Status Update | February 2022
Look ma it’s another status update about 3 years later! In this post, I’ll cover what I’ve done so far in February 2022 and share my plans for the following month.
What I’ve done this month
- I’ve been mostly working on StudyBuddy for Android.
- I’ve also setup some initial project management tools that should hopefully help in reducing the amount of workload.
Existing projects
StudyBuddy for Android
- I’ve updated the dependency version management to use Gradle 7’s Version Catalogs - corresponding pull request
- I’ve switched to using (Kotlin) Coroutines Image Loader to load images - corresponding pull request
- Did some slight tidying up of the codebase:
- Used singleton classes where possible - corresponding commit
- Improved the continuous integration configuration - corresponding commit
- Updated the Gradle build scripts to use repository settings (see https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin for more info) - corresponding commit
- And bumped Gradle to v7.4 - corresponding commit
- I’ve also renamed the default branch to use “main” instead
RSS Reader
- I’ve mostly merged some pull requests related to dependency updates
- I’ve also renamed the repository to “rss-reader-angular” as I’m planning to maybe work on a Svelte version of the app - stay tuned! :P
- Note: Existing links to the site should work as expected, but not deep links unfortunately (so for example, https://edricchan03.github.io/rss-reader would redirect as expected, but not https://edricchan03.github.io/rss-reader/feed)
- I’ve also attempted to update the dependencies in this app (for e.g. Angular v11 -> v13), but as I’ve not worked on it for a while, there’s been multiple issues (such as version incompatibilities, and an old
package-lock.jsonfile) that are blocking me from continuing.
My site
New stuff
- You may have noticed that the fonts look a bit different now. This is because I’ve recently changed them as the old default looked a bit boring to be honest. As of the time of this writing, the fonts chosen are:
- Default: Rambla
- Headlines: Work Sans
- Code: JetBrains Mono
- Leave feedback down below on what you think of the new site! (And here’s the commit, if you’re interested)
- And I’ve also added support for editing the page you’re currently seeing on GitHub, if you so choose. (commit)
- I’ve added tooltips to buttons on the top right of the page. (commit)
Changes
- I’ve finally updated the metadata on this website, as well as updated the version of Material Components for Web to the latest (as of this writing), v13.
- I’ve also bumped the version of Jekyll used to v4 (see commit)
Bug fixes
- Fixed a derp where the list of project tags weren’t showing as expected (commit)
- Simplifies the way that toolbar buttons are done in the template (commit)
New projects 😜
- I’ve been working on a Svelte version of the hit-game Antimatter Dimensions, but temporarily stopped working on it to focus on other projects.
What I plan to do next month
Projects
- Work on StudyBuddy for Web and StudyBuddy for Android
- Work on improving the app architecture, as well as the overall user interface/experience
- Work on improving the performance of the app
- Work on RSS Reader Angular and maybe a Svelte version as well
- Add some features like podcast support, and maybe a “read later” feature
- Fix up any other bugs present on this site
- Update the metadata on this site
General
- Learn a new programming language/framework (Svelte/SvelteKit maybe?)
- Improve my project management skills
- Write more blog posts 😜
That’s mostly all, folks! See ya next month!