GDC Documentation Site Refactor Project
- Mentors
- Bill Wysocki
- Organization
- Center for Translational Data Science
- Technologies
- python, javascript, html5, css, markdown, Google Sheets, Google Docs
- Topics
- web, documentation, STATIC, Site Generator
The Genomic Data Commons(GDC) is a free open source system that distributes harmonized cancer genomic data to researchers internationally. Currently, the documentation website provides extra background information and user guides on how to use the GDC. The website content is produced with markdown and is built with a site generator that is becoming outdated.
The project is in 2 Tiers:
1. Aimed at Building a site generator or using existing open-source software that can be used to build the website with markdown and doing proper documentation for the generator. The new documentation website is expected to look exactly the same as it does currently.
2. Design new functional parts of the documentation website to improve usability.
DELIVERABLES
1. A static site generator that converts markdown to HTML.
2. Proper documentation of the generator.
3. New Functional parts on the documentation website to ease usability.
4. Proper tests for the above-mentioned components.