Consider new YAML format standard

[ryansb]

Current YAML:

- blog: http://bridgeurl.com/danshumway-blogs
  feed: http://www.rssmix.com/u/3886341/rss.xml
  forges:
    - https://github.com/danShumway
    - http://bitbucket.org/danShumway
  irc: danShumway
  name: Daniel Shumway
  rit_dce: drs7453
  litreview1: http://blog.latinforimagination.com/lit-review-the-success-of-open-source-chpt-3/
  quiz1: http://blog.latinforimagination.com/quiz-writeup-principles-of-open-source/
  bugfix: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/getting-started-with-contribution.html
  teamprop1: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/team-proposal-monogame-community.html
  commarchreport: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/03/monogame-community-architecture-analysis.html
  commarchpreso: http://tinyurl.com/pahtqvz
  curriculum: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/common-core-standards-and-foss-game.html
  teamprop2: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/team-proposal-python-math.html
  litreview2: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/lit-review-common-fallacies.html
  quiz2: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/quiz-lit-review.html
  hackathon1: http://blog.latinforimagination.com/wideeyes/
  playtesting: http://danshumwayfoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/playtesting-games-with-4th-graders.html

New yaml suggested by @liam-middlebrook in #416

- blog: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/
  feed: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?feed=rss
  forges:
    - http://github.com/liam-middlebrook
    - http://bitbucket.org/liam-middlebrook
  irc: loothelion
  name: Liam Middlebrook
  rit_dce: ljm2906
  hw:
    litreview1: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=17
    quiz1: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=20
    bugfix: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=33
    teamprop1: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=47
    commarchreport: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=57
    commarchpreso: http://gearchicken.com/commarch_hfoss.pdff
    curriculum: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=71
    teamprop2: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p-76 # Isn't this covered in the projprop?
    litreview2: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=98
    quiz2: http://gearchicken.com/wordpress/?p=101
  bio: |
    This is a long string of text
    that I'm using as my personal biography on
    the RIT HFOSS site
  github: liam-middlebrook
  twitter: liammiddlebrook
  coderwall: liam-middlebrook

I like this change, but I have a couple suggestions.

First, the format extracts as [{"blog": "...", "otherthing": "...}]. I'd like to get rid of the

- blog: ....
  otherthing: ....

And instead just have the format extract as a dictionary like {"blog": "...", "name": "...."}

blog: ...
name: ....

As an added bonus, every line wouldn't need a 2-space indentation.

[liam-middlebrook]

@ryansb I think the change you suggested would fit well into the code. I also know that it would help clean up some more "sloppy" lines of code I was forced to write. students[0]['key'] = value just doesn't feel right.
I'm going to work on the new structure (for now without your suggestion since I should be able to add that in at the end pretty easily).

@decause what are your thoughts on making the YAML files each simply a dictionary?

[decause]

+1 to simple dictionary. Originally the .yaml was adapted from a giant
.yaml file of all the students in one place. I had a feeling I could have
removed at least one layer of nesting, but never got around to it.

Simple dictionary yes.

On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Liam Middlebrook notifications@github.com
wrote:

@ryansb https://github.com/ryansb I think the change you suggested
would fit well into the code. I also know that it would help clean up some
more "sloppy" lines of code I was forced to write. students[0]['key'] =
value just doesn't feel right.
I'm going to work on the new structure (for now without your suggestion
since I should be able to add that in at the end pretty easily).

@decause https://github.com/decause what are your thoughts on making
the YAML files each simply a dictionary?

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[ryansb]

See #421

[liam-middlebrook]

#423 adds the final changes for this issue to be completed.

[ryansb]

Closing this out, new yaml format merged in.