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OpenMRS Developers Forum 2014-07-03
Recording: http://goo.gl/S00N1a (audio/MP3) https://connect.iu.edu/p84315iv8c8/ (video/Adobe Flash)
Attendees
- Michael Downey
- Chris Power
- Burke Mamlin
- Elliott Williams
- Ryan Yates
- Karl Wurst
- Vencik
- Lukas B.
- Rafal Korytkowski
- Daniel Kayiwa
- Tim Nicholson
- Willa
- Alexis Duque
- Nyoman Ribeka
- Suranga K.
- Darius Jazayeri
Agenda & Notes
- Review last week TODOs - https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/RES/2014-06-26+Developers+Forum
- DONE: Elliott to draft a proposed set of Javascript conventions for others to review, and incorporate - https://wiki.openmrs.org/x/SgcJAg
- DONE: Rafal to write down the steps for the infrastructure team to set up sonar on new ci server (like was previously on ci-stg) - (in progress/done?)
- THIS WEEK: Rafal to add a link on our Code Conventions page to some helpview of the rules that Sonar applies
- TODO: Darius to write a short code snippet in the Code Style page showing what nice code looks like
- TODO: Wyclif confirm we have documented (or else document) that liquibase changesets should include comment and precondition; also specify how/if changeset comments should refer to ticket numbers, how changesets should be broken up into multiple changesets rather than lots of changes in one set.
- TODO: "Someone" ought to Create one or more pages under our Conventions wiki page about UI Framework-related development (e.g. GSP conventions)
- Hi Tim!
- Hackathon Planning (Chris Power)
- Previous discussion on Talk: https://talk.openmrs.org/t/lets-plan-a-mid-year-developer-event/108?u=michael
- Previous discussion on dev@: https://groups.google.com/a/openmrs.org/d/topic/dev/EwwM_mr4LfE/discussion
- OpenMRS "prides itself" (?) on having hackathons to meet face to face, build relationships, and get some quality work done.
- It's been a long time since we've had a hackathon outside an OpenMRS conference.
- Do we plan on having one with OMRS14?
- Yes. The event will be in late 2014. (We're currently finalizing dates and venues.)
- Keep doing hackathons alongside events for a couple days.
- Think about how to include people that can't attend OMRS14, how would that work?
- Do we want to have one before then?
- Implicit yes. We used to have them more frequently and have always had good experiences when doing so.
- We can use these other events to "test the waters" of how we can use hackathons as a tool.
- What makes a good event?
- See Burke's comments on SDK & removable media in dev@ thread above.
- Having them regularly -- they should be part of our "toolbox" alongside sprints, etc. as an effective way to get work done.
- Doing work in parallel to see multiple solution ideas against a shared problem.
- Open question: Does "remote participation" in a hackathon work? Maybe we can try some experimentation.
- Some factors to consider:
- Pre-hackathon planning/prep
- Picking the topic/theme/target/method
- Competition to do X
- Something-a-thon, where everybody works on the same problems together
- Educational (a task that everyone can learn to do)
- Having a "package" with everything needed to participate (readme, SDK, any other files) on USB & downloadable(on site ftp server?)
- Having an introductory presentation ready
- Background, technical details
- Picking the topic/theme/target/method
- Communication medium
- IRC probably friendlier
- Coach to participant ratio
- Coach or more senior/experienced dev? Be careful not to focus too much on training if the planned outcome is delivering software.
- Somewhere between 4:1 to 12:1
- Pre-hackathon planning/prep
- Plone holds their hackathons as "sprints" - https://plone.org/events/sprints/whatis - 1 day to 1 week
- Consider short sprint with paired programming
- Potential topics
- OpenMRS 2.1 release hackathon - August-ish? ?
- SDK Hackathon (get SDK working with OMRS 2.0)
- API & web service hackathon ?
- Creating tools to use the web service
- Improve our REST API self-documentation
- Improve experience for people first coming to REST web service
- Connect-a-thon? (Interoperability with various other tools/software, might require other projects' participation)
- Sonarqube issues ?
- start with most critical & easier to address
- divide & conquer
- Memory or other performance issues ??
- Making OMRS 2.0 Apps?
- Make OMRS easier to upgrade ???
- How to upgrade massive database
- Hackatestathon (or UI Tests) ???
- Documentathon (e.g., improve wiki info about OMRS 2.0)
- Creating new intro tickets
- Create an app that would benefit aliens arriving at earth and needing an EMR -?
- For example, create a "probe" app
- Make 1.x modules work in 2.x ????
- Points based on number of downloads of module
- How long is the ideal event?
- 2 days? 1 week? 1 month? :)
- Burke's opinion: 2-3 days. 1 day is too short, beyond 72 hours dilutes attention. One key ingredient is having people's focus.
- MD: Competetions should be shorter (2-3 days) since intensity is higher. In-person "Sprints" (like Plone) can be up to 1 week because they're less rushed.
- Consider 1-2 week pre-hackathon intro, so people can hit the ground running and potentially even start hacking before the event.
- 2 days? 1 week? 1 month? :)
- Action Items For the Hackathon
- Infrastructure
- Internet (Maven Repository, GitHub, etc.)
- Application Requirements prior to the event
- Flash drives with the SDK
- A working SDK
- Trophies/award (bring super glue)
- OMRS mug, t-shirts, etc.
- Consider 1st, 2nd, 3rd place prizes
- tchotchke for everyone (thanks, Karl!)
- Line up OpenMRS knowledge experts
- Venue (recruit Plone's prince contributor with a castle)
- Infrastructure
- Agenda for Next Week
- Originally planned to have real-time GSoC presentations. They're now posted here to review: https://talk.openmrs.org/category/outreach/gsoc
- Next week is currently open
- Burke will be on holiday
- ???
- OSCON 20-24 July - who's attending?
- Michael Downey
- Paul Biondich
- After Action Review
- What did we expect to happen?
- What actually happened?
- What can we do different?
- Next Week Agenda
- TBD
- 24 July - Canceled due to OSCON (??)
TODOs
Transcripts
- Audio recording of the call: Listen online or download (available after the meeting)