Devlog 2 — CleanSlate Can Finally Scan Files!

Sooo yhh, I completed the working of this application!! (also i forgot to mention in last devlog - like an hour or two wasn’t counted by hackatime for this, cuz i linked it with hackatime like after 1.5 hrs workin over it, and then realizing)

The file-scanning system is now workin!!! CleanSlate can scan a folder selected by the user and collect info bout every file inside it - its name, extension, size, location and modification date.

It then uses this information to recognise diff types of files such as images, videos, documents etc.
For duplicate detection, CleanSlate first compares file sizes and then calculates hashes to check whether the contents are actually identical. This prevents two different files with similar names from being incorrectly marked as duplicates.

After arranging the files inside it, It first gives arrangement preview showing where CleanSlate recommends moving each file, and once the user approves that! It automatically moves those files into categories, Alsooo (in the pic attached) is like the settings area, and here you can change to light mode too, and also rename the file, Cleanslate will name, it after rearranging.

The mechanism is working properly and CleanSlate can now understand what is present inside a messy folder instead of only displaying a dashboard.

This was a pretty short project i worked over, but it was fun making this!!! And finally it is a proper application that can be easily downloaded too.