The new user interface for Ex Libris’ discovery product, Primo, is a direct result of a product enhancement request by customers in 2014-2015. The initiative represents one of the most productive product collaborations to date between the ELUNA/IGeLU User groups, the user community at large and the vendor Ex Libris.
In order to learn to customize and develop in this new environment, Ex Libris and the ELUNA/IGeLU user groups are offering a week-long virtual conference from December 12-16 via Slack. Recorded video and live sessions (via YouTube Live) will be scheduled daily and dropped within the Slack platform for participant viewing. Participants can post questions/comments/code snippets to the #primodev Slack channel where developers from Ex Libris, the community at large, and Ex Libris support staff will be hanging out for the week.
Registration
Sign up for the event at https://igelu-eluna-siwg.
Attend this conference if you want to:
- learn how to apply your university’s colors and logo to the environment
- build custom headers and footers
- insert recommendations or book reviews from sources other than bx
- query an externally hosted RESTful API and deliver the results within the user interface
- change the request/service pages in a some way
- team-up with other developers to collaboratively build a feature. E.g., some may choose to develop a resource-sharing/ILL availability feature for BorrowDirect
Coders are not required to contribute to GitHub or any other repository, but contribution is strongly encouraged to invite collaboration with other developers.
Primo Hackathon Program
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Dec 12 | Setting up the customization environment | CSS & HTML Customization |
| Dec 13 | Javascript customization – using hoverID/showDirectives, incorporating existing NPMs and understanding the MVC architecture used in Primo |
| Dec 14 | Intermediate Javascript – accessing PNX/user session info for service pages |
| Dec 15 | Intermediate Javascript – two-way data binding: accessing external services (syndetics/recommendations/linked open data). Lightning talks of projects and issues |
| Dec 16 | Rolling your feature into a package and sharing your code via the Ex Libris developer network and GitHub/NPM |
Want to submit a topic for discussion?
Want feedback about an in-progress project? Submit suggestions before the event and they may appear as subjects in the lightning talk scheduled for Dec 15. Just propose your topic by writing a short description and tag it using #lightning as a hashtag.
Want to work as a team?
We can create user groups that can be addressed by @team, simply propose a team by using #team and the team name and a group will be created by the Slack admins.
What if I dont have the November release on my system yet?
A demo primo server will be provided by Ex Libris for those developers who do no not currently have Primo or who are not on the November 2016 release. Demo configurations of the server will be for Aleph and Alma environments. Credentials for access to that server will be located in the Welcome message of the Slack channel the week of the event.
How do I prepare for the event?
Instructions for setting up your development environment can be found in GitHub. Post installation issues to the slack channel prior to the event for assistance.
Hope to see you there….
ELUNA/IGeLU Primo Product Working Groups