client

Desktop-Client for our DIS project

Setup

Install gtksharp.

On manjaro/arch this is contained in the package gtk-sharp-3. For MacOs and Windows, see http://www.mono-project.com/download/

Resources

Add them to the project, place them in the Resources folder, and set them to "Embedded Resource". E.g. you can load image resources via .LoadFromResource("InteractiveOfficeClient.Resources.$fileName")

Releases

• I did not find out where the version for the assembly is set. Therefore just update the things below ;)
• Update the CHANGELOG.md with the new version and your changes
  • We are still in beta, so we will have versions like 0.XX.YY
• Create a new annotated tag and add your changes in the annotation (git tag -a v${VersionCode}, e.g. git tag -a v0.0.1)
  • To see an example you can use git tag -v v0.0.1
• On Linux you can use build-release.sh to create a distributable from the source
• Push the created tag via git push --tags and upload the file bin/Release/InteractiveOfficeClient.exe to the newly created Github Release

Running

• Download one of the releases as 7z and unpack it
• Run it: mono InteractiveOfficeClient.exe on Linux, double-click on the InteractiveOfficeClient.exe in Windows
  • Untested on Windows/Mac
• You must have GTK installed (untested/unknown)

Server API

The Server API is documented at http://pivanics.users.cs.helsinki.fi/interactive-office-api-documentation

Next Steps

• Add "minimize to tray" to keep the app running when window is closed. Useful links:
  • http://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/gtksharp/widgets/notification-icon/
• Add the simplified tracking work-flow: ["start working"] -(30min)-> ["start break"] -(5min)-> ["start working"] ...
  • Most minimal application
  • App gets invisible on starting something, visible when it's done
• Add "start on boot"
  • No research done yet
• Then extend according to https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6Tl_UdBt6QYWUtTSExzQ2toOHc ?
• Notifications: libnotify
• Adapt release script to bundle build with dlls in zip
• Add Google Form link
• Cross-Platform Build
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3429451/is-developing-in-mono-cross-platform
• https://stephenhaunts.com/2014/04/28/cross-platform-development-with-mono/
• http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/84c85b/building-cross-platform-net-app-using-mono/
• monodevelop contains an example GTK# application
• Add sound for notification
• Heuristic Evaluation of Application
• Re-Design UI to look nice
• Add notification to foreground. Currently they're not necessarily in foreground
• Demo-Variant for Demo Day
• Rewrite in Java?