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2015 GSoC Project Idea

This project is being considered as a potential project for Google Summer of Code 2015. If you are a potential intern and are interested in working on this project, please discuss it in detail with the mentor(s) listed here before submitting your internship proposal.

Primary mentor

Namrata Nehete

Backup mentor

Saptarshi Purkayastha

GSoC student

TBD

Abstract

Currently, in order to extend the functionality of OpenMRS, you have to create an OpenMRS Module. This requires a fair amount of Java, Spring, Hibernate, JSP knowledge as well as knowledge of the OpenMRS Java API design. Furthermore, modules are often tied to particular OpenMRS version and are sometimes dependent on specific versions of other modules. All of these facts increase the barrier to extending the functionality of OpenMRS. With the OpenMRS REST API becoming more mature, it makes sense to be able to allow developers with just HTML and JavaScript knowledge to extend the functionality of OpenMRS. The goal of this project is to enable the use Open Web Apps (OWA) with OpenMRS (as has been done for DHIS2). OWA is a packed HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a zip package with a manifest.webapp file describing the OWA. The module allows packaging of the OpenMRS reference application components as an OWA that can be used by other OWA or modules.

Objectives

  1. It should be possible to upload an Open Web App to OpenMRS via the UI and the App should function as expected.
  2. Build the core OpenMRS reference app element into components
  3. Add the components into the polymer designer
  4. Use the polymer designer to create a webpage from 
  5. Package the design

Extra credit

  1. Build functionality from other modules (charting, reporting etc.) as Open Web App
  2. Build new workflows using the polymer designer and then released as an OWA

Suggest timeline

April 21 – May 19 (Community Bonding Period): 

  • Get to know my fellow peers and co-workers
  • Throughout this period, I will as always be available on IRC to further discuss the proposal with members of the OpenMRS community so that I will be able to adjust or add things that I may have not thought of before.
  • I will be actively engaged in discussions with my mentor to further understand and agree on the scope and requirements of the project.

May 19 – August 18:

  • Development phase (to be broken down into detailed steps)

Resources

  1. Modules
  2. REST Web Services API For Clients
  3. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps/Quickstart/Build/Intro_to_open_web_apps
  4. http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch28.html
  5. https://github.com/NameFILIP/openmrs-module-appmanager (Some initial work by Filip Spiridonov)
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