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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

• Role-play being a user:
  • Try it out.
  • What do you expect it to do?
  • What features would you want?
  • What do you think the workflow should be?
• Improve it:
  • Try to break it. Report bugs.
  • Document the existing workflow.
  • Develop a how-to guide for users.
  • Write tooltips (help info) for fields on forms.
  • Request features.
  • Suggest improvements.
• How to report bugs, make suggestions, etc.:
  • Register a Trac account here.
  • File a ticket here.
  • Bug reporting guidelines (aimed at acceptance testing but describes how to classify bugs)
• Modules that could use some usability improvement:
  • All of them. Well, ok, try these:
  • Mapping
  • Shelter registry
  • Hospital registry
  • Person registry
• New or unfinished modules that would benefit from feature and workflow suggestions:
  • Logistics
  • Volunteer management
  • Messaging
  • Rapid assessment tool

Help out with a current relief effort

• http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/Pakistan
• Enter data on the live Pakistan site.
• Research information for the Pakistan site.

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

Bug fixing

Polishing existing modules

• Fixing UI issues
• Adding features

SysAdmin tasks

• DeveloperGuidelinesReleaseProcess#ExportApplication
• PakistanDeploymentCycle#SysadminToDo

Projects for more experienced coders

• 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.

• Run Eden on a smart phone: BluePrintMobileClient
  • Alternate Layout for web view: BluePrintCSS
  • Android Application: MobileAndroid