Sprint 7 reflections

Well this past sprint went well. Issue NGPOC-185 was successfully fixed and our pull request was accepted, tested, and put on the live test build which is awesome. I learned a good amount by reviewing the code and trying to figure out the issue, though in the end Dan solved it. I have found it quite the experience so far. After completion of NGPOC-185 we decided to split into 2 teams which was for the better because it seems like a lot of the issues don’t need 6 people working on them, but for a start it worked out well as we were getting our feet wet. We chose issue APTS-159 to work on which they wanted the list in a form to show in order of date, newest to oldest as it was supposedly backwards. After investigating the issue and implementing a solution we found out that issue had already been fixed. Brings back memories of people not closing tickets and wasting time. In this scenario it was a learning experience, but in the real world time is money and this would have cost the company a few bucks. It is kind of nice though to see the process working and having to dig through code to figure out where an issue lies and then figure out how to implement a solution. I love troubleshooting.

We are now on 2 issues, one as our split group of 3 and the other as a whole team. We will probably only get one done possibly because time is running short. The first issue is AA-680 which is “Can't add child to parent relationship”. The problem we believe lies in the database which we do not have access to so we are waiting on an answer from OpenMRS on this. We have found where the relationship lies in the code, but cannot do anything until we get an answer. The issue is that there is only a parent/child relationship and no child/parent relationship. In other words if a child is seen at the clinic, there is no way to add a parent to the form in the relationship drop down. It seems like in this industry, or at least this project there is more time spent waiting on clarification than anything. I understand there are different time zones and such but it sometimes seems counter productive. I guess though you can have multiple issues signed out and at least there is communication. I feel like I am learning more about how the process works than actually learning Angular, not that I am not learning Angular I just guess I thought it wold be different. That is the beauty of it though I guess.

The next issue we are now working on as a team is APTS-254 and they want a reminder to pop up 6 months after switching to a new ART line. This is another issue we are currently waiting on answers for . We have nailed down the area it is in and it seems like we need to just implement a reminder function possibly, but once again we are waiting on clarification, so it’s the hurry up and wait game I guess. It isn’t anyone’s fault it just gets frustrating because we all want stuff now and that isn’t how the world works. I feel confident that I can look at a project now and understand how things work and figure out the routing and logistics of it and that feels good. I am glad I have been able to have this experience and hop that we can get one more issue pulled up before the end of the semester which is soon.