I am sorry for replying this late, don't know why the email never made to my primary inbox ! I will check the code out and let you know about the things I would be working upon.
Cheers On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Murphy, Mark <murphym...@metalexmfg.com> wrote: > Chart processing should be created in a package separate from the > spreadsheet packages so that the word processing and presentation packages > can use them as well. In the XML world, these are defined in a separate > portion of the spec, and just have hooks from Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. > The existing chart functionality is too tightly tied to the Excel packages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Woolsey [mailto:greg.wool...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 1:14 PM > To: POI Developers List <dev@poi.apache.org> > Subject: Re: GSOC mentee > > I'd like to be in the loop too, if anything gets moving, as I have some > chart support requirements and ideas I've been considering, and would like > to ensure easy integration with the Vaadin Spreadsheet product. > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 10:11 AM Javen O'Neal <one...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Excel Chart support is certainly an area where help is needed, and > > it's pretty well sized for one summer worth of effort. > > > > I'd be happy to mentor you with Chart support. > > > > I've haven't looked into GSOC mentor or mentee requirements yet, but I > > imagine it includes creating a plan for what you want to accomplish in > > terms of skills (subversion/git, creating patches, building, unit > > tests, > > collaboration) and the scope of the changes you will make (chart > > types, formula support, pivot charts, rendering to PNG, embedded Excel > > charts in Word and PowerPoint, etc). > > > > What are *you* most interested in working on? > > Your homework is to outline a few of the Java classes you will be > > working with. This will show us that you know how to check out the > > code, can read Java, gain a preliminary understanding of the POI > > package structure, and have a vision for the direction that POI should > be headed. > > > > On Mar 2, 2017 02:26, "Piyush Sharma" <ps26...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > I was looking forward to getting into GSOC with apache.org ! Apache > > > poi > > is > > > something that I've worked with for one of my projects previously. > > > I am pretty much interested in working with apache POI. I would > > > really be glad if anyone would point me in the right direction as to > > > what would be the right set of deliverables to get accepted in GSOC > > > with apache poi, or > > even > > > better mentor me to work with poi. > > > > > > One of the issues that caught my eye was enhancement for chart > > > support in Excel. I am currently a 3rd year CSE student at BITS > > > Pilani, University (INDIA). I think I have the time and the > > > dedication to be very well > > devoted > > > to contributing to open source. > > > > > > Looking forward for a reply. Thanking in anticipation. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Piyush Sharma > > > > > >
