Features: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Next Steps

1. Poll Submission Feature

Strengths:

Allows users to submit poll responses smoothly and efficiently
Integrates well with the backend using pythonuri

Weaknesses:

The UI is boring
The page reloads whenever you press update or delete, causing the site to look clunky

Next Steps:

Make good error messages, instead of sending errors to the console
Change so that page reload is not needed for update and delete functions
Make the UI more interesting with data visualizations (perhaps a bar chart)

2. Backend API Integration

Strengths:

Provides full CRUD operations to manage the DB
Uses JWT for security

Weaknesses:

There is no API documentation
Requires a learning curve to figure out how to use it

Next Steps:

Write API documentation so that people know how to use the APIs
Add analytics page in the admin panel for admins to track usage

3. Creation of system health API

Strengths:

Works when run locally
outputs relevant data in a readable way

Weaknesses:

Was made very recently
May not work on deployed site sometimes

Next Steps:

Fix the API so that it uses the htop -n 1 command to get data instead of using the builtin python functions that are likely not working due to AWS security settings.

Self-Grade Table out of 1

Category	Details	Self-Grade (Out of 1)
Learning & Skill Growth	Learned a lot about API integration, and dynamic UI updates. More importantly, I learned how to avoid “throwing the baby”	0.20
Commit Analytics	Have been steadily committing to the frontend and backend since the beginning, however frontend commits need to be more purpose driven.	0.21
Work Ethic & Collaboration	Collaborated well and improved soft skills.	0.15
Areas for Improvement	Need to focus on enhancing UI/UX design & error handling.	0.14
Total	Overall, I learned a lot this tri and truly understood how to make an API instead of blindly copy-pasting from ChatGPT.	0.90

Analytics Table

Frontend Contributions	Backend Contributions

Self-Grade Table out of 10

Category	Points	Description	Self Grade
Five tasks over 12 weeks	5	List five things completed, including issues addressed, burndown tracking, and presentation work.	4.6
Full Stack Project Demo	2	Demonstrate the project, highlight CPT requirements, and incorporate N@tM feedback.	1.85
Project Feature Blog Write-up	1	Use CPT/FRQ language to write a structured blog post on project features.	0.92
MCQ Completion	1	Successfully complete and reflect on multiple-choice questions.	0.91
Retrospective Reflection	1	- Reflect on strengths and weaknesses - Create next steps plans for improvement - Engage with peer projects and document interests - Think about future steps in CompSci, classes, college, internships, or career - Help a new peer with final exam prep or conduct a live review with Ms. Pataki - Send a detailed summary of review points 24 hours in advance, including a self-grade assessment	0.9
Total	10	Maximum possible score.	9.18

Summary

This feature reflection emphasizes the value of smooth poll submissions, secure backend API handling, and basic system health checks. Despite UI/UX and deployment concerns, focusing on improved documentation, error handling, and visual enhancements will help elevate overall usability in the next development cycle. I also learned a lot this tri, from knowing nothing about a REST API to building a fully functional one in a short amount of time.