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    A Local Online Repository for Source Codes and Computing Research Projects.
    (Chuka University, 2017) Tuei, K.K.
    Open Source Software are fast becoming popular and threatening to overtake the conventional commercial applications. The convenience offered by open source applications is ease of access, learning, download and vast communities of users who collaboratively and instinctively help other users solve issues while using software. Technology enthusiasts, practitioners, programmers, software engineers and even end users with minimal computer literacy find it easier to try out a software without the restrictions of time that come with trials of commercial software. Improving on open source software is key towards the viability of that product in the market as it progresses in time in the ever dynamic IT industry. The proliferation of users on a web-based version-control and collaboration platform for developers such as GitHub is evidence enough that even modern age software developers have moved from re-inventing the wheel by coding from scratch to forking repositories to have a starting point for their own ideas. A local repository for source codes would help local developers be more efficient in their software projects, save time on completing them and also share ideas with other like-minded developers that would help solve specific local problems or use technology to bridge gaps as well as avoid redundancy in terms of starting out on a project that has already been done by another developer and ultimately attain sustainable development. CodeRepo is a web-based repository that allows local developers to deploy a localized repository to register and post links to their code repositories or create one as well as have a forum to network local developers.
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    SocCHAT: An Open Localized Social Network for Digital Marketing, Virtual Networking and Mentorship in Universities
    (Chuka University, 2016) Tuei, K.K.
    Social Networks have become the best tools for digital marketing. Careers have been developed, enabling public and private institutions to tap into the growing number of social media users. The government has also created institutional accounts in major social platforms to engage with citizens for effective service delivery and real time feedback. This study showed that universities can deploy an open social network for digital marketing, virtual networking and mentorship and have complete control over it, develop its on terms of service, statement of rights and responsibilities, as well as privacy policy. This would help disseminate information better than notice-boards, and obtain feedback in real time to save paper. The open social network discussed is the Humhub, so far deployed and tested. It offers rich features that would ensure continuous traffic to the university website which is usually low since clients rarely visit their own websites. SocChat offers mentorship features for instilling self-confidence, motivation and passion that cannot be taught in lecture rooms. It inherits security features offered by Yii Framework from which it has been developed using the PHP scripting language.