Session 1: Overview of components and technical tools

Time: 1 hour

Objectives

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the architecture and components of OppiaMobile

• Describe the frameworks and developer tools used for OppiaMobile

Activities

• Introductions

• Overview of the OppiaPlatform components - OppiaMobile Platform Architecture and Workflow

• Overview of developer tools used in supporting and maintaining OppiaMobile:

  • Developer environments - Eclipse, PyCharm and Android Studio

  • Git and GitHub

• Overview of frameworks used:

  • Android

  • Django

  • Moodle

Follow up and preparation for next session

• Read up on OppiaMobile developer documentation - OppiaMobile Technical Documentation

• Install Git and read overview documentation - https://git-scm.com/

• Create account on GitHub - https://github.com/

• Check Github training (https://training.github.com/classes/) and help (https://help.github.com/)

• Create account on Amazon Web Services - http://aws.amazon.com/ - creating an account is free, although you will need to give credit card details