Abdülkerim Kasar - bounswe/bounswe2025group5 GitHub Wiki
About Me
- Hey, I'm Kerim. A senior Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering Student at Boğaziçi University.
- I am interested in various sports, including scuba diving, free diving, and hiking.
- I also love to travel. I have been to two exchange semesters, once in India (IIT Bombay) and once in Spain (Uni. de Málaga).
Programming Languages
- Python
- C/C++
- Java
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
Interests
- Data Science
- Traveling
- Scuba-diving
- Swimming
Contact Info
Contributions
Week 1: 12 February – 19 February
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Created a template for personal wikipages |
Medium |
30 minutes |
#8 |
| Initialize Communication Plan |
High |
50 minutes |
#7 |
Week 2: 20 February – 26 February
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Upload Meeting Notes of week 2 |
Medium |
1 hour |
#26 |
| Learning git and github |
Medium |
1 hour |
#27 |
| Providing information about branching features for documentation |
High |
1 hour |
#27 |
| Add Elicitation Questions |
High |
1 hour |
#30 |
Week 3: 27 February – 5 March
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Research on Zero Waste Social Media Platforms |
Medium |
2 hours |
#38 |
| Add Functional Requirements |
Medium |
1 hour |
#40 |
| Review of the Functional and Non-Functional Requirements |
High |
2 hours |
#33 |
Week 4: 6 March – 12 March
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Create Draft Use Case Diagram |
Medium |
2 hours |
#56 |
| Add "Glossary" section to requirements page |
High |
1 hours |
#51 |
| Update Elicitation Questions with Customer Answers |
Medium |
35 minutes |
#44 |
| Add a User Scenario |
Medium |
1 hour |
#61 |
| Create Draft Class Diagram |
Medium |
1 hour |
#67 |
Week 5: 13 March – 19 March
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Update Historical Records & Templates |
High |
1 hour |
#68 |
| Add new Requirements about post interactions |
High |
30 minutes |
#69 |
| CMPE352 Midterm 1 preparations |
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Week 6: 20 March – 26 March
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Improve Class Diagram Draft |
Medium |
1 hour |
#73 |
Week 7: 27 March – 2 April
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Add Sequence Diagram |
High |
2 hours |
#81 |
- First half of the holiday week
Week 8: 3 April – 9 April
- Second half of the holiday week
Week 9: 10 April – 16 April
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Upload Meeting Notes of Week 11 |
High |
30 minutes |
#91 |
| Learning about app development and initializing work setup |
Very High |
5 hours |
#116 |
Week 10: 17 April – 23 April
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Redesign wiki sidebar & refresh home page |
Medium |
1 hour |
#110 |
| Implement basic login and register functionality |
Very High |
4 hours |
#115 |
| Implementation improvements post–mobile meeting 3 |
Very High |
7 hours |
#125 |
| Upload meeting notes for mobile meetings (1,2) |
Medium |
1 Hours |
#131 |
Week 11: 24 April – 30 April
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Add mobile information documentation to the wiki |
Medium |
1.5 hours |
#129 |
| Update sidebar& pages for scenarios |
Medium |
30 minutes |
#130 |
| Upload meeting notes for mobile meetings (3,4) |
Medium |
1 Hours |
#131 |
| Home page dynamic implementations |
Very High |
4 Hours |
#134 |
| Upload meeting notes - meeting 14 |
Medium |
25 minutes |
#158 |
| Upload milestone 2 report and page |
Medium |
1 hours |
#159 |
Week 12: 1 May - 7 May
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Ask TAs about milestone reports and unit tests |
Low |
15 minutes |
#168 |
| Solve the bug regarding CORS policy blocking API requests from Expo web to local backend |
Very High |
4 hours |
#171 |
| Get saved posts API endpoint on backend |
Medium |
1.5 hours |
#173 |
| Home page: live user count & trending posts |
High |
3 Hours |
#174 PR#190 |
| Semantic search with correct navigation |
Medium |
2 Hours |
#175 PR#190 |
| PR review |
Low |
20 minutes |
PR #191 |
| Upload meeting notes - meeting 15 |
Low |
20 minutes |
#180 |
| PR review |
Low |
15 minutes |
PR #198 |
| PR review |
Low |
20 minutes |
PR #200 |
| Upload meeting notes - meeting 16 |
Low |
25 minutes |
#204 |
Week 13: 8 May - 14 May
| Task |
Effort |
Actual Time |
Related Issue |
| Research on mobile emulators for presentation |
Medium |
1.5 Hours |
#205 |
| Upload meeting notes - meeting 17 |
Low |
25 minutes |
#216 |
| Create mobile development branch |
Low |
15 minutes |
#218 |
| Create unit tests |
Low |
1 hour |
#217 |
| Implementation of waste goal/log page + emulator compatibility + enhanced UI |
Very High |
7 Hours |
#220 |
| Edit and Delete Posts |
Very High |
4 hours |
#225 |
| PR review |
Low |
20 minutes |
PR #229 |
| Upload meeting notes - meeting 18 |
Low |
15 minutes |
#228 |
| Image uploading while creating/editing posts |
High |
2.5 hours |
#227 |
| Add and View profile photo |
Medium |
2 hours |
#243 |
| Waste Goal page and progress bar related UI enhancements |
High |
3 hours |
#242 |
| PR review |
Low |
20 + 40 minutes |
PR #246 |
| bug: comments are not scrollable |
Low |
25 minutes |
#252 |
| *** Find external API, integrate it into backend, then implement it into mobile |
