list8D: Reading List Happiness

or "What has dev8D ever done for us?"

Ben Charlton

University of Kent

dev8d

• 6 "developers"
• Talked to UberUsers
• Readinglists a problem everywhere

Prototype

• Dirty hack
• Perl, PHP, Javascript
• 3 features
  • drag + drop
  • metadata reuse
  • multiple data sources
• Won developer challenge

post-dev8d

• Management supportive
• Agile Development
• Prototyping
• The Hub

post-dev8d

post-dev8d

JISCRI

• Applied for JISCRI funding
• 6 Developers
• 2 days/week - 11 weeks in hub
• Built basic system
• Functional, extensible, NOT pretty or fast

JISCRI

JISCRI

JISCRI

Post-JISCRI

• University committed to further development
• 2 developers, limited time
• Academic focus days across 3 faculties
• Priority list
• Live for academics at Easter
• Live for students over summer

Demo

• Theming just completed
• Work-in-progress - expect bugs!