSON parsing. Managing these dependencies can be automated using Gradle. For example, Gradle can download the dependencies automatically, which is better than these alternatives:
-
Include those libraries in the repo (this bloats the repo size)
-
Require developers to download those libraries manually (this creates extra work for developers)
Target user profile:
-
COM Students who need to manage multiple projects simultaneously
-
Prefers typing over mouse input
-
Is reasonably comfortable using CLI apps
Value proposition: Manage multiple projects and to manage the individual tasks within a project
Priorities: High (must have) - * * *
, Medium (nice to have) - * *
, Low (unlikely to have) - *
Priority | As a … | I want to … | So that I can… |
---|---|---|---|
|
user |
add project |
manage multiple projects |
|
user |
insert task |
record tasks that need to be done |
|
user |
delele task |
get rid of tasks that are completed or no longer need to be done |
|
user |
update task |
change details of a particular task when changes are necessary |
|
user |
read task |
look through and be reminded of the details of a specific task |
|
user |
break down tasks into subtasks |
easily view and complete them step-by-step |
|
user |
insert subtask |
record smaller tasks or more specific action items to be done |
|
user |
delete subtask |
get rid of subtasks that are completed or no longer needs to be done |
|
user |
update subtask |
change details of a particular subtask when changes are necessary |
|
user |
read subtask |
look through and be reminded of the details of a specific subtask |
|
user |
set recurring subtask |
spare myself from the need to manually add the same task to future dates |
|
user |
delete recurring subtask |
get rid of tasks that I no longer want to have repeated reminders of |
|
user |
update recurring subtask |
change details of a particular recurring task when changes are necessary and have such changes be reflected across all its future recurring subtasks |
|
user |
read recurring subtask |
look through and be reminded of the details of a specific recurring subtask |
|
user |
have a calendar view of tasks |
find upcoming tasks via a calendar overview |
|
user |
have a table view |
have an overall view to store and view any kind of structured data |
|
user |
insert tags to tasks |
categorize tasks based on projects/priority/etc |
|
user |
delete tags |
remove tags that is unnecessary |
|
user |
update tags |
change how I want a particular task to be categorised |
|
user |
have coloured tags |
easily view the categories of tasks at one glance |
|
user |
prioritize tasks |
complete them in order of importance, especially if they have roughly the same deadlines |
|
user |
share / sync task |
make sure that my collaborators are aware of what needs to be done |
|
user |
set task deadlines |
be reminded when the task is due soon |
|
user |
show task by creation date |
be reminded not to neglect low priority tasks |
|
user |
have a progress overview |
keep track of my productivity based on how much of a project has been completed |
|
user |
have a ‘help’ manual |
learn how to use various commands to operate this product |
|
advance user |
have command shortcuts |
type a command faster |
|
user |
have export and import function |
share task format easily with another user using the same format structure |
|
user |
attach files to task |
easily find the corresponding files to work on |
|
user |
find task by keywords |
easily navigate to the specific task |
|
user |
view tasks by alphabetical order |
easily find a specific task |
|
user |
view task by priority |
know what will be due first |
|
user |
undo/redo a command |
remove/redo a command that I entered/removed by mistake |
|
user |
view a analysis of my current progress |
have a overview of how much I have completed / not completed |
|
user |
view the previous version of my task |
see what changes I have made previously |
|
user |
view the edit history of my task |
see all the changes I have made to the task |
(For all use cases below, the System is the ProjectManager
and the Actor is the user
, unless specified otherwise)
MSS
-
User requests to create a project listing *1a. User submits the following information. Project ID || Project Name || Project description || Project end date || Module
-
ProjectManager creates the project listing
Use case ends.
MSS
-
User request to view all project listings
-
ProjectManager shows all project listings
-
User request to view all task within a chosen project
-
ProjectManager shows all tasks within the chosen project
-
User request to create task within selected project
-
5a. User submits the following information: Task ID| Task Name | Deadline | Description | Tags (Priority Level, collaborators, etc…)
-
-
ProjectManager creates task
Use case ends.
