Introduction to Materials Needed for Development

In this week, I’ve go through the resources that required for the project before getting started with the development. For the first, I’ve learnt the usage of git repository by going through some tutorials. It’s used for tracking changes made on source code during development with multiple programmers. Not only that, I’ve also learnt on how to interact with the git repository by using Bitbucket and Sourcetree such as push and pull.

Furthermore, I’ve also get myself familiar with Test Driven Development (TDD) concept which is the development approach that emphasize on testing and refactoring the functions repeatedly. Instead of just getting familiar with the concepts, I’ve also try on its exercise files in order to learn on how to implement and apply the concepts into the project.

Moreover, I’ve learnt the Prism Library for WPF which is the framework that helps to create application that have loosely coupled components. In the course, I’ve learnt how to implement the features such as delegate command, custom dialogs, event aggregator and others as well.

Lastly, after I’ve went through these materials that required for the project, I had been given the task for developing the user module which is the login and create account page. I’ve started the development from creating the repository, set up the config for the model class and create the database that run by Docker which can connect to the database without it install locally.

Getting Started with Small Portion of Project Source Code

As I went through some learning material that will be use in upcoming project, I am given an introduction towards an on-going project beginning with understanding the business logic behind the project.

After I was given the source code, I learnt about Docker, a set of platform that uses OS-Level virtualization to deliver software in packages called as containers. It allows me to run an image of database and connect to it without having the database install locally. In order to connect to the database of the project, I need to invoke an command in Docker to start the image before I can run the project smoothly, then, connect to database using Docker’s IP address and port.

As I done with connecting to database, I begin to play around and perform some unit testing. Then, I was taught how to drop certain column, perform migration process between project and database after add in a new column to store new set of data.

Lastly, I was given a task to disable a button click over certain condition. I felt hard and still unable to complete my given task. I believe it is still due to me lack of experience and knowledge, but I still working on it until I manage to complete the task given.