Week 9 [Oct 14]

Issue tracker setup

We recommend you configure the issue tracker of the main repo as follows:

• Delete existing labels and add the following labels.
  💡 Issue type labels are useful from the beginning of the project. The other labels are needed only when you start implementing the features.

• Create following milestones : v1.0, v1.1, v1.2, v1.3, v1.4,

• You may configure other project settings as you wish. e.g. more labels, more milestones

Project Schedule Tracking

In general, use the issue tracker (Milestones, Issues, PRs, Tags, Releases, and Labels) for assigning, scheduling, and tracking all noteworthy project tasks, including user stories. Update the issue tracker regularly to reflect the current status of the project. You can also use GitHub's Projects feature to manage the project, but keep it linked to the issue tracker as much as you can.

Using Issues:

During the initial stages (latest by the start of v1.2):

• Record each of the user stories you plan to deliver as an issue in the issue tracker. e.g. Title: As a user I can add a deadline
Description: ... so that I can keep track of my deadlines

• Assign the type.* and priority.* labels to those issues.

• Formalize the project plan by assigning relevant issues to the corresponding milestone.

From milestone v1.2:

• Define project tasks as issues. When you start implementing a user story (or a feature), break it down to smaller tasks if necessary. Define reasonable sized, standalone tasks. Create issues for each of those tasks so that they can be tracked.e.g.

  • A typical task should be able to done by one person, in a few hours.

    • Bad (reasons: not a one-person task, not small enough): Write the Developer Guide
    • Good: Update class diagram in the Developer Guide for v1.4

  • There is no need to break things into VERY small tasks. Keep them as big as possible, but they should be no bigger than what you are going to assign a single person to do within a week. eg.,

    • Bad:Implementing parser (reason: too big).
    • Good:Implementing parser support for adding of floating tasks

  • Do not track things taken for granted. e.g., push code to repo should not be a task to track. In the example given under the previous point, it is taken for granted that the owner will also (a) test the code and (b) push to the repo when it is ready. Those two need not be tracked as separate tasks.

  • Write a descriptive title for the issue. e.g. Add support for the 'undo' command to the parser

    • Omit redundant details. In some cases, the issue title is enough to describe the task. In that case, no need to repeat it in the issue description. There is no need for well-crafted and detailed descriptions for tasks. A minimal description is enough. Similarly, labels such as priority can be omitted if you think they don't help you.
      
      

• Assign tasks (i.e., issues) to the corresponding team members using the assignees field. Normally, there should be some ongoing tasks and some pending tasks against each team member at any point.

• Optionally, you can use status.ongoing label to indicate issues currently ongoing.

Repo setup

Only one team member:

1. Fork nuscs2113-AY1920S1/PersonalAssistant-Duke to your team org.
2. Rename the forked repo as main. This repo (let's call it the team repo) is to be used as the repo for your project.
3. Ensure the issue tracker of your team repo is enabled. Reason: our bots will be posting your weekly progress reports on the issue tracker of your team repo.
4. Ensure your team members have the desired level of access to your team repo.
5. create a team PR for us to track your project progress: i.e., create a PR from your team repo master branch to [nuscs2113-AY1920S1/PersonalAssistant-Duke] master branch. PR name: [Team ID] Product Name e.g., [AY1920S1-CS2113-T13-1] Contact List Pro.  As you merge code to your team repo's master branch, this PR will auto-update to reflect how much your team's product has progressed. In the PR description @mention the other team members so that they get notified when the tutor adds comments to the PR.

All team members:

1. Watchthe main repo (created above) i.e., go to the repo and click on the watch button to subscribe to activities of the repo
2. Fork the main repo to your personal GitHub account.
3. Clone the fork to your Computer.
4. Recommended: Set it up as an Intellij project.

Note that some of our download scripts depend on the following folder paths. Please set up the these paths in your project carefully.

• /src/main
• /src/test
• /docs