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Contribution – reflection
The contribution submitted was done for an inactive community. This lead to a lack of basis as to expectations, no feedback and no communication or response. There was no pre-determined direction as to the contribution but was mainly based on user research and expectations from developer as well as feedback from potential viewers of the…
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Contribution – CHAT GPT-3
Chat-GPT-3 is one of the large-scale language model’s recently attracting attention for its potential to discuss and generate code (Tian et al., 2023). Effectiveness and accuracy varies on the specific task, yet GPT-3’s advantages comes down to its ability to process additional information from the user, increasing its success rate (Surameery & Shakor, 2023). GPT-3…
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Contribution – Github
There was some difficulty in adding changes to the cloned files. From creating a new branch to failed authentication to being in the wrong location and more. The authentication issue was solved by creating a Personal access tolken instead of using a password. When commiting changes, the folder called SimpleBio, which was cloned, was in…
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Contribution – development
The wireframes complete, the actual coding element began. It was somewhat straight forward, however the smallest elements proved the most difficult. The community’s use of the code was kept in mind throughout as I needed to make it simple and easily understandable for others. Features like animations to improve the user experience and provide more…
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Contribution – design
The home screen one first lands on when entering the website was an important aspect of the site as to grab a user’s attention to make them want to explore the site more. One could present the site with focus on an artwork or the artist themselves. The name of the artist was included to…
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Contribution – sketches
A contribution was made for an additional template to build a portfolio. The development process began with research, as previously mentioned in other posts, and moved on to paper sketches to get a picture of what content to include, the flow of the website, as well as the design itself. It was clear a white…
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What other forms beyond code can complement your contribution? How can you improve the outreach and accessibility by considering other non-code related contributions?
Code is often associated with design and user experience in some way. Both design and user experience was considered a central priority in this open source contribution. Writing the code is important, yet it needs to be based on the framework from the process of design and user research. The code in this contribution is…
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As computational techniques develop, what do you see changing in the community you are contributing to?
The process of designing and developing websites has been changing for some time, yet it’s currently experiencing a more significant modification. Websites like Wix and Squarespace have the potential to eliminate the need for individual web developers as resources have already been made accessible to users without any programming or design knowledge. The templates are…
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What methods can you make use of for testing your code and hear feedback on your contribution? How do you communicate with your community and audience while developing?
The project chosen was a portfolio website template with a focus on fine art artists. Preliminary testing of existing websites as well as physical portfolios was completed to collect feedback before beginning development. It was useful in getting a baseline understanding of the layout and content of a portfolio website; evaluating existing designs and user…
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What strategies and methods did you find relevant when coming closer to the communities and projects you are contributing to?
The project to develop was a portfolio website template. A portfolio can be used by anyone to showcase their work, yet the immediate thought that came to mind was artists, specifically fine art artists. Portfolios are very general so it was necessary to develop it for a specific user group to keep certain criteria in…