week 11 updates by om santosh suneri (#379)

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+title: "GSoC’25 Week 11 Update by Om Santosh Suneri"
+excerpt: "AI-powered Debugger for Music Blocks"
+category: "DEVELOPER NEWS"
+date: "2025-08-17"
+slug: "2025-08-17-gsoc-25-omsuneri-week11"
+author: "@/constants/MarkdownFiles/authors/om-santosh-suneri.md"
+tags: "gsoc25,sugarlabs,week11,Debugger,AI,Music Blocks"
+image: "assets/Images/GSOC.png"
+---
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+# Week 11 Progress Report by Om Santosh Suneri
+
+**Project:** [AI-powered Debugger for Music Blocks](https://github.com/omsuneri/AI-powered-Debugger-for-Music-Blocks)  
+**Mentors:** [Walter Bender](https://github.com/walterbender/) [Sumit Srivastava](https://github.com/sum2it)  
+**Assisting Mentors:** [Devin Ulibarri](https://github.com/pikurasa/)  
+**Reporting Period:** 2025-08-11 - 2025-08-17
+
+---
+
+## Goal for This Week
+
+**Finalize and polish the entire AI debugger stack (frontend + backend) to make it production-ready and suitable for upstream merge.**
+
+---
+
+## This Week’s Achievements
+
+### Introduction
+
+This week, my main focus was on **refining the entire debugger system** to ensure it is **production-ready** and can be safely merged upstream. I worked on polishing both the **frontend widget code** and the **FastAPI backend**, improving code structure, adding helpful logs for developers, handling errors gracefully, and cleaning up the overall implementation. Additionally, I added a proper license to align with community standards. With these changes, the AI-powered debugger is now stable, clean, and ready for long-term maintenance.
+
+### What I Did
+
+### 1. Widget Code Finalization
+
+This week was all about **refining the AI debugger widget** both in terms of **code quality** and **developer ergonomics**.
+
+**Key frontend changes (`aidebugger.js`):**
+
+- Improved user interaction with subtle **focus/hover effects** for input fields and buttons.
+- Added internal logging with `console.log()` for:
+
+  ```js
+  console.log("AI Debugger Backend URL:", BACKEND_CONFIG.BASE_URL);
+  ```
+
+* Handled backend connection failures gracefully with:
+
+  ```js
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
+  }
+  ```
+
+* Provided consistent and timestamped system messages for events like:
+
+  ```js
+  this.activity.textMsg(_("Conversation reset."));
+  ```
+
+* Fine-tuned backend call structure and payload tracking via:
+
+  ```js
+  const payload = {
+    code: projectData,
+    prompt: message,
+    history: history,
+    prompt_count: this.promptCount
+  };
+  ```
+
+---
+
+### 2. Backend API Polishing
+
+**Major changes in [`api.py`](https://github.com/omsuneri/AI-powered-Debugger-for-Music-Blocks/blob/main/app/api.py):**
+
+* Added **robust logging** to help developers track error sources:
+
+  ```python
+  print(f"Received request data: {data}")
+  print(f"Parsed - code length: {len(raw_json_code)}, prompt: '{user_prompt}'")
+  ```
+
+* Improved **JSON decoding and validation**:
+
+  ```python
+  try:
+      json_data = json.loads(raw_json_code)
+  except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+      return JSONResponse(status_code=400, content={"error": f"Invalid JSON: {str(e)}"})
+  ```
+
+* Graceful fallback for context/LLM/embedding failure:
+
+  ```python
+  except Exception as e:
+      context_chunks = []
+  ```
+
+* Introduced differentiated **system tone logic** based on interaction depth:
+
+  ```python
+  if prompt_count < 2:
+      tone = "curious and friendly"
+  else:
+      tone = "direct and helpful"
+  ```
+
+* All responses are now guaranteed to be returned in a structured format:
+
+  ```python
+  return JSONResponse(content={ "response": gemini_response })
+  ```
+
+--- 
+
+## Preview
+
+The final debugger widget is now **live** — [merged upstream in this PR](https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/pull/4739)
+
+<a href=""><img src="https://i.ibb.co/392LHzy8/Screenshot-2025-08-17-at-5-35-47-PM.png" alt="Music Blocks Debugger widget merged in upstream/master"/></a>
+
+---
+
+### Why It Matters
+
+These refinements make the AI-powered debugger:
+
+* **More maintainable** – future contributors now have logs and clean API traces.
+* **More user-friendly** – better responsiveness and feedback for Music Blocks users.
+* **Merge-ready** – all components (frontend/backend) are now clean, stable, and consistent with community standards.
+* **Error-resilient** – prevents crashes due to malformed input or unexpected backend failure.
+
+---
+
+### Final Thoughts
+
+Shipping a polished, production-grade AI-powered debugger required focused attention to **DX (Developer Experience)** and **UX (User Experience)**. Thanks to mentor and community feedback in the last few weeks, this week's progress made the system robust, responsive, and user-centric.
+
+---
+
+## Next Week’s Roadmap
+
+For the **final week (Week 12)**, my goal is to deliver **two structured documentation guides**:
+
+**Developer Guide**
+
+* Architecture explanation
+* Codebase walkthrough
+* How to debug/debugger 😄
+* How to contribute and maintain
+
+**User Guide**
+
+* How to use the Debugger widget
+* Features of the AI assistant
+* Examples of typical usage and benefits
+
+These will be hosted within the project repository and made available via the in-app links.
+
+## Resources & References
+
+- **Repository:** [AI-powered Debugger for Music Blocks](https://github.com/omsuneri/AI-powered-Debugger-for-Music-Blocks)
+- **Debugger Streamlit App:** [Music Blocks Debugger](https://debuggmb.streamlit.app/)
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Grateful as always to my mentors and the Sugar Labs community especially for pushing me to meet upstream standards, prioritize accessibility, and always keep the **user's learning journey** front and center.
+
+---