........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Planning and Design ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Development .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Works Cited ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 NASA KSC – Internship Final Report NASA Kennedy Space Center Page 3 16 July 2014 Nomenclature AccuRev software configuration management application; a centralized version control system which uses a client/server model Bootstrap (CSS) a free collection of tools for creating websites and web applications. It contains HTML and CSS-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation and other interface components, as well as optional JavaScript extensions. CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item CSS Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used for describing the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language. DA development activity is a high level task that get approved by a panel and worked by developers Gem Ruby on Rails software package/library HTML HyperText Markup Language is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser. JavaScript a dynamic computer programming language. It is most commonly used as part of web browsers, whose implementations allow client-side scripts to interact with the user, control the browser, communicate asynchronously, and alter the document content that is displayed jQuery a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML LCS Launch Control System NC Non-conformances are software issues that require immediate assessment PostgreSQL often simply "Postgres", is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) with an emphasis on extensibility and standards-compliance. As a database server, its primary function is to store data, securely and supporting best practices, and retrieve it later, as requested by other software applications Ruby a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language; designed and developed in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro Matsumoto in Japan. Ruby on Rails often simply referred to as Rails, is an open source web application framework which runs via the Ruby programming language. SCCS Spaceport Command and Control System WAF more commonly referred to as web application framework or web framework; is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, web applications, web services and web resources. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in web development. NASA KSC – Internship Final Report NASA Kennedy Space Center Page 4 16 July 2014 Abstract The purpose of this report is to detail the tasks accomplished as a NASA NIFS intern for the summer 2014 session. This internship opportunity is to develop an issue tracker Ruby on Rails web application to improve the communication of developmental anomalies between the Support Software Computer Software Configuration Item (CSCI) teams, System Build and Information Architecture. As many may know software development is an arduous, time consuming, collaborative effort. It involves nearly as much work designing, planning, collaborating, discussing, and resolving issues as effort expended in actual development. This internship opportunity was put in place to help alleviate the amount of time spent discussing issues such as bugs, missing tests, new requirements, and usability concerns that arise during development and throughout the life cycle of software applications once in production.