Extensions
-
5a1 Missing information
-
5a1a ProjectManager displays error message
Use case resumes at step 5
-
MSS
-
User request to view all project listings
-
ProjectManager shows all project listings
-
User request to view all task within a chosen project
-
ProjectManager shows all tasks within the chosen project
-
User request to edit tags of chosen tag
-
5a. User submits the following information: Task ID| Current Tag Name | New Tag Name
-
-
ProjectManager updates tag
Use case ends.
Extensions
-
5a1 Task ID not found / Current Tag Name not found
-
5a1a ProjectManager displays error message
Use case resumes at step 5
-
MSS
-
User request to view all project listings
-
ProjectManager shows all project listings
-
User request to view all task within a chosen project
-
ProjectManager shows all tasks within the chosen project
-
User request to delete a specific task
-
ProjectManager deletes task
Use case ends.
{More to be added}
-
Should work on any mainstream OS as long as it has Java
9
installed. -
Should be able to hold up to 1000 tasks without a noticeable sluggishness in performance for typical usage.
-
A user with above average typing speed for regular English text (i.e. not code, not system admin commands) should be able to accomplish most of the tasks faster using commands than using the mouse.
Given below are instructions to test the app manually.
ℹ️
|
These instructions only provide a starting point for testers to work on; testers are expected to do more exploratory testing. |
-
Initial launch
-
Download the jar file and copy into an empty folder
-
Double-click the jar file
Expected: Shows the GUI with a set of sample projects and task. The window size may not be optimum.
-
-
Saving window preferences
-
Resize the window to an optimum size. Move the window to a different location. Close the window.
-
Re-launch the app by double-clicking the jar file.
Expected: The most recent window size and location is retained.
-
-
Deleting a task while all task of a chosen project are listed
-
Prerequisites: List all task using the
list x
command from the project listing page (where x is the project ID). Multiple tasks in the list. -
Test case:
delete 1
Expected: First task is deleted from the list. Details of the deleted contact shown in the status message. Timestamp in the status bar is updated. -
Test case:
delete 0
Expected: No task is deleted. Error details shown in the status message. Status bar remains the same. -
Other incorrect delete commands to try:
delete
,delete x
(where x is larger than the list size) {give more}
Expected: Similar to previous.
-
-
Import new projects from an external JSON file
-
Prerequisites: JSON file to import should exist and should not contain any duplicate projects.
-
Test case:
import ./data/import.json
Expected: New projects will be added to the list and displayed at Project List panel. -
Test case:
import ./data/filethatdoesnotexist.json
Expected: No new projects are added to the list as JSON file does not exists. -
Other incorrect import commands to try:
import
-
-
Export multiple projects to an external JSON file
-
Prerequisites: At least one project should exist in project list.
-
Test case:
export i/1 o/./data/export.json
Expected: Project at index 1 and its tasks will be exported to specified JSON file. -
Test case:
export i/1,2 o/./data/export.json
Expected: Projects at index 1 and 2 and its tasks will be exported to specified JSON file. -
Other incorrect export commands to try:
export
,export i/x o/./data/export.json
(where x is larger than the list size)
-
-
Export selected project to an external JSON file
-
Prerequisites: At least one project should exist in project list. Select a project to export using the
select x
command from project level (where x is the project ID). -
Test case:
export o/./data/export.json
Expected: Selected project and its tasks will be exported to specified JSON file. -
Other incorrect export commands to try:
export
-
-
Compare a task which was previously edited
-
Prerequisites: The task must exist.
edit
command should be executed on the selected task before and there must be a change in one or more of the following: name, deadline or description. -
Test case:
compare 1
Expected: Task at index 1 will be being compared against the version before it was edited on. Showing you the differences of what was edited. -
Other incorrect export commands to try:
compare x
wherex
is an index out of bounds or not a number but a string.
