This week has been a sprint to try to get a launch-able product out for the alpha release. This has been simplified considerably for our project because of the revelation we had about exactly how the block-chain will be utilized in the final product. Basically, I was thinking incorrectly and trying to have the team …
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Outside Blockers
This week has been particularly challenging for reasons out of the scope of this class. It can be frustrating to be limited in the time I can spend on this project due too other class and personal responsibilities. I am taking a 499 course, so I understand there is an experimental element to the class, …
First Code Review
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Back From Break
Back from the winter break, and it was desperately needed. This term is looking to be much less busy overall, which hopefully will free me up more for the capstone class project. There are some worries of balance of work over this term, however, because I know that my other group members are going to …
Frankenstein’s Monster
So after some deliberation during our team meeting this week we came to a couple key decisions, namely about technology and architecture. We have decided to implement the server RESTful API as an in-between for the mobile application and the blockchain. We also decided with certainty that we will be using Flutter for the mobile …
Architecture Discussion
So, in my mind, one of the primary flaws, or rather a lack of consideration up until this point, is how exactly our application is going to talk to the blockchain backend. Throughout this process I had always pictured the application talking directly to the blockchain. I guess I had been considering the blockchains use …
A Deeper Look
This week I took the time to sit down and really take a hard look at Hyperledger Sawtooth, the blockchain technology our group will be using for the project. Hyperledger is the open source blockchain technology that is hosted by the Linux Foundation. Basically, Hyperledger is trying to create stable frameworks and tools so that …
Narrowing Scope
After last weeks meeting and having done the project requirements documentation, there was a distinct issue with the application that I was beginning to see. To me, the scope of the project was not specific enough. We were trying to tackle and application that was explicitly for tracking expensive wines with incredible detail and accuracy. …
Partner Meeting and Clarification
This week was our first “face-to-face” encounter with our project partner, Jim. He seems extremely motivated and enthusiastic, which is fantastic. Jim is a big proponent of blockchain technology and thinks it’s going to be utilized across many different industries, and I agree. Jim has found a niche market that can use this technology and …
Team Meeting and Initial Contact
So this week was the first we met our teams and sent out the initial email to our partner. Two of my teammates were on top of the ball so the three of us were able to hammer out some details and decided to move forward with project management via Trello and team communication via …