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Overview

From the experiences of Apple and Android, we can assume that, if we are successful, there will be many more application developers than platform developers. Their needs will be different, as they are more interested in using APIs than designing them. The audience will consist of both beginners who need simple, clear, tutorials/walkthroughs, and experienced developers more interested in code samples and reference documentations.

Objectives

The goal of the developer.meego.com site is to present and market the Meego Application Developer offering. This needs to be of high quality on par with other application developer sites (Android, Palm, Drupal, KDE, Apple).

Status

The current status can be found here.

A bugzilla version is available here.

IDPSeverityStatusSummary (50 tasks) ⇒
17896HighnormalASSIGNEDAPI References - Restructure API references page
18762HighnormalASSIGNEDConfiguration - Improve and simplify input formats and wysiwyg
19516HighnormalNEEDINFOGuides - create tree navigation block
20407HighnormalASSIGNEDAPI References - add active-trail state CSS to api menu
20412HighnormalASSIGNEDGeneral - upgrade to latest drupal version
16305LowmajorASSIGNEDGuides - Suggest new guide page or topic
20508LowmajorASSIGNEDBroken link on /guides/guidelines/meego-compliance-tools
16435LownormalASSIGNEDContent - packaging video
16439LownormalASSIGNEDOBS / packaging content for DMC
19528LownormalASSIGNEDSDK & Tools - allow for external app store SDK references
19530LownormalASSIGNEDSDK & Tools - define new content type fields
19531LownormalASSIGNEDSDK & Tools - views for tools lists (block and page)
19532LownormalASSIGNEDSDK & Tools - 2 categories for tools (commercial and open source)
19534LownormalASSIGNEDCommunity - design block for additional community forums promotions
19535LownormalASSIGNEDCommunity - commercial support
19537LownormalASSIGNEDPublish - app compliance checker
19538LownormalASSIGNEDPublish - - wireframe new section
19539LownormalASSIGNEDPublish - new content type for app store list
19540LownormalASSIGNEDPublish - app compliance checker; front end for app compliance checker
19541LownormalASSIGNEDPublish - app compliance checker; provide web service api for external submission of apps
19542LownormalASSIGNEDPublish - app compliance checker; provide logging of apps status for user
19543LownormalASSIGNEDPublish - app compliance checker; ensure privacy of app status
20199LownormalASSIGNEDContent - Details on setting up an internal OBS for meego
20318LownormalASSIGNEDBroken link on developer.meego.com/guides/deployment/packaging-guidelines
20535LownormalASSIGNEDBroken link on /guides/getting-started/application-development-lifecycle
20536LownormalASSIGNEDBroken links on /guides/samples/qt-quick-examples-forum-nokia
20537LownormalASSIGNEDBroken links on /guides/devices/installing-meego-nokia-n900-external-mmc-card
20538LownormalASSIGNEDBroken links on /guides/getting-started/developing-qt-simulator
20766LownormalNEEDINFOAdd additional filters to Guides page
6340MediumenhancementASSIGNEDDeveloper.MeeGo.Com content process
11439MediumenhancementREOPENEDExtra tools - copy deeper content from maemo.org
13222MediumenhancementNEWmeego docs search term should lead to our devel guide/corner when published.
14757MediumenhancementASSIGNEDContent - Motivational material/incentives needed
3680MediumnormalREOPENEDTypos and image problem in UI Design Guidelines - Handset
8703MediumnormalASSIGNED"Getting started" link is broken
11787MediumnormalASSIGNEDContent - Detailed architecture should be under guides and not references
12681MediumnormalASSIGNEDContent - Define the DMC website roles
17364MediumnormalASSIGNEDGuides - Restructure Guides area to provide both a tree view and list view
17366MediumnormalASSIGNEDAPI References - evaluate entire API references workflow and generation
19513MediumnormalASSIGNEDGuides - theme/style tabs like meego.com tabs
19518MediumnormalASSIGNEDGuides- improve guide node pages
19521MediumnormalASSIGNEDAPI References - refactor API menu navigation so reliance on menu items doesn't exist
19522MediumnormalASSIGNEDAPI References - autocomplete search for functions
19524MediumnormalASSIGNEDAPI References - look at other ways to pull in api docs
19525MediumnormalASSIGNEDAPI References - provide place for commercial tool APIs
19536MediumnormalASSIGNEDGeneral Items
20224MediumnormalASSIGNEDGeneral - look at different solution to the use of nice-menus for sub-site navigation
20227MediumnormalASSIGNEDGeneral - enable breadcrumbs for site navigation
20999MediumnormalNEWGuides - add "advanced toggle" to the filter block for all filters below the keyword filter
12877UndecidedmajorASSIGNEDFirst Stop at Becoming a Hero: A guide for first *non* hello world app on MeeGo.

Tasks

All bugzilla tasks/bugs for developer.meego.com.

Critical tasks

See bugzilla list above.

Operating model

The operating model for DMC is proposed as follows: DMC roles OM.png

DMC coordinator

Responsibilities include:

  • Act as the primary advocate for the visitor
  • Define tools and platforms
    • Wiki
    • Bugzilla
    • Performance and security (backups, etc)
  • Develop guidelines for community
  • Set targets and action plans
  • Build alliances across the ecosystem
  • Communicate with the community
  • Arrange funding
  • Arbitrate requirements handling
  • Steer MeeGo brand deployment
  • KPI definitions and monitoring
  • Create incentives for contributions:
    • karma incentives
    • financial incentives
    • promotional materials
    • dev device distribution
    • event participation
  • Manage the personas and user journeys across the ecosystem surrounding the site (w/content editors)
  • Identify main content and capability gaps and needs for these journeys (w/content editors)

DMC Production Manager

Responsibilities include:

  • Oversee minor and major platform releases
  • Design aspects including:
    • usability
    • site IA (with content editors and coordinator)
    • design assets
    • CMS features
    • ensure MeeGo brand deployment
  • Steer site improvement requests
    • Improvement requests process:
      • 1. need requested
      • 2. need validated
      • 3. development prioritised
      • 4. source found (production manager finds concept developers)
      • 5. developed
      • 6. tested
      • 7. release planned
      • 8. release
  • Agree on production workload. Flexible, can be delegated/divided based on:
    • core skill
    • application module
    • and could also involve finding potential Linux foundation resources (which would influence role definitions etc.)


