It is with great pleasure that we announce the official release of version 1.0 of the Adapt Framework.
Thanks to everyone involved for your hard work on refactoring the code and building a great framework for the future of e-learning delivery.
Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Thank you Sven and everyone and congratulations on getting it to this 1.0 point!
I've given a go at trying to set it up on a local testing server we have here but I'm running into some issues following the instructions on https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_framework/wiki/Setting-up-your-development-environment
What would be the best channel to give feedback on that page and possibly get some help to work through the issues I'm running into? I'm not sure if it should go into this forum or the issues on the Github repo?
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Mathew,
thanks for your note and keen to get and learn from your feedback. This community forum is the best place to post these items for now.
We are committed to getting you up and running!
Separately, we're also preparing to run a few webinars for developers to get started. I'll announce the schedule for these ASAP.
All the best and thanks for bearing with us.
Sven
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Sven,
Congratulations on launching the first official version 1.0 of the Adapt Framework. Happy to say that I managed to install the framework using the 'Setting up your development environment framework' documentation, though I think that creating a video tutorial on how to setup the dev. environment might be worth considering. Initially, I tried cloning using Git GUI instead of Git Bash.
I also had a 'hairy moment' trying to work out how to view the build again after I had terminated the server, but once I had realized I needed to change the directory so that I was in the correct folder I managed to get it running again.
I also look forward to hearing more about the developer webinars.
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Mark, thanks for your note.
Just catching up with myself after a very busy last week and short period away. Really good to hear you got it working. We'll get some dates posted about the webinars this week and I know Daryl is also planning to record some getting started screencasts.
Please let us know if you thin the documentation can be improved - we're up for it!
All the best,
Sven
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Sven,
I'll definitely keep my eye on the documentation. With regards to the webinars do you intend to record these and share the links?
Long term I think it would be very helpful if you built an Adapt Learning Framework knowledge base. I recall from the last webinar I attend, that one of the presenters mentioned that over 40 courses had now been created using the framework and being able to get access to this type of knowledge / user experience would be priceless.
Cheers,
Mark
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Mark,
regarding the webinar recording, I have to confess that we struggled to get a decent enough recording. I'm very sorry about that. Our plan is to re-run the session and also create a separate recording (take two) using local screen video recording tools to ensure decent enough quality.
Having a knowledge base of courses produced using Adapt sounds like a great idea. At Kineo, we have been delivering client projects for the past year and there are plenty of examples (some shown here). We need to make sure that we have permission form our clients before we can post this information.
We will (and would like to encourage everyone to) post case studies of Adapt work on their own websites. Hope this makes sense!
Sven
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Sven,
That all sounds great. From a developers perspective, I would really like to see something similar to the Adobe CSS Advisor:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=homepage&productId=1
That would include known browser / device rendering issues and workarounds.
Best,
Mark
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Great work.
The guidance on Github worked perfectly for me. The only issue I had initially was installing the Node modules globally, but elevating my privileges solved that issue.
Looking forward to discovering this great framework.
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
I just want to say: congratulations!
... and that I'm truly impressed and super excited about the 1.0
I've been giving it a try, converting a previous Flash based course into the Adapt learning 1.0, and I was suprised that there was so little I had to do, basically I've just added content and changed colors, and it looks really great!
I'm really looking forward to playing around with it some more, and create themes and maybe even plugins. Just wished I had more time for this!
But I can not emphasize it enough how truly happy and excited I'm about this. I've acctually been smiling like a crazy person the whole week, and not the ":)"-smile but the "corners of my mouth up into my eyes"-smile! You guys are awesome!
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Thanks Sandra, that means a lot!
We're proud of where we've got to so far and we're only just at the beginning :)
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hey Sandra,
Thanks for the response. It's great to know how easy it is to use and theme. A lot of effort has gone into making theming a nice and pleasant way of working. We're going to be setting up a few developer walk throughs in the following weeks where we'll be covering the following:
- How to develop a theme
- How to develop a menu
- How to develop a component
- How to develop an extension
If you need any more help or guidance on anything please feel free to contact us and we'll be posting up the developer walk throughs soon.
Thanks,
Daryl
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Sandra,
Yes, I must admit that I'm delighted to see how easy it is to create a course just by modifying the .json and .less files. I had thought that there would have been lots of js programming involved but was pleasantly surprised to find how simple it is to add content and modify the CSS.
I had thought I might have to wait for the authoring tool to be released but now I am confident that I don't need to wait.
Great job team Adapt.
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hello again, Mark.
This is a great quote and something we have been aiming for. We wanted to be very clear that the Framework requires technical skill, so we don't paint the wrong picture and put non-technical end users off. That said, we want to make sure there is a low barrier to adoption for everyone, developers and technical people included.
Our next mission is to achieve the equivalent for the authoring tool, while still adding to the framework (esp. plug-ins) as we go.
All the best,
Sven
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Hi Sandra,
thank you so much! I know what you mean about the crazy smile - I got it reading your comment! And I don't seem to be able to wipe it off either.
It's great to think the project is making a difference and people are excited by it. We're committed to making it great - please let us know any improvement ideas, be that code, documentation or whatever you can think of!
All the best and thanks again. As Kev says, it means a lot.
Sven
Re: Adapt Framework version 1.0 released
Thank you for all your fantastic work on this so far! I've installed and played around with the framework at work and at home, and it's so easy to get to grips with the basics (non-developers like me rejoice!) - I've made my own test course and changed the theme, and I'm very excited about using the framework in earnest at work (and for fun at home!).
