Create a roadmap for development

[nicholasjhenry]

Below is a proposed roadmap with milestones. Perhaps something we can review together over a hangout before the workshop.

Roadmap

Introduction

• milestones with the same number can be implemented at the same time, e.g. milestones 1a and 1b can start at the same time
• milestones proceeding a number are dependent on the preceding milestones, e.g. all milestones 2 are dependent on 1, therefore milestones 1 must be completed first (not quite true, but simplifies the roadmap)

Prerequisites for Workshop

• admin tool (i.e. Thoughtbot's Administrative)
• layout with links based on Wireframe
• home page with placeholders
• one item from the 1.x milestones to be implemented

Milestone 1a - Theme: Basic Content Management

• manage and display news items
• manage and display events
• manage and display pages
• implement authentication

Milestone 1b - Theme: Extended Content Management

• manage and display members
• manage and display organizations

Milestone 2a - Theme: Home Page Aggregation

• aggregate news, events on home page
• display recent events on home page (sidebar)

Milestone 2b - Theme: Event Management with Talks

• manage and display talks assigned to events
• assign members to talks
• display talks for a member

Milestone 2c - Theme: Event Management with Locations

• manage and display locations assigned to events
• display a location for an event

Milestone 2d - Theme: Event Management with Sponsors

• assign an organization as a sponsor for an event
• display sponsors for an event

Milestone 2e - Theme: Jobs Management

• manage and display jobs
• assign an organization to a job posting

Future milestones

• internationalization
• member sign-in with profile and RSVP events
• associating members and organizations

[benichu]

Looks good. Only concern: Workshop is Tuesday
Will we have time to finish the prerequisites in time?
If we need to strip that down:

• implement authentication -> could be done by a team during the workshop
• one item from the 1.x milestones to be implemented -> let's go commando, and introduce the attendees to thoughtbot/administrate at the beginning of the workshop, and let each team use it for their module

Which would leave us with 3 items to do before tuesday:

• admin tool (i.e. Thoughtbot's Administrative)
• layout with links based on Wireframe
• home page with placeholders

Who can work on what? I can try to fit in a hangout and a couple of hours on sunday and monday...

[benichu]

As a side note, If a decision has been made regarding #4, we need some cleanup and/or preparations tasks (ex: cleanup DB schema if we don't use globalize yet...)

[sophiedeziel]

I am tempted to reply with a long long long text. But I'll give you a TL;DR right now for free, without the long text: I agree with everything @benichu said.

@nicholasjhenry's roadmap is great!

[mathieugagne]

Now that it seems a decision has been made for #4, where does it fit?

Suggestion:

Milestone 3 - Theme: Internationalization

• Import translations for all past items
• Translate layout, error messages and other application-related items

[sophiedeziel]

Yep, milestone 3 :) Do we have to add anything to our administration tools to manage translations? If so, it should be a step in the milestone. Also, once everything is localized, we should add internationalization as a requirement for future contributions.

[nicholasjhenry]

Milestone 3 - Theme: Internationalization

I've added I18n as a future milestone.

Do we have to add anything to our administration tools to manage translations?

No, it just works :-)

[sophiedeziel]

Oh! And you checklisted all the things! That's awesome!

[nicholasjhenry]

This has been moved to the wiki.