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Plugins - user research with plugin authors

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Description

What

Test the plugins feature with authors:

  • They know how to write and publish them
  • They understand the accreditation process

Relies on documentation being available first.

Why

So that we know what plugin authors need and that the accreditation process is fit for purpose.

Who

User researcher

Done when

  • Participants are recruited
  • Sessions are scheduled
  • Testing is complete
  • Analysis is complete
  • Findings are shared

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by confirming that the plugin documentation is available, then recruit plugin authors and schedule sessions. Test whether they can write and publish plugins and understand the accreditation process; complete the analysis and share the findings. Done means all five checklist items are complete.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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