🛠️ Phase 2: Execution & Implementation¶

Phase 2 is the most intense part of your final year. This is where you actually build the system you designed in Phase 1.

🏃 Agile Workflow¶

Don't try to build everything at once. Use a Sprint-based approach: 1. Backend & DB: Set up the server and schemas. 2. API Integration: Connect the pieces. 3. Frontend: Build the user interface. 4. Integration: Ensure the whole flow works. 5. Polishing: Add error handling, loading states, and animations.

📦 Best Practices for Main Project¶

• Modular Code: Write clean, reusable functions. Avoid "spaghetti code."
• Version Control: Use Git branches (feature/login, feature/payment) correctly.
• Documentation in Code: Comment your complex logic. Evaluators might read your code!
• Testing: Implement Unit tests and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

🔬 Research & Innovation¶

To secure the highest marks (the 'O' or 'S' grade), you need to add an "Innovative Element": * Optimization: Can you make an existing algorithm 10% faster? * New Dataset: Did you collect your own data for an ML project? * Novel Combination: Did you combine two existing technologies in a new way (e.g., IoT + Blockchain)?

📈 Monitoring Progress¶

• Meet your guide at least once every 15 days.
• Maintain a Log Book/Dairy signed by your guide. This is often an ignored but mandatory requirement for marks.
• Record brief videos of your progress milestones.