Start of Week Update - 007

By A.A. Lopez

    Man, I really have a bad habit of leaving weekly blogs alone for too long. Probably should try harder to stick to a schedule; maybe put an alarm on my phone or something. Anyways, let's break down what's been happening and what the plan is for this week.

    Finally, release the Notes extension to my team in general. The downside is that my boss, his boss, and side-boss all don't like the name I gave it. They want a more marketable name for the extension, so I have to think of something before Thursday after next, when I do a presentation for the global team. So that'll be a part of my workload this week.

    Oh, and the GUI for the other toolset is finally complete. The only problem is that packaging it has become a hassle due to its needing output folders. However, I got the okay from the dev who made the code that I can junk that feature and update it to go straight to the /Downloads folder. Once I do that, I should be able to package on a Mac, but I will have to do some finagling to make it an .exe file for Windows.

    Then I have another toolset being asked by another team for an extension that reads .xls/.xlsx files, grabs certain columns, then compares/contrasts them against a directory to see if the names and filetypes match, and spits out a .csv report. I already finished the pseudo-code and flowchart for that one. I just need to create the base output for the .csv report, and then I can get started on making the thing.

    So my week is heavy with projects, along with my standard workload. Not that I mind, but I would like it if I could get some recognition beyond the accolades of some folks. At the very least, I can put the schematics and flowcharts here (redacted of any sensitive materials related to my work). Hopefully, someone might see it and be impressed with the things I've been working on... Though being this scatterbrained probably isn't the best.

    Anyways, let's break down this week:

• Monday
• Finish the Toolset GUI repackaging
• Create a skeleton of the presentation
• Name dev for the notes extension
• Begin the groundwork for the new Extension Compare/Contrast toolset
• Tuesday
• Have a meeting about the presentation
• Deliver the GUI toolset to the team
• Name dev
• Wednesday
• Presentation prep
• Name dev
• Thursday
• Have a folder ready for the CC Toolset
• Send the presentation for review
• Friday
• Relax

    Looking at this is having my heart racing, but I'm confident I can get this all done during my alloted time. Let's just hope nothing bad happens in the meantime.