LVL1 Balloon: DokuWiki and GitHub

[Brad Luyster]

Hey Guys,

Like I said I would, I got a Dokuwiki configured on my own webspace.
It can be accessed here: http://www.meatandnetworking.com/lvl1tabwiki
The reason for migrating away from the LVL1 Wiki was to avoid clutter,
and use a wiki software more suitable for open collaboration and
documentation. I'll invest the effort to convert the current LVL1
Ballon Wiki Pages into Doku Wiki pages later in the coming weekend.

Next Thursday, at 8PM, there will be another balloon meeting. During
this meeting, I will talk about how to use the Doku Wiki, and our use
of Git and GitHub as a collaborative, open tool for keeping track of
hardware and software. All are welcome to attend, if you're
interested in learning about source control with Git, but I will be
focussing on the workflows which will benefit a group such as the
Balloon Project.

Before this meeting, I encourage all of you to look through these Git
resources:
http://progit.org/book/ (At least Read Sections 1-3, and 5.1)
http://help.github.com/win-git-installation/ (How to install Git on
Windows)
http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/git (Git cheat sheet)

Before this meeting, I also encourage everyone to sign up for a free
GitHub account. At the meeting, we'll discuss the possible workflows,
and their advantages and disadvantages. Having a GitHub account
already in place will help speed the implementation of whatever we
decide.

If you are running windows, and would like to install msysgit before
the Meeting, make sure you select "Use Git Bash Only," "Convert Line
Endings," and "Use OpenSSH" during setup, or you will have to
reinstall. Where these options are located will be obvious once
you're running the installer.

-Brad

[Brad Luyster]

Oops:  Already forgot to mention:  If it wasn't obvious, you have to sign up for an account on the dokuwiki to make any changes.  This is pretty simple.  You'll get an email with a temporary password, then you've got full access.

-Brad

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[Christopher Cprek]

Good job taking the initiative with Dokuwiki Brad.

But out of curiosity, what does dokuwiki do well that mediawiki
doesn't? If future projects need similar functionality I'd like to
figure out a way to provide it.

/Chris
Micro Colonel LVL1

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Brad Luyster <bradl...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Brad Luyster]

They dokuwiki syntax makes it a lot simpler and easier to organize and understand technical information (Information which might not fit well within a mediawiki template).  Mediawiki can provide all the same functionality with a few plugins, but the syntax and organization is ultimately going to be more cumbersome, and have a steeper learning curve.  Mediawiki is great if you want stuff to look good and presentable, and want to foster collaboration and submission by a very large number of individuals (see: Wikipedia), but Dokuwiki is better for small projects with a narrower scope.

Dokuwiki is really simple to configure.  It would be easy to drop a "template" wiki on the LVL1 webspace, and just clone it for each project which merits such a wiki.

[Brad Luyster]

I've uploaded all the balloon info from the LVL1 wiki to the DokuWiki.  I've also put up some specifications for the Main Computer Module.  Furthermore, I've started putting up formative information about the ground support package which goes along with the main computer module: http://meatandnetworking.com/lvl1tabwiki/doku.php?id=hardware:gsp

As it turns out, after an hour of fiddling, the quickest way to do a simple schematic capture is to draw on paper, and take a picture.

If anyone has any knowledge about switch-mode power supplies, and designing them, I would be indebted to you for the favor of picking your brain.

-Brad