chris
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- Gather website creator
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- 6 March 2015
23 August 2015 - 19:08 EDT
Updated URL: gathers.ensl.org
Hi all,
You may have noticed the web admins have been busy. We've push a whole bunch of updates to make the site faster today so load times in many places are an order of magnitude faster
Our attention has also turned to NSL Gathers. The current version has served NSL admirably (currently 10,000+ gathers and counting) but is now getting a bit long in the tooth. It's prone to certain bugs (some serious) and generates a disproportionate amount of traffic because it tries to mimic a realtime system (poorly). Furthermore, some of the features we'd like to do just aren't feasible in the framework we're using.
Recently we've created a (tentative) specialised replacement app for the gathers system, with the goal of:
1) Speeding up gather creation & more intelligently notifying participants
2) Creating a nicer space for the NS2 community to convene
3) Improving experience on 2nd screens like tablets/phones
The super-early/incomplete/tentative prototype is available here: http://gathers.staging.ensl.org
If you're signed onto http://staging.ensl.org you will join as your user. Otherwise you'll sign in as a random user
A number of features are not there yet, they are listed here: https://github.com/cblanc/sws_gathers/issues
Feel free to add your own or ask on this topic to have one added.
You'll notice it's a true realtime system, with messages and gather states updating in realtime. A number of features I'm hoping to implementing are: steam messaging integration (for better notifications & invites) and twitch integration so gatherers can tune into ongoing streams. There will also be a number of nice-to-have features like specifying lifeform preferences and skill level (incl. hive integration)
I'm opening this topic to solicit feedback for 3 things:
1) Features which will speed up gather creation
2) Misc features to make the process more enjoyable
3) Things that break the app or don't look right
Also, if you're a dev and want to get involved with a Node.js/Socket.io/React/ES2015 project feel free to make a pull request with your ideas. The repository is here: https://github.com/cblanc/sws_gathers
Hi all,
You may have noticed the web admins have been busy. We've push a whole bunch of updates to make the site faster today so load times in many places are an order of magnitude faster
Our attention has also turned to NSL Gathers. The current version has served NSL admirably (currently 10,000+ gathers and counting) but is now getting a bit long in the tooth. It's prone to certain bugs (some serious) and generates a disproportionate amount of traffic because it tries to mimic a realtime system (poorly). Furthermore, some of the features we'd like to do just aren't feasible in the framework we're using.
Recently we've created a (tentative) specialised replacement app for the gathers system, with the goal of:
1) Speeding up gather creation & more intelligently notifying participants
2) Creating a nicer space for the NS2 community to convene
3) Improving experience on 2nd screens like tablets/phones
The super-early/incomplete/tentative prototype is available here: http://gathers.staging.ensl.org
If you're signed onto http://staging.ensl.org you will join as your user. Otherwise you'll sign in as a random user
A number of features are not there yet, they are listed here: https://github.com/cblanc/sws_gathers/issues
Feel free to add your own or ask on this topic to have one added.
You'll notice it's a true realtime system, with messages and gather states updating in realtime. A number of features I'm hoping to implementing are: steam messaging integration (for better notifications & invites) and twitch integration so gatherers can tune into ongoing streams. There will also be a number of nice-to-have features like specifying lifeform preferences and skill level (incl. hive integration)
I'm opening this topic to solicit feedback for 3 things:
1) Features which will speed up gather creation
2) Misc features to make the process more enjoyable
3) Things that break the app or don't look right
Also, if you're a dev and want to get involved with a Node.js/Socket.io/React/ES2015 project feel free to make a pull request with your ideas. The repository is here: https://github.com/cblanc/sws_gathers
