📅 2024-03-16 — Session: Enhanced Logging and Automation in Firebase Functions

🕒 01:15–02:25
🏷️ Labels: Firestore, Firebase, Flask, Automation, Python, Logging
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary goal of this session was to enhance logging mechanisms in Flask applications and automate tasks using Firebase Functions.

Key Activities

  • Firestore Query Warnings: Addressed positional argument warnings in Firestore queries and improved logging for debugging in Flask applications.
  • Teacher Assignment Debugging: Systematically debugged teacher assignment issues in Firestore, focusing on data integrity and query accuracy.
  • Open Tickets Retrieval: Implemented a Python-based solution to retrieve open tickets from Firestore.
  • Weekly Ticket Automation: Automated weekly ticket consolidation for teachers using Firebase Cloud Functions and scheduling with cron jobs.
  • Firebase Cloud Functions Setup: Configured Python virtual environments for Firebase Functions, addressing deployment issues and scheduling tasks.

Achievements

  • Successfully enhanced logging in Flask applications for better debugging.
  • Automated the ticket consolidation process, improving operational efficiency.
  • Deployed Python functions to Firebase Cloud Functions, resolving virtual environment and SDK issues.

Pending Tasks

  • Further refine the scheduling of Cloud Functions to ensure robustness.
  • Continue monitoring and improving logging strategies in Flask and Firebase applications.