check code

check code and plan

Looking into a short MVP list for ship A. See element of time # 9934 in the shop for more details and a smaller list. Here is an abbreviated version...

- in-store credits - $10K

- coupons - internal and ecommerce - $15K

- adilas label builder - round 2 - $40K

- standardize merchant processing - $20K (in progress)

- revamp shopping cart - $40K (in progress)

- time and scheduling - vertical time view - internal and ecommerce ready - $40K

- discount engine - $20K (in progress)

- smart cart engine & logic - $30K

- rework sub inventory - $40K

- planning & flex - $30K

Domain name stuff. On with tech support. Trying to get the main contact email address changed for our domain names. The old contact email address is no longer used or accessible.

Meeting with Bryan. Going over some of his code for marking items as main items (bolding things in the cart based on groupings). I tried to point him to the main methods vs doing code internally for each quote and invoice style (different quote and invoice formats - printable, mini, pdf, etc.). He is going to work on things and then we'll get back together later today.

Went into Logan to meet with Cody. He showed me what he has been working on this week. I gave him some training on Adobe ColdFusion and MySQL to look into. He is much more advanced than some of our other recruits (new developers). I got him paid and lightly lined out on the next steps for a mini project using his skills. 30 miles.

General stuff. 20 minute phone call with Bryan going over direction on marking parts as main items for auto numbering and grouping. That is his current project. 5 minute call with Eric to talk about USAePay transactions and automated payments. Printing out a check for Shannon. See EOT # 11048 in the shop.

Emails and light tech support. We had a request to redo the sub inventory API sockets from a client's developer. They, the end users, want it all in one call vs multiple calls for subs, sub attributes, parent attributes, etc. I sent an email back to the developer that we match his feelings and would love to refactor that part of the API sockets. Basically, a rework on the sub inventory part of the system.

Also did some recording notes inside of adilas and linking up shop and main adilas records.

Meeting with Russell. AJAX and error handling - server errors and processing errors. Ideally you get into standards and reusing code. Reducing complexity by creating the site standards. It would also be more usable if we were using an internal API socket and returning JSON objects vs raw HTML code.

Recording notes from 6/11/24 to 6/13/24.

Meeting with Shannon and Abby. We did some work on the icons on some pages. Working on goals, cause and effects, and accountability pages. These are all pages on the presentation gallery.

Prep work for Sean and being able to do a client upload for parts and items on data 9.

Helping Cody Apedaile get his local ColdFusion and MySQL environment setup and going.

Light research and started looking into the discount engine project. This is an older project that never got all the way finished.

Quick meeting with Bryan to look at progress. He had some questions on the snow owl data tables. I then jumped over and did a quick review of the teaching gallery (photos and images). Added a new graphic for the converging cart needs. See attached.

It was going to be a meeting with Wayne and Cory but Wayne wasn't able to make it. Going over a number of needed projects. Bulk find and replace on items and vendors. Also being able to merge customer records. Small update on mini scan cart. Small show and tell to show Cory some of the new features. We are looking forward to the discount engine (next major project).

Meeting with Shannon and Abby. We spent the first hour or so going over where we are at and how we got there. It's helping the girls get some perspective on the timelines and history of what has already gone on and where we want to go. We talked about rejecting certain business principles and how those actions trickle down and affects the team. We also talked about seeing patterns and how to achieve an MVP (minimal viable product, plan, or person).

We then jumped into a work session and spent the rest of the time working on the presentation gallery. We worked on the relationships page and challenges (trouble or problems) page. We also did some icon work.

Back working on the button sizes for the mini scan cart. Turning the button size (small, medium, or large) into a setting. Merged and pushed up code to bit bucket. Recording notes for the day.

Meeting with Bryan. He is working on being able to set an item as a main item to help with cart line item level grouping (special cart stuff). This will help Suzi with some of her clients. We tweaked the logic and did a little bit of looking around. Small work session to cascade code and logic. We also made a list of to do list items for this project. Anything in the cart quickly multiplies to a handful of pages.

Working on default button sizes for the shopping cart and other pages. New mini scan cart setting. Trying to help for users with touchscreen vs a mouse (clicks).

Paying and recording bills. Emails. Calling and setting up a meeting with a local banker. Quick meeting with Bryan to see where he is at with stuff (our checklist of priorities). Setup a meeting for later this afternoon.

