1601419 - Help me research WebAssembly for developer experience

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(User Research :: Consultation, task)

Description

[bnichols]

Request Description
Discover the pain points for developers in adopting WebAssembly

Deadline
Start work in early 2020

Priority Level
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Priority Level Description
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My main focus is on the developer experience of WebAssembly and how we can make the adoption of this new technology as easy as possible.
This is a new emerging technology and a lot is unknown. We need exploratory research to understand better what is important to developers and understand the problems they run into. This will help prioritize what we would focus on.

Supporting Information
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Comment 1

[Sharon Bautista (she/her) [:sbautista]]

I met with Barbara on Jan 10, 2019 to get more context around her request. Barbara has compiled a user research brainstorming document (https://docs.google.com/document/d/15KhcfJYcTdl2jR-QXc_bcoIyHB8vbQFBuukVES1jbHA/edit?ts=5e189a16#heading=h.24casc560011) and has also received helpful guidance from James Keller on user research with limited resources.

I asked Barbara to start trying to cluster the research questions she's documented--and to check with her WebAssembly teammates for any additional questions--and then we will reconvene to identify the priority questions and what research options might be available given the lack of a researcher dedicated to WebAssembly.