Project: Cohort Module Enhancements

[darius (Darius Jazayeri)]

@bholagabbar, it’s up to you and @maimoonak to decide on the best way to use the GSoC time to work on this project, and we will support whatever decision you make.

@bholagabbar

implementing the complete UI as an Open Web app would require rebuilding the entire UI from scratch and also experience and knowledge in Polymer.js I believe, which has a learning curve attached to itself and the time period allotted for GSoC is a bit too short for that.

I disagree with two things here:

1. OWA does not require any specific JS library, and it definitely doesn’t require Polymer. Although I would personally recommend that you take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to use a modern JS tech stack (e.g. following what @raff and soldevelo interns are working on here), you could also do an OWA using jQuery and bootstrap.
2. I understood from the design call that there is not very much existing UI, and you’ll be adding a lot of new screens and features, relative to what’s there now. From glancing at your mockups, I would think that writing from scratch in any technology other than JSP is going to be faster, even accounting for the learning curve.

@bholagabbar

In Coding Phase 1, revamp the complete UI and add features that allow us to manage, edit cohorts. Add a dashboard and integrate a search widget. This was one of the primary features needed for @maimoonak’s organization if they were to put the module to use.The plan is to use jQuery and Bootstrap since that would really speed up UI development and is easy to work with.

Is this different from what I suggested on the design call, which is to rewrite the UI while adding your new features? (Maybe we’re just using different terms for the same thing, but I don’t know how you would “revamp” a JSP-based UI to use jQuery and Bootstrap in a way that’s different from a “rewrite.”)

Regardless, if I’m understanding you right that this will be HTML + JS client-side code, you should do this in an OWA.

@bholagabbar

In Coding Phase 2, complete the HFE integration, which should allow us to crate cohort-centric forms. Also, the REST endpoints will be redone.

I’m assuming that when you say you’ll use jQuery and Bootstrap that you intend to make this more of a client-side app. If that’s the case, REST endpoints need to be redone as part of Phase 1. (But I thought the REST endpoints were already nicely functional.)