User:Rob.sjodin

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Rob Sjodin. Rob Sjodin is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Master's in Science of Software Engineering degree at Regis University. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate software engineering courses, including ...

Java Software Development

Advanced Java Software Development

Enterprise Java Software Development

Advanced Enterprise Software Development

Android Software Development

Enterprise Android Software Development

Mr. Sjodin has 30+ years of industry experience, including 15 years in the aerospace sector where he developed software for earth-orbiting satellites.

"Part A - Walk through of IRC Conversation":

How do people interact?

Answer: People interact asynchronously: someone will pose a question or state an opinion, and then others will respond accordingly.

What is the pattern of communication? Is it linear or branched? Formal or informal? One-to-many, one-to-one or a mix?

Answer: all of the above. But typically a topic is introduced/started, and then discussion (comments, questions, answers) are focused on that topic.

Are there any terms that seem to have special meaning?

Answer: Yes, #topic #info #action

Can you make any other observations?

Answer: It stimulates collaboration and camaraderie.

"Part 3 – Join and Observe Channel Discussion"

Summarize your observations (of your selected HFOSS project "foss2serve").

Answer: In general, the interaction is very slow; there can be hours w/o any dialogue.

Other questions: What advantages might IRC have over other real-time communication methods (like Google Chat or Facebook Messenger?) Are there potential disadvantages?

Answer: the participants are only those who have an interest in the particular topic.

For what purposes do FOSS projects use IRC channels?

Answer: Collaboration, share ideas, identify/resolve issues.

Why choose IRC over another synchronous collaboration method (like a conference call)?

Answer: It's asynchronous ... it doesn't require a specific, coordinated time for all people to meet.

How can IRC be used to facilitate project management?

Answer: To share ideas among project members, get consensus on tasks/priorities, and coordinate efforts.

In your own words, explain how to find a channel and join it for whichever IRC client you prefer.

Answer: In Colloquy, I join a server (irc.freenode.net) and then specify a particular channel (foss2serve).

Project Anatomy Activity - Sugar Labs On your wiki page indicate the types/categories of tickets listed on this page as well as the information available for each ticket.

Answer: the types of tickets include "defect", "enhancement"

The available information for each ticket includes: Ticket #, Summary, Status, Owner, Type, Priority, Milestone

Can you determine from the information provided here whether the project uses a web-based common repository or a local repo? Place your answer on your wiki page.

Answer: It appears to be a web-based common repository. The URL is git://git.sugarlabs.org/sugar-base/mainline.git

Include an entry on your wiki page that describes how the release cycle and roadmap update are related.

Answer:The Sugar Labs roadmap contains the following items (as found on their wiki page):

Detailed schedule of release dates and freeze points. List of modules and external dependencies. Reference to all the tickets considered for the release. References to the new feature proposals.

The Sahana Eden Project

Developers - they provide training via slides, videos, and chat sessions. The project supports Linux, Mac and Windows. Various hosting platforms, but AWS EC2 is recommended.

Testers - can be non technical users; perform manual testing and creation of new use cases. Supports continuous integration.

Designers - need Graphics Designers, for both the Web Site and the app.

Tracker -- The Sahana Eden bug tracker

How is the information here different than the information found on the Sugar Labs tracker page?

Answer: the main page for the Sahana Eden bug tracker is organized by reports: Report # and Title

For example, some high level reports are Active Tickets, My Tickets, Tickets I have updated. This high level reports serve to filter items based on a particular category.

Click the Active Tickets link. Indicate the types/categories of tickets listed on this page as well as the information available for each ticket.

Answer: the types/categories include defect/debug, documentation, enhancement, task.

"Part B - FOSS Field Trip Activity":