New cart updates. Small spelling change and doing some split cart button clean-up. Added a new up button for the my cart favorite buttons. This allows a user in the split cart to go up the button chain (groups and button stacking). Phone call with Eric to help him get a USAePay sandbox setup for his local environment. Back working throughout the day on the up button. Merged in new code and tested on data 0.

Reviewing a resume for Cody Apedaile. He just graduated from USU with a degree in computer science. Spent half an hour chatting with Cody over the phone. Sent him an email with a small training proposal. Ship B stuff.

Recording notes. Got on a meeting with Eric. He had an issue with a DAO (database access object) for elements of time and it not returning the correct record set. We could run the exact same query using raw SQL prompts or inside code but not as part of a component that runs things through the DAO. We did what we could. He may need to consult with Wayne, for a deeper database master to take a look at it. Recording notes from the week thus far (6/3/24 to 6/6/24).

Meeting with Shannon and Abby. Catching up and showing each other what we are working on. Abby was showing us some of her graphic ideas and sketches. She is hoping to use images to really show how each thing (concept) relates to real life. She had a number of images to show us. I'd like to get copies of them from her. She is catching the vision.

Shannon is working on summing things up (summaries) and working on flow and flavor for the presentation gallery. We then jumped into a small work session and fixed a couple of pages based off of Shannon's notes. We were working on core concepts and did some work on characters and relationships pages.

Emails and reading over a letter of intent from Kindcard, Inc. Recording notes.

Recording notes. Working with Russell on AJAX stuff and playing with loaders (see sample code in the extras folder - ajax_loader_sample_view_cart_mini_scan_cart.cfm - dated 6/5/24). Good work session.

We also spent some time talking about time management. Things like bounds, limitations, priorities, etc. From Russell - If we don't manage our schedule, it will manage us. He was very kind and was drawing and making some analogies. One of them was a guy holding up a bag and multiple people adding things to the bag. Each person didn't see their load as too big, just a couple of hours here and there, but what they couldn't see was multiple people doing the same things (all small loads but multiplied by the number of people and transitions and switching back and forth).

At some point, we either learn or get taught (schooled). Learning to manage it. I really liked this... from Russell, "You have power to choose some of these things. Only bite off as much as you can chew and swallow.".

After that, we spent some time looking at CSS loaders.

Working with Steve on the bulk print summary labels for the cart line groupings. Small work session and doing some custom code.

Meeting with Bryan to work on the new edit main cart options. Small work session. We then did some planning on being able to flag the parts as main items. This will help with auto numbering in the cart.

Meeting with Eric and going over using gift cards out in ecommerce. He wanted to know where to put things and what pages did what. We touched based on some key pages and logic areas. We looked at code, recorded a few notes, and got him going in a good direction.

Phone call with Shari O. She had some questions and spent time going over merchant processing stuff. Meeting with Cory and Bryan (over an hour) doing a mini scan cart demo and walking through the different settings. We didn't cover all of the settings, but we did walk through a bunch of them. Cory had some great questions. This was the first time she had seen some of the new pieces.

Looking over Bryan's new code changes for updating and editing the main mini scan cart values. A bunch of new settings and then a popup modal to make the changes.

Another meeting with Bryan. Small work session on the main cart edit or update main cart options. We are probably about 80% there. Just a few more changes, layout tweaks, and some verbiage stuff. He is going to push up code and then I'm going to do some detail work on it.

Emails and recording notes. Quick meeting with Bryan to look at his progress on the edit main cart details modal popup with settings. Looking good. We may make a few small changes, but looking really good.

Phone calls with Bryan and Steve. Talking with Bryan about options for updating the main cart inside the mini scan cart (subset of the main cart). Later on, talking with Steve about priorities, projects, and needs.

We may circle back and work on the discount engine and build in one-to-many rules and assignments. That would be pretty cool. We may end up making part of it (the discount engine) into the smart cart logic or overarching cart engine. We are seeing more and more needs for discounts and logic such as buy one, get one, and 2 for x or 1 for y (dollars). As well as other combo type discounts and logic. We may need to look into this deeper to really get our heads around it.

Our last topic of the call was talking about investments and possible next steps.