Job Description:

Hi there!

Imagine an e-book written in a foreign language where it is possible to click on any word and read/suggest a context-specific translation (something which dictionaries do quite badly when it comes to literature), read/make a comment on the syntax or read/write a general comment on the style. So, an e-book, a dictionary tailored to this book, translation footnotes, grammar discussion + study notes all in one, on the same page. Or, alternatively, the first true online equivalent of a handheld book and its paper margins (so essential for the scribbles of a language learner).

99% of the server-side work for this ambitious and not-for-profit project is completed. We are looking for a developer fluent in Javascriptwho could help us with the UI. Specifically, he/she would help us to implement the following (as written by my programmer):

Viewing of a book

User clicks a book and is taken to “reading page”

System determines whether it is the first/last page/chapter and enables the book controls

Based on an array sent down in JSON form,

Checks whether there are any errors to display and populates the error area

Gets the page and loads it in to book display area

From an array of definations (depending on mode) present on the page

Creates a list of the arrays on the right hand side

Highlights the parts of a text where definitions exist

When a user clicks a definitions

An overlay is created over the definition list

In that overlay, the full definition is shown

Users can comment on entries:

When the user clicks on a comment, a nwe div expands like an accordion and fills the area with all comments

When user clicks to create a comment, using the overlay, a simple area to input text is created

Users can rate entries:

Using a scale of 5 stars (in halves), users can rate an entry

Upon clicking the entry, it is simply returned the new “base” rating for that individual entry if it has changed

General:

Page object to hand the “state” of currently displayed content and features

System for attaching ajax calls to links dynamically

Validation of any input to be used

Displaying of content in relevant place from an Ajax call

Function for getting the text from a displayed book to add values onto a form. The clicking of the mouse will select the word or this can be done by clicking and drag

We have a great design team and a large group of volunteers who are ready tomarket the site en masse. Anyone working on this hugely ambitious educational project (there are 30,000 ebooks available online!) would beguarenteed agreat portfolio booster. There is also true satisfaction to foundin being part of a site that could help millions of people to learn languagesthrough the reading of great books. Please email us with your experience or if you would like more information.

How to apply:

Email : david.sheppard@st-hughs.ox.ac.uk