CUCC Expedition Handbook

Troggle - Maintenance Manuals

Troggle is the software which runs the the expo cave survey data management and website.

If you are looking for how to manage or correct cave survey data then this is not the right place. You want the Data Maintenance manual.

This part of the handbook is intended for people maintaining the troggle software:

• Annual tasks: preparing for next year, finishing last year.
• Regular tasks: housekeeping as surveys are digitised.
• Maintain troggle itself. The code is public on repository :troggle:
• Other scripts - photos, folk, wallets - not integral parts of troggle.
• Troggle and database architecture: how it all fits together
• Design decisions inc. troggle replacement e.g. new systems for website menus
• Troggle and django - Upgrading to later django versions
• Programmers' guide - and index to other documentation

Troggle is completely unlike any other django installation: it has a database, but the database is rebuilt from files every time it starts.

Most of the data entry into troggle happens during or just after the expedition: i.e. once a year. >

but do also scan

• Index of all troggle documents - list of everything you can do with troggle.

* "Troggle eats just one very big meal a year."