I would like to contribute to the OpenLMS project [for my own admittedly selfish goals :)]:
I am a java developer, and I have a good amount of J2EE experience. However, my experience is mainly on the JSP and Servlet side (Struts framework), and I don't have much hands-on actually developing EJBs (although I am do know the basics through tutorials, self-study, and classes). I am looking to get more experience working with EJBs to help out my resume and prospects for getting a good job.
Are there any tasks on this project that I could take on that would help me get experience in building and deploying EJBs? I'm not picky, I'm open for any type of task, as long as it's related to EJBs.
Thanks,
Chad Woolley
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You bet! First let me ask... Are you familiar with ADL SCORM or AICC learning standard?
The goal of OpenLMS not really to provide a "full-featured" LMS, but instead to provide a robust, fully-functional, standards conformant LMS that can be used as the core system behind a diverse array of highly customized e-learning systems.
I can direct you to a bunch of good info on the specs that we are working with. I can also help to fit you with tasks in OpenLMS project that match your skills/interests.
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No, I am not familiar with those, but it sounds interesting. I think I briefly browsed the SCORM page from a link in another thread, but if you would provide specific links here for a crash course, that would be great. After I review those, let me know what the next step would be to find a good starting task. I can work via the forum here, or by email, IRC, or IM, it's your choice. Thanks - Chad.
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The PfP LMS developers are still kind of... decentralized... concerning development for our next version, but the general consensus appears to be that building on the OpenLMS core would be a good move.
With that in mind, I have set up the PfP LMS project here on SourceForge "pfplms", and am in the process of puzzling out the whole CVS/WinCVS/Putty/SSH thing (which is giving me an ulcer -- I have to think there'd be an easier way to do this).
I would like some advice, however: do you think it'd be better to leave the OpenLMS modules here in the "lms" project, and just use the "pfplms" project for the modules we add to it? Or would it be advisable to duplicate the OpenLMS module(s) in the pfplms project, on the theory that we'll be modifying them eventually?
I've never worked on a project quite this large or "cooperative" before, so I'm not certain what the most efficient course would be. The thought of branching the code base for something so complicated makes my brain hurt.
Here's another querstion, while I'm at it: within the pfplms CVS project itself, there can be "modules". Again, because this is larger than any of my previous projects, I'm not sure how to proceed. Should there just be the one "pfplms" module within the "pfplms" project? Or should divide up the overall CVS repository into distinct "modules" under "pfplms"?
Development on this scale is kind of new to me, so any advice would be appreciated.
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Hi,
We'r a group of enthusiasts with expertise in areas of
1. Content Creation --> Macromedia Products - HTML - XML
2. Technologies --> Perl, Java, ASP, JavaScript, Php.
3. Web Testing.
We've been intreagued by the concept of LMS and SCORM, and have been toying with the idea of developing a minimal LMS... compliant to SCORM 1.2.
Please lemme know that status of your project and and incase we can be of any help... we'd love to join in.
We'd also be interested in Testing your product, should it be in the completion stages.
Awaiting your response,
Cheerz,
Savinder
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Hello,
I would like to contribute to the OpenLMS project [for my own admittedly selfish goals :)]:
I am a java developer, and I have a good amount of J2EE experience. However, my experience is mainly on the JSP and Servlet side (Struts framework), and I don't have much hands-on actually developing EJBs (although I am do know the basics through tutorials, self-study, and classes). I am looking to get more experience working with EJBs to help out my resume and prospects for getting a good job.
Are there any tasks on this project that I could take on that would help me get experience in building and deploying EJBs? I'm not picky, I'm open for any type of task, as long as it's related to EJBs.
Thanks,
Chad Woolley
You bet! First let me ask... Are you familiar with ADL SCORM or AICC learning standard?
The goal of OpenLMS not really to provide a "full-featured" LMS, but instead to provide a robust, fully-functional, standards conformant LMS that can be used as the core system behind a diverse array of highly customized e-learning systems.
I can direct you to a bunch of good info on the specs that we are working with. I can also help to fit you with tasks in OpenLMS project that match your skills/interests.
No, I am not familiar with those, but it sounds interesting. I think I briefly browsed the SCORM page from a link in another thread, but if you would provide specific links here for a crash course, that would be great. After I review those, let me know what the next step would be to find a good starting task. I can work via the forum here, or by email, IRC, or IM, it's your choice. Thanks - Chad.
The PfP LMS developers are still kind of... decentralized... concerning development for our next version, but the general consensus appears to be that building on the OpenLMS core would be a good move.
With that in mind, I have set up the PfP LMS project here on SourceForge "pfplms", and am in the process of puzzling out the whole CVS/WinCVS/Putty/SSH thing (which is giving me an ulcer -- I have to think there'd be an easier way to do this).
I would like some advice, however: do you think it'd be better to leave the OpenLMS modules here in the "lms" project, and just use the "pfplms" project for the modules we add to it? Or would it be advisable to duplicate the OpenLMS module(s) in the pfplms project, on the theory that we'll be modifying them eventually?
I've never worked on a project quite this large or "cooperative" before, so I'm not certain what the most efficient course would be. The thought of branching the code base for something so complicated makes my brain hurt.
Here's another querstion, while I'm at it: within the pfplms CVS project itself, there can be "modules". Again, because this is larger than any of my previous projects, I'm not sure how to proceed. Should there just be the one "pfplms" module within the "pfplms" project? Or should divide up the overall CVS repository into distinct "modules" under "pfplms"?
Development on this scale is kind of new to me, so any advice would be appreciated.
Hi,
We'r a group of enthusiasts with expertise in areas of
1. Content Creation --> Macromedia Products - HTML - XML
2. Technologies --> Perl, Java, ASP, JavaScript, Php.
3. Web Testing.
We've been intreagued by the concept of LMS and SCORM, and have been toying with the idea of developing a minimal LMS... compliant to SCORM 1.2.
Please lemme know that status of your project and and incase we can be of any help... we'd love to join in.
We'd also be interested in Testing your product, should it be in the completion stages.
Awaiting your response,
Cheerz,
Savinder