OpenMRS. Introduction

1. Getting involved
Harsha Siriwardena | @harshadura
Community Developer
Former GSoC Student, OpenMRS 2012

2. Contents.
• What’s OpenMRS
• Where it’s been used.
• Why OpenMRS for GSoC
• Technologies used.
• Motivation to Contribute

3. What’s OpenMRS
“ OpenMRS is an Open source Health IT,
Software platform for the entire World,
Starting from developing world. “
Funded and supported by
various organizations including >>
WHO, Google, CDC, IDRC:CRDI

4. << Web Based

6. Where its been used.
Almost in every part of the world…

7. Why OpenMRS for GSoC
• Healthcare is an essential need for the World.
• In every year when comes to the Organization Selection
process, Google carefully analyzes the most important
Organizations who come up with most valuable projects.
• Since GSoC 2007, OpenMRS has been selected as a mentoring
Organization repeatedly. (6 years!)

8. Technologies used.
Programming Skills Requirements.
• Java EE
• Spring
• Hibernate
• JavaScript
• MySQL
Never mind if you haven’t worked with them before, Its Totally okay!!
you can learn them while working with OpenMRS.
These are not mandatory but it would be a plus point
if applicant has prior experience to the following technologies/tools

9. Motivation to Contribute
• Write Codes, Save Lives!
• Code for humanity
• Your work will be used everywhere in the
world. Yeah! Mostly at clinics and hospitals.

10. How to Start ?
• Join mailing lists. (dev@openmrs.org)
• Write up a “welcome email” to dev list, introduce yourself.
• Check out the source code.
• As a newbie OpenMRS developer Try to,
– Solve some introductory tickets. (Bugs) <<this is very effective!
– Help to Improve documentations.
– Hack the system and try to create bug tickets.
– Ask your OpenMRS programming related questions at Dev email
list.
• Join weekly Dev meetings.
• Hang on IRC.

11. For more info
visit
www.openmrs.org

12. Questions ?

13. Thanks 
Lali and Pera friends..
Further Questions? Tweet @harshadura