Development

DVCS

The project was entirely developed using Git and hosted on GitHub in a single branch (main).
Since the author worked alone, there was no need for pull requests, merges, or branch management conventions.

However, commit messages were written following the Conventional Commits specification, ensuring clarity and consistency.
This makes the development history easier to read and maintain, even for future developers.

Implementation details

• Network protocols: The application runs locally on the user’s machine and does not rely on any network communication. Therefore, no protocols such as HTTP or WebSockets were required.

• In-transit data representation: Not applicable, since no network communication is involved.

• Database queries: The application uses SQLite as its persistence layer, accessed through SQL queries. This choice was made because SQLite is lightweight, embedded, and does not require a separate server, making it suitable for a desktop application.

• Authentication & Authorization: Not applicable, since the application does not involve user accounts or remote access. All data is stored locally on the user’s machine.

Technological details

• Programming language: The software was developed in Python, due to its readability, wide adoption in education, and strong ecosystem for GUI development and testing.

• Frameworks and libraries:
  • Kivy and KivyMD: for building the cross-platform desktop GUI with a modern look and feel.
  • SQLite: for local data persistence.
  • unittest / pytest: for testing the application components.
• Tools:
  • Visual Studio Code: as the main development environment.
  • GitHub: for version control and hosting the repository.
• External dependencies: None. The application is entirely self-contained and does not rely on external APIs or third-party services.