== [http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/GHC2010 GHC2010 Sahana-Eden Home] ==

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== Codeathon Projects ==

Since we expect GHC2010 Codeathon participants to reflect diverse skills and expertise, we have identified a range of projects. Regardless of the amount of coding needed, all of these are useful!

== Projects that do not involve programming ==

==== ''Provide feedback on an existing Eden module'' ====
 * Try it out:
  * You can use:
   * your locally-installed site
   * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/ demo site]
   * [http://test.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/ user test site for Pakistan floods response]
  * Role-play being a user.
  * What do you expect it to do?
  * What features would you want?
  * What do you think the workflow should be?
 * Improve it:
  * Find bugs:
   * Try to break it.
   * [BugReportingGuidelines Report bugs].
  * Document it:
   * Explore it and document the existing workflow.
   * Develop a how-to guide for users.
   * Write tooltips (help info) for fields on forms.
  * What's missing?
   * What did you want to do that wasn't available?
   * Where is the workflow inconvenient?
   * [BugReportingGuidelines Request features and suggest improvements].
 * Modules that could use some usability improvement:
  * All of them.  Well, ok, try these:
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/gis Mapping]
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/cr Shelter registry]
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/hms Hospital registry]
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/pr Person registry]
 * New or unfinished modules that would benefit from feature and workflow suggestions:
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/inventory Logistics]
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/vol Volunteer management]
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/msg Messaging]
  * [http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/rat Rapid assessment tool]

==== ''Help out with a current relief effort'' ====
 * Pakistan floods
  * Research missing map and location data for PakistanUnionCouncils, part of the [/PakistanUserGuide#LocationsHierarchy GIS location hierarchy].
  * Do you speak Urdu? Help with [PakistanTranslation translation].
  * [Pakistan Background information].

==== ''Improve installation procedures'' ====
 * Step-by-step documentation -- we have been concentrating on Windows & Debian/Ubuntu so other distros are poorly-documented.

== Projects for beginning coders, or those just starting with Python or web services ==

==== ''Fix bugs'' ====
 * Pick from these [/report/18 easy bugs for new Eden developers].

==== ''Polish existing modules'' ====
 * Fix UI issues
 * Add features

==== ''!SysAdmin'' tasks ====
 * DeveloperGuidelinesReleaseProcess#ExportApplication
 * PakistanDeploymentCycle#SysadminToDo
 * Installation scripts or packages for operating systems and distributions that aren't already available (i.e. other than Windows or Debian/Ubuntu).

== Projects for more experienced coders ==
Some things to keep in mind when planning new modules or major features:
 * Consider what other FOSS tools exist, that could be installed alongside Eden.
 * Look at tools and libraries already in use in Eden, e.g. jQuery and ExtJS for UI work.

 * Test automation
  * Figure out how to do unit tests against a web application.
  * Write unit and functional tests.
  * DeveloperGuidelinesTesting#FunctionalTests

 * Tweet or SMS parsing -- allow users to provide info via tweets or SMS messages
  * Parse formatted SMS messages or tweets (e.g. key value pairs).
  * Detect when message interpretation isn't certain and dispatch to a human reader (use existing "task" database, or Job Jar, below!).
  * Create database records from parsed messages.
  * BluePrintMessagingModule#Twitter 
  * BluePrintMessagingModule#Micro-Syntax 

 * Job Jar -- manage tasks performed on the site, e.g. data entry
  * Assign tasks to users or let users select tasks.
  * Track who does what, mark completed.
  * Provide administrator UI for defining tasks.
  * Cross-check / verify task, or compare result of two users on same task.
  * Administer tests and training for new workers.

 * Suggestion Box
  * http://groups.google.com/group/sahana-eden/browse_thread/thread/bbda1e98b73e1437

 * Upload photos or video from a smart phone
  * Design a widget (to be included in an Eden form) that can be used to select images or video, with any needed detection of the type of phone.

 * Run Eden on a smart phone: BluePrintMobileClient
  * Alternate Layout for web view: [wiki:BluePrintCSS#MobileView]
  * Android Application: MobileAndroid
  * Note this [GHC session on Android development http://gracehopper.org/2010/conference/open-source-track/#session3]!