GSoC/2017/StatusReports/StefanToncu

Multiple-Instrument View Framework

Project Name: Multiple-Instrument View Framework

A Brief Description: Minuet is part of KDE-edu and its goal is helping teachers and students both novice and experienced teach and respectively learn and exercise their musical theory skills. It is primarily focused on ear-training exercises but other areas will soon be available.

Before the start of GSoC 2017, Minuet was using a virtual piano keyboard, displayed at the bottom of the screen (see picture below), on which users can visualize the exercises.

My task was creating a framework that would support multiple instrument-plugins to be imported and used as exercise visualization companions.

File:Stefant29 minuet chords1.gif.PNG

Status: 100% - Project finished

Screenshot:

IRC Nick: StefanT29

IRC Channels: #KDE-edu

Telegram id: @StefanToncu

Blog: https://stefantoncu29.wordpress.com/

This is awesome about GSoC: GSoC gave me the opportunity to develop myself, to firstly do research and try solving my problems on my own, while knowing at the same time that i always have someone i can ask for help if i'm stuck.

This is what I learned during GSoC:

• Qml
• JSON
• Qt
• Git

Work report

Phabricator link: https://phabricator.kde.org/p/stefant/

Phabricator tasks:

• Null bug solved: https://phabricator.kde.org/D4326
• Change message text when pressing on GiveUp button: https://phabricator.kde.org/D4306
• Implementation of "Test Feature": https://phabricator.kde.org/D4466
• implement basic rectangle plugins: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6069
• add TabBar in a new InstrumentView.qml file: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6200
• GSoC 2017: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6315
• First Evaluation: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6406
• Change PianoView into a plugin: https://phabricator.kde.org/R163:334693f9bded7aed2073dfed3f89c4e57e6a470c
• API documentation on plugins: https://phabricator.kde.org/w/minuet/api-documentation/
• GuitarView - beta: https://phabricator.kde.org/D6503

Commits:

• commits done on my branch of Minuet: https://github.com/stefant29/minuet/commits/GSOC2017-Stefan

How to test and use my work within GSoC:

• Download my work as a diff from here
• Clone a minuet repo:
  • git clone https://github.com/KDE/minuet
  • git apply ~/..path..to..download../Minuet_GSoC17_StefanToncu.diff
• Build Minuet

For a more detailed description on each stage of my work, please check my blog posts.