= FOSSkriti Workshop =

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

This included a number of people - some were skilled programmers, some were new to this technology.

Ajay was on site.
Remote support was provided by Fran, Massimo, Satya, Chamindra & Dominic [nursix].

Photos:
 * http://picasaweb.google.com/ajuonline/SahanaPyHackfestFOSSKriti#

IRC Logs:
 * [http://logs.qgis.org/sahana/%23sahana.2009-02-14.log #sahana]
 * [https://trac.sahanapy.org/attachment/wiki/FOSSkriti/sahana-classroom.log #sahana-classroom]
 * [https://trac.sahanapy.org/attachment/wiki/FOSSkriti/sahana-testing.log #sahana-testing]

Code achievements (any more to come?):
 * Bug #7 fixed
 * Sub-menus added to Framework
 * Tests for Authorization
== 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 ===
 * InstallationGuidelinesDeveloper ''Note this has been superseded by InstallationGuidelines.''
 * Using Bzr to work on the hackfest tree... ''Note we are now using git and Github, so see InstallationGuidelines for current setup instructions.''
  * {{{bzr branch lp:~mdipierro/web2py/devel web2py}}}
  * {{{cd web2py/applications}}}
  * {{{bzr branch bzr+ssh://hacker@hack.sahanapy.org/var/www/web2py/applications/sahana}}}
  * hack
  * {{{bzr add && bzr remove && bzr commit}}}
  * {{{bzr push bzr+ssh://hacker@hack.sahanapy.org/var/www/web2py/applications/sahana}}}
  * Update the working-tree & reload Apache to see the results: http://hack.sahanapy.org/cgi-bin/hackfest.py
  * Ignore the 500 error!
 * DeveloperGuidelines
=== How to Communicate? ===
 * [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sahana-maindev Sahana Developer Mailing list] can be used prior to & after the event.
 * [http://www.sahana.lk/chat IRC] allows real-time group & 1-1 communication using low-bandwidth text
 * Pastebin allows people to share code snippets
  * For jQuery/HTML: http://pastebin.me/
  * For Python: http://paste.pocoo.org/
 * [http://docs.google.com GoogleDocs] can be used for collaborative document authoring before copying results to this Wiki
 * [http://dabbleboard.com Dabbleboard] provides an Online Whiteboard for sketches
 * An audio channel can be added, if necessary, using [http://www.google.com/talk GTalk] or [http://skype.com Skype]
 * Alternate options: [http://dimdim.com Dimdim] or [http://copilot.com CoPilot]

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

 * [http://web2py.com Web2Py] framework for simple RAD web development: Massimo di Pierro [massimo]
  * [wiki:BluePrintFramework#Sub-menus Sub-menus]
  * [wiki:BluePrintRESTImplementation RESTlike CRUD controller]:
   * integrate tools.py's Crud Authorization
   * 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 tools.py's auth_events
   * JSON POST support
  * [wiki:BluePrintMany2Many Many to Many widget]
  * [wiki:BluePrintSynchronisation Synchronisation]
  * 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
  * 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:BluePrintGISImportExport XML Import/Export]
   * [wiki:BluePrint/Reporting Data Analysis, Visualisation and Reporting]
   * [wiki:BluePrintGeographicInformationSystems GIS]
   * [wiki:BluePrintMessagingModule Messaging Module]
=== Preparation ===
 * Dedicated Server (Internet accessible): Courtesy [http://www.zen.co.uk Zen Internet]
  * Bzr repo people can check code into
  * Runs code live via Apache/mod_wsgi (remote admin permitted)
  * CGI for restarting Apache (& updating Bzr working-tree)
  * [wiki:InstallationGuidelinesXen Xen environment]