MAP members need to plan what to do with the developers.mit.edu hostname to replace the defunct developers' forum that was there.
Our first thoughts were to develop a decision-making guide to help software developers find the services they need from within the IS&T labyrinth.
- Create a simple web site named developers.mit.edu that we can use for delivering our messages to the community.
- Develop a mission statement for the web site. This should explain to the intended audience(s) what the intent of the site is.
- Develop text that explains who is behind this community sites. The intended audience should be able to quickly understand that IS&T is behind this and the the site is expected to have a long life. It is not a student developed site that will disappear shortly after someone graduates.
- Create a blog that can be publicized from the developers.mit.edu site.
- Assign staff to create blog postings approximately once a week. If we have several staff members rotating once a week the burden should not be onerous. Blog posting can consist of Java User Group meeting notes, ISDA project news, tutorials with sample code, ...
- Develop content that is useful to a wide variety of developers. Example, who can obtain an SVN repository on svn.mit.edu, how do they request a repository, how is access control managed,