It is important to track the impact of CHT improvements in order to learn more about how we can improve the CHT framework and the app building experience. For this purpose, we periodically send out CHT application developer surveys.
In June 2024, we asked app developers to share their experience with CHT. 23 participants from 14 different organizations participated in the survey.
Developer’s Experience with CHT
Of those who participated, more than half of the participants had 1+ year experience in CHT application development. The diverse range of CHT app development experience among the participants helps us understand the challenges in different groups of app developers.
What do they find challenging?
We asked participants what was the hardest part about building a CHT application and whether they have feedback on how we can improve their CHT app development experience. Their responses show that common difficulties are tasks, targets, and form configurations. Some of the feedback suggested improvement in CHT resources such as documentation and video tutorials.
What are the resources they are using?
Results from the survey showed that there are three major resources that participants have been using i.e. CHT documentation website, CHT Forum, and CHT Github repository. Our other resources like CHT Academy, Round-up calls are used by only one third of the participants.
Next steps
We are committed to improving CHT resources. Our team is actively working on enhancing CHT docsite in order to improve findability of pages. To further support learning of SRE developers, we have now added a new course on SRE in CHT Academy. . Please note that all our courses in CHT Academy are free of cost and can be completed at your own pace. We are also working on updating existing courses in CHT Academy so that it aligns with the most recent version of the CHT.
Furthermore, in 2024 we started organizing CHT Technical Webinars for CHT app developers and technical CHT community members. These webinars are focused on technical details and implementation of CHT features. You can learn more about any upcoming CHT events via CHT Forum.
The next CHT app developer survey is now available until the end of December 2024. We encourage CHT app developers to keep on providing their valuable feedback to us. You can fill up by clicking on the link below.
We always look forward to your feedback, comments, and suggestions. Do not hesitate to reach out to us via CHT Forum or email us at info@communityhealthtoolkit.org.