Creating an activity

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This page is intended to outline, and to provide links for, all the steps in creating an Activity. From initial concept to release and support.

Ideas

• Software ideas

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Design

• Link needed to collaborative, and constructionist, principles
• Link needed to overview of this unique hardware environment

• OLPC Human Interface Guidelines
• Display

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Development

• Getting started programming
• There are various tutorials. We should make sure they all are linked in Getting_started_programming.

Then once you have some code written:

• Importing your project

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Release process

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l10n

There isn't currently a l10n page targetted at developers. See:

• Python i18n
• Activity Translations
• Localization
• Resource links in Translating.
• Kuku/Localization Resource links at the bottom of Kuku.

wiki page

Create a wiki page, and add it to Activities. See examples in Activities. This step should not be taken before you have working code.

testing and review

The Activity review and testing process is still being developed. Ask on #olpc-content.

See Content release cycle.

The testing process is still being developed. See:

• Category:Test Plans
• Test meeting Minutes

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