Journey

These are the most important steps I took in order to set up my device.

  1. Download Ubuntu using the command: wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04.
  2. After downloading, wait for a prompt and enter a username and password to create the account.
  3. Type wsl into the terminal to be ready to use Ubuntu Linux/Unix commands.
  4. Install VS Code from Google.
  5. Open the Portfolio_2025 repository.
  6. Check if I have all the tools installed using:
    • ruby -v
    • bundle -v
    • jupyter --version
    • python --version

Starting a Project

  1. Move to my home directory using cd.
  2. Set up a directory for projects with mkdir -p nighthawk, then move to that directory with cd nighthawk. Afterward, clone the student_2025 directory.

Prepare the Project Before Opening VS Code

  1. Move to the project directory with cd student_2025, then run bundle install.
  2. Run the command code . to open VS Code.
  3. Ensure that when VS Code is opened, the bottom left of VS Code is blue. This indicates that it is connected with WSL.

Sprint 1

  • I made several different pages in Sprint 1 and learned how to link my new files to pages and create a permalink.
    • I added to my about and index pages to talk about myself and guide myself throughout my webpage.
    • I created several different games and also a calculator.
    • Overall, I had a lot of help from my classmates and learned how to use notebooks, files, and format code, as well as use hyperlinks and buttons in my code.

Sprint 2

  • Our group split the code into 4 different parts.
    • I was in charge of nested if statements and looping with indexes.
    • I made several homework hacks and created two notebooks that were part of the webpage of our lesson.
    • The homework was difficult but I learned slowly
    • Our presentation went well, and people were able to do their homework
    • I reflected well in my one minute speech

Sprint 3

  • Link to Project
  • Our group is splitting up into Scrum, Integrator, Backend, and Frontend. I will be in charge of the backend.
    • We set up the Flask backend and are making our chatroom about underground artists.
    • We cloned our frontend and backend repository and installed Postman.
    • We worked on our prototype and created a place where we can message.
    • We encountered merge issues with our frontend, so we spent some time fixing them.
    • We were confused about how to make the frontend and backend communicate.
    • I collaborated with people from other groups who are in charge of the backend to connect my frontend to the backend’s data.
    • With the backend, we are trying to track and store messages and users.
    • We are also trying to incorporate a system where people can share some of their favorite songs from underground artists.
    • We connected the backend to the frontend, but for some reason only my localhost can do the dropdown for channels.
    • Changes are showing in the backend.
    • Our group has implemented functions for sharing music.
    • We have a way to show artists and details on small artists.

my API

  • we are putting our API into our frostbyte backend
  • little server: go to portfolio 2025, copy code fron notebook into app.py
  • we started working on little server using live share, which was frustrating as liveshare would disconnect me often
  • we made a student.py and an app.py, we are going to run app.py so it displays all our data, and we will be able to call code from student.py
  • We have successfully displayed student data tables on the front end.
  • we copied the code and tried to replicate it while customizing it to contain content about ourselves
  • big server:try making an API in the big server using knowledge from the little server