Jun 22Bridging Code and Culture:My Journey Through the OpenMRS Hackathon in Ethiopia As the year 2023 kicked off, I had the unique opportunity to be a part of a vibrant, culturally rich experience, guiding the implementation of digital health solutions in Ethiopia. …Openmrs3 min readOpenmrs3 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·May 22, 2022I was rejected from GSoCThis is how I moved forward Four years ago, when we were in our first year, we were instructed to attend an extra session at the university. The session was about a program named “Google Summer of Code” that I had never heard of. It was delivered by a couple…Gsoc4 min readGsoc4 min read
Published inNerd For Tech·Dec 10, 2021I honestly don’t know where I would be without WSO2, other than lostIn 2017, I was one of the four luckiest students selected for the WSO2 10-Year Customer Anniversary Undergraduate Scholarship Program. …Wso26 min readWso26 min read
Oct 30, 2021Many hands make light workHow I groomed a new team to handle 3.x E2E tests at OpenMRS — My previous summer was spent with Google Summer of Code, working with OpenMRS. The project was to develop E2E tests for the OpenMRS 3.x Refapp. After which I continued contributing to the project for several weeks before taking a brief break to focus on publishing my research project. When I…Openmrs3 min readOpenmrs3 min read
Aug 20, 2021E2E Automated Tests for the OpenMRS 3.0 RefAppGoogle Summer of Code 2020 Project — Final Report — Project Title: E2E Automated Tests for the OpenMRS 3.0 RefApp Primary mentor: Kaweesi Joseph Backup mentor: Brandon Istenes Student: Jayasanka Weerasinghe Project Link: GSoC 2021: E2E Automated Tests for the OpenMRS 3.0 RefApp Overview As a result of the Microfrontend Team’s tireless efforts, OpenMRS will soon have its new edition “OpenMRS…Gsoc4 min readGsoc4 min read
Aug 10, 2021One more week to goMy Google Summer of Code Journey — Week 9 — My GSoC project is in its ninth week. The main focus of this week was to get the mutation issue fixed. More details on this task can be found in my previous week’s update. After further investigation, I discovered that the webservices.rest module is not starting up with the server…2 min read2 min read
Aug 3, 2021Finding The Crux Of The MatterMy Google Summer of Code Journey — Week 8 — This week was a little unsatisfying because I was stuck on a single task for an extended period of time. As previously discussed, the plan was to run a 3.x frontend on top of a 2.x container to avoid data mutations. However, it didn’t go well. …2 min read2 min read
Jul 27, 2021It’s time to be isolated.My Google Summer of Code Journey — Week 7 — This is the seventh week of my GSoC project. Since my Kawesi passed away, Brandon became my primary mentor. We had a call last Thursday to plan the next steps of the project. Here are the defined key milestones: EOW July 26 Solution for data mutation management Registration Workflow EOW…Openmrs2 min readOpenmrs2 min read
Jul 21, 2021We loved him a lot, but God loved him moreThe sudden death of my beloved GSoC mentor — It was 5:40 pm on my time last Friday. I received a message from Juliet; one of my colleagues at OpenMRS. “My bro, pray for Joseph Kawesi, the building has collapsed to him. I can’t tell his state for am just rushing there to join Kayiwa. God be with you.” …Gsoc2 min readGsoc2 min read
Jul 13, 2021Implementing E2E tests for the Login and Registration workflows of RefApp 3.xAfter going through a lot of trials and errors, I was able to complete writing E2E tests for the login, patient search and patient registration workflows. The goal of the task was to give users confidence that the Login, Search & Registration workflows of the RefApp 3.x are working as…4 min read4 min read
