Pi Reel

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[ Project Contact ] @kip
[ GitHub Repo ] https://github.com/PiReel/PiReel-Core
[ Track ] Open Innovation, Digital Inclusion
[ Community ] Mozilla Clubs - wrangler: @jvallera
[ Location ] Omaha, NE Central Time

Description

Pi Reel is an easy to use animation tool, made for engineers, makers, and scientists of all skill levels. Pi r can create everything from animations, entrepreneurial videos, animated structures and gizmos.

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Want to contribute to this project during #mozsprint?

Join us at the Global Sprint, June 1-2. Leave a comment below if you're interested in contributing to this project during #mozsprint 2017!

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[ghost]

What do you think @jvallera

[jvallera]

Hi @KipOmaha! Glad to have you involved in the Global Sprint. This project looks cool. Everything in the repo is coming along nicely. The contribution file needs more work. Try to be very specific about what you need help on and how people can help with it. Perhaps create options for contribution? like different ways for different skill sets (i.e. coders, designers, educators, activists, etc.) I love that you are pulling social impact into the mission of the project. Definitely continue to articulate that as you work on it.

[PikioopSo]

Will do, I'm also migrating everything to a Pi Reel Account. Here is the new git repo address: https://github.com/PiReel. I'll update the info here too.

Link to the website repo: https://github.com/PiReel/PiReel-Website
Link to the webapp repo: https://github.com/PiReel/PiReel-Core
Link to the contributing repo: https://github.com/PiReel/PiReel-Contributing

[jvallera]

ok, thanks for the updates. Let me know when the contribute file is complete.

[karthisiva66]

Hello there! @kip this is karthik from India. And I would like to contribute to this project. Can you mail me further steps. Thankyou!.

[PikioopSo]

@karthisiva66
Thanks for the interest. What type of skills do you have?

Also, if you want to know more keep checking up on the Pi Reel Repo, because it's going to be updated quite often until Pi Reel gets up and running for the MozSprint.

[PikioopSo]

@jvallera,

I updated the Contributing file and the contributing web page. Still need to work on the home page, which will feature blog articles.

I also updated the issues tracker on the repo.

Edit:
Also, I am waiting to see if @helios will help out on the logo. When do I need to have everything completed to be Pulsed?

Here is a link to the contributing page: https://pireel.github.io/PiReel-Contributing/

[jvallera]

Great @KipOmaha
@acabunoc when is the deadline to get the projects on Pulse?

[jvallera]

I just noticed that the links in the "what you'll need" section on the contribute.md file are not working.

[PikioopSo]

@jvallera, Their should be an issue to get all the links up to date. If not I'll put one up.

[PikioopSo]

@jvallera, I have one more commit to make than I will be ready for pulse

[PikioopSo]

This is ready for Mozilla Pulse, @Wrangler @jvallera :)

[stephwright]

No deadline @jvallera ... if projects are ready and we have time to get them up before the Sprint, they go up :)

[stephwright]

Hi @KipOmaha ... before we feature this, can you clarify which of the repositories you want folks to contribute to for the Sprint? From the link above there are three repositories. The "Contributions" repo doesn't have any issues and has some account requirements that aren't currently available to contributors (PiReel account). The "Website" repo has some issues (yay!) but the CONTRIBUTING.md still isn't linked to the README. If you could make that more easily findable through the README, that'd make life easier for folks who want to contribute to that repo.

[ghost]

LOL...Sorry @stephwright, Pi Reel is out of hand. The link above is supposed to point to PiReel-Core ---> https://github.com/PiReel/PiReel-Core

The Pi Reel account requirement is for the future. I'll put annotations on it for now indicating that. After the project is finished being built I plan to use it to store an archive of "animation schematics". People who will want to contribute to those will need an account.

Also, the web application will be served off of the Google Cloud infrastructure, so the only builds they will be able to see are on the dev server (c9.io) or to clone it locally and run it off a local host.

[ghost]

This is ready to be pulsed!

I think.

[jvallera]

Is there a website for the project? If not, what link is best for the project site?

I updated the repo link at the top of this page. @KipOmaha It is a little confusing for people to navigate the various repo's. Many people will go straight to the contribute file and issues for simple ways to get involved so be sure they are clear and straight forward.

[ghost]

@jvallera, I think your right...I should change the description to under construction until it gets done.

How does that sound?

[ghost]

@jvallera, the website will be the "main head quarters for Pi Reel"
Information regarding the application, "PISEA" or "Pi Reel Science and Engineering Animator"
will go there.

I'm currently setting Pi Reels Website up for blogging and viewing peoples projects. So its a work in progress. But I will have a GitHub page that will give out updates and links to the development servers shareable links.

The P.I.S.E.A. application repo is basically going to be set the same way except it will be on its own virtual environment on the host cloud.

For the sprint I just thought it would be easiest for "me" at least to organize peoples issues, ideas, and other content onto the "Main website"

Sorry for being long winded but I just wanted to clarify.

Edit...

Hope that's a good explanation.

[jvallera]

all of this sounds fine. It can definitely be a work in progress and you can organize content as needed. For the sake of getting in on Pulse do you prefer I link to this Github page as the main project URL?

[ghost]

Yeah that would be fine. thanks @jvallera!

[jvallera]

project posted on Pulse: https://www.mozillapulse.org/entry/305
Now you can fine tune your repo and issues so people can easily engage during the sprint. Imagine you don't know anything about the project or programming - use language and explanations in the issues that are straight forward and simple. Here is a good example: https://github.com/dunebuggie/participation-collaboration-mozillaclubs/issues

[ghost]

@jvallera,

thanks a bunch

[himankpathak]

Hey @KipOmaha, I'm Himank. I have skills in web designing, graphic designing, writing and i would love to help you out with this project.