2014-07-03 Developers Forum
- Burke Mamlin
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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://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RES/2014-06-26+Developers+Forum
DONE: Elliott to draft a proposed set of Javascript conventions for others to review, and incorporate - https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/x/GwZYAQ
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
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
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.
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)
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
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