SoK/2024/StatusReport/Israel Galadima

Download/Import of data sets from kaggle.com

Project Abstract

The purpose of this project is to extend LabPlot to download and import datasets from https://www.kaggle.com.

Weekly Progress

1. Week 1 - 5
   1. Setup development environment
   2. Submitted a merge request [1] to introduce a small delay before reacting to the user typing in the datasets search box. This was to reduce the frequency of requests made to https://www.kaggle.com.
   3. Submitted a merge request [2] to introduce a small delay before reacting to the user typing in line edits in various dock widgets. This was to reduce the frequency of entries added to the application undo stack.
   4. Submitted a draft merge request [3] to refactor ImportDatasetWidget to accommodate new logic for downloading and importing datasets from https://www.kaggle.com.
2. Week 6 - 10
   1. Pivoted to creating a separate widget and dialog for downloading and importing datasets from https://www.kaggle.com. Closed previous draft merge request [4].
   2. Submitted merge requests [5] [6] to fix issues in ImportDatasetDialog.
   3. Submitted draft merge request [7] to add ImportKaggleDialog and ImportKaggleWidget for downloading and importing datasets from https://www.kaggle.com.
   4. Updated draft merge request [8] to include line edit for collecting path to kaggle cli tool and added message box to warn the user when kaggle cli tool couldn't be run.