More Work on my FirefoxOS App

I made the app a lot prettier and I fixed an animation problem because the div I was animating did not have a relative position. The problem I'm having right now is positioning a container with buttons in it and for some reason I'm so bad at positioning stuff. For some reason my repo isn't working for whatever reason so I'll definitely get my changes pushed Monday and then you can see the app for yourself.

FirefoxOS App

I got the structure of my app working which I think was mostly due to an unclosed div and I added a few touches like a back button. So what I'm working on my app now is being able to move a div using buttons but obviously the phone won't have a keyboard so I have to make my own buttons. I thought it was going to be pretty easy but I have no idea why my code isn't working. I'm just saying that if one id is clicked, another id should be animated but I can't figure out the problem.

FirefoxOS App

I continued to work on my app today so I fixed a few problems mostly involving classes and IDs. I made it so that the app is a list and you'll see how I did it but it also currently doesn't work because when you click on a list item you aren't redirected to another page. I'll try to get it working by the end of the week assuming I don't get a response from Marcia but I'll push it to github either way but it would be better if it was functional.

jQuery Mobile Working

Marcia is apparently going to be traveling for the next few weeks so she can't be as responsive and she wasn't able to review my work so I don't really have any tasks currently. I decided to just work on my app then in the mean time which meant that I had to get jQuery Mobile working. I spent most of my class time doing that and I did finally get it working after I just closely reviewed a different app I made. Turns out the problem was right in front of me, I was just importing the jQuery Mobile CSS incorrectly.

BuddyUp Tasks

Marcia emailed me a very helpful email and she modified the etherpad link so I know what to do now. I just need to email her about a couple of things, like where I should post my results, but she was very helpful.

So I went through the Helpee Ask a Question Scenario and the first time I did it, I did not get a confirmation screen with an "OK" button but I saw my question with the timestamp. The second time I did it the scenario passed and it included the confirmation screen and I noticed that "notification" was spelled wrong.

She then wanted me to make my own test case for answering a question so here is what I made and I'm going to email her to see if it's good.

Acceptance criteria: * “View Unanswered Questions” button available on home page as I launch the app * Tapping the “View Unanswered Questions” button lets me view questions* I can choose between new and active questions to answer* Clicking on a question makes replies appear and a text box at the bottom allows users to reply to questions* Submitting the question closes the keyboard and my reply appears with a time stamp.     

               

• launch the BuddyUp app from the homescreen.

• The app successfully opens and you can see content.

• Tap on the "View Unanswered Questions" input field.

• The user is directed to the Unanswered Questions page with 2 tabs at the top, "Active" and "New".

• Choose a question and type a response in the text box and press the arrow to send.

• You will see your reply posted below any other previously posted replies with a timestamp.

BuddyUp Tasks

I emailed Marcia but she didn't get back to me during the class period but hopefully she responds by tomorrow and I understand what to do because I haven't accomplished too much with these BuddyUp tasks. I think I almost understand what to do but I want a bit more guidance, I think she wants me to reply to a helper in BuddyUp and then document it on MozTrap or something but these instructions are a bit confusing because she is talking about two tasks and it's pretty vague.

BuddyUp Tasks

I took a look at the etherpad link again to follow her instructions but I don't really understand what to do and I think her instructions may be wrong because when I searched for the test case, nothing came up. Maybe you understand it better than I do but I'm now lost so I'll ask you about it tomorrow and I'll email Marcia if necessary.

FirefoxOS Bugs and App Dev

I'm going to combine my Thursday and Friday posts since Friday was a short day.

On Thursday, I looked at the BuddyUp pdf which I assume is the wireframe Marcia was referring to. It seemed pretty straightforward so I just skimmed it but it seems like it's pretty important so I'll take another look at it. I also helped Dylan a bit with the form and I helped Finn with javascript. I also can't seem to get my Jquery Mobile working and I think regular Jquery is required, but when I have both they seem to conflict so I'm not sure.

I worked a bit on my app and I just commented out jQuery mobile in the mean time but I want to get it working so I can easily style the app. Marcia also emailed me and sent me a link to etherpad with notes on what I should do next. I took a look at it and I made an account so I should probably start getting to work on that stuff next week.

Setting Up Firefox OS and Refining the Form

On Wednesday I was a bit scattered but I emailed Marcia and I know what to do now. There is a pdf I need to look at along with some other links but Dylan and Jack need to work on the form a bit more so I'm going to help them with that. I just need to handle the SQL because I think Dylan can do the rest so after that I should be able to start looking for bugs.

Firefox OS bugs and Github

• There was another slight annoying problem with ATIC but it should be good now and all changes are pushed
• While my phone updated to the latest stable version I made some instructions to make sure what I am doing is right
• First get BuddyUp in case I have questions
• Try and find bugs use Bugs Ahoy to find and document new bugs
• Tasks might be helpful when looking for bugs
• I also added jQuery Mobile so I can use that while developing
• I can now also push changes to the FXOS repo but apparently there is some tiny problem that I think Finn wrote about in his blog

Fixing up ATIC

I was planning on getting started on looking for bugs but there was a slight problem with ATIC. Apparently I screwed up one of the pages so I worked with Dylan and we figured out the problem. Dylan and Sam helped me with git so I think I better understand how to use git. I accidentally deleted the original project page but I got it back from an old revision.  I set up the correct routes and all the links are working so now Dylan should make sure that the form is ready or if changes should be made to it.

Firefox BuddyUp

I got BuddyUp off of github and there are instructions here. It's pretty simple so when I get the next device I'll get BuddyUp and start trying to find bugs. I'll also look at previous emails from Marcia for help on where to start. I also worked on my app and I was able to fix the formatting of it. I have some ideas of what I want to do and I'll post some pictures when I make more progress or just upload the app to my website when it's better.

Firefox App: Moving Circles

On Wednesday I decided I would try and allow users to move the shapes around but I kind of got stuck. I also had another problem where I would replace divs with other divs and then you could not interact with the new divs. I guess I'll just work on this app on my freetime because I will have to focus on buddy up soon.

Firefox Apps

I'm still working on firefox apps, I'm just adding a bunch of random stuff to the app like shapes that fade and morph but I also tried to get one to animate randomly when it wasn't clicked and to stop when it was clicked and I managed to break everything so I have to fix that.

Firefox OS App Dev

I made a small app for the firefox simulator that's just a circle that you click and it morphs the more you click it. I guess I'll continue working on apps until we are given a specific task by the Firefox team.

It's not that interesting but if I add more to it I could put it on my website so you can actually try it.