Hi All, A final reminder that our first DSpace 7 (Virtual) Development Sprint starts next week!
Perhaps appropriately, we already have 7 participants signed up! But, if you are interested, there's still time to sign up. We'd just ask that you sign up today or tomorrow (May 4). As always, if there are any questions, let me know, Tim On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 9:47 AM Tim Donohue <tdono...@duraspace.org> wrote: > All, > > I'm proud to announce our first *DSpace (Virtual) Development Sprint* on > the DSpace 7 codebase from May 7 to 18. > > We are in search of developers interested in joining us for a two week > sprint (you need not be available for the entire two weeks). Sprint > developers/participants will help us make enhancements / squash bugs in the > DSpace 7 browse/search interfaces. Tasks will be available for both the > DSpace 7 UI (using Angular.io) and REST API (using Java / Spring > technologies). See the Sprint Goals > <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+7+Community+Sprint+1> > for more details. > > *No experience with DSpace 7 codebase is necessary* (though experience > with prior DSpace releases is recommended). Sprint Coaches will be on hand > to help provide ongoing support. However, as no official training/workshops > will be held during the sprint, participants will be expected to be > proactive in learning new concepts via the provided learning resources > <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+7+Community+Sprints#DSpace7CommunitySprints-Resources> > (including > a video recorded Angular UI workshop). Don't worry though, we fully expect > participants to have questions and need ongoing support, which is where the > Sprint Coaches come in. > > Whether you have contributed to DSpace in the past or not, this is great > opportunity to learn more about the DSpace 7 Angular UI and/or new REST > API. If you've never participated in the open source development process, > this is a great way to "get your feet wet", and perhaps submit your very > first Pull Request (PR) to DSpace! > > *Signups are open immediately *on the below wiki page. Feel free to pass > this along to colleagues! > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+7+Community+Sprints > > If you want more information about the specific goals/tasks of this first > sprint, they can be found on the Sprint #1 subpage: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+7+Community+Sprint+1 > > We hope you are able to join us in our first (of hopefully many) DSpace > Development Sprint! As we like to say, DSpace would not exist without the > hard work and support of our worldwide community. We hope these sprints > will not only help move the software forward, but also allow developers > worldwide to learn more about collaboration in distributed, open source > communities. > > If you or your team have questions, feel free to get in touch, either via > email or Slack <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Slack>. > > Sincerely, > > Tim Donohue > -- > Tim Donohue > Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect > DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org > -- Tim Donohue Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to dspace-tech@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-tech. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
