LDS Tech

David May 21st, 2009

No, the LDS Church hasn’t released the source code for its internal applications to Open Source, but it is looking for help from the community. They need help with project management, design, development, and testing (QA). From the blog of Joel Dehlin, the LDS CIO,

The Church has been working to figure out a way to allow folks who want to contribute to its missions to do so. We’re ready for help!

We now have applications you can work on, a sandbox with web services, source control, bug tracking and even a requirements for participation.

The most immediate need is the re-write of the stake and ward web site. We are working on an International web site (10 languages to start with) which will allow members to log in, and view or print their stake/ward directory, see a list of ward leaders, read the ward/stake blog, edit & view the ward/stake/Church calendar, and so forth.

Interested?

Read more here.

The first component you can start on immediately is the calendar portion. It’s built on our Java stack, which you can read about here. You can also read up on our “community development best practices.”

Even though the Stake and Ward Web Site project will be using Java, there are other projects mentioned on the site which are architected around web services for more flexibility in the actual implementation of the project.

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David March 22nd, 2008

It is amazing what good a language like Java can do in the hands of the right people. I am acquainted with the Java developers who created the mormon.org site, but even the best software is a hollow shell without a great design and content.

When I lived in Oregon a few years ago, I had friends who when they found out that I was a Mormon, treated me differently… as if I had contracted some bizarre disease that was contagious if they got too close to me. These are the kind of people that wouldn’t answer the door if the missionaries rang their doorbell. But if they are curious enough about what makes us tick, they will want to find out more. That is where the information found at mormon.org is so powerful. From the safety of their own internet connection, they can hear the pure testimony of others like them who have found some glorious truths in the Mormon faith. Did you know that they can even chat online with missionaries? It isn’t available 24 hours a day since it is staffed with missionaries from the Provo, Utah Missionary Training Center, but they can chat from 7am to 10:30pm Mountain Standard Time.

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