Jenkins UI/UX Hackathon on May 25-29

[Oleg Nenashev]

Hi all,

As it was discussed at the UX SIG meeting, at the CloudBees community team we would like to organize an online hackathon which would focus on Jenkins User Experience. We propose to hold a week-long hop-in/hop-off event, similar to what we did in 2018 for the Jenkins and Java 10+ online hackathon. We target May 25-29 so that it is aligned with the GSoC community bonding phase. Event goals:

• Bring contributors together, have some fun and community bonding
• Facilitate contributions from newcomers,onboard new contributors
• Drive progress in UI/UX and user documentation initiatives within the Jenkins Roadmap
• Spread the word about ongoing UI/UX improvements
• Enhance the Jenkins brand by leveraging Jenkins is The Way campaign

I have started a planning document, everyone is welcome to contribute and to propose their UI/UX project ideas for the hackathon. This document will be converted into an event page, similar to what we did for Hacktoberfest last year (landing). 

 

This event will be organized within the Advocacy&Outreach SIG, and it will be coordinated with UX and Docs SIGs. Other SIGs and working groups are also welcome to join! We would like to keep the hackathon focused on UI and UX, but there are areas for other SIGs to participate, e.g. Pipeline Authoring UX or localization. It would be also great to have more reviewers and event hosts, please sign up here.

As always, any feedback will be appreciated and, if possible, incorporated into the plan! Thanks to all contributors who participated in the initial discussions.

Best regards,

Oleg Nenashev

[Oleg Nenashev]

Hi all,

As discussed with Marky in the Advocacy and Outreach SIG channel, I would like to schedule a short call to discuss details with interested contributors. I have created a Doodle for Tuesday/Wednesday. In addition to that, we have a regular Advocacy&Outreach meeting on Thursday, I also added the hackfest to its agenda.

Best regards,

Oleg

[Oleg Nenashev]

Hi all,

Some updates:

• Yesterday we had an overview of the suggested hackfest at the Advocacy&Outreach special interest group meeting
  
• Recorded Hackfest overview: https://youtu.be/Wucs8Kzuq_g?t=288
• Meeting notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K5dTSqe56chFhDSGNfg_MCy-LmseUs_S3ys_tg60sTs/edit#bookmark=id.mzvy4td1x4o2
• Continuous Delivery Foundation is likely to co-sponsor swag for the event
• User Interface track. One day before we had a meeting with the interested contributors. There we discussed potential topics for the UI enhancements
• Current list of ideas: here
• Meeting notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wve6fXV7mPkqtFn_gR9kfDWq-qOu6pPLYcDzKTjOHoI/edit#heading=h.fmype48v88f
• Documentation track
• Mark started creating User documentation migration tickets in GitHub Issues: https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/issues

I will try to submit a pull request with initial hackathon landing pages today.

Best regards,

Oleg 

[Oleg Nenashev]

Hi all,

The event is live, and we have the initial bundle of resources published. Thanks to all reviewers and contributors! If you are planning to attend, it would be great if you could RSVP in the form so that we start planning.

• Landing page: https://www.jenkins.io/events/online-hackfest/2020-uiux/
• Registration form: https://forms.gle/MrkASJagxNvdXBbdA 
• FAQ: https://www.jenkins.io/events/online-hackfest/2020-uiux/faq/
• Doodle for the opening meetings on May 25: https://doodle.com/poll/h7pwbstf5vf24ddf

This week we will keep working on project ideas for the hackfest, the web page will be updated accordingly. Please do not hesitate to submit pull request or to suggest topics here.

Best regards,

Oleg Nenashev