DPS909

After a frantic 12 weeks, we have arrived at Release 0.4 - AKA the final release for the DPS909 Open-source course. Much like the previous release I covered, this release is comprised of two parts: an internal pull request to CDOT Telescope, and a more challenging external pull request to an open-source project. To improve your reading experience, I've also split my blog up into two parts. This post will be covering my internal contribution to CDOT Telescope. For a full description on what Telescope is, please refer to my previous pos t where I introduced it in detail, or the official overview . The Issue -  Search icon floating with window resize  Demonstration of the floating search issue Another student had added a dynamically floating search bar to the front end, however it was not functioning correctly as it would sporadically float around as you scroll or resize the page.  The initial hypothesis was that it was positioned relative to the view port cs it's

In my previous pos t, I revealed the issues I will be attempting to resolve in order to contribute for an internal project and an external project. I also detailed the projects themselves, so if you haven't already read my previous post, I would advise starting there to give my current post some context. I can successfully say I reached the goals I set for both the external and internal project in my previous post. Keep reading to find out how I did this, and the challenges I overcame. Internal Pull Request Adding Pagination to CDOT Telescope The responsive page navigation is circled at the bottom This issue was assigned to me by a colleague and was much trickier than I initially anticipated. The issue simply required to implement paginating functionality to the front end, so that the blog posts are displayed in pages instead of all  being displayed in one very long scrollable feed. The first challenge came with the starting point. The home page was designed wi

After successfully completing Hacktoberfest, we move onto bigger and better challenges in open source. By November 15th I have the following goals to complete: 1. Contribute to a bigger issue on an open-source project (no more "good-first-issue" tags). 2. Contribute to CDOT Telescope, an internal project built by my fellow classmates. In this post I will break down my issue and goal for each goal. External Project- LifeStyle E-Commerce  This is a project I found in hacktoberfest and fixed a styling alignment bug for. You can find the full details of my contribution in my previous post.   If you are already familiar wit the project, you can skip the overview section. Overview Lifestyle E-ommerce is a front-end project for building an online store. It supplies various well designed pages for front-end developers to customize and utilize as a starting point for their e-commerce projects, whether it be for themselves or their clients. I gravitated towards this proj

We are nearing the end of Hacktoberfest and that means we are finishing the challenge with our fourth and final pull request. In my  previous post , I announced and explained my third pull request for this year's Hacktoberfest event, where I enhanced the UI/UX of Rhymus, a web based word-puzzle game designed to improve a users vocabulary. I also went on to say that my goal for this pull request will be to solve an actual bug within the code of a project, meaning  correcting an actual flaw, rather than enhancements and additions which I had done so far. I am proud to say I did exactly what I aimed to by fixing a bug in a project called "Lifestyle-Ecommerce-Website". The Project:  Lifestyle-Ecommerce-Website Lifestyle-Ecommerce-Website is a front-end project for building an online store. It supplies various well designed pages for front-end developers to customize and utilize as a starting point for their e-commerce projects, whether it be for themselves or their clie

In my previous post , I announced and explained my second pull request for this year's Hacktoberfest event, where I added puzzles to Rhymus, a web based word-puzzle game designed to improve a users vocabulary. The Project: Rhymus If you have already read my description of Rhymus in my previous post, you can go ahead and skip to "The Issue" section. Rhymus is an open-source web based game written in HTML, CSS and Javascript. It presents the user with word based puzzles to help users improve their vocabulary and familiarity with some common expressions, Phrases and/or common expressions are shown with on of the words being replaced with a rhyme for the original. The user must input what the correct word is, and has the option to take a hint for less point. The game has a scoring system to measure the users success. All in all, I found it to be a fun project that would be very helpful for those looking to expand their vocabulary. I can see it being useful for

In my previou s post , I announced and explained my first pull request for this year's Hacktoberfest event, where I contributed to the documentation of CMS program called RawCMS. I also mentioned that documentation was simply a starting point for me as I aimed to contribute to the code/content of an actual application for my next pull request. I can proudly say that I succeeded in reaching this goal for my second pull request, as I was able to contribute to a project called Rhymus . The Project: Rhymus Rhymus is an open-source web based game written in HTML, CSS and Javascript. It presents the user with word based puzzles to help users improve their vocabulary and familiarity with some common expressions, Phrases and/or common expressions are shown with on of the words being replaced with a rhyme for the original. The user must input what the correct word is, and has the option to take a hint for less point. The game has a scoring system to measure the users success. All in a