10/25/10

Lately, our progress may seem to have been halted. We haven't been generating new code. Instead we've been setting up the code hierarchy. We want the full screen window of our application to open when the user enters a key code. We also are setting up the font window and have been on implementing various key macros. Right now we can open the full screen window when a button is pressed. Yet, we can't get the text from one window to copy to the other. I am working hard to make a font window open when the user enters in a key macro.

As a side note: I've been working on the USACO problems. They are difficult and require intense focus and couple of hours to code through. The problems mostly deal with algorithms.

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Our group has reached a standstill in progress. To create a file open and close window requires the use of advanced IO data stream techniques (difficult). Right now I'm working on a window that let's the user choose the font size as well as the font. The idea is that this window will pop up when the user enters a command. We're also working with hierarchies between multiple classes. We need the currently independent classes to interact with each other. Below is a screen shot of our progress.

Major Progress

With a group member gone this week my partner and I have made significant progress on our project. We have designed a full screen text window with appropriate inset margins, a scroll bar, and copy-paste functionality.

Now there are a few new problems that I anticipate. First of all we need to code a way to implement the two, separate windows we've programmed. This will require going into some java textbook and studying hierarchies again (super etc..). After this, I want to change the GUI theme that our java program uses to give it a more minimalist look. This requires the use of imported themes that I don't know how to implement.

A major problem we know reach is that it is hard for everyone to edit code on their own computer. That is, the code for the program has grown to an extant that sending everyone a copy is redundant. Also, as we get more complex, the program requires that we delve into the thorough documentation provided by Oracle (no easy task might I add).

In summation, our group has made a lot of progress this week. The main problem is that the more we get in to the details of GUI programming, the more necessary official documentation is. We need to find a way to efficiently edit and share code (possibly a cloud solution).