= FOSSkriti Workshop =

There will be a hackfest for !SahanaPy at [http://techkriti.org/#/fosskriti-events/ FOSSkriti] on Feb 14th at 15:30 UTC

This will include a number of people - some will be skilled programmers, some may be new to this technology.

Ajay will be on site.
Remote support will be provided by Fran, Massimo & Satya (& possibly Chamindra)

== Introduction ==
 * Introductory Presentation: Ajay Kumar [ajuonline]
  * http://trac.sahanapy.org/Sahana_at_FOSSkriti_2009.pdf
 * Brief Skype Videocall on the tracks we will cover: Fran Boon [flavour]
 * Getting Started:
  * Using Proxy for full Internet access: http://your-freedom.net or ''tbc''
  * InstallationGuidelinesDeveloper
   * Bzr branch we'll be using for this session: {{{bzr branch bzr+ssh://username@hack.sahanapy.org/var/www/web2py/applications/sahana}}}
   * Note for Windows Users: DeveloperGuidelinesBzrWindows
  * DeveloperGuidelines
== How to Communicate? ==
 * Developer discussions prior to the event can be done on the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-maindev Sahana Developer Mailing list]
 * [http://www.sahana.lk/chat IRC]
  * Pastebin
   * For jQuery/HTML: http://pastebin.me/
   * For Python: http://paste.pocoo.org/
 * Participants please ping flavour/ajuonline on IRC to get their Trac logins created for this wiki beforehand or ask one of the guys in #fosskriti.
 * [http://skype.com Skype] or [http://dimdim.com Dimdim] or [http://copilot.com CoPilot] (if necessary)

== Tracks ==
 * Sahana Module development: Ajay Kumar [ajuonline]
  * [wiki:DeveloperGuidelinesNewModule How to add a new Module?]
  * [wiki:BluePrintPersonRegistry Person Registry]

 * [http://web2py.com Web2Py] framework for simple RAD web development: Massimo di Pierro [massimo]
  * Ensure the new Auth/Crud in tools.py are working properly
   * still using t2.itemize, t2.search & 1 instance of t2.delete (should be replaced, which may mean amending tools.py &/or sqlhtml.py)
   * rework our Audit to use auth_events?
  * Add a 2nd Password field to the Register form (#5)
  * JSON POST support in the [wiki:BluePrintRESTImplementation RESTlike CRUD controller]
  * Fix CSV Import: http://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=31
  * [wiki:BluePrintMany2Many Many to Many widget]
  * [wiki:BluePrintSynchronisation Synchronisation]
  * [wiki:BluePrintFramework Framework]
  * Extend the Languages support by integrating suggestions from [http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/ GoogleTranslate]
  * Test _stamp_many()

 * Testing using Selenium: Satyakaam Goswami [satyag]
  * Functional Test cases will be created using [wiki:BluePrints BluePrints]
  * Download and install [http://seleniumhq.org/download/ Selenium IDE]
  * Read [wiki:DeveloperGuidelinesTesting#FunctionalTests Testing with Selenium]
  * [http://www.tux.org/~tbr/seleniumtesting/ Good read in order to Understand how Selenium Works ]

 * jQuery Enhancements: People already fluent with jQuery
  * Note the Production/Debug modes with compressed JS files: DeveloperGuidelinesReleaseProcess#CompressJSCSSfiles
  * Fix bug in [wiki:DeveloperGuidelinesDeletableList DeletableList]: #7
  * Auto-complete widget (for when dropdowns get too long):
    * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/e1034df0091b5bfd
    * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/f6e0170273b14241
    * http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm
    * http://plugins.jquery.com/project/autocompletex
    * http://plugins.jquery.com/project/YA_AutoComplete
  * [wiki:BluePrintMany2Many Many to Many widget]

 * Advanced: Fran Boon [flavour]
  * if there are advanced Python developers who want a challenge then they can look at any of the BluePrints, e.g.
   * [wiki:BluePrintGeographicInformationSystems GIS]
   * [wiki:BluePrintMessagingModule Messaging Module]
   * [wiki:BluePrintReporting Charts/Reporting]
   * [wiki:BluePrintGISImportExport XML Import/Export]

== Preparation ==
 * Dedicated Server (Internet accessible): Courtesy [http://www.zen.co.uk Zen Internet]
  * Will be a [wiki:InstallationGuidelinesXen Xen environment]
  * Have a Bzr repo people can check code into
   * http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/bzr.dev/en/user-guide/index.html#running-a-smart-server
  * Runs code live via Apache/mod_wsgi (remote admin permitted)
  * Method for restarting Apache (CGI?)
 * Get Trac usernames setup for all known participants ahead of time: Shashank/Ajay
 * Person Registry Blue Print: Dominic
 * Prepare Tracks Intro: Fran