{"id":687,"date":"2018-04-15T16:28:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T16:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/?p=687"},"modified":"2018-04-15T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T16:35:22","slug":"judgeapps-updates-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2018\/04\/15\/judgeapps-updates-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"JudgeApps Updates \u2013 March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello judges! Spring is about renewal, and with that spirit in mind, we made some big changes to JudgeApps. From a major framework update to using JudgeApps as an authentication service, March was a busy month.<\/span><\/p>\n

We also want to give a huge shoutout to our old-new \u201cboss\u201d, the new leader of the Technology Sphere, Paul Baranay<\/a><\/span><\/span>. And of course, thank Jason Lemahieu<\/a><\/span><\/span> for all the great work!<\/span><\/p>\n

Exams<\/span><\/h1>\n

As most of you know, testing and certification moved from the now phased out Judge Center to JudgeApps. Earlier this year we announced that L1 practice and certification exams were live for you to take (as well as L3 preliminary exams). The move was <\/span>finalized lately<\/span><\/a> with the activation of L2 certification and practice exams. The migration required a lot of effort from a lot of people, and we would like to thank each and everyone involved. Be it creating the testing platform, reviewing hundreds of questions or translating them into nine different languages, the JudgeApps development and the Exam Content teams worked hard to create a new and improved testing system. To everyone involved, you\u2019re awesome people. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n

OpenID Connect (OIDC)<\/span><\/h1>\n

Quoi? Open what connect? What does it even mean? Well\u2026 It means JudgeApps can now be used as an authentication service. Great! Still no idea what it means…<\/span><\/p>\n

You know how you go to a website that requires you to sign up, and then you see a \u201cConnect with Facebook\u201d or \u201cSign in with Google\u201d button, you click on it, and BAM! you\u2019re in? It\u2019s similar, but uses your JudgeApps account. If you used the <\/span>Purple Fox EoR app<\/span><\/a> lately, you were probably told that you\u2019ll need to sign in using your JudgeApps account. That\u2019s the new OpenID Connect in action. We hope this will allow developers to create apps that use this newly available tool \u00a0to better fit the applications to the judges using them. The options are limitless, and we\u2019re excited to see what new applications this service will inspire.<\/span><\/p>\n

User Photos<\/span><\/h1>\n

User photos have been upgraded to have a more prominent role while using JudgeApps. If you do not have a photo on JudgeApps and you apply to an event (except a conference), a reminder will be shown in the application page, as well as a link to the photo uploading page. While having a photo isn\u2019t mandatory, it certainly helps when you\u2019re evaluated by the event staff, and will help other judges recognize you at the event itself, so you should probably get one. A small fix was added to the user profile to allow users to delete their photo, even if they don\u2019t have more than one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Events<\/span><\/h1>\n

Other than user photo warnings, events got some attention this past month. As part of our ongoing effort to prevent your information from being publicly available, we recently changed access to the list of events (past, current, and future), to be accessible to logged in judges only. Before this change, anyone with a link to the list could access it and get information about dates and locations of events. While GPs and prereleases are publicly available, JudgeApps is also used to plan conferences or social gatherings, which shouldn\u2019t be accessible to everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

We also fixed a bug that prevented users from deleting events because of the event forum being protected from deletion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Django 2.0<\/span><\/h1>\n

This probably won\u2019t say much to most of you, but we upgraded the framework on which JudgeApps is implemented to Django 2.0. While it has no noticeable changes for most users, we believe it\u2019s important for you to know that we\u2019re now using a newer framework that supports newer packages and will be more compatible with future developments. A change this big required a lot of work, but we\u2019re confident it was worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quality of Life Improvements<\/span><\/h1>\n

We made some small changes\/fixes to make your JudgeApps experience a bit more enjoyable.<\/span><\/p>\n