Hi Rogan,
I envisioned that the instructors would be drawn from the core
committers and other veteran technical folks in the community. In
addition to having these tech skills, though, I think we need people who
can work well with people. In order to be a valuable experience, I do
think some of our strongest developers should be among the instructors.
Who we recruit for instructors will also largely depend upon the content
we deliver. If we decide to move forward with the idea, maybe this is
something we can flesh out further at the conference. However, some
ideas I have off the top of my head are:
* installation - if we move forward with making installation easier,
this step may not require as much time as it otherwise would.
* community conventions - how we submit code in the community, how we
use git, maybe include an intro for signing off on code / pushing code
to the working repo.
* the overview of the Evergreen infrastructure that was done at the last
hack-a-way would probably be good
* developing the browser client with AngularJS - I know there is a
presentation on this at the conference, but I suspect we could spend a
lot of time on a hands-on session.
* How about a look at the inner workings of query parser? Or would that
just scare people away?
These are just some ideas, but I'm sure there are a lot more for others.
When planning out the content, I actually would be most interested in
hearing from developers who have just recently started working in
Evergreen.
Also, when I used the word 'mentor' earlier, I want to clarify I'm not
talking about mentors as we had with the GSoC or Outreachy programs who
are committed to working with one intern on one particular project.
Instead, I'm thinking the instructors should be committed to being
available via IRC or the dev list to answer questions and to participate
in some (not all) of the regular chat sessions we schedule after the
in-person boot camp. As a whole, I think many of us are already
committed to giving that level of support to people when they are just
starting out. But there will likely be a greater time commitment with
more new people dedicated to making contributions.
Of course, this is all in the idea phase now, and if people have other
ideas on how this could work or maybe incentives we could supply to get
people involved, feel free to share them. I know we will need to iron
out many details. How do we select instructors? How do we select
participants? Should participants be required to have a certain level of
skills? If so, what? One of the nice things about this grant is that, in
the first phase, we can just focus on the idea. If the idea is seen as
being good enough to move to the next phase, then we'll be asked to
provide more details.
I know it would be a big time commitment, but, at the same time, the end
result could be that we have more active contributors in the community,
which, in the end, can help with the future workload of supporting and
improving Evergreen.
It also fits in well with the discussion we had at the hack-a-way
regarding mentoring people on the path to becoming a contributor to
Evergreen.
Thanks!
Kathy
On 03/17/2016 03:36 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
Who would we envision as doing the training?
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Yamil Suarez <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I am very interested in the bootcamp as both a student and a trainer
(for the areas I am strong in). The push to make installation easier
is also something that we should look into again.
Yamil
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Library Systems Administrator/Developer
Stan Getz Library
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02215
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617-747-2617 <tel:617-747-2617>
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Holly Brennan
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I feel that I missed the beginning of this conversation. This is
the first email about this topic in my inbox.
>
> I am very interested in a developer bootcamp! Please fill me in.
Thanks!
>
> -Holly
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Open-ils-general
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<mailto:[email protected]>] On
Behalf Of Jim Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:33 PM
> To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Knight Foundation Grant
>
> All of them sound like good ideas but I am ESPECIALLY interested
in the bootcamp idea (and options to avoid having to install
Evergreen for such purposes). I would probably even be willing to
pay my own way so definitely would attend if travel was covered.
I would like to contribute code but so far all of my other
commitments have kept me from sorting it out on my own. If I had
a place to go so I could get away from my desk for a few days and
learn how the process works I would definitely show up.
>
> Jim
>
>
> My questions related to the bootcamp idea are:
>
> * Does this sounds like a good idea?
> * Are there people who would be willing to help out as
instructors/mentors for the bootcamp? This isn't a firm
commitment, but, if I hear crickets on this question, I know it's
not something we should pursue further. Also, please note, my idea
is that any travel expenses related to the bootcamp would be
covered by the grant.
> * I also would love to have some volunteers willing to help me
plan for the bootcamp, but, if there is sufficient interest in the
first set of volunteers, I will also tap people directly with this
request.
> * If we get positive answers from the first two questions, are
there ways we can improve upon this idea?
>
> Thanks to everyone who read this far in my e-mail. I look
forward to hearing your thoughts!
>
> Kathy
>
>
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