A Local Online Repository for Source Codes and Computing Research Projects.

Abstract

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.