Drupal developers

Responsibilities include:

  • Required participation in these steps of the improvement process:
    • 1. need requested
    • 4. source found
    • 5. developed

Content editors

Responsibilities include:

  • Oversee content process:
    • 1. need requested (generally through Bugzilla)
    • 2. need validated: content editor validates against content plan
    • 3. source found: content editor finds contributors
    • 4. content created as draft (usually in wiki, but may be links in Bugzilla)
    • 5. Content reviewed (by community/other contributors/content editor)
    • 6. content released as approved (migrated to site by content editor or linked to wiki from DMC by content editor)
  • Managing content plan:
    • managing personas/scenarios
      • developers
      • designers
      • technology thought leaders
      • lead users
    • prioritizing content requests
    • managing home and hub page editorially
    • managing content ecosystem
      • reach activities
      • social media monitoring
      • seo
  • Manage content on site and across the ecosystem (for example Wikipedia and Youtube) resulting from the actions identified above
  • Ensure quality of content (grammar, style, tone of voice, etc.) and relevance
  • Agree on editorial workload
    • assume minimum 2 or 3 editors needed
    • workload by content type
    • workload by core skill
    • workload by language and localisation
    • workload by persona
    • workload by geography/timezone

FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON ADDING/EDITING CONTENT IN DMC, PLEASE SEE THIS PAGE: http://wiki.meego.com/Application_developer_site/Drupal_guidelines

Content contributors Responsibilities include:

  • Participation needed in these parts of the content process:
    • 1. need requested (respond if skills suit request)
    • 3. source found (content bug assigned to contributor)
    • 4. content created as draft (usually in wiki, but may be links provided through Bugzilla)
    • 5. Content reviewed (by other contributors/community members/content editor)

Content Description

The content description can be found from here.

The site should link to the related content listed here.

Content Draft

A wiki version of the information architecture with draft content is available here.

Future Content

The current site could be enhanced with the following content.

  1. Active meego architecture diagram

Content process

As defined above in the operating model:

  • 1. need requested (generally through Bugzilla)
  • 2. need validated: content editor validates against content plan
  • 3. source found: content editor finds contributors
  • 4. content created as draft (usually in wiki, but may be links in Bugzilla)
  • 5. Content reviewed (by community/other contributors/content editor)
  • 6. content released as approved (migrated to site by content editor or linked to wiki from DMC by content editor)

Development Process

Improvements/requirements development process as defined in the operating model above:

  • 1. need requested (Bugzilla)
  • 2. need validated (Production manager/coordinator)
  • 3. development prioritized (Production manager/coordinator/community input)
  • 4. source found (production manager finds concept developers) (drupal developer, designer, etc)
  • 5. developed
  • 6. tested
  • 7. release planned
  • 8. release

More about site development can be found here

Release process

As defined above in the operating model:

Minor release:

  • 1. Development
  • 2. RC, security
  • 3. Production

Major release:

  • 1. Pre-alpha
  • 2. Alpha
  • 3. Beta
  • 4. RC, security
  • 5. Production

Tools used in site processes

  • Bugzilla is used to manage both content and capability needs, for example wishlists, enhancements [FEA], future releases, current release maintenance fixes, incomplete areas, etc.
  • Wiki is used for content drafting and staging for community content. Content in the wiki could be drafted and reviewed in iterations between the content creators and editor and placed on site when the creators and editors feel it is in a complete, quality assured format. For content that is under continual development, Wiki entries may also be divided into constant and variable sections, and linked accordingly in the site (with source marked whenever possible)
  • Google Analytics may be used to track site use and conversion goals
  • Roadmap, actions, issues are used to track development plans
  • MeeGo mailing lists, forum, personal email (last resort), and Bugzilla used as communication

Schedule

The original schedule was to have an initial site ready for Nokia Developer Summit, and Intel Developer Forum in mid-September. This has been change to match the schedule of the underlying project, With the site planned to be available in October aligned with the MeeGo 1.1 release.

Critical bugs fixed as of March 15. Awaiting approval from community for passwords to be lifted.

Site design

The draft information architecture can be found here here. It is open for comments and suggestions.

Some sample wireframe designs will be found here. These are open for comments/suggestions.

The full information architecture and complete wireframe set is available in .pdf here: File:DMC Design.pdf.

Here is the proposed layout and content overview for the homepage, plus footer redesign:

MOCKUP ONLY Homepage layout proposal.jpg

After discussion with the maintainers of www.meego.com and the TSG it was felt that developer.meego.com diverged too much from the www.meego.com look&feel. The designers of developer.meego.com have generated an example of this:

MOCKUP ONLY Dev-meego.com-frontpage update 2010-12-20.png

Project Team

MeeGo Project Manager

Project Members

... People working on the project part-time funded by Nokia ...

Community Members

... People from the community involved in this project .....

Contact People

Associated activities

The Developer Engagement Framework.

Documentation

Technical documentation

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