Tasks

These are quick tasks suitable for GCI or Hackathons.

For other tasks, see:

• Contribute/Code

Easy Tasks

Tasks for beginning coders, or if new to Python or web services

Action ToDos in code

Search the code for @ToDo, e.g.:

• Migrate represents to S3Represent
  • project_assignee_represent (​https://github.com/flavour/eden/blob/master/modules/s3db/project.py#L4754)
  • project_task_represent (​https://github.com/flavour/eden/blob/master/modules/s3db/project.py#L4798)
• Migrate custom methods to use settings.get_ui_formstyle()
  • S3ImportPoI (​https://github.com/flavour/eden/blob/master/modules/s3/s3gis.py#L8634)

Fix a Ticket

Pick a ticket (which could be a bug or an enhancement) from http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/report/1. First ensure that you can repeat this in your local instance - if not: MODIFY TICKET > resolve as > worksforme. If the bug is still present, assign the ticket to yourself. Then fix the bug or implement the feature. Submit your code as a patch to the ticket on Trac, then notify the Sahana-Eden mailing list about your patch for verification. Please submit as a patch file, not zipped. That makes it easier to review without downloading and unzipping. Alternatively (preferred method) push your code in a single commit to your Github repository and make a pull request.

Easy tickets to get started on are listed here: http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/report/18

There are also a number of tasks for the Hilippines Haiyan Response listed here: ​https://hackpad.com/Typhoon-Haiyan-opXJaZLz8gu which can be completed (these can count towards GCI).

When you are working on the ticket as a part of GCI task, first add a keyword to the ticket "GCI TASK". If you unclaim the task or want to work on another ticket please remove the keyword.

Resolve an issue from a Disaster Response

During disasters the Sahana Community does a lot of work to deploy Sahana to help affected communities. Often there is more work than can be completed - but you can help to address some of these issues before the next disaster:

• ​Typhoon Haiyan

Common Operational Datasets

• Purpose and schemas for common datasets (schemas are at end): ​http://oneresponse.info/resources/imtoolbox/publicdocuments/IASC%20Guidelines%20on%20Common%20Operational%20Datasets%20in%20Disaster%20Preparedness%20and%20Response%201%20Nov.%202010.pdf
• Add model definitions for these schemas. This work was started but is not included in the current version of Eden. An example from an old version is here: ​models/08_assess.py
• Think about how we could make use of them.
  • Display on the Map?
  • Have Reports which compare the baseline & situational assessments?

GIS/Mapping [multiple tasks]

These are various GIS/Mapping Tasks:

• Make the display_feature() & display_features() popup a Window instead of opening in a DIV
  • This was working in FF before: http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/browser/views/sahana_scripts_min.html?rev=836#L39
• ​Layer Tree
• Map Preview when Lat/Lon set in pr/person/presence (auto or not)

[DeveloperGuidelines/GIS Use the Mapping API to:]

• Color coded maps according to Geo-data (threats, needs, etc)
• Place variable sized markers on the map in proportion to data (number of people in camp, number of families needing food)

Lat/Lon converter [GCI]

Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters (Bombeiros) use Eden.

They get given Lat/Lon coordinates in degrees minutes seconds, but Eden stores internally as decimal degrees.

Tasks:

• Create a validator (& possibly widget) to allow entry of this format (allowing for variations in input format like spaces and absence of the degree symbol, which most keyboards don't have) & have it converted to decimal degrees for storage

Scale Uploaded Images [GCI]

When images are uploaded we can limit the size, however larger pictures should be scaled instead. Example: personal profile picture.

• [GCI task, #1017] UI to to allow user to crop image (this would be a widget: modules/s3/s3widgets.py)
  • Ideally the image would be resized client-side to make it faster to upload...this might be hard with pure JS, so would need to be Flash?
  • Maybe: ​http://labs.corefive.com/Projects/FileManager/ (e.g. from ​http://code.google.com/p/django-ckeditor-filemanager/ )