This week I wanted to do some research on potential technologies that could be used within our Hinsdale Wave Lab project. As I am tasked to handle the lab computer aspect, I did some research on National Instruments labVIEW. The research consisted of some documentation and YouTube videos to get orientated with the software. It seemed pretty straightforward as the library is programmed to be used on the specific instrumentation. I still need some familiarity with the software, but it shouldn’t be too much of a hurdle at this point. I also looked at some xCode and swift programming. I am used to android studio and making apps for the android platform, but there are a lot of high level similarities between the two and it has great documentation and youtube tutorials. It helps that IOS developing has been a trend lately and a lot of people are doing it. Earlier in the week we worked on the group team design document. It will serve as a living document that we will look back on when developing the system. We need to make sure each part is implemented, and that it meets the standards of our project partner. I’m sure the document will change over time as our needs are shifted, but for the most part everything should follow the design document. We may switch technologies used if we see a better fit for our application, but that’s about it. Now, I am just excited to start developing the system as I feel like we only have a little bit more research to tackle this problem. This project as a whole feels a lot like my internship last summer, which was when I learned the most about being a software developer. I hope to learn a lot during this project to take it into my future projects and tasks.
