User:Inderpreet/GSoC14/logs

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Development Logs

Community Bonding Period

  • Explored various options regarding nodejs and non-node frameworks.
  • Learnt basics of development with meteor, using templating engines etc.
  • Also looked into alternative framework Expressjs.
  • Discussed with mentors about the choice of framework.
  • Packaged three.js for meteor.
  • Ran a simple OBJLoader example in meteor.

Development Period

Week 1

19th May

  • Worked on Authentication Module in meteor
  • Wrote LogIn, Registeration, Forgot Password and Reset password form templates.

20th May

  • Completed the views and helpers for the templates and Added validations to the forms
  • Modified the directory structure and read Hacking file again and made edits to my code accordingly.
  • Pushed the code to github https://github.com/inderpreetsingh/OGV-meteor. Forgot-password form is now able to send the mails but stuck at an error regarding Reset-Password template.

21st May

22nd May

  • Worked on File Upload module, tried various file upload packages.
  • At last settled for packaged named formidable from npm.

23rd May

  • Having done the first milestone, today I explored other frameworks and read more about the technologies involved. Did some work in expressJS.

24th May

  • Uptil now, I was dealing with file uploader in a separate app, today I ported file uploader to OGV.
  • Now we can upload files in OGV, currently any files can be uploaded but will soon change that so that it only accepts .g files.

Milestone Set

  • Authentication

Milestones Completed

  • Authentication
  • Got three.js working with meteor
  • File uploader partially completed

Things yet to do

  • Improve UI
  • Add routers

Week 2

26th May

  • The ported file uploader started facing errors, mostly regarding styles. I was unable to apply global bootstrap. I couldn't work much due to some power issues at my home.

27th May

  • Today, I improved my earlier file-uploader by removing the dependency from formidable and directly use the 'fs' package.
  • As I have time, I am still giving Collection-FS a try, so that I don't miss out on anything useful.

28th May

  • Read about meteor collections, started working on file manager.

29th May

  • I was unable to work, due to some urgent work at home. Will make up for it by working more in coming time.

30th May

  • Completed the new file uploader (except validations), and added it into main code. Looking into rendering part and routers.

31st May

  • Added Basic router file.
  • Each user will now have it's own folder and uploaded files go there.
  • Added more comments in the code.
  • Implemented the file extension check, now only .obj files can be uploaded (will restrict that to .g files when I deal with g-obj conversion)
  • A bit stuck on how to pass errors from server to client via meteor.

Milestones Set:

  • File Uploader

Milestones Completed:

  • File Uploader

WEEK 3

This week I have my final exam on 3rd June and 5th June, So will be busy a bit there.

4th June

  • Routers integrated, now we have different URLs for log-in, sign-up etc.

6th June

  • Solved the problem regarding file uploader errors.
  • Worked on adding OBJLoader in OGV.

7th June

  • added minimal file manager
  • added models collection, now each user has list of models in database
  • created the universal header as I showed in mockup
  • Unable to send verification email at sign-up.
  • added lovemeter to each model (dummy yet).

8th June

  • File Manager completed
  • Styling of existing components
  • Verification email works fine
  • uploaded to http://ogv.meteor.com/
  • more improvements

Milestone Set:

  • File Manager

Work Done:

  • File Manager
  • UI
  • Routing

Week 4

9th June

  • Solved some deployment problems with ogv.meteor.com
  • Forgot Password form stopped working, so corrected it.
  • Added preloader

11th June

  • Tried to deploy on my own server (facing problems)
  • moved from meteor-router to iron-router

12th June

  • Corrected some iron-router problems
  • Struggling to get OBJLoader working with meteor

13th June

  • Tried a lot to get files from private folder to load, but failed.
  • Put a mail in meteor mailing list about it.