On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Ian Boston <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dishara, > > Congratulations you deserve it. > Over the next few weeks you should get fully up to speed with Sling and the > Sling community, in preparation for starting work in earnest on 17 June. > Although I volunteered to mentor you and this project, all Apache projects > have community at their core. Sling is no exception. We do everything here > through discussion, thinking positive learning from the guidance of each > other and looking forwards not backwards. Those of us who have been here a > long time know and trust our fellow community members. We also know we > learn by making mistakes. Thats what makes Apache so strong. Google has > added this two week buffer explicitly to allow students to get to know the > community they have become a part of. > > I know you have already looked into the code base, but I would thoroughly > recommend that you do some of the exercises on the website[1], and build a > simple application, perhaps a photo sharing app (Slingstagram?), so that > you get a real understanding of how Sling works. >
+1. I think that is good and which i have not tried out yet. I will try this out and will post if need help > > We do everything on the dev list only very, very rarely resorting to > private emails or IM discussions. I am starting to break the primary rule > of large lists, keeping each message short and to the point so others have > the time to read it. > > Welcome to Sling, we are all here to help you. > > Thank you very much. I will discuss everything on dev/user lists and keep posted on everything I am doing regarding GSoC. I will start a separate thread to post GSoC updates. > Best Regards > Ian > > 1 > http://sling.apache.org/documentation/tutorials-how-tos/46-line-blog.html > > > On 29 May 2013 02:54, Dishara Wijewardana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am ecstatic that Apache Cassandra backend for Sling Accepted for GSoC > > 2013. Thank you for all the support given as a community for this > > proposal. I will do my best to finish this project in a high and do a > good > > contribution to Apache Sling. > > > > -- > > Thanks > > /Dishara > > > -- Thanks /Dishara
