CUCC Expedition Handbook

Troggle - Maintenance Manuals

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

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.
• 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
• Maintain troggle itself. The code is public on repository :troggle:
• Troggle and django - Upgrading to later django versions
• Uncategorised notes and past speculations

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.

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