KdeEcoTest Enhancement and finalizing of test scripts.

Project Abstract:

This project aims to improve and expand KdeEcoTest, a tool for simulating and automating the activites of a user in order to measure energy consumption of an application while in use.

Deliverables:

Fixing shift coordination

Developing comparative energy consumption test scripts of Okular and Adrobe acrobat on linux and windows.

Mentors:

Emmanuel Charruau @allon:kde.org,
Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss @joseph:kde.org

Weekly Progress:

Week 1:

Created the target pdf for detecting shift issue
Worked on running the KdeEcoTest tool on Emmanuel's repo
Had my first meeting with mentors dicussing about the Kde community and the different project and collaborations involved in the community.

Week 2:

Tested KdeEcoTest tool on the target pdf with my mentors

Identified issues affecting the shift cordination
- Difference in mouse coordinates when scripts are created and playback
- Screen position
- Screen resolution
Studied the KdeEcoTest tool codebase and asked questions on some functionalites in the tool like
- Actions.py
- Creator.py
- Runner.py

Week 3:

Installed a c++kwin effect mouse spotlight to track mouse coordinates built by the kwin team
Presented a KdeECoTestUI prototype to my mentors. This is a buffer to copy from and the final script to past into the text editor kwrite.

Week 4:

Built the graphical interface for Kdeecotest named KdeEcoTestUI to make creating and running of final scripts easier using PyQt5.
Encountered errors from core/handlers when importing functions from Kdeecotest to the GUI.
Tried debugging the error with my mentors and resoluted to seek help in the community.

Week 5:

Improved the GUI by adding stacked widget where you can switch interface from create script interface to run script interface.
Also added a feature to select a script.txt so as to easily access scripts and run on the GUI.
Concluded error from the core/handlers when importing functions is caused by the non-recognition of pynput and uinput.