3.0 UI Planning Central

This page tracks the current progress towards completion of the Launchpad 3.0 user interface.

Priorities

Here are the 3.0 priorities, in order of greatest to least importance:

1. Extend the use of our existing JavaScript widgets throughout the site.

2. Write new JavaScript widgets to improve the user experience.

ToDo

Here is what needs to happen before the 3.0 UI is finished:

• Rewrite the Navigation for 3.0

  • Inprogress

  • Need breadcrumbs
  • Need registration line
• Update to YUI Grids

  • Completed

• User interface review team

  • Started! Martin, Michael, Paul

• Redesign the most important pages

  • 3.0 Crucial Page designs

• 3.0 Template Conversion HowTo for developers

  • Conversion primer

• Convert all existing templates to the 3.0 layout

Off the Critical Path

• Finish converting our existing JavaScript to YUI 3

  • Data Tables would be a good place to start
• Rebuild the MenuAPI to support the 3.0 navigation
  • Design
  • Implementation
  • Migration
• YUI 3 Beta1 Upgrade

  • Start this after the main push has started

• JavaScript Error Handling

  • How should we do it?

• JavaScript unit testing infrastructure

• Windmill Continuous Integration

  • In progress

• Manual JavaScript QA Process

  • Experiment in progress

• Front-end process value stream mapping: How do we go faster?

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