PROJECT LOG

#Project Log

##Milestone 1: We have currently completed about 32% of the minimum requirement for Orbital. We will be focusing most of the development in the month of June and we will are planning to invest close to 18-20 hours per week on the project. We both consistently motivate each other so that we can stay on target of the app development and thus are confident that we will be able to meet the Orbital programme requirements of 130 hours.

##Milestone 2: We have already completed 90% of the programme's minimum requirement of 130 hours of involvement. We have already achieved all of our main and core features for the Friendezvous web app and will continue working on the development in the month of July, mainly focusing our efforts to integrate Google Maps API and Open ID login as well as to improve the User Interface. We are confident we will be able to meet and most likely exceed the Orbital programme requirements of 130 hours since we are going to continue development of Friendezvous actively.

##Milestone 3: We have currently reached (and surpassed) the minimum requirement of 130 hours of involvement that Orbital requires. All our core features have been completed. Our objectives for Milestone 3 have been met. Significant additions include locations, Facebook login, individual profile management and a redesigned UI. From now till Splashdown, we will embark on slight touch ups to the UI.

Total hours for Harish (as shown in the spreadsheet): 167

Harish’s contributions can be seen here: https://github.com/harishv7?tab=contributions&period=monthly

Total hours for Alvian (as shown in the spreadsheet): 167

Alvian’s contributions can be seen here: https://github.com/Sn1p3r5?tab=contributions&period=monthly

##Spreadsheet:

