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  • Isaac Keyet 4:34 pm on May 8, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Dev chat summary for May 8, 2013 

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS projects update
    • Android projects update
    • Moving dev blog discussions to make/mobile (this blog)
    • Handbook reminder

    iOS projects update

    NUX (new welcome guide, improved WordPress.com sign up) is almost complete, need to look over copy and polish a few things, then should be ready to get it translated and tested.

    WordPress.com native reader project: picking up momentum again, currently working on threaded comments which is complicated.

    Accounts migration: need to write the actual core data migration but very close to completion. Should simplify the way WordPress.com accounts act under the hood in the iOS app.

    Android projects update

    A bug fix update is going out today that fixes a bug with featured images.

    The WordPress.com Notifications project is very close to beta, no word on when just yet but should be very soon.

    Moving dev blog discussions to make/mobile (this blog)

    We decided to close the dev blogs and (if possible) migrate their data to this blog instead and keep all discussions/announcements/etc in one place. The filtering on this p2 should make it easy to only see discussions about specific platforms if you only contribute to one. @mrroundhill took it on himself to investigate what’s needed for migrating the data. @isaackeyet (me) will look into a way to display sticky messages on the dev blogs once migrations are complete. The platform leads for each platform will also post a last post on each one of the dev blogs letting subscribed readers know that the blog has been merged with make/mobile (this would be @mrroundhill, @koke, and @daniloercoli for BlackBerry and Windows Phone).

    After the chat @nacin jumped in and let us know he will assist with the migrations as well.

    Handbook reminder

    @aerych reminded himself and all others that the Handbook is still in need of looking over and updating – please refer to the separate todo post for details on what’s left and who’s responsible for what.

    Other

    @daniloercoli let everybody know that there’s a new bug fix update live for Windows Phone. It has bug fixes as well as a small new feature that lets users share permalinks to other apps on the device (such as Email, Facebook, Twitter, etc).

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on May 15, 2013 at 15:00 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Isaac Keyet 3:38 pm on April 24, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Dev chat summary for April 24, 2013

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS : version 3.5.3 released
    • iOS : status
    • Android : version 2.3.1 released
    • Android : status
    • Windows Phone : status
    • Mobile Handbook Reminder

    iOS : version 3.5.3 released

    The latest version of the app was released on Monday April 23, and has fixed even more crashes and bugs. Unfortunately there’s still a crash occurring with featured images.

    iOS : status

    Now working on some improvements to the WPcom Notifications screen and looking into ways the app can better handle accounts (from both WPcom and multisite installs).

    NUX project: wrapped up (*crosses fingers*) some of the stuff that will improve the signup flow and have shifted toward the wizard walkthrough features.

    Native WPcom reader project: implementation is progressing. Basic views are implemented and being iterated on. Currently working on the best way to handle video in posts.

    Android : version 2.3.1 released

    A bug fix update for version 2.3 (Holo update) of the Android app was released. This took care of a handful of crashes and a multitasking issue.

    Android : status

    Another bug fix release with some fixes to the ActionBarSherlock library and James Hu’s comment editing patch.

    The next major version is 2.4 (WPcom Notifications). This release is progressing, push notifications are working and the UI is being wired up.

    Windows Phone : status

    Nothing big in the pipeline, although there’s now a milestone with tickets for the next update.

    Mobile Handbook Reminder

    There are quite a few items left to do, both assigned and open — you know who you are! Let’s wrap this up. Eric said he’s started to look into the remaining items for Windows Phone.

    Rachel got in touch (yay!) so we’ll bring her up to speed on the status of the handbook as well.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on July 1, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Isaac Keyet 11:28 pm on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    We’re coming up on the end of the contributor handbook schedule. May 17th is the last date for all handbook components, after that there’s only editing left. We’ve not followed the exact structure as suggested by Docs, but we’re not far from having all parts ready either. So as we’re approaching the home stretch, I thought it best to create a check list of remaning items so we make sure everything gets done in time.

    I’ll assign people to complete the pages to the best of my knowledge.

    Introduction

    iOS

    The state of the iOS and Graphics sections are far behind the rest, so these two only have general todos.

    Android

    BlackBerry

    Windows Phone

    Can’t find the reference right now, but if I remember correctly @daniloercoli, @aerych, and @sendhilp all wanted to take another look at the Windows Phone section. Please divide any items here in between you!

