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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "GSoC '25 Week 02 Update by Saumya Shahi" |
| 3 | +excerpt: "This week focused on documenting the brick tree structure, refining SVG path generation, and learning testing tools like Storybook." |
| 4 | +category: "DEVELOPER NEWS" |
| 5 | +date: "2025-06-14" |
| 6 | +slug: "2025-06-14-gsoc-25-saumya-shahi-week02" |
| 7 | +author: "@/constants/MarkdownFiles/authors/saumyashahi.md" |
| 8 | +tags: "gsoc25,sugarlabs,week02,saumya-shahi" |
| 9 | +image: "assets/Images/GSOC.png" |
| 10 | +--- |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +<!-- markdownlint-disable --> |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +# Week 02 Progress Report by Saumya Shahi |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +**Project:** [Masonry Module - Music Blocks v4](https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks-v4) |
| 17 | +**Mentors:** [Anindya Kundu](https://github.com/meganindya/) |
| 18 | +**Assisting Mentors:** [Walter Bender](https://github.com/walterbender), [Devin Ulibarri](https://github.com/pikurasa) |
| 19 | +**Reporting Period:** 2025-06-08 – 2025-06-14 |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +--- |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +## Goals for This Week |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- Refine and complete configuration-driven rendering logic. |
| 26 | +- Test rendering of multiple brick types and validate correctness using sample input. |
| 27 | +- Document how brick configurations and connections should be modeled. |
| 28 | +- Start building foundational elements for brick tree rendering. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +--- |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +## This Week's Achievements |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +1. **Dynamic SVG Brick Rendering** |
| 35 | + - Finalized implementation for rendering SVG paths dynamically based on type-specific configurations. |
| 36 | + - Different bricks (e.g., nested bricks, simple bricks, expression bricks) now render accurately according to their label sizes, scale, and other config props. |
| 37 | + - Output adjusts responsively with different numbers of arguments, notches, and labels. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +2. **Rendered Output Validation & Screenshots** |
| 40 | + - Verified each visual brick against expected path geometry. |
| 41 | + - Screenshots below show rendered bricks: |
| 42 | + -  |
| 43 | + -  |
| 44 | + -  |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +2. **Bug Fix: Left SVG Path Issue** |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | + * Fixed a critical error in path rendering for bricks — the left edge generation wasn’t calculating offsets correctly. |
| 49 | + * Cleaned up related path logic to improve readability and scalability for future nested structures. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +3. **Storybook & Testing Familiarization** |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + * Understood how Storybook is used for visual component testing. |
| 54 | + * Learnt how to set up unit tests and component test files. |
| 55 | + * Setup groundwork for adding future test cases. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +--- |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +## Challenges & How I Overcame Them |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +- **Challenge:** Mapping the brick tree vs AST was initially confusing. |
| 62 | + **Solution:** Spent focused time breaking down what each structure is supposed to represent and clarified use cases. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +- **Challenge:** SVG left path errors were hard to trace visually. |
| 65 | + **Solution:** Used visual diffing and debugger to narrow down bounding box and stroke-width miscalculations. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +--- |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +## Key Learnings |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +- Improved understanding of **SVG rendering logic** and path construction. |
| 72 | +- Got hands-on exposure to **Storybook**, and how visual tests can improve modular development. |
| 73 | +- Understood the **difference between data representations** for view (brick tree) and logic (AST). |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +--- |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +## Next Week's Roadmap |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +- Start implementing **multi-brick layout rendering**: bricks with children rendered as a tree in the workspace. |
| 81 | +- Introduce bounding box calculation utilities for each rendered brick. |
| 82 | +- Plan initial strategy for brick connection detection and snapping logic. |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +--- |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +## Resources & References |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +- **Brick Rendering:** [Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UJXh3734S138BoTsGulzeTlZXstyvWd6syJK2eclMKI/edit?tab=t.dxoea5urpxyl#heading=h.wa29sjgrasfn) |
| 89 | +- **SVG Path Reference:** [MDN Docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Tutorial/Paths) |
| 90 | +- **Playground for Manual SVG Paths:** [SVG Path Editor](https://yqnn.github.io/svg-path-editor/) |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +--- |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +## Acknowledgments |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +Thank you to my mentors, the Sugar Labs community, and fellow GSoC contributors for support and insightful feedback throughout the week. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +--- |
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