Individual Contribution Report 2 | Omer Talip Akalin | CMPE451

Responsibilities:

Upon presenting the progress on our project to the customers, we've continued to the development of the project.

In this context, I've worked on various tasks ranging from managing different teams, writing codes, and reviewing codes of others. Most of my contribution was focused on the functionality of the frontend and its integration with the backend, along with the deployment.

Main Contributions

• Refactoring the frontend codebase.
• Working towards a successful recommendation algorithm (ongoing).
• Giving proper feedbacks to all teams in terms of their implementations.
• Managing front-end team and determining different tasks.
• Coding and reviewing frontend.
• Fixing deployment bugs.

Code-related Significant Issues

(Significant ones only.)

• Add Post Page [#454]

  • Developed a page for adding posts with high-priority attention to user experience and functionality.

• Rate the Game [#421]

  • Implemented a feature allowing users to rate games, contributing to the overall game recommendation system.

• Edit Game Page [#420]

  • Enhanced the game page editing features for a more dynamic user interaction.

• Add Game Page [#419]

  • Created a new interface for game addition, ensuring a seamless process for users to contribute content.

• Add Like/Dislike Functionality [#418]

  • Integrated a system for users to like or dislike content, aiding in content curation and recommendation.

• Comment Addition Functionality [#417]

  • Introduced a commenting feature, facilitating community engagement on the platform.

• Edit Post Page [#416]

  • Refined the post editing capabilities to enhance user interaction and ease of use.

• Improve Forum Page [#414]

  • Worked on improving the forum page layout and functionality for a better user discussion experience.

• Integrate Profile Page [#411]

  • Focused on integrating the user profile page with the backend to display real-time data and user-specific information.

Management-related Significant Issues

• Determining Proper Components for the UI [#356]
  • Actively involved in determining the UI components that would be used across the platform for consistency and responsiveness, raising collaboration among the team.

Pull Requests

Opened

• Develop hotfix deploy [#490]

  • Focused on developing a deployment hotfix to address critical last-minute issues encountered in the production environment.

• Hotfix attempt [#489]

  • Executed an attempt to fix urgent and unexpected issues that surfaced during the deployment process.

• Fix .env [#488]

  • Resolved problems with the environment configuration file to ensure proper application setup and deployment.

• Merge Frontend [#486]

  • Carried out an extensive merge to consolidate various frontend branches, aligning them with the current project milestone.

• Remove Sidebar from Home & Forum, Modify Post View Container [#452]

  • Implemented UI improvements by removing the sidebar from home and forum pages for a streamlined interface and modified the post view container for better user engagement.

Reviewed

• Report Button [#484]

  • Conducted a review for the implementation of a report button, enhancing user moderation capabilities on the platform.

• Improve Profile Page [#475]

  • Provided feedback on improvements to the profile page for a more intuitive user experience.

• Fix Styling [#464]

  • Reviewed updates made to styling to ensure consistency and adherence to design standards across the site.

• Create Game Popup [#463]

  • Evaluated the addition of a popup for game creation, focusing on user interaction and ease of use.

• Create Post Popup [#461]

  • Assessed the new post popup feature to ensure it aligns with the user flow and provides a good user experience.

• Frontend/Navbar [#409]

  • Reviewed the navigation bar for the frontend to ensure optimal navigation and design cohesiveness.

• Edit Images on Homepage [#372]

  • Provided insights and suggestions for editing homepage images to enhance visual appeal and site messaging.

Additional Information

I made the presentation for both the frontend and the mobile to the customer. I also occasionally helped my teammates to fix their git-related issues such as removing commits, fixing merge conflicts, and etc.