-
-
Compare a task which was previously not edited
-
Prerequisites: The task must exist. The selected task should not be edited before.
-
Test case:
compare 1
Expected: Task at index 1 will be being compared against the version before it was edited on. Since there is no previous version of it. -
Other incorrect export commands to try:
compare x
wherex
is an index out of bounds or not a number but a string.
-
-
View the command history for a specific task where
edit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
has been executed before.-
Prerequisites: The task must exist.
edit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
command should be executed on the selected task before. -
Test case:
taskhistory 1
Expected: A list of commands (edit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
) previously entered for the select task will be shown. Latest command will be on top while oldest command will be at the bottom. -
Other incorrect export commands to try:
taskhistory x
wherex
is an index out of bounds or not a number but a string.
-
-
View the command history for a specific task where
edit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
has not been executed before.-
Prerequisites: The task must exist.
edit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
command should not have executed on the selected task before. -
Test case:
compare 1
Expected: Sinceedit
/completed
/addtag
/delete
has not been executed on the task before, "You have not yet entered any commands for this task." will be shown. -
Other incorrect export commands to try:
taskhistory x
wherex
is an index out of bounds or not a number but a string.
-
-
List all tags and their associated tasks.
-
Prerequisites:
-
At least one task should exist in project list
-
Users should have already nagivated to task level
-
-
Test case:
listtag
Expected: All tags and their associated tasks are displayed at the Result box. Users may need to scroll down to see the full list -
Test case:
listtag x
(where x is anything afterlisttag
)
Expected: X is ignored and all tags and their associated tasks are displayed at the Result box. Users may need to scroll down to see the full list.
-
-
Create new group tag
-
Prerequisites: At least one project should exist in project list
-
Test case:
definetag gt/Close Milestone t/ReleaseJar t/SubmitReport
Expected: "Group tag created: Close Milestone" will be displayed at the Result box. -
Test case:
definetag gt/Consultation t/PrepareDemo t/PrepareQuestions
Expected: "Group tag created: Consultation" will be displayed at the Result box. -
Test case:
definetag gt/Consultation gt/name2 t/PrepareDemo t/PrepareQuestions
Expected: "Group tag created: name2" will be displayed at the Result box. -
Test case:
definetag gt/duplicatename t/differenttag
Expected: No group tag will be created and the Result box will display "Group tag Consultation already exists in the group tag list" error. -
Other incorrect define tag commands to try:
definetag
-
-
Add group tag to task
-
Prerequisites:
-
At least one task should exist in project list
-
Users should have already nagivated to task level
-
-
Test case:
addtag 1 gt/Consultation
Expected: Task box will show the updated task with newly added tags from the Consultation group tag. -
Test case:
addtag 1 gt/Consultation gt/ExtraGroup
Expected: Task box will show the updated task with newly added tags from the ExtraGroup group tag. -
Test case:
addtag 1 gt/NonExistentTag
Expected: No group tag will be applied to task and the Result box will display "Group tag NonExistentTag not found, please use definetag to add them first." error. -
Other incorrect add tag commands to try:
addtag
,addtag x gt/Consultation
(where x is not a valid index)
-
-
Adds
completed
tag to task-
Prerequisites:
-
At least one task should exist in selected project
-
Users should have already navigated to task level
-
-
Test case:
completed 1
Expected: Task Box displays the updated task with a newly addedcompleted
tag. -
Test case:
completed
Expected: Nocompleted
tag is added to any task in Task Box. Results Box displays error message "The task index provided is invalid". -
Other incorrect completed commands to try:
completed 1 2
,completed
,completed x
(where x is not a valid index)
-
-
Displays number of completed tasks for each project, and percentage of each project completed
-
Test case:
analyse
Expected: Results Box displays "<Name of project>: x tasks completed. (Percentage of project completed: yy.y%)", with the fields matching the details and statistics for each project. -
Note that the addition of parameters (e.g.
analyse 1
,analyse -5
etc.) will automatically be ignored and still result in the correct execution ofanalyse
.
-