GSoC applicants, For those of you that joined recently, be sure to read our mailing list archives [1], especially [2].
With the submission deadline one week away, students please remember that the application deadline is FIRM. Every year, so many students forget this detail so I encourage you all to submit your applications early. You can continue to edit them all the way up to the deadline. We won’t officially review them until after the deadline, so you can even leave them in an incomplete state without concern for how it makes you look. We won’t hold it against you. ;) If you’d like someone to review your application, you can post a summary or a link, but I encourage you to look at prior year submissions for examples first. You can find all prior participant applications at http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/ by selecting a year. That’s really the best way to see the level of detail and quality expected. Hints on how to write a successful application are covered on the checklist: http://brlcad.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code/Checklist under step #3. Once you’ve got your application in a draft state, however crude, I strongly recommend folks then focus on 1) communicating with others and 2) patch / pull request submissions. You’ll see me go through waves of e-mail responses or IRC discussions as I have time, but I won’t likely be your mentor — get to know others as well. The patch can minor, but the point is for you to demonstrate your ability to read and modify existing code (not write something new) as this can be very hard for some — we hope you'll ask well-researched questions when you get stuck or confused, or simply share your successes. Final note, remember that there will be at least 1-2 students allocated to each of our associate orgs (STEPcode, LibreCAD, OpenSCAD, and LinuxCNC) and I know at least one of those that hasn’t yet heard from anyone serious about participating with them. If you want to increase your chances of selection, be sure to talk to them and sort out a viable project. Cheers! Sean [1] https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/mailman/brlcad-devel/?style=threaded&limit=250 [2] https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/mailman/message/33618141/ p.s. If you’ve not introduced yourself yet, now would be a good time. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Developer mailing list brlcad-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel
