Okay sure, thanks for the feedback! Of course my engagement won’t stop after the submission.
Cheers, Jennifer On 21 Mar 2014, at 11:43, Gary Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > > OK, I'll have a look as soon as I can then. Though it is on the late side, it > would be good to see more discussion from you here. I am not yet sure of how > long there will be between the submission deadline and the deadline for > evaluation of the projects but continued discussion may well have a positive > influence on decisions. > > Cheers, > Gary > > On 21/03/14 10:09, Jennifer Parak wrote: >> I’m about to submit my proposal. I’m sorry it’s very short notice, I’ve had >> a lot of other commitments. >> Just wanted to let you know that I don’t expect you to give me feedback >> before the deadline. >> Hope you like what I’ve worked on though! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jennifer >> >> On 18 Mar 2014, at 15:24, Joachim Dreimann <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 18 March 2014 13:37, Jennifer Parak <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks a lot for your reply! I've just looking into the Live syntax high >>>> lightening issue and it looks really exciting. >>>> Is it possible for me to work on it? How much has been done? Or would you >>>> want me to start from the scratch? >>>> Please let me know so I can look into it and work on my proposal. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Jennifer >>>> >>> Not a lot of code has been committed by the last student that attempted >>> this, you can get an overview of the branch here: >>> https://github.com/apache/bloodhound/commits/livesyntaxhighlighting >>> >>> Only the changes on Sep 18, 2013 and Oct 04, 2013 are relevant, with most >>> changes happening in this one commit: >>> https://github.com/apache/bloodhound/commit/fbbff24ecebfb206e7d31f82c9acc21efee98fae >>> >>> It's up to you if you want to base your work on this or start from scratch, >>> either way a lot of work is probably left to be done :-) >>> >>> - Joe >>> >>>> >>>> On 17 Mar 2014, at 11:26, Ryan Ollos <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Jennifer Parak <[email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey Everyone! >>>>>> >>>>>> My name is Jennifer Parak (please feel free to call me Jen), I'm a 3rd >>>>>> Year Student at University of Sheffield studying Information Management >>>> & >>>>>> Technology. >>>>>> Thanks a lot for organising the Meetup today! It was really good seeing >>>>>> the Mentors and getting an overview of the project. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm new to GSOC, so excuse me if I'm a bit slow and hesitant at the >>>> start, >>>>>> but I'm really excited to get started with the projects. >>>>>> I'm very interested in front-end projects such as COMDEV-111 and >>>>>> especially COMDEV-112, because it leaves room for creativity and I would >>>>>> love building something that I contribute by exchanging ideas. >>>>>> I also want to learn a lot during my internship, which is why I would >>>> like >>>>>> to choose a project that requires several different skills. I'm >>>> confident >>>>>> with Python, HTML, CSS and Javascript, so I should be well prepared and >>>> set >>>>>> up for the projects. Is it a problem if I've never worked with >>>> Bootstrap or >>>>>> jQuery? I'm happy to look into new frameworks and I'm sure I can pick >>>> them >>>>>> up really quickly. >>>>>> Any comments that might help me decide one of those projects? >>>>>> >>>>> I missed the first question in my earlier reply. There are two >>>> individuals >>>>> that have started on proposals for COMDEV-111 and COMDEV-112, which is >>>> not >>>>> to say that you can't also work the projects. >>>>> >>>>> When considering the projects, you can ask yourself whether you want to >>>>> work on something strongly focused on the server-side, client-side or a >>>>> nice balance of each. It shouldn't be a problem that you haven't worked >>>>> with Bootstrap or jQuery. If your project will utilize a lot of >>>> JavaScript >>>>> though, you'll want to do some reading / tutorials to get familiar with >>>>> jQuery. It is an amazing and powerful library! >>>>> >>>>> We also have some projects from last summer that weren't completed. The >>>>> "Live Syntax Highlighting" project always looked interesting to me: >>>>> https://issues.apache.org/bloodhound/query?status=!closed&keywords=~gsoc >>>>> "Live Syntax Highlighting" would be weighted to the client-side I think. >>>>> >>>>> If you wanted to work on one of those, we (the mentors) might have to put >>>>> an issue in COMDEV, but I think there is still time to do that. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Joachim Dreimann | *User Experience Manager* >>> >>> WANdisco // *Non-Stop Data* >>> >>> e. [email protected] >>> twitter @jdreimann <https://twitter.com/jdreimann> >> >
