Group Name: PDFer
Group Members: Fasih Javed (fasihj2), Mathew Randal (randal3), Amey Gupta (amey2)
Project Introduction
- This project will be a lightweight pdf viewer allowing split screen reading and note taking, similar to a library program.
Technical Overview
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Access users file directory and display pdf files in GUI (checkpoint 1)
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Open and visualizing PDFs (checkpoint 1)
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Access/make text files and edit them through the GUI (checkpoint 2)
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Display PDF and text file side by side (checkpoint 2)
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Connects to pdf sourcing websites, like LibGen, to pull pdfs from (final submission)
Possible Challenges
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Dealing with file permissions
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Developing/Implementing a functional GUI
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Managing dual-window functionality
References
- The idea behind this project partially stems from Obsidian’s pdfs split screen view
