Ruby Nation: Why no haz Ruby?
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The document discusses various initiatives aimed at improving citizen engagement with government services, including the MyUSA platform and various projects supported by the Smithsonian Institution. It emphasizes the importance of user-centric development and collaboration with non-developers in creating applications. The document also highlights the challenges of coding and the impact of choosing development frameworks on the innovation process.
Ruby Nation: Why no haz Ruby?
- 9. 1. Sarah goes to Washington 2. What I did @Smithsonian 3. Why not Ruby?
- 13. Disaster Response MyUSA RFP-EZ Cyber-Physical Systems Open Data MyData Innovation Toolkit 21st Century Financial Systems Development Innovation Ventures VA Modernization Presidential Innovation Fellows Round 2 Projects
- 14. Disaster Response MyUSA RFP-EZ Cyber-Physical Systems Open Data MyData Innovation Toolkit 21st Century Financial Systems Development Innovation Ventures VA Modernization Presidential Innovation Fellows Round 2 Projects
- 15. http://MyUSA.gov easier access to government services
- 16. MyUSA is a joint initiative between the White House and the General Services Administration to reimagine how citizens interact with government. A platform for building tools and services connecting citizens and businesses to government agencies. What is MyUSA?
- 17. MyUSA Sign In
- 18. MyUSA Account
- 19. Disaster Response MyUSA RFP-EZ Cyber-Physical Systems Open Data MyData Innovation Toolkit 21st Century Financial Systems Development Innovation Ventures VA Modernization Presidential Innovation Fellows Round 2 Projects
- 20. Disaster Response MyUSA RFP-EZ Cyber-Physical Systems Open Data MyData Innovation Toolkit 21st Century Financial Systems Development Innovation Ventures VA Modernization Presidential Innovation Fellows Round 2 Projects
- 24. 19 museums 9 research centers 23 libraries 15 archives
- 26. and members of the public to learn about. researchers to study and discover, curators to organize and document, The Smithsonian has seriously amazing treasures for...
- 39. Not Just Pictures of Things
- 40. Data
- 49. Botany Workflow EMU Transcription Center US Herbarium 3.7M Plants Digital Surrogate 1000/wk EMU SI Staff Volunteer Work SI Staff SI StaffSI Staff Validation
- 50. Botany Workflow EMU Transcription Center US Herbarium 3.7M Plants Digital Surrogate 1000/wk EMU SI Staff Volunteer Work SI Staff SI StaffSI Staff Validation
- 51. Botany Workflow EMU Transcription Center US Herbarium 3.7M Plants Digital Surrogate 1000/wk EMU SI Staff Volunteer Work SI Staff SI StaffSI Staff Validation
- 52. Botany Workflow EMU Transcription Center US Herbarium 3.7M Plants Digital Surrogate 1000/wk EMU SI Staff Volunteer Work SI Staff SI StaffSI Staff Validation
- 53. Improved Botany Workflow EMU Transcription Center US Herbarium 3.7M Plants Digital Surrogate 1000/wk EMU SI Staff Volunteer Work Software SI Staff Validation Software
- 54. Why not Ruby?
- 58. Why not Ruby?
- 59. Writing code... can be challenging
- 60. Writing code... not the hard part
- 63. Choice of Framework = Choice of Language
- 67. Choosing functionality can be a “user concern” (James Edward Gray) Non-developers co-create our applications
- 69. Over 1 million active Drupal sites
- 70. Rails, not Ruby, leads us into a rigid dev-test-deploy cycle (Avdi Grimm)
- 71. Rails, not Ruby, leads us into a rigid dev-test-deploy cycle (Avdi Grimm) UI Features can be added at runtime
- 72. Ruby optimizes for developer happiness
- 73. What if...?
- 74. the developer could focus on unique aspects that require innovation
- 75. We don’t sustain frameworks... ...with a user experience.
- 76. Framework leads to language Add UI features at runtime? Non-developers are co-creators