Since last week, I have finished researching framer motion and decided on installing it into our project repo. I also used Framer to create UI mockups/prototypes for the sign-up page and profile browsing page that I am working on.
I plan to have each profile in the database represented by cards that the user can browse through via swiping. Once the user selects a card, it expands to show the card’s details page that also has an interested or not interested button, just like in a dating app. The profiles will also be filterable via a responsive filter bar.
I’ve also started coding the Add Profile form for the admin account page. It allows the admin to add animal profiles to the database. First , the user selects a Type from a dropdown menu that fetches them from the database. After the user selects a type, the dropdown menu for Breed is filled with breeds of the last selected type (also grabbed from the db). The form also fetches the dispositions from the database and presents them as a dropdown checkbox menu. I’m not including a screenshot of it cause it’s ugly right now, but I might next week once it is finished and styled.
My plans for this upcoming week are to finish the Add Profile form, start coding the Profiles UI, and to add details/db queries to one of the other pages. My team met today and our primary goal right now is getting all the authentication and admin features working. The due date for the elevator pitch is coming up soon and I am using that as a deadline to have a larger portion of the frontend presentable for it.
Outside of the project, I have been looking into pursuing a career in Bioinformatics or Computational Bio since it would also make use of my background in science (my first degree). I’ve been applying to internship positions for these fields and plan to read up on some computational biology libraries. I found these three mentioned a lot in a lot of job and internship listings that I plan to study a bit:
A lot of the positions require experience with R programming language too which I haven’t used since my Bio degree so I will probably go through some tutorials for that as well.
As for the side project I discussed last time, I have decided to expand upon the wasteagram android app from the Mobile Dev class as a side project. I want to also use it as an opportunity to brush up on my flutter skills, since I have been considering doing the Google Android Dev certification.
That’s all for this week, thanks for reading! Please feel free to leave any tips or advice you have on CS careers or my animal adoption project below!
