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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "GSoC '25 Week 11 Update by Safwan Sayeed" |
| 3 | +excerpt: "Integration of Engine with Masonry" |
| 4 | +category: "DEVELOPER NEWS" |
| 5 | +date: "2025-08-17" |
| 6 | +slug: "2025-08-17-gsoc-25-safwan-sayeed-week11" |
| 7 | +author: "@/constants/MarkdownFiles/authors/safwan-sayeed.md" |
| 8 | +tags: "gsoc25,sugarlabs,week11,sa-fw-an" |
| 9 | +image: "assets/Images/GSOC.webp" |
| 10 | +--- |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +<!-- markdownlint-disable --> |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +# Week 11 Progress Report by Safwan Sayeed |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +**Project:** Music Blocks 4 Program Engine |
| 17 | +**Mentors:** [Anindya Kundu](https://github.com/meganindya/), [Sumit Srivastava](https://github.com/sum2it) |
| 18 | +**Assisting Mentors:** [Devin Ullibari](https://github.com/pikurasa/), [Walter Bender](https://github.com/walterbender) |
| 19 | +**Reporting Period:** 2025-08-11 - 2025-08-17 |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +--- |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +## A Blog-style Retrospective |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +This Week Me and [Justin](https://github.com/justin212407) collaborated on the Integration of the Engine with the Masonry. We worked on aligning the Engine's execution model with the Masonry's architecture, ensuring seamless communication and data flow between the two components. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +--- |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +## Goals for This Week |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +- Collaborate with Justin on the integration of the Engine with the Masonry. |
| 32 | +- Identify potential challenges and solutions for the integration process. |
| 33 | +--- |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## This Week's Highlights |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +- **Collaboration with Justin:** |
| 38 | + Worked closely with Justin to align the Engine's execution model with the Masonry's architecture, ensuring seamless integration and communication between the two components. |
| 39 | +- **Identifying Challenges:** |
| 40 | + Identified potential challenges in the integration process, including data flow issues and synchronization concerns, and brainstormed solutions to address them. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +--- |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +## Challenges & Solutions |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +- **Integration Complexity:** |
| 47 | + The integration of the Engine with the Masonry presented challenges related to data flow and synchronization. To address these, we established clear communication protocols and data handling procedures between the two components. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +--- |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +## Key Learnings |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +- Gained insights into the intricacies of integrating different system components, particularly in terms of data flow and synchronization. |
| 54 | +- Developed a better understanding of the Masonry's architecture and how it interacts with the Engine. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +--- |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +## Next Week's Roadmap |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +- **Think about the creation of Bricks as Plugins and then Connecting them with the Engine:** |
| 61 | + Explore how the Engine can support the creation of Bricks as Plugins, allowing for greater flexibility and modularity in the system architecture. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +--- |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +## Resources & References |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +- **Repository:** [musicblocks-v4](https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks-v4) |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +--- |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +## Acknowledgments |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Special thanks to my mentors Anindya, Sumit, Devin, and Walter for their invaluable support and guidance throughout this project. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +--- |
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