[Software] Proposal for Refactoring and Restructuring main.py

[mynk8]

Currently, the software uses tkinter, mysql and other libs for data visualization being functional suffers from some issues:

• All 1400+ lines of code are written in a single main.py file, making it difficult to navigate and comprehend.
• Variable names are inconsistent, reducing readability and maintainability.
• Lines exceed 74 characters, making them hard to read and breaking style guidelines.
• The program lacks modularity, which hinders extensibility.

Proposed Solution

To address these issues, I propose to refactor main.py into separate, logical components based on their functionality:

• UI Elements(Buttons, Labels, Icons)
• Application State Handling(For example for the light/dark mode)
• database handling
• Data Visualization Functions

I Believe it will allow smoother addition of function to data visualization and increase readability and maintainability.

[github-actions]

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[multiverseweb]

Nice idea @p0tat0chip. I'm assigning it to you.

Are you a 'SWOC' participant? As I'll have to award points for your merged PRs.

[mynk8]

Nice idea @p0tat0chip. I'm assigning it to you.

Are you a SWOC participant? As I'll have to award points for your merged PRs.

Yes, I am a SWOC participant

[mynk8]

Been a little busy will start working from today 👍

[multiverseweb]

No worries, take your time. Good luck!

[multiverseweb]

Hey @p0tat0chip, if you haven't started working on the issue yet, then I would suggest you to work on this later as we're integrating FastAPI in the website #386 #374 . Although the issue is related to website but it will change the repo structure and might cause complex merge conflicts with this issue's PR.

I'm sorry if this caused any inconvenience.

[mynk8]

Hey @p0tat0chip, if you haven't started working on the issue yet, then I would suggest you to work on this later as we're integrating FastAPI in the website #386 #374 . Although the issue is related to website but it will change the repo structure and might cause complex merge conflicts with this issue's PR.

I'm sorry if this caused any inconvenience.

I was thinking about the same as well , there are also a bunch of other changes need to be done:

• Aside from scatter plot and line graph, other functions seem to not work at all or have poor error handling

[multiverseweb]

Sure @p0tat0chip, we'll look into this issue as well