#S1E3: We Have Data!

Sprint 2 is done and we have data! In this episode, we check-in on our goals for the sprint and discuss what got done, what didn’t, and some interesting issues that came up along the way. Now that we have Kanji data in the Core Data database, we can shift focus to building the UI for the app and notifications for next time.

Follow-up from last sprint:

Wireframes and prototype UI
Kanji database parsed into JSON
Core Data stack setup
Everyone get the app built and run on their watches
Look into how notifications might work
Get a podcast website setup

Steve

Got podcast website done
No notifications

Aaron

Got subset of data parsed into Core Data (3,000 kanji!)

Kotaro

Started skeleton layout of all views
Hasn’t hooked up UI to Core Data, yet.

Topics Discussed:

Hugo as an option for building your podcast or app website
PRs for collaboration on GitHub
Analysis Paralysis and comic book artists
Core Data array magic with the transformable attribute
UI mechanics
What are the stats we are saving?
Extensions on CoreData models (like Kotaro’s Fav10)

Next Time:

Working prototype swipe UI and save user stats (Kotaro)
Working notifications (Steve)
Public interface to the Kanji database (Aaron)