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Note: This page logs the hours spent and a brief description of what the time was spent on. For more details, visit our project blog @ http://orbital.jon.sg
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No.WhatDateJon Lau (Duration)Jon Tan (Duration)Remarks
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1Orbital Liftoff (Day 1)May 1299https://piazza.com/class/hs94ucsxscm1dy?cid=161
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2Orbital Liftoff (Day 2)May 1499https://piazza.com/class/hs94ucsxscm1dy?cid=161
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3Project PlanningMay 1444http://goo.gl/d0luVf
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4Goal and expectations setting, Project roadmap initial draftMay 144http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/day-0-setting-expectations
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5Setting up the development environmentMay 15104http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/day-1-setting-up-the-development-environment/
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6Yeoman.io + OpenID Auth (passport.js) implementationMay 1664
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7Created a Design Decisions Template for the UIMay 161http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/getting-up-to-speed/
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8Started on UI Implementation of Landing Page + Dashboard: Finished a rough template for navBars and the clicking flowMay 1655http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/webapp-scaffolding-yeoman-angularjs-and-more/
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9Code clean up, grunt-wiredep, database schema modeling, more AngularJSMay 175http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/database-schema-design/
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10learn-angular.org, more reading into Pro Git, MongoDB database schema know-how, MVC, more CSS, HTMLMay 185http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/more-design-decisions/
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11Front-end data validation with AngularJSMay 192
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12Implementation of New Poll pageMay 192
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13Clean up of Project Log; Followed through with client & server side validation implementations; More testingMay 194
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14Mission Control: Bootstrap (Hangouts on Air)May 191Watched on YouTube, didn't try homework
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15Saving polls to database; other stuff (see blogpost)May 201212http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/saving-polls-to-database/
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16Provisioning and deployment to DigitalOceanMay 215http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/testing-deployment/
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17Prototype creation and envisioning end view template (for referring / rough end product idea), documentationMay 214Draw.io, Easel.io
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18Code clean-up and UX ImprovementsMay 213
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19Setting up nginx and reverse proxy on production serverMay 214Set express server to listen only on 127.0.0.1:8080; nginx reverse proxy; nginx caching static content, express middleware to prevent API from being cached; https://github.com/yeoman/generator-webapp/issues/242
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20Implement login redirect, create UI for poll answer pageMay 224
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21Update db schema, save poll answers to databaseMay 235
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22Create poll results page and related schematics (Counting for the Answer choices), refine the poll view page for actionables, fixed the answering page, incorporated a shortURL for display, installed May 2466
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23Google Charts APIMay 2431
angular-googlecharts module; finding out how to make the charts responsive (fit to width, height scale automatically)
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24IBM BlueMixMay 2521Learn about PaaS and tried to deploy the NodeJS app on IBM's BlueMix platform
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25WebSocketsMay 2542
Learnt about using WebSockets for making the app real-time; learnt about NodeJS packages sockets.io and express.io; tried to implement express.io in the app; tested out a few angularjs modules for websockets; https://github.com/chrisenytc/ng-socket
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26Initiated delete poll moduleMay 252http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/meeting-up-since-liftoff/
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27Delete Poll, Implementing Modal controller for confirmation of Delete moduleMay 2622Hangouts with JT to debug code
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28Preparation of documents and writeups for 1st Evaluation MilestoneMay 262README.md written
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29Finish delete poll module = Modal + Delete callsMay 2722
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30Misc fixes: Make chart responsive using mediaqueriesMay 272
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31Bootswatch and UI LayoutMay 2711
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32Add user profile page, remove settings page, prevent users from seeing the poll results of another userMay 272
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33User experience fixes: disable Create Poll button to prevent user from double clicking, results view page tweaks - change to column chart and redesign of data presentation. Learned git pull --rebase and git diff HEAD^ HEAD; Test of the system on NODE_ENV=productionMay 2853http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/02/11/pull-with-rebase.html
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34Reading up on pusher and real-time pushMay 2932http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/implementing-real-time-results/
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35Tweaks to NUS OpenIDMay 291
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36More websockets with socket.ioMay 2943https://auth0.com/blog/2014/01/15/auth-with-socket-io/
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37Finally got sockets working -- realtime results implemented!May 304
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38Home page UI: Got started on the first 2 sectionsMay 3066
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39More home page UI: Added 2 more sectionsMay 3133
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Finished home page UI: Added footer and technologies section
May 312http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/05/homepage-user-interface/
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41Further cleanup of home page UI, update documentation for 1st Evaluation, preparation and tidying up for 2nd June, discussion on milestones and details of our layout and documentationMay 3144
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1orlP3owxRmTmXybAW3QQNjw3E2dMV3Z_QZ3fO3D_A64/edit?usp=drive_web
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42Further tweaks and finalization of frontpage UI for milestone review: Include call to action at the bottom, revamped login page, added scrollspy for homepage navigation. Project blog backlogJune 155
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17470370/how-to-implement-a-scrollspy-in-angular-js-the-right-way
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43Logging of Components usedJune 22
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44Matt Mullenweg Live @ Microsoft AuditoriumJune 422https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matt-mullenweg-live-tickets-3836477006
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45Peer Evaluation of TeamsJune 522
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46Google I/O (Day 1)June 258Google Keynote address, Web (Dart & Polymer) Sessions
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47Google I/O (Day 2)June 268Design Sprint for Glass, UX Review for Feedbaker, etc
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48AWS Essentials - AWSome Day ConferenceJune 268
Introduction to EC2 and S3, along with the entire suite of AWS applications for deployment and use of VMs
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49Red Dot Ruby Conference 2014 (Day 2)June 278
Picked up language agnostic best practices from the Ruby community, and to look at existing use cases of different packages and gems that ruby developers are creating for various applications. More for personal enrichment than for project research.
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50Video for Milestone 2June 2811
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51Peer Evaluation of TeamsJuly 412
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52Implementation of Export, cleanup of codeJuly 1955http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/07/back-to-the-commits/
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53AngelHack Silicon Valley Hackathon Day 1July 1910
Put skills learnt in the past months into practice, developed similar real-time webapp using the same software stack. Project judged as top ten, out of more than 300 participants.
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54AngelHack Silicon Valley Hackathon Day 2July 2010http://www.angelhack.com/event/angelhack-silicon-valley-spring-2014/
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55UI Tweaks and Improvements, Preparation for iCreate challenge pitch, iCreate PosterJuly 2318https://ivle.nus.edu.sg/public/icreatevote.aspx#
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56ForwardJS ConferenceJuly 254
http://forwardjs.com -- Attended: "Keynote: The Next Challenge of the Web is Us" / Sarah Mei: "What The Blogs Don’t Tell You About Frameworks" / Guillermo Rauch: "Virtual JavaScript Machines"
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57Outside Hacks HackathonJuly 2618http://www.outsidehacks.com/
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58Final tweaks and 3rd Milestone preparationsJuly 2910http://orbital.jon.sg/2014/07/final-milestone-thoughts/
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59iCreate judging panel (25 July), iCreate competition showcaseAugust 67https://ivle.nus.edu.sg/public/icreatevote.aspx#
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60Milestone 3 Peer Evaluation and FeedbackAugust 84Apologies for late submission.
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61Minor improvements and UI tweaksAugust 2033
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62Preparation for Orbital showcaseAugust 2022
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