Project: PowerCards

PowerCards enable university students to input a pool of information (question-answer pairs) of their desired topic and utilize the application to practice active recall of this information.

Given below are my contributions to the project.

  • New Feature: Design and implement styling of the overall UI on Figma - Main and Review mode screens and PowerCards Logo (PR #162 #181 #183 #187)

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Initial prototype design of PowerCards UI.

  • What it does: Allows users to navigate the app intuitively and enjoy the user experience.
  • Justification: The UI of a flashcard application is a key component of usability and attractiveness of the product.

  • Highlights: The user flows of first creating decks then cards were considered in the creation of the 2 panel (one for deck, one for cards) interface.

  • New Feature: Review Mode and the related commands - Start/End Review, Flip, Next, Previous, and Tag Difficulty (PRs #73 #99 #128 #147 #162 #178 #179 #181 #183 #231 #236
    • What it does: Allows users to review the all cards in a deck or optionally review cards by the difficulty tagged.
    • Justification: It enables users to test their knowledge on the decks which is a vital purpose of PowerCards
    • Highlights: The user experience of the CLI was a great priority - hence the keys for the commands were selected to be all in close proximity to each other and the ‘Enter’ key, enabling users to do fast, one-handed operations in the review mode.

  • Code contributed: RepoSense link

  • Project management:
    • Responded to PRs promptly and with earnest feedback
    • Checked in with teammates consistently though the project
  • Documentation:
    • User Guide:
      • Contributed to the Review Mode, Main Mode (after Deck selected), and Command Summary sections of the UG (PR #242)
    • Developer Guide:
      • Contributed to the Review Mode Implementation details #351 #356
      • Added Planned Enhancement section (PR: #311)
  • Community: