[p2pu-dev] Contributing to Lernata (code) group. previously... [p2pu-community] Working with the new site: Ideas from Dan Diebolt and I

Thu Mar 31 16:35:33 UTC 2011

Awesome! Thank you!

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Jessy Kate <jessy.cowansharp at gmail.com>wrote:

> i'm happy to be an advisor to the process wherever it would help too. john,
> brian and i worked with lernanta when we were first getting it set up from
> batucada. i've probably installed it about 8 times on different systems and
> am reasonably familiar with the code base (or at least the code base prior
> to zuzel's work, which i don't imagine has changed the overall architecture
> that much, but correct me if i'm wrong!).
>
> jessy
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Alison Jean Cole <
> alisonjean.cole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So good!
>> Following :-)
>>
>>
>> ALISON
>> p2pu.org/users/alison
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>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Jessica Ledbetter <
>> jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm thinking we could do a study group this upcoming round of
>>> classes/groups, gather up all the gotchas/questions we find, and use that to
>>> build up the documentation for future developers.  We can probably reuse
>>> some things already in place like #p2pu-dev (for those that are of the IRC
>>> variety). Maybe once we finish we can update
>>> http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/courses/lernanta-dev/  ?
>>>
>>> My first sketch is now up
>>> http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/courses/introduction-to-contributing-to-lernata/content/task-list-draft/
>>>
>>>
>>> In addition to the great resource that is Zuzel and each other, we have
>>> help as well with https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta/wiki so that's
>>> awesome :)
>>>
>>> I know you're insanely busy, Zuzel, and we'll be calling on you when we
>>> can't figure out stuff ourselves.
>>>
>>> I'm going to -- when I can -- set up the task list (sounds better than a
>>> syllabus to me) as group editable and we'll grow (sic) from there!
>>>
>>> Looking forward to the fun :)
>>>
>>> Jessica
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta/wiki>
>>>  On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM, zuzel.vp <zuzel.vp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Let me know how I can help :)
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Pippa Buchanan
>>>> <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Jessica, that would be great - I'd love to be in a group of people
>>>> learning
>>>> > how to positively hack on the new site. Can I suggest a task -
>>>> "Getting your
>>>> > Python dev environment setup" as that's where I've stalled in my
>>>> learning of
>>>> > Python!
>>>> >
>>>> > P*
>>>> >
>>>> > On 30 March 2011 22:02, Jessica Ledbetter <
>>>> jessica at jessicaledbetter.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> +1 on Contributing to Lernata (code) group. I've been toying with the
>>>> idea
>>>> >> of doing a session on contributing to open source with a focus on
>>>> Python
>>>> >> code but have not had time to make up a fake project yet nor become
>>>> more
>>>> >> than a novice in Python.
>>>> >> Are there enough junior tasks? Though I guess we could take a task
>>>> (that
>>>> >> doesn't have an urgency) and do it a loose pair programming style
>>>> project.
>>>> >> It'd show people that are interested how to get code from a
>>>> repository, find
>>>> >> out how to compile it/run it locally, find a bug to work on, make the
>>>> >> necessary change, and submit.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> If Zuzel is game for a novice Python person to lead up a session, I
>>>> can do
>>>> >> it.  How about a 3-4 week one?
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Stian Håklev <shaklev at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I very much agree with the idea of involving more learners in design
>>>> of
>>>> >>> the platform. I would love for someone to run a course on how to
>>>> hack
>>>> >>> Lernanta. It could be more of an open study group of people who want
>>>> to try
>>>> >>> to play with the code together, try to do some of the junior tasks
>>>> etc. I
>>>> >>> mentioned this to Philipp, and he said it would be great, as long as
>>>> Zuzel
>>>> >>> isn't the one leading the course - we want her cranking out high
>>>> quality
>>>> >>> code :) So if anyone else wanted to step up to the table, I think it
>>>> would
>>>> >>> be great. I'd love to participate.
>>>> >>> Stian
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:05, Pippa Buchanan <
>>>> Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com>
>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Dan and I had a conversation earlier today about how we can work
>>>> with
>>>> >>>> the new site.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> One of Dan's ideas which I strongly agree with was for Webcraft to
>>>> >>>> encourage more study groups that engage learners in developing
>>>> practical
>>>> >>>> skills while helping on the P2PU site and project. This idea has
>>>> been
>>>> >>>> present in the Webcraft community for a while, but it was important
>>>> that a
>>>> >>>> new platform was in development before we put too much energy into
>>>> improving
>>>> >>>> a system about to be retired. I'll engage more strongly with the
>>>> Webcraft
>>>> >>>> community about this but some initial ideas were:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> technical documentation and technical writing
>>>> >>>> screencasting ***
>>>> >>>> HTML5 video - P2PU promotional video / Get Involved info****
>>>> >>>> using the ticketing system ****
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> We also discussed
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> how to encourage peer feedback to study group task responses. (less
>>>> the
>>>> >>>> organiser's responsibility >  more of a peer effort)
>>>> >>>> how to best link in work produced on sites outside of p2pu.org.
>>>> >>>> how to encourage Webcraft organisers to use really good tools like
>>>> >>>> JSFiddle
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> We recognised that these are problems shared by many other
>>>> developers
>>>> >>>> exploring Personal Learning Environments.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Pippa
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
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