By Dileepkumar Adari on 2025-07-25 09:55 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Report Period: July 21 - July 25, 2025

The Eleventh Workflow Enhancements project review meeting was held on July 25, 2025. The meeting was attended by Benjamin Trenkle, Dileep Adari and Christiane Maier-Stadtherr. It focused on the implementation of workflow permissions, UI improvements, and code review updates.

What has been done throughout the week

• July 21:

  • Completed previously pending tasks.
  • Implemented permissions in the backend to ensure proper authorization handling for workflows, stages, and transitions.

• July 22:

  • Updated GraphController responses to include permission flags (canCreate, canEdit, canDelete).
  • Completed full permissions logic on the frontend, conditionally showing/hiding action buttons (edit, delete, add)

• July 23:

  • Added drag-to-connect functionality for transitions, allowing users to create transitions by dragging between stages.
  • Improved modal logic to accept additional parameters (from_stage_id, to_stage_id) for transition creation.
  • Refactored the code to improve code quality.

• July 24:

  • Ran linting updates and cleared style/code warnings as per review feedback.
  • Made minor CSS fixes in Titlebar.vue to align UI with project standards.
• July 25:
  • Met with mentors to gather feedback and define the upcoming tasks.
  • Addressed review comments:
    • Fixed error handling: replaced http_response_code(500) with $this->app->setHeader('status', 500).
    • Standardized GraphController and StagesController workflow ID fetching logic ($this->workflowId).
    • Removed redundant/duplicate doc comments in AdminModel.

Planned for Next Week:

• Finalize UI/UX improvements by refining the workflow canvas controls.
• Add accessibility updates for better keyboard navigation and ARIA labeling.
• Make the edit and delete buttons as Menu buttons and dropdown.
• Remove deprecated functions and clean the code.
• Improve the category transition plugin.