In terms of my coding experience, I know Python and Java, but I haven't had any experience with javascript yet. From what you've said, I guess this project won't be suitable for me.
On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:02:35 PM UTC-7, dpvc wrote: > > Jason: > > As you know, I have done a lot of thinking about interactive math > editors, and when I estimate how long it would take me to write what I > consider a descent editor, it is on the order of a month and a half to > two months of full-time work. You would need someone with experience > in object-oriented programming, and cross-browser javascript coding > (particularly familiar with event handling). As you know, I had a > student work on this in the past, and we spend a full year on it and > still didn't have a finished product. I do not know the student who > has proposed the project, so I can't tell you if he or she can > accomplish the task, but my experience is that this is not a summer > project for most students. Having an almost-but-not-quite-finished, > or worse yet, a buggy editor will be worse than having none at all. > This is also something that will need support into the future > (especially as new versions of browsers come out, since this is > closely tied to one of the more touchy aspects of javascript -- event > handling), so I am a bit concerned about the code being written and > then slowly degrading over time. As for mentoring the project, I'm > afraid that I am already booked up this summer and could not in good > conscience take on advising a student on a project of this magnitude. > > I know that none of that is what you wanted to hear, but that is my > opinion. On the other hand, it is still something I would be > interested in working on. If you have some cash to throw at it, we > should talk. :-) > > Davide > > > On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:39 PM, Jason Grout wrote: > > > On 3/18/12 4:14 PM, Yukun wrote: > >> That ticket pretty much covers what I want to implement; do you > >> think that is suitable for a GSoC project? > > > > My guess is that a good javascript equation editor would be a good > > project. I'd suggest asking Davide Cervone if he would mentor the > > project. As the ticket points out, Davide wrote Mathjax keeping in > > mind the things needed for an equation editor. Davide had a student > > that worked on an equation editor at one point. > > > > Davide: Sage has been accepted as a mentoring organization for the > > Google Summer of Code program. A student asked about doing a Google > > Summer of Code project implementing a javascript equation editor > > [1], like > http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/talks/2006-12-08.IMA/editor.html<http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/talks/2006-12-08.IMA/editor.html> > > > (at least, that's what I think the student is talking about). Can > > you give us an idea of how much work it would be, and what level of > > experience is necessary to do such a thing over a summer? Also, > > would you possibly be willing to mentor such a project in the summer > > if a well-qualified student applied? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jason > > > > [1] > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_thread/thread/318f154094736177#<http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_thread/thread/318f154094736177#> > > > > > > -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
