Hey, I am interested in improving the patrolling workflow for mobile users of Wikidata and I wonder if you only plan to refactor[1] the code or if you also will improve the user experience?
Thanks, Jonas [1] https://dzone.com/articles/what-refactoring-and-what-it-0 2018-04-04 11:05 GMT+02:00 Derk-Jan Hartman <[email protected]>: > I really like all of these goals, but I have to say that many of them > seem to be a recurring theme (which to me is understandable, but maybe > not to others). I pose to you an additional challenge.. Don't do this > just to mobilefrontend/minervaneue. Do it to a component of core/an > extension as well (i'd pick something small, oft used, but not the > best maintained). > > 1. This will help expose you to any challenges that other parts of the > ecosystem have in following your direction. > 2. It will show the way. Examples are good teaching methods. > 3. A component that needs it, but might otherwise not get it, will get > some TLC > 4. It will close the mobile/desktop gap for whatever component you pick > 5. it will close the mobile/desktop gap in general. > > Because I think that if you don't expand on your target codebase, the > risk will be that you remain more isolated than you should be. > > DJ > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 7:40 PM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Over the next fiscal year, the Wikimedia Foundation Readers Web team > will be > > making technical improvements to the mobile web codebases (MobileFrontend > > and MinervaNeue). > > > > The project, which we’re calling ‘Invest in the MobileFrontend & > MinervaNeue > > frontend architecture’, contained in Output 2.7 of the Platform Evolution > > CDP [1], is currently in its specification and planning stages. The > outcomes > > of the project are: > > > > 1. Improve developer experience (on-boarding, maintenance, development) > > 2. Reduce technical debt and make production improvements > > 3. Separate presentation and logic > > 4. Make Minerva and MobileFrontend better citizens of the MediaWiki > > ecosystem > > > > MobileFrontend & MinervaNeue, which power the Wikimedia mobile sites, > make > > heavy use of client-side UIs with templates, CSS and JavaScript. Over the > > past eight years of developing a mobile-first wiki experience we have > learnt > > and frontend technology has evolved. We will improve and modernize the > code > > bases to continue supporting our mobile web users in the future. Please > see > > Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 in the wiki page for more detail. > > > > Minerva will become an independent skin without a dependency on > > MobileFrontend, and vice versa. Please see Outcome 4 in the wiki page for > > more detail. > > > > Please visit the project page on MediaWiki.org to learn more about the > > outcomes and outputs, and share your questions. [2] > > > > N.B. This project is distinct from “Output 3.1: Contribution tools on > mobile > > web via an existing mediawiki skin” [3], described in the FY 2018-2019 > plan. > > > > _____________________ > > Joaquin Oltra Hernandez > > Senior Software Engineer, Readers Web > > > > [1]: > > https://wikifarm.wmflabs.org/platformevolution/index.php/ > Plan:FY18-19/2/7 > > [2]: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Projects/ > Invest_in_the_MobileFrontend_%26_MinervaNeue_frontend_architecture > > [3]: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ > Annual_Plan/2018-2019/Audiences#Outcome_3:_Mobile_Contributing > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mobile-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Jonas Kress Software Developer Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
