Development Environment

Tools

• IDE: any text editor + terminal combination
  • Preferred: Visual Studio Code
• Compilers:
  • Webpack to compile BlastUI and block code editor
  • Docusaurus to compile documentation
• Package Managers
  • For Docusaurus: yarn
  • For Web App: npm
  • For Python: pip
• KiCad
  • For designing electrical schematics and printed circuit board - the interface between the Raspberry Pi and the switches and sensors

Languages, Frameworks, and Packages

• HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • React (v 18.2.0)
    • To build reusable components for BlastUI
  • Blockly (v 10.0.0)
    • For block code editor
• Python (v 3.11)
  • Flask (v 3.0.2)
    • To host web server that distributes BlastUI and block code editor
    • To host API endpoints for getting system level data
    • To interface with Supabase API for authentication and database
  • Pygame (v 2.5.2)
    • Primary game creation library
  • GPIO Zero (v 2.0.1)
    • Primary GPIO interfacing library

Testing

• PyTest
  • For Python-related testing
• Jest
  • For JavaScript-related testing
• Postman
  • For testing Flask API endpoints

Hardware

• General Requirements - link
  • The parts necessary for the operation of the device
• Bill of Materials - link
  • The parts we purchased, the quantity of parts, and their vendors