High |
3 hours |
257 |
| PR review |
Low |
20 minutes |
PR #251 |
| bug: Home page buttons below the screen |
Low |
1 hours |
#283 |
| mobile/deployment |
Very High |
5 hours |
#226 |
| mobile/ create UI/UX documentation |
Medium |
2 hours |
#306 |
*** Description and the implementation steps of the external API can be found in the corresponding row's commit cell.
** Due to an environment configuration bug, several of my commits on the mobile-kerim branch weren’t attributed to my account, can be viewed here
Member
Abdülkerim Kasar, Group 5, Mobile (React Native/Expo).
Responsibilities
Group Communicator, Mobile Developer, Documenter.
Main Contributions
Mobile Development
- Set up the mobile workspace, emulator configuration and a dedicated development branch: #116 & #218.
- Implemented the authentication flow (basic login & register) and refactored it after Mobile Meeting 3: #115, #125.
- Delivered a dynamic Home page featuring live user count and trending posts — merged in PR #190 (issue #174).
- Implemented semantic search with deep-link navigation — merged in PR #190 (issue #175).
- Built the end-to-end Waste Goal/Waste Log module with progress visualisation, emulator-safe layout and continuous UI upgrades: #220, #242.
- Added post management tools: edit & delete posts (#225), image upload in post composer (#227) and profile-photo upload/view (#243).
- Integrated the saved-posts API endpoint on mobile: #173.
- Fixed critical runtime issues: CORS policy during local testing #171 and non-scrollable comments list #252).
- Integrated a global environmental-data API from backend to mobile dashboard widget: #257.
Feature Implementation
- Added unit tests for HomeScreen.test.tsx and PostItem.test.tsx using Jest & Testing-Library: #217.
- Contributed to backend endpoints (saved posts, external API wrapper) and ensured Expo-web compatibility for new routes.
Project Management & Documentation
- Authored the initial communication plan and personal wiki template: #7 & #8.
- Published and moderated meeting notes for 14+ sessions (e.g., #26, #91, #216).
- Re-organised the wiki sidebar, refreshed the home page and opened dedicated mobile-documentation sections: #110, #129, #130).
- Drafted and iterated on UML artefacts – use-case, class and sequence diagrams: #56, #67, #81).
- Expanded and reviewed requirements, glossary and user scenarios: #40, #51, #61).
- Compiled and uploaded the Milestone 2 report and artefacts: #159).
Code-Related Significant Issues
- #115 Basic login & register
- #125 Mobile refactor after Meeting 3
- #171 CORS policy fix
- #174 Dynamic Home page (PR #190)
- #175 Semantic search (PR #190)
- #173 Saved-posts endpoint integration
- #220 Waste Goal / Waste Log feature
- #225 Edit & delete posts
- #227 Image upload in posts
- #243 Profile-photo upload/view
- #257 External API integration
Management-Related Significant Issues
- #7 Communication plan
- #8 Personal wiki template
- #110 Wiki sidebar redesign
- #129 Mobile documentation hub
- #158 & #159 Milestone 2 report & uploads
- Meeting-note logs (e.g., #26, #131, #180, #228)
Pull Requests
Created
- PR #190 Dynamic Home page, live metrics & semantic search
- PR #189 Backend Side getSavedPosts API implementation
- PR #224 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- PR #248 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- PR #258 External API (Number trivia), comment bugfix, more unit tests
Reviewed / Merged
Unit Tests
Unit tests for HomeScreen.test.tsx and PostItem.test.tsx are in mobile/__tests__/ and were merged via issue #217.
External API
- Researched suitable external APIs and selected the public Numbers API for its simplicity and fit with our existing
totalUserCount variable.
- Implemented a new backend route
/api/number/{n} by adding three Java files:
NumberController.java to expose the endpointNumberService.java to call the Numbers API and handle fallbacksNumberTriviaResponse.java to model the returned JSON
- On the mobile side, extended
HomeScreen so that immediately after fetching usersCount it calls /api/number/{usersCount} and saves the returned trivia text.
- Updated the UI to render the trivia fact below the trending posts (see screenshot in commit).
- All changes committed in 25c6333 on mobile-kerim branch and documented in issue #257: backend service, controller, response model and mobile integration complete.
For a detailed log of weekly contributions and time spent, please see here.