Esino Lario 2016

DRAFT This page summarizes the action plan for the Kiwix Wikimania 2016 hackathon. This hackathon has for main motto to improve the developement of Kiwix serve and ZIM content and bring Kiwix integrators together.

Goals

MWoffliner

• Build MWoffliner scheduler (server/client)
• Split MWoffliner in a command line script and a nodejs module
• Modify MWofliner to apply "readibility" extension
• Add categories to MWoffliner

OCG

• Get OCG able to deal correctly with js/css resources
• Reuse MWoffliner when necessary
• Get OCG able to generate ZIM files

ZIMit

kiwix-serve

• Add opensearch backend
• Add ability to search in many ZIM files at the seame time
• Add UI translation

l Web server (nginx/Apache) ZIM module

• kiwix-serve runs as a separate, self-contained web server. Having a way to enable existing web servers to interact directly with ZIM @Julian

• Create a plugin that can be used by other web servers e.g. nginx, Apache, to interact with zim files.

New catalog

• Create OPDS backend
• Integrate OPDS in Kiwix for Android & iOS

Android

• Allow the app to act as a web server (integrate kiwix-serve) @Julian
• Release new version of Kiwix for Android
• Add in-app analytics [provided the team agrees, etc] to help the development and project team learn more about how the app is used so we can help improve the UX and the quality of the mobile apps. @Julian

iOS

• Release new version of Kiwix for iOS
• Add in-app analytics [provided the team agrees, etc] to help the development and project team learn more about how the app is used so we can help improve the UX and the quality of the mobile apps. @Julian

Method

~ 15 developers meet during a week to make this steps forward.

Place

The hackathon will take place in Esino Lario, Italy:

• Hotel Centrale for the meals and nights
• Primary school (where Wikimania takes place) for the work time

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Agenda

• June 16th: arrivals
• June 17th -> 21th: Kiwix hackathon
• June 22th -> 23th: Wikimania pre-conference hackathon (don't forget to register)

People

Kiwix

• Emmanuel
• Renaud
• Rashiq
• Chris
• Julian Harty* (with Kiwix hat)

Mediawiki OCG

• Scott

KA Lite

• Benjamin

Internet-in-a-Box & Schoolserver.org

• Adam Holt
• Tim Moody

Kwiizi

• Yannick

Ideascube

• Alexis
• Yohann
• Florian
• Matthieu

Rachel

• Julian Harty* (with RACHEL hat)

Youtube downloader

• Dattaz