S/N	Activity	Date	Harish (Duration)	Alvian (Duration)	Remarks
1	Liftoff Day 1	11/05/2015	8	8	Both of us attended Liftoff Day 1 for the full duration
2	Install Git, Python, GAE, XAMPP	11/05/2015	3	3	Done on the same day as Liftoff Day 1, back at home
3	Liftoff Day 2	12/05/2015	8	8	Both of us attended Liftoff Day 2 for the full duration
4	Learn HTML	13/05/2015	2	2	Practised HTML exercises on Codeacademy and explored more on Mozilla Developer Network
5	Learn CSS	13/05/2015	2	2	Practised CSS exercises on Codeacademy and explored more on Mozilla Developer Network
6	Learn Javascript	14/05/2015	3	3	Practised Javascript exercises on Codeacademy and explored more on Mozilla Developer Network
7	Learn jQuery	15/05/2015	1	1	Practised jQuery exercises on Codeacademy
8	Learn Bootstrap	15/05/2015	1	1	Explore and understand how bootstrap templates work from the official website
9	Build basic website template	17/05/2015	5	1	Developing the website from scratch with bootstrap. Harish is mainly responsible for the front-end development and does the core of the this activity while Alvian assists to fine tune the small bugs here and there.
10	Develop PHP support for webpages	19/05/2015	1	5	Develop PHP support for webpages. Alvian is mainly responsible for the back-end development and he configures the core of the development, while Harish assists in fine-tuning the implementation of the code.
11	Discuss on user stories	20/05/2015	1	1	Discussed on user stories and further scope of project via Skype
12	Watched Mission Control 1: Bootstrap on YouTube	21/05/2015	1	1	Since Alvian is overseas and Harish has some personal work, mission control 1 was watched online on YouTube.
13	Further development of Webpage - Added Login page, and a login system	22/05/2015	1	2	Alvian designed the login system while Harish designed the webpage
14	Used PHP to split webpages into headers, footers, navigation and body	24/05/2015	1	1	To minimise code repetition, we converted all HTML files into PHP format to split the relevant sections.
15	Mission Control 2: Meteor (at NUS)	27/05/2015	2	0	Alvian was unable to attend the mission control since he was overseas
16	Discussed and developed Project README and project log	29/05/2015	2	2	We discussed and completed the project README and project log via Google Docs and Sheets
17	Read up on Google maps with PHP	30/05/2015	0	1	For further development (integration of Google maps to suggest meeting grounds)
18	Provide help and support on Slack for other teams having technical problems with Skylab	01/06/2015	1	1	We provided suggestion to our peers who were having technical difficulties with the use of Skylab and to upload images
19	Read up on the usefulness and applicability of frameworks for our project	01/06/2015	4	4	We explored frameworks such as Laravel (PHP), Angular JS, Ember etc. to find out if a particular framwework will be of help to enhance the final implementation of the project
20	Mission Control 3: jQuery (Plugin @ Blk 71)	03/06/2015	2	0	Harish attended the 3rd Mission Control held at Plugin @ Blk 71. Alvian did not attend as he was overseas.
21	Watched Mission Control 3: jQuery on YouTube	04/06/2015	0	2	Alvian watched the mission control on jQuery via the YouTube link
22	Design a new login page with backend support	05/06/2015	1.5	1.5	Harish designed the front-end and Alvian connected the login system to the backend
23	Discuss on peer evaluations for Milestone 1 submissions	06/06/2015	2	2	Both of us discussed on the peer evaluations we have to submit for milestone 1 submissions by our peer teams via WhatsApp and Skype
24	Discuss on the implmentation of the calendar system and the expected workflow of the app	07/06/2015	2	2	Both of us discussed how the overall flow of the app will be. Efficiency and user-friendliness approach was a key target during the discussion. We also discussed on the implementation of the calendar system's user interface so that users can select their available dates with just a few clicks
25	Redesigned the UI for dashboard	09/06/2015	4	3	The user dashboard was redesigned using jQuery and jQuery UI for ease of use
26	Mission Control 4: Held at Google Singapore	10/06/2015	3	0	This mission control was held at Google Singapore and was on the topic "Life as a Software Engineer". Alvian did not attend as he was overseas.
27	Studying on integrating Google Maps API and Geocoding API	11/06/2015 - 13/06/2015	5	6	To achieve the feature of suggesting places to users as they enter the names of places, we had to utilise the Google Maps API. Since this was new to us, we had to read up on how to integrate it into our web app
28	Read up on AJAX autocomplete suggestion	14/06/2015 - 15/06/2015	1	4	Read up on AJAX autocomplete suggestion that provides suggestion based on the entries available in mySQL database.
29	Mission Control 5: Swift Programming on iOS	17/06/2015	2	2	Both of us watched the mission control on Swift programming since we were planning to extend our web app to the mobile platform if there was sufficient time.
30	Make Friendezvous design more responsive	18/06/2015	2	2	Some elements and features in the web-app were not mobile friendly. We tried to redesign these elements to be more responsive using bootstrap forms and elements instead.
31	Discuss on UI design and workflow of Friendezvous	19/06/2015	3.5	3.5	We discussed on revising and improving the workflow and UI design of Friendezvous
32	Read up on implementing Google Maps API	20/06/2015	4	3	Harish read up on the implementation of Google Maps API so as to implement the places feature in the coming milestones
33	Experiment with Google Maps API implementation	20/06/2015	2	2	We tried experimenting with the Geocoding API to get the latitude and longitude of a location an user enters
34	Dashboard connection to Friendezvous	21/06/2015	3	5	Alvian did the conecting and implementation of the dashboard for a logged in user as well the back-end connection to the database. Harish designed the UI with jQuery UI framework.
