Difference between revisions of "Project:Timeline"

Latest revision as of 05:22, 15 August 2021

NOTE: The BOARD18 Development History has been moved to a separate set of pages.

With the release of version 2.4.3 on December 5, 2016, BOARD18 became a mature product.
At that point the BOARD18 project shifted to a maintenance mode, though some minor enhancements were done over the next years.
And, starting in 2020, some long overdue enhancements started to be implemented in the 2.6.x and 2.7.x releases.
Also, the design document has been extensively updated and a substantial number of Dream Spreadsheets have been written.

Support Plans for BOARD18 Instances

Anyone with access to a web server can create an instance of BOARD18. But here I will only discuss my plans for the BOARD18 instances that I maintain at board18.org.

The Current Situation

Currently, in August of 2021, I am supporting one production instance of BOARD18. This instance is called prod2.board18.org.

Analysis of Existing Game Boxes

As of JUNE of 2020 there were 85 active game boxes on prod2.board18.org. Some of these game boxes are used quite a lot and a few are seldom used at all. No subsequent analysis has been performed.

Future Plans

The prod2.board18.org instance is the current production site. There are no current plans for any additional production sites.

Timeline

No plans.

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-==History==
+<span style="color: Green">NOTE: The [[BOARD18 Development History]] has been moved to a separate set of pages.</span>
-===Mid 2012===
-Started coding BOARD18 application, using as a basis a mock up I had previously created as a "proof of concept".
-<br>Started creating the design document in parallel with this coding effort.
-===May 5, 2013===
+<span style="color: Green">With the release of version 2.4.3 on December 5, 2016, BOARD18 became a mature product.</span><br>
-* Created the [https://gitorious.org/board18 BOARD18 project] on Gitorious.
+At that point the BOARD18 project shifted to a maintenance mode, though some minor enhancements were done over the next years.<br>
-* Created a [https://gitorious.org/board18/board18 repository] for board18 on Gitorious.
+And, starting in 2020, some long overdue enhancements started to be implemented in the 2.6.x and 2.7.x releases.<br>
-* Created this WIKI to document and (eventually) publish BOARD18.
+Also, the design document has been extensively updated and a substantial number of [[Dream Spreadsheets]] have been written.
-* Shortly later, added [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuwwptMMyHTAdHJNeGtrRC0zdjRoSHdOdm1QNGVsSFE&/ To Do List] to manage project tasks.
-===July 15, 2013===
+==Support Plans for BOARD18 Instances==
-* Published pre alpha release on Gitorious.
+Anyone with access to a web server can create an instance of BOARD18. But here I will only discuss my plans for the BOARD18 instances that I maintain at board18.org.
-* Created DEMO18 site to test it in the wild.
-* Created [http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/BOARD18/ BOARD18 group on Yahoo] for testers and other interested parties.
-===July 23, 2013===
+===The Current Situation===
-Ended pre alpha test.
+Currently, in August of 2021, I am supporting one production instance of BOARD18. This instance is called prod2.board18.org.
-===Mid August, 2013===
+===Analysis of Existing Game Boxes===
-Created board18.org web site.
+As of JUNE of 2020 there were 85 active game boxes on prod2.board18.org. Some of these game boxes are used quite a lot and a few are seldom used at all. No subsequent analysis has been performed.
-Besides the WIKI,  we now also have a Forum and an Issue Tracker.
-===September 6, 2013===
+===Future Plans===
-Published release [0.1.0] alpha 1 and loaded it to a demo site. <br>This release will support some actual play testing. It has:
+The prod2.board18.org instance is the current production site. There are no current plans for any additional production sites.
-* All fixes for '''problems''' discovered in pre alpha test.
-* A number of other enhancements. See release notes for a list.
-* Keyboard shortcuts.
-* Initial attempt to support Chrome and (perhaps) Safari browsers.
-* An initial [primitive] help function.
-== Short Term==
+===Timeline===
-===End of September, 2013===
+No plans.
-Will be tracking usage of the 0.1.0 Alpha 1 release and logging issues in the issue tracker.<br>
-May release either a 0.1.0 beta or a full 0.1.0 release, this release would have only bug fixes.<br>
-Further 0.1.? releases may occur in October if needed to fix more bugs.
-Will also be upgrading documentation in the WIKI and working on the development of release 0.2.0.
-== Long Term==
-===Mid November, 2013===
-Will publish release [0.2.0]  and load it to a demo site. <br>This release is intended to support actual play. It should have:
-* All fixes for '''problems''' discovered in release 0.1.0.
-* At least one additional game box.
-* Full support for Chrome and (perhaps) Safari browsers.
-* The ability to recover Player ID's and passwords.
-* Management functions for in progress games. Things such as, end game and change players.
-* Ease of use enhancements for new game creation.
-* A better help function [hopefully].
-See [http://forum.board18.org/index.php?t=msg&th=157&start=0 this Forum Topic] for updates on this item.
-===First Quarter 2014===
-I intend to publish release [0.3.0] and load it to a demo site.