Project: ArtBuddy

ArtBuddy (AB) a desktop application that helps commission-based artists manage their customers, commissions, and artworks easily. Written in Java, ArtBuddy is primarily optimised for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI), but also comes with a GUI created using JavaFX.

Given below are my contributions to the project.

  • Key Contribution: Added the Iteration model #84
    • What it does: Iterations serve as a form of ‘version control’ for users, allowing them to track the progress of commission through revised versions of their artworks.
    • Highlights:
      • Created the classes for Iteration and its associated attributes (except images), and integrated it into Commissions (via a UniqueIterationList), and the UI, Model, and Storage components.
      • As the new Iteration model had to be integrated with the different components of the system, this enhancement was quite huge, and required a good understanding of how the various components of the system worked together.
  • Key Contribution: GUI support for add commands (addcus, addcom, additer) #114
    • What it does: Allows users to also create a new Customer, Commission, and Iteration via the GUI. Also supports uploading of images to ArtBuddy via drag-and-drop, and file upload.
    • Justification: We recognise that executing add commands via the CLI might be a hassle, especially in the case of creating objects with extreme input parameters (like a Commission with a long description, or when dealing with long file paths when adding an image to an Iteration). Allowing users to also input add commands via the GUI accommodates to these extreme cases, enhancing user-friendliness.
    • Highlights:
      • Creating 3 new functional windows was a rather big challenge, especially in JavaFX. Issues with spacing and alignment kept cropping up between different OS systems and screen sizes, and it was difficult to find help on these bugs since JavaFX isn’t exactly a popular frontend framework.
      • Keeping in mind possible future extensions to edit commands via GUI, each window had to be further abstracted out into its own class.
  • New Feature: Added Iteration related commands
    • Highlights: New commands to support basic CRUD functionality for iterations
      • Added additer command to add an iteration to the currently selected commission #84
      • Added deliter command to delete a specified iteration from the currently selected commission #84
      • Added edititer command to edit a specified iteration from the currently selected commission #123
  • New Feature: Statistics View in CustomerDetailsPane #138
    • What it does: Allows users to see statistics tied to a specific Customer. Includes a pie chart of the breakdown of commissions commissioned by that customer according to completion status.
  • Enhancements to existing features:

    • Enhanced UI ‘theme’: Created a mockup of the UI using Figma, and updated the styling in AB according to the mockup designed (#72 and #93).

    • Added UI Components CommissionDetailsPane #84 and IterationListItem #89: To display a view of a commission’s details, and a list view of its iterations.

    • Added test cases for Iteration classes and its related commands (additer, deliter, and edititer) (#100 and #111).

  • Documentation:
    • User Guide:
      • Wrote the introduction sections of the User Guide #146.
      • Wrote the Using the Guide, Quick Start, Appendix and Glossary sections, added style and formatting #200.
      • Added documentation for commands additer, deliter, and edititer (#57 and #136).
    • Developer Guide:
      • Added implementation details of Iteration and additer (#118 and #133).
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