OBiBa Development

obiba.org

OBiBa

Open source software for BioBank

• Mission: software solutions for epidemiological data management and analysis
• IT team of Maelstrom Research

Team

• Vincent Ferretti, project leader
• 4 developers
  • 5-15 years of experience
  • multi-language (Java, Javascript, Php, Python, R...)
• 1 project manager

Resources

• Open source code: github.com/obiba
• Documentation: wiki.obiba.org
• Issue tracking: jira.obiba.org
• Package repositories
  • pkg.obiba.org
  • cran.obiba.org
• Docker images: registry.hub.docker.com/repos/obiba
• Maven repository: repo.obiba.org
• 5 servers at OICR
• Sponsored tools: JetBrains, Atlassian, YourKit, BrowserStack

Methodology

• Agile (Scrum)
  • issues and agile board in jira
  • software specifications in wiki
• Unit testing, code coverage and static analysis
• Continuous integration: ci.obiba.org
• Continuous deployment (test)
  • nightly.obiba.org
  • nightly-mica.obiba.org
  • nightly-opal.obiba.org
• Latest technologies (not just because it's cool)
• Security

Support

• Mailing lists
  • obiba-users (public)
  • support@obiba.org (private)
• Teleconferences
• Server administration
• Private source code repository: git.obiba.org

Financing

• Research grants
• Contracts
  • development
  • support