After 7.5 months of PackIt development and 368 days of work on ElyxCore, the first release of PackIt has arrived.
It is the largest project in exteraGram in terms of code volume and functionality, the most thoroughly worked out in terms of design, and undoubtedly the highest quality. Of course, it was not without bugs, unfinished parts, and various problems, as is typical for any first release. Moreover, for most of the journey, this project was created by only 2 developers and five testers. Closer to completion, several more developers joined us, and their help proved to be very important.
In general, initially PackIt was an unnamed plugin with text commands like .install plugin. Later, I met @mr_Vestr and proposed working on this project together. After some time, I came up with the name PackIt and somehow drew an icon.
Thanks to @mr_Vestr, the project gradually moved from text commands to a full-fledged interface. Over time, the commands were completely removed, and PackIt began to turn into a real application.
After some time, I began to study Android and Java properly. It was then that I got the opportunity to take on the project seriously: it ceased to be a simple text \"manager\" and became a full-fledged quality project.
Around the middle of development, testers joined the project: @red1k, @kaltsitu, @homewatcha, @djnore, @inlovewithumi, and @xarmaq, who was later removed due to inactivity.
Later, @ageekapple joined us. He didn't help particularly much, but still, a big thank you for supporting the project.
Right at the end of development, the team of developers was supplemented by 3 more people: @oodze and the returning developer @xarmaq worked on the Kotlin part of the project, while @larpcoup joined as a native developer (spoiler: in the end, he didn't write anything for the native part).
A separate and huge thank you to @pixwet. Throughout almost the entire development, he helped the project many times. Without him, this project would hardly have turned out exactly like this.
Every person I mentioned above contributed to PackIt. Someone wrote code, someone tested, someone helped with advice or ideas. And it is thanks to these people that the release became possible.
Thank you to everyone who was part of this project.
If I ever get around to it, I will definitely write the full history of the creation of PackIt and ElyxCore.
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