Hi, i have some experience with django as well and would be happy to help :)
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:44 AM, RJ Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi João, > > It's great to hear you are interested in doing GSoC with us. The Community > MIDI Mappings / Plug and Play MIDI project is one of the more ambitious > projects on the list but it should not be too hard if you have experience > with other web frameworks. I have tons of experience w/ web frameworks and > especially Django so I would be able to give you tutorials and help as you > develop the project. > > The eventual goal of the server-side component is to have a way for Mixxx > users to share all types of custom data -- MIDI/HID presets, keyboard > mappings, skins, and so on. It should also allow for updating those > resources when new versions are posted. The problem with today's model is > that we ship MIDI presets bundled directly with a Mixxx version. MIDI preset > authors post new versions on the Mixxx forums and so Mixxx users have to > know about the forums to get the latest version of a MIDI preset. Ideally > the process of finding presets for your controller should be totally > contained within Mixxx. > > Hope that gives you some context. The best way to get ramped up is to get > the code compiling and play around with Mixxx. For an intro to the codebase > there is the developers guide http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/developer_guide > and our IRC channel which is where we hang out and chat about Mixxx. > > Best regards, > RJ > > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 3:21 PM, João Santos <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi again, >> >> I took a while to read a bit more on how to contribute. I created a >> Launchpad account and contributed with some translations to my native >> language (Portuguese), I personaly don't like using most software in my >> native language, since it gets harder to get fast support when something >> goes wrong, if I post my error message or key words in English I find my >> solution faster. Anyway, some people are not comfortable with the English >> language and translations do help. >> >> Best regards, >> >> João Reys Santos >> >> >> 2013/4/12 João Santos <[email protected]> >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> My name is João Reys Santos and I'm currently studying Computer >>> Engineering at University of Évora, Portugal. >>> >>> I'm writing to this mailing list because I was looking for a Google >>> Summer of Code 2013 mentoring organization to work on this summer. What I >>> found on MIXXX, according to http://mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/gsocadvice, is >>> that it might be a very suitable organization to work on. The informal and >>> cooperative environment and the ability to work with Artists, DJs and >>> Programmers is really motivating, since I'm a fan of Club/House music. Also, >>> working on a cross-platform application sounds very interesting since I use >>> both Windows and Linux. >>> >>> About me, I can say that I'm very eager to learn and very adaptive when >>> it comes to different programming languages or different ways to >>> write/indent code. >>> >>> As far as my personal experience: >>> - Programming: I've been programming for 4 years (currently at my 2nd >>> University year but I had past experience). >>> >>> - Programming Languages: In the past 4 years I've scrambled across >>> several programming languages such as Java, Python, PHP, Javascript, C, C++. >>> I've also dealt with HTML, XML and SQL. But if I had to pick my core >>> language to program in, it would undoubtedly be Java. >>> >>> - Internship: I've had an internship of 3 months during my Highschool at >>> my current University, namely the Developers section where students/classes >>> are managed. >>> >>> - Past GSoC experiences: I've been accepted in last year's Google Summer >>> of Code at the mentoring organization Jikes RVM, the project was to write >>> Unit Tests and an environment to auto-run those tests when compiling. I've >>> passed both mid-term and final evaluations. >>> >>> About projects, the one that really got my attention was "Plug and Play >>> MIDI Mode | Community MIDI Mappings", the main reason is that I was trying >>> to find an "excuse" to learn DJango and this just might be the perfect way. >>> It would be great if someone could give me a more detailed explanation about >>> how ambitious this project is. >>> >>> Anything else you need to know about me, feel free to ask. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> João Reys Santos >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced >> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building >> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use >> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. 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