Project: Recretary

Recretary is a desktop app for managing contacts and meetings, optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). For fast typists, Recretary is the faster option for finishing contact management tasks than traditional GUI apps.

Given below are my contributions to the project.

  • New Feature: Added some basic commands for meeting management.
    • What it does: This allows the user to delete, view and clear existing meetings.
    • Justification: These commands are among basic requirements of the app.
  • New Feature: Added the support for recurring meetings.
    • What it does: This allows the user to add, edit and delete recurring meetings.
    • Justification: This feature improves the product effectively because recurring meetings are common in daily use, and enabling recurrences drastically reduces the time to repetitively input similar meeting information.
  • New Feature: Implemented a system-wide scheduler to enable automated tasks.
    • What it does: A system timer provides the ability to automatically update the application without user interference. Together with variants of scheduled tasks implemented, features like auto-Ui updates and pop-up reminders are now possible.
    • Justification: Though this functionality may not be easily observed by the users, the extendability it provides is significant. Always-up-to-date Ui and auto-pop-up reminders are two examples. Later on, any proposed automated tasks can be easily written.
    • Highlights: This enhancement requires an in-depth knowledge of the structure of the base code. It is also not straightforward in terms of implementation, as it involves multi-thread programming and synchronization.

  • Code contributed: RepoSense link

  • Enhancements to existing features:
    • Updated the Model and AddressBook to accommodate classes related to Meeting
    • Added tests for various features implemented by the team
  • Documentation:
    • User Guide:
      • Added documentation for the basic commands implemented
      • Added documentation for automatic pop up reminders
      • Added short intro, command and prefix summary
    • Developer Guide:
      • Updated user stories and use cases for some features.
      • Added brief explanation of list and clear commands for both entities.
      • Added implementation details of the deletemeeting, deletecontact and system timer features.