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GSoC 2020 Maya Treacy

Maya Treacy edited this page May 19, 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 2, 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, 17th, 18th
  2. Created Epics for Coding Phases: First, Second, Final Coding Phases
  3. Created and pushed test-dev1 on existing Mentorship System code to test idea on ERD issue#12
  4. Attended Isabel’s Office Hour, Tue, 12th
  5. Attended BridgeInTech Team weekly meeting, Wed, 13th AEST, with mentors
  6. Worked on issue#10 (App Flow) with option 5 as the latest update
  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. Attended Happy Hour Sat, 16th
  11. Drafted and Posted API endpoints and CRUD operation draft on issue#15 bridge-in-tech-backend to get mentors' feedback.
  12. Created test-schema branch on forked repo bridge-in-tech-backend and started working on db models and flask server
  13. Attended 1:1 meeting with Isabel, May 16th AEST
  14. Attended Weekly Team Building, May 16th AEST
  15. Helped QA tester with test steps to test PR#556 on Zulip
  16. Attended 2:1 meeting with Foong and Ramit, May 17th AEST
  17. Set up working environment on Windows machine with Foong’s help on her office hour May 17th AEST because Macbook screen had crashed
  18. Posted suggestions on Zulip on OS Team workflow between Coding and QA teams

What issues or roadblocks have you encountered this week?

  • My Macbook screen crashed on May 17th morning

Have they been resolved, and if so, how?

  • Yes, dropped it at service center with estimated service time 5 business days

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

  • Yes as per May 18th. Use Windows laptop as backup workstation

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?

Only one week left to finalize project and backend overviews before moving to frontend overview.... Not looking good? 🤔

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, by 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.

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)