On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Sai Teja Jammalamadaka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > My name is Sai Teja Jammalamadaka. > I'm a Student of Computer Science and Engineering (B.Tech.) at Vishnu > Institute of Technology, Bhimavaram, India. > > I am interested to participate in GSOC this year. > I've taken a look at the ideas page, and I see that you are wanting to > develop a LDAP server using XWiki. > > To be frank, I have never worked on an open source project before. > I have worked on Java based web projects which I've submitted for > Competitions like Oracle's ThinkQuest International Competition and IBM's > The Great Mind Challenge. I created a small side scrolling java game using > the JGame Java Library. So I do have a good exposure to the Java Language. > But I've never channeled my time into working with a public open source > project, as of yet. > > What I've understood from discussing on IRC is that the project is to > implement an XWiki LDAP as a backend for user registration and groups for > XWiki.
To say it another way, the idea is to allow communicating with XWiki using LDAP protocol. With a main target for the GSOC on user authentication and group management. > I think that it will provide me with a good challenge and at the > same time allow me to learn more about java, since I am a java programmer > at heart. One of my strong points is that I can analyse pieces of java code > with ease, so I feel that I will be able to get a good understanding of > XWiki during the community bonding period in May before the actual coding > starts. > > I would like your advice and feedback. > I mean is there scope for you to select a project related to the LDAP > compared to other projects? And since I've never worked before on open > source projects, will that affect my chance of getting accepted? What else > can I do to overcome that drawback? The fact that you never worked on an open source project is not directly relevant for me but it imply that we can't see code you wrote which make it harder for us to really see what you can do. As suggested on http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/student+application+form if you don't have any code to show (and even if you have) the best is to provide pull requests for some issues on http://jira.xwiki.org (best being to choose issue related to what you plan to work on like LDAP authenticator or user/group management in general). > > Eagerly Awaiting Your Reply, > Sai Teja Jammalamadaka, > Student of Computer Science and Engineering, > Vishnu Institute of Technology, > Bhimavaram, 534204 > Andhra Pradesh > INDIA > > Link to CV: > https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3KNacfHUN6OamJwWGFuQ0FULWlmLUxab25yejhaQQ > Website: www.saiteja.in (undergoing maintenance) > Email: [email protected] > IRC Nick: audiodevelop > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
