Reflection on Group Work

Last week, we spent time before Wednesday lecture to collect information on realistic projects we can work on. There were multiple things we took into consideration:

• The number of existing PRs
• Frequency that PRs are closed
• Is the creator active on any platform?
• Are the documentation well written?
• Is the project written in a language we can all write in?

We went through multiple project choices that could’ve worked but didn’t meet the criteria above. As an active user of Twitch, I knew about the existence of multiple community built software and extensions that were open source. Frosty is an open-source Twitch client for iOS and Android that was created by an active member of the Twitch community and commonly used by content creators and viewers. It was an excellent project choice that is beginner-friendly and could directly benefit from new features.

Current obstables

After deciding on Frosty as our project, the plan was to complete the development setup before our scheduled Friday meeting and colloborate on writing the wiki page for our group. We all encountered the same problem of the app not being able to read the .env file when launched, causing the API to reject the connection. We identified the issue over the weekend and got the app to successfully run on our computers.