35	Discuss on the core features to be implemented for Milestone 2	21/06/2015	3	3	We discussed on Skype on the core features to be implemented in time for the upcoming Milestone 2
36	Implement a friends list feature for each user	22/06/2015	1	4	We planned and designed the front and back end for the implementation of the friends list feature.
37	Add autocomplete feature for form fields	23/06/2015	1	4	To ease the process of adding friends to a meeting, we added the autocomplete feature.
38	Connect Friendezvous with Google App Engine	24/06/2015	4	3	We connected Friendezvous to Google App Engine. Though it is not hosted there for the time being, due to the possible implementation of Google APIs, we connected it to GAE.
39	Read up on Android Development	24/06/2015	3	3	Since we planned to extend Friendezvous to the Android, we decided to try and read up on the Google Android API and documentation. We followed the guide to get a grasp on the native programming.
40	Experiment with Google Maps API	25/06/2015	5	3	We connected Friendezvous to GAE with a client ID and key and built a simple PHP program to geocode an address entered by an user.
41	Experiment with Google ID login	26/06/2015	5	3	We tried to implement Open ID login for Friendezvous
42	Discuss on video recording for upcoming milestone submission	27/06/2015	3	3	We discussed over what we could possibly include in the video and the core features to be covered within the given timeframe.
43	Video recoding and narration for milestone submission	27/06/2015	5	3	Harish recorded the video and provided background narration. Alvian planned the flow of the video.
44	Writeup for Milestone 2 submission & update of project log	28/06/2015	4	4	We wrote out the Milestone 2 submission and updated project log.
45	Discuss on improving UI	01/07/2015	2	2	Harish and Alvian planned to redesign the UI for Friendezvous. Though it was fully functional, ease of use is also crucial. The new design is targeted to be pleasing to the eyes as well as easy to use even for novices.
46	Database design and deploy	04/07/2015	1	2	Alvian and Harish worked on improving the backend connections and relational database configurations
47	Integrating Google Maps	06/07/2015	2	3	Harish and Alvian integrated Google Maps into Friendezvous so that we can work towards the "suggest location" feature.
49	Mission Control 8 - E-commerce by Paypal Staff	08/07/2015	2	0	The mission control focused on how to integrate PayPal for ecommerce websites.
50	Answer queries on Slack	08/07/2015	0.5	0	Answered a query on Slack
51	Add suggest location feature	10/07/2015	2	2	Location suggestion features were added to Friendezvous. This is one of the essential user stories and feature we wanted to achieve.
52	Add view location feature	11/07/2015	2	2	After suggesting locations, users are also allowed to view their suggested locations or locations suggested by others.
53	Improved homepage UI	13/07/2015	4	4	The homepage was redesigned to improve on the user interface. Close attention was paid to color schemes, fonts and letter sizing, alignment, white spacing etc.
54	Mission Control 9 - Design Presentation by Damith @ SoC SR3	15/07/2015	2	0	Learnt about design and aesthetics and its importance
55	Discussed about improving UI - buttons, color schemes	17/07/2015	2	2	After the design presentation at mission control, Alvian and Harish discussed on improving the UI of Friendezvous further to promote ease of use. Color schemes were are discussed during this discussion over skype.
56	Implemented facebook login	18/07/2015	2	2	We implemented FB login, which is one fothe core features to achieve
57	Read up on jQuery for css3 and its compatibility with browsers	21/07/2015	1	1	Discussed on implementing further jQuery techniques to enhance UI
58	Implemented dynamically changing background	22/07/2015	1	2	We found a number of great backgrounds for homepage. The homepage was then changed to a dynamcially changing wallpaper.
59	Read up on how to deploy on heroku with addons	23/07/2015	1	1	Hosting Friendezvous was crucial. Harish & Alvian read up on how to configure PHP and SQL databases for Heroku
60	Hosted project on Heroku	25/07/2015	4	4	Hosting on Heroku took considerable time due to the complexities involved in configuring the database.
61	Set up clearDB mySQL on Heroku	28/07/2015	1	1	Confgured a SQL database on Heroku
62	Set up sendgrid as mail smtp from Heroku	29/07/2015	1	2	Configured a mail server for Friendezvous from Heroku
63	Mission Control 11 - Web Application Security by NUS Greyhats	30/07/2015	2	2	Unable to attend mission control on wednesday. Alvian and Harish discussed about the importance of security in web applications and how to implement security defences in Friendezvous.
64	Checking for possible loopholes in security defences	01/08/2015	1	1	Checking for possible places of security compromises (like form inputs etc.)
65	Implemented input validation for forms	01/08/2015	1	1	Form validation is one crucial aspect to prevent misuse of forms to compromise security
66	Implemented user rights for database access levels	02/08/2015	1	2	We implemented admin and other users rights
67	Discussed on Milestone 3	02/08/2015	3	3	Alvian and Harish discussed on writing up the progress report and video for Milestone 3 and the important details to include in them
67	Implemented SQL Injection defences	02/08/2015	2	3	Implemented techniques to prevent SQL injection defences such as using real_escape_string
68	Improve UI on profile and dashboard pages	03/08/2015	2	2	Improved overall layout and background pictures on dashboard and profile pages.
69	Video recording and narration for milestone 3	03/08/2015	3.5	2	Alvian and Harish discussed about the video and script. Harish recorded the video and did the narration.
70	Project log and Milestone 3 report writeup	03/08/2015	3	3	Alvian and Harish did the milestone 3 report and project log. Collaborated via Google Docs and Spreadsheets.
Total Hours			167	167