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GSoC 2020 Maya Treacy

Maya Treacy edited this page May 15, 2020 · 46 revisions

Maya Treacy

I will be working on backend and frontend of Bridge-In-Tech application. My mentors are Foong Min Wong, Ramit Sawhney and Isabel Costa. Isabel is also the project manager of this project.

Work Hours

Days Hours (AEST = UTC+10) Meetings Tools
Monday 08:00AM - 04:00PM Scrum Check-in (08:00AM) Zulip
Tuesday 08:00AM - 04:00PM ---- Zulip
Wednesday 08:00AM - 04:00PM Scrum Check-In (08:00AM), Weekly BIT Project Meeting (11:00PM) Zulip, Hangout
Thursday 08:00AM - 04:00PM ---- Zulip
Friday 08:00AM - 04:00PM Scrum Check-In (08:00AM) Zulip, Hangout
Saturday 08:00AM - 04:00PM Weekly GSoC Happy Hour (12:30AM), Weekly 1:1 with Isabel (08:00PM), Weekly Team Building (11:00PM) Zulip, Zoom, Hangout
Sunday 08:00AM - 04:00PM Weekly 2:1 Meeting with Foong and Ramit (11:00PM) Zulip, Hangout

Short Bio

I'm a final year student of Master of Information Technology at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. I'm a newcomer to the IT field with previous experiences in Accounting and Teaching fields. My interests are on Web and mobile applications as well as Internet of things. My hobbies are listening to music, watching action movies and recently found a new hobby: contributing to open source projects ;).

Profile links

Gmail | Intro to GSoC - A Medium Blog | Github | LinkedIn | My Resume | GSoC2020 Proposal Link

(The next section is going to be updated weekly)

Weekly Status Report for Week 1, Monday, May 18th (Draft)

What have you accomplished this week (list specific items accomplished)?

  1. Posted daily Zulip checkins: May 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th,
  2. Created Epics for Coding Phases: First, Second, Final Coding Phases
  3. Created and pushed test-dev1 on existing Mentorship System code for the ERD mentioned above
  4. Attended Isabel’s Office Hour, Tue, 12th
  5. Attended BridgeInTech Team weekly meeting, Wed, 13th AEST, with mentors
  6. Updated option 2 issue#10 of App Flow as discussed in Team Weekly Meeting, May 13th
  7. Updated ERD and responded to mentors questions on issue#12 as discussed in the meeting above
  8. Created high-fidelity mockup for Register page issue#2 bridge-in-tech-web
  9. Helped troubleshoot Android/Flutter Travis-build apks on Zulip #mentorship-system > Android
  10. Drafted API endpoints and related CRUD operations for Users API service (link to file)
  11. Attended Happy Hour Sat, 16th
  12. Posted API endpoints and CRUD operation draft on issue#15 bridge-in-tech-backend to get mentors' feedback.

What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?

Have they been resolved, and if so, how?

Do any of the issues or roadblocks still exist and what steps have been taken to resolve them?

Is further assistance necessary to resolve existing issues?

What do you plan to accomplish next week?

How does your progress compare to your project schedule?

On par so far... 🤞

Blog post for Week 2: Not Applicable

Weekly Status Report for Week 1, Monday, May 11th

What have you accomplished this week (list specific items accomplished)?

  1. Completed Wiki student profile page for anitab-org/bridge-in-tech-backend
  2. Started and added the followings to wiki sidebar and content:
  3. Created and shared link to Intro to Google Summer of Code 2020 with AnitaB.org Open Source
  4. Reflected on the initial proposal. Noted some potential changes to the proposal in the Technical Discussions doc
  5. 1:1 with Isabel on Thursday, May 7th AEST
  6. Pushed test-dev to remote repo at https://github.com/mtreacy002/mentorship-backend to test multiple schemas and db migrations
  7. Completed and added to wiki BIT MS-test-dev setup instructions
  8. Version Control - Repository (got write access) and Zenhub setup
  9. Created Weekly Report Template
  10. Created Weekly Scrum Progress Template
  11. Helped a new contributor to troubleshoot bridge-in-tech-backend PR#2.
  12. 1:1 with Isabel, Saturday, May 9th AEST
  13. Posted Zulip checkins: May 9th(1st), 10th, 11th
  14. Set a new target for finalising Tech stack, App flow & architecture, and MVP. Not feasible to do them within one week. New target 2-3 weeks.
  15. Created 3 Epics (Project, Backend and Frontend Overviews) on Zenhub to track discussions on proposal review
  16. Participated in Mentorship Flutter DevEnv Setup session, May 10th AEST
  17. Created issue#7 and issue#8 for Project Overview epic.
  18. 2:1 meeting with Ramit and Foong, May 10th AEST
  19. Created issue#9, issue#10, issue#11 for Project Overview epic.
  20. Created issue#12, issue#13, issue#14, for Backend Overview epic.
  21. Updated Wiki Weekly report with Week 1 Report
  22. Continued supporting the new contributor and helped her finalized issue on PR#2.
  23. Reviewed PR#3
  24. Started working on issue#12 Planning: ERD - Backend Overview

What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?

Getting familiar with routines (scrum checkins, daily zulip checkins) and repository wiki.

Have they been resolved, and if so, how?

Yes, asking for advice from mentors and observing other's (May admin's) checkins

Do any of the issues or roadblocks still exist and what steps have been taken to resolve them?

Trialling BIT+MS schemas without MS alteration only can be done after issue#10 is finalized or at least drafted

Is further assistance necessary to resolve existing issues?

Ongoing discussions and getting advice from mentors advice.

What do you plan to accomplish next week?

  • Keep updating wiki with necessary pages
  • attend scheduled meetings
  • post daily Zulip checkins
  • revisit (review) proposal on tech stack, app flow and architecture, project requirements
  • Set Zenhub as Project Management Board

How does your progress compare to your project schedule?

I've made some adjustment to project schedule on the proposal as explained in the blocker section above.

Blog post for Week 1 Intro post:


Weekly Report Templates

Weekly Status Report for Week X

What have you accomplished this week (list specific items accomplished)?

What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?

Have they been resolved, and if so, how?

Do any of the issues or roadblocks still exist and what steps have been taken to resolve them?

Is further assistance necessary to resolve existing issues?

What do you plan to accomplish next week?

How does your progress compare to your project schedule?

Blog post for Week 1: (tba)