Halalan Summer Camp 2007 Report

Apr 23

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Halalan Summer Camp 2007 is now over. Here are the results of the discussions held there.

New UI

The Summer Camp started with a drawing activity. Each member of the team was given a sheet of paper wherein they designed a new UI taking into consideration the voter’s ability to use a computer. The new UI will be posted soon.

New Teams

The development team of Halalan was divided into three groups which will be responsible for the UI, Code Igniter version, and Ruby on Rails version.

Improved Design

A presentation of the current Halalan Design started the discussion for its improvement. Some of the more notable ideas are:

  • audit trails
  • option to enable or disable the connection of voters and votes (some elections record who voted for whom, some do not)
  • password hashing on the client-side (this was implemented in the old Halalan)
  • voters can have multiple units

New and Improved Documentation

The documentation of the old Halalan will be resurrected and updated to reflect the new Halalan.

New Roles

The following roles are based from SourceForge.net.

Arce, RJ – User Interface (UI) Designer, Developer
Bautista, Darwin – User Interface (UI) Designer
Bautista, Waldemar – All-Hands Person, Developer
Bitanga, JM – Graphic/Other Designer, Distributor/Promoter
Castro, Vanie – Project Manager, Developer
Oliveros, Wigi Vei – Developer
Ramos, Jesse Nikko – Doc Writer
Rara, Prem Vilas Fortran – Unix Admin, Developer
San Miguel, Antonio Mari – Developer
Santos, Carlo – Assistant Project Manager

Change of Framework

Apr 07

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After using Hypworks in its past releases, Halalan will now adapt Code Igniter as the framework for its PHP version and starting its next release, it will have an experimental Ruby on Rails version.

Halalan Summer Camp 2007

Apr 07

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Details

  • Saturday, April 21, 2007, 10:00am – 4:30pm
  • 37 Hereford St. Rancho I, Marikina City

Instructions

  • Meet at Mini Stop Katipunan at 9:00 in the morning.
  • Bring your own transportation fare. 20 pesos if FX, 12 – 13 pesos if jeep.

Schedule of Activities

  • 10:00 – 10:05 – Opening Remarks
  • 10:05 – 11:00 – Usability Discussion
  • 11:00 – 12:00 – New UI Creation and Formation of the XHTML/CSS Team
  • 12:00 – 01:00 – Lunch
  • 01:00 – 02:00 – Halalan Design Discussion
  • 02:00 – 03:00 – Design Improvement and Formation of the Code Igniter Team and Ruby on Rails Team
  • 03:00 – 03:30 – LaTeX Tutorial
  • 03:30 – 04:00 – Documentation Hackathon
  • 04:00 – 04:25 – Role Definition
  • 04:25 – 04:30 – Closing Remarks

Input

  • Proposed UI by RJ Arce
  • Halalan Design by Waldemar Bautista
  • Overview of Code Igniter by Waldemar Bautista
  • Overview of Ruby on Rails by RJ Arce and Wigi Oliveros
  • LaTeX Tutorial by Wigi Oliveros
  • Lunch by Waldemar Bautista and Antonio San Miguel

Output

  • New UI
  • New XHTML/CSS Team, new Code Igniter Team, and new Ruby on Rails Team
  • Improved Design
  • New and Improved Documentation
  • Defined roles for everyone in the team