DMP '25 Week12 update by Harshit Verma (#407)

* DMP '25 Week12 update by Harshit Verma

* Add more details and goals for the week

Author: therealharshit

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+title: "DMP ’25 Week 12 Update by Harshit Verma"
+excerpt: "Progress on implementing debug history saving in the Journal and polishing code for final review."
+category: "DEVELOPER NEWS"
+date: "2025-08-30"
+slug: "2025-08-30-dmp-25-therealharshit-week12"
+author: "@/constants/MarkdownFiles/authors/harshit-verma.md"
+tags: "dmp25,sugarlabs,week12,therealharshit"
+image: "assets/Images/c4gt_DMP.webp"
+---
+
+<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
+
+# Week 12 Progress Report by Harshit Verma
+
+**Project:** [LLM-powered Debugger for Pippy](https://github.com/sugarlabs/Pippy/issues/95)  
+**Mentors:** [Walter Bender](https://github.com/walterbender), [Ibiam Chihurumnaya](https://github.com/chimosky), [Kshitij Shah](https://github.com/kshitijdshah99)  
+**Assisting Mentors:** [Devin Ulibarri](https://github.com/pikurasa)  
+**Reporting Period:** 2025-08-18 - 2025-08-24   
+
+---
+
+## Goals for This Week
+
+- **Goal 1:** Work on implementing saving debug history into the Sugar Journal.  
+- **Goal 2:** Polish existing codebase in preparation for final review.  
+- **Goal 3:** Improve the Markdown parser for more readable debug responses in the terminal.  
+- **Goal 4:** Conduct end-to-end testing of the `/debug` endpoint.  
+
+---
+
+## This Week’s Achievements
+
+1. **Worked on saving the debugger response in the sugar journal**  
+   - Explored how activities interact with the Journal using the `write_file()` and `read_file()` methods.  
+   - Extended the default workflow (which only saves source tab data) to also capture **debugging terminal outputs**.  
+   - Designed a JSON-based structure to record **code, errors, and LLM responses** for each session.  
+
+2. **Refactoring of codebase**  
+   - Began cleaning up previously committed code based on mentor feedback.  
+   - Improved function naming, modularized some logic, and reduced redundancy.  
+   - Focused on ensuring **seamless integration between Sugar-AI and Pippy**, reducing chances of UI freeze or broken API calls.  
+
+3. **Markdown Parser Improvements**  
+   - Iterated on the custom Markdown parser to better format LLM responses.  
+   - Ensured that **bold keywords, bullet lists, and code snippets** appear cleanly in the GTK terminal.  
+   - Began testing rendering consistency with multiple LLM outputs.  
+
+4. **End-to-End Workflow Testing**  
+   - Tested the complete flow: Pippy code → API call to Sugar-AI → Debugging response → Display in terminal.  
+   - Verified data integrity across each step, ensuring nothing is lost or malformed in transmission.  
+
+---
+
+## Challenges & How I Overcame Them
+
+- **Challenge:** Understanding how the Sugar Journal stores and restores activity state.  
+  **Solution:** Based on discussion with my mentors I went through the Sugar toolkit documentation, experimented with other activities and learn about the `write_file()` and `read_file()` methods .  
+
+- **Challenge:** Formatting inconsistencies in Markdown parsing.  
+  **Solution:** Added step-by-step rendering checks and created a fallback for unrecognized Markdown syntax.  
+
+---
+
+## Key Learnings
+
+- Learned about the importance of journaling. 
+-  Improved skills in **code refactoring**, focusing on maintainability and integration.   
+
+---
+
+## Next Week’s Roadmap
+
+- Raise the final PR for Pippy.  
+- Complete the **project final report** and submit for evaluation.  
+- Write User docs and technical docs.
+
+---
+
+## Resources & References
+
+**Repository**
+- [Pippy](https://github.com/therealharshit/Pippy/tree/DMP2025/Pippy-Debugger)
+- [sugar-ai](https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-ai)
+- [pippy-debugger-server](https://github.com/therealharshit/pippy-debugger-server)
+
+---
+
+## Acknowledgments
+
+Thank you to my mentors, the Sugar Labs community, and fellow contributors for your continued guidance and support!
+
+---