Spring / Summer Project Based Learning

[sgdavis1]

2024-03-07

Progress

Today we setup the git repo and the scaffolded expo app together, and set a time for the weekly meeting.

Goals for next week

• Take a basic CLI course in an online learning platform
• Explore and understand Expo / React Native
• Successfully launch the app in the ios Simulator
• Install Android Studio
• Successfully launch the app in the Android Simulator

[sgdavis1]

2024-03-21

Progress

CLI training included, Youtube videos and ChatGPT responses, hands-on training, etc. David feels confident using this now. Has continued looking into Expo / React Native platform. Able to run the iOS Simulator by running XCode, installed Android Studio but hasn't gotten the code deployed yet. Getting an error npm run android, we will look at this together.

Additional effort included setting up a Google Firebase database for the app and started to play around with the functionality on that.

Overall Project Goal

• By the end of the summer: Enough functionality to submit to the app stores

Goals for next week

• Create a visual diagram of the app workflows
• Create mock-ups of some of the initial app screens
• Debug and fix issues with npx expo run:ios and npx expo run:android
• (stretch-goal) Basic login screen

[sgdavis1]

2024-03-28

Progress

Both simulators are running correctly. Discussed git usage, and possibility of a duplicate copy of the project on David's laptop (and how to resolved). Completed a basic login screen!!

Goal for next week

• Untangle the situation with VS.code and (potentially) a duplicate copy of the project on his laptop
• Open a connection to Firebase from within the Application
• Create a single "user account" record in Firebase
• (stretch goal) Query the firebase connection for the user account AND display the account info in the React Native application

[sgdavis1]

2024-04-11

Progress

Created some Github Actions for building and deploying app and working with Firebase, might not be totally necessary yet and Steve will look into the details of how useful these things are. Straightened out code repository locations on laptop and removed duplicate. Started working on Firebase records, and added some details / discussed how to use these things with Steve

Goals for the next week

• Write the code to support a user login
• Continued work on the layout of the app

[sgdavis1]

2024-04-18

Progress

Worked on a lot of class work, so less progress this week. Started on Navigation to new Screen after a successful login. Completed the code to "create" user accounts.

Goals for the next week

• Resolve issues with navigation
• Continue working on the code for a successful login
• Continued work on the layout of the app

[sgdavis1]

2024-04-25

Progress

Worked together to clean up multiple copies of source code on David's laptop. Continued to work on error coming from React Native source:

Unable to resolve "react-native-safe-area-context" from "node_modules/@react-navigation/stack/src/views/Header/Header.tsx"

Goals for the next week

• David will continue debugging and this is likely related to the issue with the react-native-gesture-handler.

[sgdavis1]

2024-05-09

Progress

Still working on getting a correct DB connection to the Firestore backend. Steve and David walked through this together the last two meetings and David will be proceeding independently this week to see how far he can get following this tutorial: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-use-firestore-database-in-reactjs/