GSOC: Week 7

This weekend I worked a lot on the GUI, specifically on making the basic swing desktop application with 3 main screen (accessible via the introductory MainMenu screen).

What I did this week:

• Implemented a JPanel that allows the user adjust settings
• Made a json file which has the ability of loading/saving user settings
• Improved the hadoop files loading time by creating an index of files
• Refactored a bit of code
• Added a JDialogBox for showing the progress of a file/directory copy
• Fixed the issues with change of settings and how they affect the program during run-time
• Refactor the complete of interacting with Hadoop HDFS into a single class (HadoopModel) which abstracts away methods such as data uploading, listing of files in a directory, managing the cache of Hadoop files for faster screen showing time and etc.
• Improved the setting panel to adjust the setting at run-time
• Listened for feedback on the application and what aspects to improve (from my mentor)

What I aim to do next week:

• Adapt the layout to start with a File browser screen and have the analysis functionality as a button
• Double click functionality opens a new window
• add a shortcut for closing a window (control + w)
• Settings page should be triggered from a menu bar so that you get rid of IntroJPanel
• Filtering capability within data browser
• Add settings into a menu and improve the response when settings are changed
• Fix couple of bugs
• JAR deployment
• Possibly refactor the Screen logic (layout and management of them)

Blocks:

• None