Get Stoked - End Poverty. One Line of Code at a Time.
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| Mentors | James Dailey |
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| Helpful Skills | SQL, Java, Javascript, Git, Web Services |
| Impact | Providers of pay-as-you-go solar can use MIFOS for their operations. MFIs can become such providers. |
| Other Resources | Mobile project on MifosX |
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| Mentors | Nayan Ambali |
| Overview & Objectives | At present MIfos X platform is shipped with Community-App (SPA) as default UI, but initial load time of the application high. And for users on narrow bandwidth internet it takes a considerable amount of time to load the app. Instead of loading the app every time, we can convert the Community-App into a Chrome App and user can download them once and install it ion the machine, and it can used as thick client. |
| Description | Community-App is completely developed on top of JavaScript, CSS and HTML. And Chrome apps are also written in same stack. Using grunt we should be able to repackage Community-App(SPA) into Community-App(Chrome App) |
| Helpful Skills | Javascript, AngularJS, Grunt |
| Impact | Users with slow internet connectivity can use this app (Installed on the machine) instead of loading Community-App (SPA) on the browser. Users will also have a continually updated app. This will also allow MFIs to potentially use Chromebooks as field-based devices for their branches. |
| Other Resources | http://developer.chrome.com/apps/angular_framework.html |
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| Mentors | Nayan Ambali |
| Overview & Objectives | For better usability system need to have notification to the logged in user about actions he/she need to perform in the application.
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| Description | Build real time notification system in application to notify to users about pending/new actions she/he needs to take. Example if branch manager login to the application and 3 new loans are created and pending for approval then system should notify him/her about the pending actions. |
| Helpful Skills | Javascript, CSS, HTML5. AngularJS and Bootstrap (CSS framework) is plus |
| Impact | Better usability. improve the productivity of users and actions will be taken on time. |
| Other Resources | Usability and Design |
REVIEW - Automated Maintenance of API Documentation
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- Ensure that all REST services are included and to the standard required in the documentation.
- Automate maintenance of documentation so it must be in sync with code base and can 'alarm' us if not complete.
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The API is probably the most important part of the new Mifos X platform and that's why we put a ton of effort into making it easier for developers to see examples and interact with. It's certainly not 'passive' documentation and must be interactive and up to date such that our community can see the flexibility and power in which the API can be used to support new financial services or support alternative way for accessing the Mifos technology.
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REVIEW - Simplify "Data Tables" functionality
| Mentors | Gurpreet Luthra (Unlicensed) |
| Overview & Objectives | Capturing surveys and other forms of data is an essential tool for a MFI to manage it's client relationship. Mifos X currently has taken a new approach to capturing this information and any additional data on clienta (and other entities like Groups, Loans etc) through the "datatables" approach. This project aims to simplify the process for setting up the same.
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| Description | Mifos X provides an API called 'datatables" which allows the IT team that is deploying Mifos X to
We are looking to simplify this process by a) Providing API's for creating these MYSQL tables b) Updating the Reference User Interface to leverage the API's for creating the "MySQL" tables and columns. This would enable a non Technical end user to Configure 'datatables' functionality in MifosX |
| Helpful Skills | Java (Spring/JPA/Jersey), SQL , MySQL |
| Impact | Capturing client data and having a holistic transparent view into the client is one of the most powerful and definitive features of Mifos X. This data is used to monitor and analyze the services being delivered to the client and social impact these services are having. Having a simple interface in which to define this additional "Survey" data is an essential part of making this a usable feature of the software for MFIs. |
| Other Resources | Mifos X - Plugging In Non-Core and User Defined Data |
REVIEW - Business Analytics (OLAP)
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| Mentors | Sander van der Heyden |
| Overview & Objectives | To develop a portal that aggregates information from different MifosX deployments and report on predefined social and operational metrics Objectives:
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| Description | Microfinance institutions usually work with various external parties, such as funders or investors. Using the data that is available in MifosX we would like to offer those stakeholders a seperate portal showing accurate and high-level information about the institution that would otherwise be reported manually by the institution. This information helps them in their decision making processes, but also enables them to assess the broader impact they are having with their funding. |
| Helpful Skills | SQL, Java, Javascript, Git, Web Services |
| Impact | Funders and investors are vital for almost all MFI's, providing them with accurate information on the impact they are making with each of their MFI's is something they highly value and that enables them to assess whether they want to further support the MFI's moving forward to enable growth of the MFI. |
| Other Resources | Data Analytics & Client Insight - Are we making an impact? (Client Impact Portal demo) |
Web UI quality cross browser non-regression testing
| Mentors | Michael Vorburger + ? |
| Overview & Objectives | While the Mifos X Community App front-end UI based on AngularJS-based currently does already have some JS unit tests, we lack a full UI level web tests which continually non-regression test common scenarios. We believe having this could add value in terms of quality, including ensuring automated cross browser testing. |
| Description | Possibly building upon a extremely limited small scale existing POC (if you find it to be a useful starting point), your mission, should you chose to accept it, would be to build out comprehensive UI walk through scenario test coverage for the Mifos X UI. If you can build more such tests faster and more maintainable (= less code) by using any of the existing frameworks listed below or others you know of / will find, or build useful such infrastructure yourself as part of this code, we're eager to hear from you! Keep in mind that the main deliverable of this project is not (only) a foundation framework, but must actually include an extensive suite of running tests integrated into the Mifos build. |
| Helpful Skills | Candidates should demonstrate serious interest and basic know-how by accompanying their application for this project with pull requests to the existing mifosx-ui-selenium-webdriver-tests POC. |
| Impact | Continuously verified and cross browser checked quality of the Mifos X UI. |
| Other Resources | http://docs.seleniumhq.org/projects/webdriver/ https://github.com/vorburger/mifosx-ui-selenium-webdriver-tests https://github.com/vorburger/webdriver-runner https://saucelabs.com or https://browserling.com |
Security Penetration testing
| Mentors | ? |
| Overview & Objectives | We believe the Mifos X platform is super secure and impenetrable. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to prove us wrong, and help close gaps you may find. |
| Description | Beyond a one time exercise, you should integrate (some of) the tools you've used into our build chain so that, even after you've gone, tools flag up future newly introduced potential vulnerabilities. |
| Helpful Skills | Candidates applying for this project would ideally have prior experience in penetration testing, and document this in their application. |
| Impact | Re-assuring the more Entreprise-y type Mifos clients that they can safely bet on Mifos X as an MFI platform. |
| Other Resources | https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page https://code.google.com/p/zaproxy/ Run FindBugs & related tools for some serious static code analysis |
Scalability testing, reports, infrastructure for ongoing test, documentation
| Mentors | ? |
| Overview & Objectives | During last year's GSoC 2013, star student (and GSoC 2014 mentor) Anuruddha has greatly contributed to the scalability of the Mifos X by adding server-side pagination and distributed caching to the platform. This project's goal is to measure just how well we really scale - with concrete scenarios and hard numbers, and produce documentation about this helping organization who are evaluating Mifos. Beyond a one time exercise, you should set up infrastructure we can keep using, and integrate the tools you've used into our build chain so that, even after you've gone, help us to keep up good perf. |
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| Impact | Re-assuring the more Entreprise-y type Mifos clients that they can safely bet on Mifos X as an MFI platform. |
| Other Resources | http://twitter.github.io/iago/ http://www.loadui.org (by the good people behind SOAPui) Selenium WebDriver |
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