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Weekly Post #2 - Finally cracking this code

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This week really has been about focusing on understanding the existing Congealing code, and about writing my Outline Project Spec (which was due today). But let's split out the nitty-gritty of what this week consisted of:

Fixed MATLAB issue of it crashing

Installed and Uninstalled a bunch of tools (covered below)

Started setting up my git flow

Finished Outline Project Spec & submitted for assessment

Submitted Lovelace Abstract!

Investigated different Entropy-based metrics to use (blog post to come)

Did some spike work looking at using MATLAB GUI builder - GUIDE

What Tools am I now using?

  • Overv.io
    • Board to track issues
    • Integrated with Github
    • Could only integrate with Github Issues
  • Citeulike
    • Easy storage of papers for citation
    • Wasn't easy to source webpages or if you couldn't get to the abstract page before the pdf
  • Zotero
    • Easy citations
    • Integrates easily into Chrome
  • taiga.io
    • Allows Kanban & Scrum boards
    • Can enter User Stories
    • Can integrate with Github if wanted
    • Outlines Sprints

Git Flow

  • Set up development branch
    • First Spike branch off of this for MATLAB GUI Development
  • Set up documentation branch
    • Used for OPS drafts
    • Also used for any little notes I make

MATLAB GUI

Did some spike work getting to grips with opening and saving files and displaying images. Seems pretty intuitive and not too difficult to use GUIDE however I do want to look into styling - who wants an application which looks like we''re still in the 90s?\n\nTest GUI image Test GUI created this morning and importing a static image currently. Next step: import image chosen from file chooser (should be pretty simple!)

What next?

Next week Sprint 0 officially starts. My Sprints will run Monday -> Monday, as my Supervisor meetings are Monday mornings.

  • Get original Congealing code up and running
  • Continue spike work getting to grip with GUI commands
  • Find and read some more papers
  • Lay out template for Final report
  • Spike work some testing
  • Write blog post on different fuzzy-entropy algorithms (could be this afternoon if I find the resources I need)