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    Week 1

    By Patrick Nevels

    The first several days have consisted of introductions (to the project, to the other members of the project, to the various software that will be used for the project, etc.) and the setting up of...

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    Week 2

    By Patrick Nevels

    This week was the second week of our two week project designed to introduce us to our summer-long projects. My two week project consisted, very broadly, of sandboxing the process of running the...

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    Proposal

    By Patrick Nevels

      Problem The problem I would like to contribute to is the experience of the domain expert in the context of submitting test code so that they may better be able to help other Looking Glass...

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    Week 4

    By Patrick Nevels

    This post details the updated plans and designs that my proposal introduced. Included in this post are the details of the mentor/mentee relationship that underlies the test code functionality as...

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    Week 5: Test Editor Interface Walkthrough

    By Patrick Nevels

      Fictitious mentor: Sam Fictitious mentee: Kate Authoring Process One day, Sam notices that Kate’s world includes redundant code. Each of Kate’s twelve characters says...

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    Week 6: Test Authoring Process

    By Patrick Nevels

    Problem Kate’s new world includes redundant code. Each of Kate’s twelve characters says “Hello, nice weather we’re having today.” Kate has twelve say procedures, one...

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    Test Editor Interface: A Reimagining

    By Patrick Nevels

    A script author should be able to see the world she is writing a script for. So, it’s illogical that the test editor interface be a wholly different perspective than the edit code interface....

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    Week 8: Interface Progression

    By Patrick Nevels

      This is the first post in several weeks in which I don’t have a new design to present… which is good, I guess, but now I’m not really sure what to talk about, but...

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    Week 9: Bugs, Bugs Everywhere...

    By Patrick Nevels

    While I’ve been working on the test code interface, I’ve noticed a rather annoying bug. Whenever one navigates back from the test authoring perspective to the edit code perspective, the...

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    Week 10: Symposium Preparation

    By Patrick Nevels

    This week was spent getting the test code interface into a passably presentable state and preparing a poster for the REU symposium. Below is my poster. Since I still have one more week, I want...