TODO.md

Server

• Implement printing using node-brother-lable-printer library
• Generate qr code keys using a seeded or consistent hash algorithm
• Generate qr codes and be able to send them to front-end

Client

• Button to edit a sample in table format
  • Have a log somewhere that shows who edited what and when
• Clean up styles, remove unused styles and make website look better
• Create different pages for (below) using react-router & react-router-dom. On top of this need to set up a router to redirect qr codes when scanned:
  • Sample viewing
  • Sample creating
  • Edit log
  • QR Code scanning
• Fix default value for textfields that are supposed to have dates
• MUI styles works sometimes and sometimes they dont -> could be because no theme is declared?
• Plan for edit button functionality
  • When edit button is clicked, switch out the text in the table cell with a text field and change the edit icon to a checkmark and add an x next to it
• Use luxon to format dates properlly
• Make it so you cant create a sample that has the same properties as an existing one
  • if new_qr_code_key == existing_qr_code_key dont create that new sample
• Add the ability to scan a qr code using scanner
• Possibly add the ability for scientist to have an account, basically just name so that you could sort by analyst. Or find all samples by a scientist. May not need cause you could just search anyway
• When creating a sample, cache the the form contents so that if the page is changed and then we come back, the form hasnt gone away
• Mark samples in red if they are expired.
• Set a note window to type in reasons why samples are edited and/or discarded.
• Make a functionality to sort samples based on their created date.
• Add a filter button.
• User can click view history tab to see all the previous versions.
• Add a button to view all the discarded samples.
• Add button to show how many samples have been printed, how many samples in total, etc.

Label Management

• Labels are generated once upon request and cached
• Labels will be re-generated when edited
• If we get the same label twice just generate once then return cached base64 string or img obj

• Big Question

  • If labels are updated should their qr code key be changed?
  • The qr code key is based off the properties of the sample so if the properties change the qr code key would as well
  • (Currently it doesnt change upon updates)