    Other Apps

    Contribute with Design

    All items assigned to @isaackeyet

    Assist with Testing

    XML-RPC & API Contributions

    General Guides

    Any takers here? @beaucollins comes to mind, let me know if you’re up for taking these on.

    Tips & Tricks

    Credits

    Other todos

     

    • daniloercoli 8:33 am on April 19, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      BlackBerry: I will update/finish the section “Intro to app development”, but other than that don’t think we need to spend other time on this platform, that is now deprecated (BB10 is out since Jan), and the app didn’t see an update (and any contributor) since mid 2012.

  • Eric 3:51 pm on April 17, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Weekly dev chat summary for April 17, 2013 

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • Android
    • iOS
    • Mobile Handbook
    • Gnome Outreach
    • GSoC Communications

    Android

    Android 2.3, the awesome UI refresh version, will launch today! Great job team!

    Push notifications for WP.com and Jetpack are currently in the works.

    iOS

    We submitted version 3.5.3. This updated fixes a few bugs and crashes, including an annoying orientation bug affecting folks using iOS5 and some better error management.

    Current

    • NUX : Work continues.
    • Reader: First iteration of working views this week so we can start iterating.
    • Maintenance: We’re looking at improving notifications. Also looking at handling login limiting from the WordPressApi classes.

    On the horizon

    Looking at improved media or working on the iOS SDK for the next “feature”.

    Mobile Handbook

    We’re coming up to a hard deadline. We acknowledge there are still some parts of the handbook that need our attention, either to refine or to complete.

    A community member (irc: radchadd) volunteered to create some screenshots and instructions for setting up WPAndroid for the first time. This will be nice to include in the Android handbook.

    Action Item: Get a post up with todos for the handbook to which @isaackeyet has volunteered.

    Gnome Outreach

    @JenMylo mentioned it a few weeks back around when GSoC was announced. We don’t have a lot of details about this yet but it sounds similar to the proposals and mentoring process of GSoC.  Something for us to keep an eye on.

    GSoC communications.

    Several applicants have been using the wp-hacker’s mailing list for feedback.  Those of us who are mentoring should make sure we’re subscribed so we can comment on projects that are posted there. We should also talk about how we an better support the folks in timezones we don’t normally cover.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on April 24, 2013 at 1500 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Isaac Keyet 12:38 pm on December 28, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Got a table of contents ready for the Mobile Handbook – and spent the last few hours thinking about how to best greet new users. Added/rearranged articles and categories as I saw fit but let’s discuss all of this.

    For reference: http://make.wordpress.org/mobile/handbook/

    Also started writing the Design Contribution basics.

    So, thoughts on the ToC? We also need people to write some of the new pages.

     

    • Dan 3:42 pm on December 28, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      How about we group the information under each app? Each one would have tools and requirements, tutorials and guides, best practices, references and testing instructions. Otherwise you would have to jump around to find all of the information for one app.

      • Isaac Keyet 4:29 pm on December 30, 2012 Permalink | Reply

        I like that, but there are also some overarching topics – design, testing, support could all be written independently from the apps.

        Rachel, @raggedrobins: we’ll make these changes for now since they’re only structural. We can switch it around if need be.

    • rachel_mccollin 12:25 pm on January 9, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      Could the information perhaps be arranged in a modular way, so that the ToC links to overarching topics and to individual apps? Then if a user clicked on the topic, they would see an overview plus the relevant content for each app, and if they clicked on an app they would see an overview (and anything app-specific) plus the relevant topic content for each app. I guess it would mean using tags – I haven’t worked on Docs before so don’t know how straightforward it would be. Shoot me if I’m making things too complicated! :)

      • Isaac Keyet 3:39 am on January 10, 2013 Permalink | Reply

        The theory is that most potential contributors would only be interested in one platform – and since all code bases are different there are different ways you would go about most things (set up, guides, best practices, references, testing). Some over-arching things may make sense to have outside the per-app structure (e.g. API, Design guidelines). That’s my opinion at least. Feel free to elaborate, maybe I misunderstood you!

  • Isaac Keyet 10:46 am on December 28, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Dan, Danilo, and Jorge: check out the Handbook schedule posted here. It contains deadlines for parts of the handbook that you’re writing.

    To the furthest extent possible I think we should try and stay ahead of the curve and create basic documents in all categories – should be easy since we’re splitting the work and have immediate peers that we can ping about layout and content.

    I’ll get a draft handbook overview started with placeholder pages – should be a good way to kick this off. Hello 2013!

     

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