Projects to work on

pokorra

Dear @samlemonsam, @AJ_Will , @ledbetterw !
I am so excited that you want to contribute!

I am thinking, if we should find a bigger project, rather than focusing on little bug fixes.
I don't know, what would work for you, so here are some options:

https://github.com/openpetra/openpetra/issues/435 that would be about the infrastructure, replacing the C# parser with the version from Roslyn. That is quite technical.
The other thing is more towards the user: we have worked on membership fees last year, but not finished that module. so this would mean finishing https://github.com/openpetra/openpetra/issues/351 At the moment, it is disabled in the UI, it can be enabled by uncommenting RecurringGiftBatches in https://github.com/openpetra/openpetra/blob/master/js-client/etc/UINavigation.yml#L54
I guess the TODO still stands, to add date fields for AStartDonations and AEndDonations to the html and js, replace hardcoded dates. AEndDonations can be null
I could also prepare the task, to make direct debit payments from this, so that recurring donations or membership fees can be collected from the bank account of the member/donor. We have an old plugin, that would need to be integrated: https://github.com/SolidCharity/OpenPetraPlugin_SEPA
Another ongoing project is the "sponsor a child" module, https://github.com/openpetra/openpetra/issues/331 We have done most of the work, but the details are still left. One thing would be formletters from LibreOffice Writer files. I would have to spec that out, if you are interested.

At the moment, I am working on OpenPetra in my spare time, but I try to be responsive as quick as I can. My apprentice, The-CJ, will be doing his final project work on OpenPetra, on GDPR things for consent of addresses and contact details.

Sorry, I need to go now, but let me know what would interest you. Would you want to work as a team on one project, or would you prefer each a separate task?

AJ_Will

I apologize for how much time has passed @pokorra . I imagine things are similar in Germany. I hope everything is as close to normal as it can be.

The "Sponsor a Child" module seems like a good fit. We could write code for the domain classes if they don't exist yet. I feel most confident on the C# side of things.

I think the only directing I would need is where you would like the files to be. As a team, we could take it from there.

pokorra

Thank you for your message, @AJ_Will !
Yes, it is strange times. My family are still fine, but school and kindergarten are closed. I pray you will stay safe as well!

Quite a lot of work has already been done in this branch: https://github.com/tpokorra/openpetra/tree/TP-202001-SponsorshipModule
I am currently still trying to make it work. A nant generateSolution recreateDatabase resetDatabase should get you running, but there is an issue with the asmx files currently, which I hope to resolve tonight.

There are smaller issues still left with the sponsorship module, eg. assigning the SponsorAdmin. I could create issues on Github for each of these.

The other bigger issue is the printing of letters. I have created a separate issue for that: https://github.com/openpetra/openpetra/issues/456
If you could work on that as a team, that would be great!
It is not a detailed specification, I am sorry, time is short... But please ask all the questions you have!

If you think we should have a audio chat, or IRC chat, let me know and we could arrange a time.

I know, the documentation for getting started with development probably needs some sorting and updating. Please let me know if you get stuck anywhere! I will try to tell you how things work, and fix the documentation at the same time.

pokorra

I have fixed the branch https://github.com/tpokorra/openpetra/tree/TP-202001-SponsorshipModule now, it should work.
I have also started to tidy up the developers documentation on the wiki: https://wiki.openpetra.org/index.php?title=Documentation_for_Developers. It is still quite outdated, a lot of clean up to do.
The next step will be a tutorial, how to add a new table to the database (basically: editing db/petra.xml, and running nant recreateDatabase resetDatabase, nant dbdoc, nant generateORM quickCompile -D:onlyonce=true)

pokorra

I just found the table https://dbdoc.openpetra.org/index.html?table=p_form&group=mailroom which can be used for the template documents. So there is no need for changes to the database structure.