Average programming session example

[Robert-Davie]

I thought I would make a helpful example of what the average programming session looks like so people get a better idea of how the project works

0. If not already done so clone the project using SSH and open the project in IntelliJ

1. normally we run a gradle build to check the project is working properly and possibly running the main.kt file

2. we switch to the develop branch and use git pull -r origin develop to make sure local develop branch matches remote develop branch

3. we then switch to the feature branch we want to make changes on - a feature is normally making about add one new thing to the codebase, e.g. starting the profile section

4. we then spend the majority of the time writing the source code

5. we then write test code as necessary

6. we recheck that the project runs with gradle build and resolve any possible errors found by the code checker (linter) detekt

7. when we are happy with the code we then use git to sort out getting the changes to github

   • git status
   • git add src
   • git status
   • git commit -m "#featurenumber: message"
   • git push origin feature/number_what_feature_does

8. if successful and changes should be added to the main branch (develop), a pull request is made.

Hopefully this makes things a bit more clear, especially for people just joining. If you can think of any improvements for the explanation of the process please leave a comment.