So, when I started this role, I put performance and continuous deployment - release features when they are done - as my kanban cards. These things are where I've been putting all my ongoing-project focus (vs day to day stuff like helping with design and code discussions).
It seems to me that our continuous deployment project is nearly complete, and its time to start thinking about what I should take on to replace it. I've a few candidates already, and I'm interested in what all of you think would help you most. Thanks go to Gary who I've already run this past. The candidates I have already are: - fixing a bunch of baseline issues - like: overuse of interfaces, scripts not establishing participations, sqlbase migration. Time consuming, tricky things that need some attention to detail, but which when done will significantly simplify much of our code base. - test suite parallelisation: parallelisation initially, then parallelisation in our CI/landing robot - data mapping layer: Build and deploy across the whole code base a dedicated persistence layer. This would be a choke point through which all database access goes, would include the group based idiom I've been rabbiting on about, and to be successful would define an iron-clad contract which we can confidently replace with a testable test double. I'd be looking to form a working-group for this - a group of interested folk seconded from their regular team to work with me on developing and deploying this project wide. - faster/easier stock page creation: Suggested by Gary, this would aim to massively reduce the overhead in the non-ajax form development, so that we can focus on ajax form development. For instance, perhaps we'd get rid of generated forms and use node.js to render pages server side when working with a javascriptless browser. For now, I'm going to stay mum on which option I think has the best cost/reward tradeoff for us at the moment, and I'm sure I've missed a brilliant idea that will obsolete all of these :) I await your suggestions! -Rob _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
