Hi Chris, Should we use the API WG meeting slot on Thursday to discuss the study? If so, I will send out details for a virtual room.
Piet On 9/20/16, 3:39 AM, "Chris Dent" <cdent...@anticdent.org> wrote: >On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Kruithof Jr, Pieter wrote: > >> I was planning to run a usability study on behalf of the API working >> group at the Barcelona summit. The plan is to have operators >> complete a set of common tasks, such as adjusting quotas, using the >> projects APIs. > >Since you're intending to use python-openstackclient as the client >in this tests, it sounds like you'll be doing a usability study of >that client. This is a great thing to do, but you should be aware >that you'll probably want a contact from the developers of that client >as well as or instead of someone from the API-WG. > >The API-WG, of late, has mostly been concerned with the correctness >of the HTTP interactions that the OpenStack APIs allow. Since the >openstackclient abstracts these interactions the kinds of data that >we'll find most use from tests using the client include: > >* are the resources made available by the APIs (and thus the actions > that can be performed by the client) the right ones >* are the modes of filtering, sorting, limiting adequate >* are their inconsistencies in the service APIs that cause there to > be inconsistencies in the behaviour of the client > >I'm sure there are plenty more, that's just off the top of my head. > >> Chris, >> >> Were you still able to act as my contact? > >Yes. Unfortunately, of the three api-wg cores, I'm the only one who >has been able to make plans to go to summit. > > >> I’ve created an etherpad to begin planning the study: >> >> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/osux-api-oct2016 >> >> Thanks, > >Thank you. > > >-- >Chris Dent ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) https://anticdent.org/ >freenode: cdent tw: @anticdent __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
