This week I got rid of more ".each" statements, which use arrays and slow things down. I turned these into database queries and cleaned up the magic sort code, removing some unnecessary conditional things and whatnot. 

 

I also fixed the broken jQuery on the user card-flip partials, so that they once more flip. Turns out the $(document).ready command I had previously been using was destroyed by some jQuery update with the recently added 1.7.2 stuff. I fixed it by changing it to be a simpler jQuery function, so now it doesn't matter that the document is ready before my script is called.

 

Reilly found a bug on the Users subnav bar, where it was sometimes miscounting worlds, and the sum would go negative. I changed the way these are tallied and insofar the bug seems to be fixed.

 

I put magic sort into challenges and users, but I don't love the results. I think the system I organized works best for worlds and is struggling to return useful items for the other two sets. After deciding this I've been spending my time tinkering with various aspects and methods of magic sort for users and challenges, and will no doubt continue to refine the process during the semester. I will also incorporate badge information and automatic bookmarks/followings during the semester.

 

Tomorrow I'm going to the Science Center to help do user testing on challenges (Yay challenges!), and then the summer will be over. It's been a great experience working in the LG lab full time. I enjoyed being able to spend the whole day here and not having to divide my time between classes, homework, etc. The other REU students, Michael, Reilly, Genevieve, Patrick, and Shannon, have been exceedingly awesome to work with and hang out with, and I'll definitely miss those of them that won't be staying with us during the semester.

 

My summer work was summed up in my poster from last week about Magic Sort and Following, so I leave you, dear reader, with a picture of me and my lovely poster at the Symposium last Friday.

 

 

Hope you had a great summer!

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