I'll move this over here as it does carry some relevance ;)
Me and Lewis were discussing OODT over the week and a couple of take
aways we saw that were hindering adoption was a) The name (but we can't
do much about that ;) )
b) The website
c) The build
So a couple of things I would like to work on on top of the Tika update
and fixing the GMT build is getting the default config to build out of
the box, because currently you have to tweak the properties files and
this makes life real hard for people just wanting to get started.
Personally, I think that if you don't have a build that compiles without
changes at checkout, either you have to change it or make it stupidly
easily for people to understand what needs setting, because otherwise
they get lost/bored and go do something else. Also it makes life easier
for people trying to understand whats broken in the codebase(failing
tests due to code problems) and whats broken because of configuration
issues(failing tests due to user problems) which is currently far from
clear.
Lastly, at some point over the next few months I'd like to take a stab
at creating an alternative website that tries to hide some of the
science stuff and all the tailored build pages and make it clearer where
the useful information was and what the platform does to no science type
people.
Clearly both these projects are purely hypothetical and I wont push
anything without sign off, but there was a decent turn out to my talk
and some cross over with people who knew BI, so I think its an angle
worth pursuing.
Comments and suggestions please :)
Tom
On 14/04/14 02:31, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) wrote:
Scoff unlike OODT yeesh
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 13, 2014, at 4:43 PM, "Tom Barber" <[email protected]> wrote:
Alright then chaps,
After too much beer i've got home and checked out the source. It even compiles
without hacking stuff unlike OODT which is always nice. So, for someone that
doesn't use Gora or have any knowledge of the code base, if I want to help hows
best to get started? :)
Cheers
Tom
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