Alex - all weeks

[alxlvgit]

January 19 - January 25

• Explored the existing codebase.
• Created and seeded the local Postgres database.
• Set up the needed routes with React Router.
• Created the wrapper layout for future pages.
• Learned the basics of Material UI components customization.
• Learned the GraphQL basics.

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Jan 26 - Feb 01

• Created reusable components for the future pages.
• Created the custom data grid component with Material UI.
• Implemented the state management with useState and useEffect hooks.
• Added a client-side GraphQL query to test the state management in a component with existing data.
• Debugged the used useEffect hooks because of unexpected state changes.

[alxlvgit]

Feb 02 - Feb 08

• Replaced the useEffect hooks with event handlers to eliminate the unexpected behavior in component
• Changed the state management from useState hook to useReducer wherever needed
• Refactored and debugged the existing dropdown components
• Combined reducers and lifted the state

[alxlvgit]

Feb 09 - Feb 15

• Finalized one of the main components, including the state management and querying data.
• Added a useEffect hook to reflect the changes in the other component, passing the needed dependency into the array.
• Fixed minor backend bugs that blocked moving forward with UI feature implementation.

[alxlvgit]

Feb 16 - Feb 22

• The team worked on solving the project's organizational issues

[alxlvgit]

Feb 23 - Feb 29

• Moved the branch from GitLab to GitHub, merged, and resolved all conflicts.
• Modified the existing code to make previously developed components functional with the new tech stack.
• Researched on custom SSR and OGP.

[alxlvgit]

March 01 - March 07

• Updated the main React component to make it fully reusable for other similar pages.
• Vite SSR and dynamic OG tags in static React app.

[alxlvgit]

March 08 - March 14

• Switched from graphql-hooks to Apollo Client for querying on client.
• Updated the client queries to get the additional data needed for the features.

[alxlvgit]

March 15 - March 21

• Updated the dropdown components and fixed the state management issues.
• Added all needed functions for filtering the queried data before the rendering.

[alxlvgit]

March 22 - March 28

• Added new queries and resolvers to the API backend
• Added new MUI components to the client application
• Debugged the state management for the previously developed components

[alxlvgit]

March 29 - April 04

• Added new queries to the API backend
• Modified the client side queries to retrieve the needed fields
• Fixed the issue with race condition while fetching the data
• Added mutation to create a new timesheet on the client side