Proposed 90-day plan

plan.md

A project plan for Joshy's first 90 days with the RChain marketing team.

Deliverables

• Rholang tutorial
  • Intermediate skill-level audience
  • Example motivated
  • Includes exercises and questions
  • Possible integration with rchain.cloud
• Rnode installation and use videos
  • One overview of what RNode can do
  • Installation instructions (written and video) for each major platform.
• Blog Presence
  • Only if time permits
  • Be visible on the RChain blog, especially at first
• Example dapps and documentation
  • Coordinate with Glen and other developers
  • First POC-style dapp with minimal rholang and UI code
    • Accompanying step-by-step tutorial
  • Write up tutorials to create an example gallery
• Exercises and support materials for Greg's Design of Computational Calculi course
  • Hopefully in coordination with Jake Gillberg and RCL
• Educational workshops
  • Low priority for noe
  • Conference circuit
  • Sessions with reflective?
  • Partnering with schools or universities?
• Contribute to E-learning team's work
  • Work with blockspaces
  • Review current work
  • Advise curriculum design

Milestones / Timeline

03 July - First two weeks

• Complete 8 lessons in rholang tutorial
• Get bio, picture, quote to blog team
• Write one blog introducing computational models
  • Greg's DoCC Course
  • Collaborate with Leah
  • Time permitting
• Collaborate with Steve W to sketch out tutorial and rnode videos in new website
• Form plan with Glen and Dan Connolley for first POC Dapp
• Both Joshy and Coop sign SOW

17 August

No new milestones in this period. Joshy will be on vacation with very limited availability.

31 August - Before Rcon

• Finish 12 lessons in rholang tutorial
  • Posted properly on new website
  • Covering mutable state and unforgeable names
• Have first POC Dapp working
  • Tutorial is at least sketched if not complete
  • Will likely build on RChainAPI.js project
• Using RNode video posted
  • Platform-specific install instructions published at least in blog

07 September - At and Just after Rcon

• Sign genesis block, validate test net
  • Blog about process
  • Set expectations for main net launch
  • (Hopefully) Instill confidence in rhoc rev swap
• Should I lead something here?
  • Maybe a rholang workshop, or POC Dapp session
  • Maybe at Eth Berlin?
  • Maybe recap of rcon eth Berlin, etc.

End of September

• 3 total example dapps
  • Revise first POC after RCon feedback
  • Create two more including tutorials
• Cover OCaps in rholang tutorial
• Cover Casper
  • At minimum, post a blog
  • Ideally, have some interactive learning tools
  • Weighting blocks
  • Fork choice rule
• Progress on DoCC exercises -- Low priority
  • Cover at least three of Greg's videos
• Establish rholang help office hours?
  • Probably one per week.
  • Maybe part of colab?

End of October

• Begin filling holes in developer UX
  • RMetamask
  • Truffle
  • Others as informed by writing example Dapps
• 5 total example dapps
• Rholang tutorial maturing to near-complete form
• Blog schedule established - TBD
• Collaborative learning
• Continue to guide E-learning curriculum
• Continue office hours
• Conference Schedules

Key Performance Indicators

• Attendance in office hours
• Contributors to POC projects
  • Either PRs or Issues open
• Tutorial usage
  • How many users begin to skim
  • How many continue onto lesson 2?