Hi Kushal, Great to see you're interested in joining GSoC! It turns out I can be a mentor for both projects you're interested in.
Regarding Python 3 support - check an existing discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/scrapy-users/2WLGP5u9UGc. In short, for Python 3 porting proposal it'd be great for you to show you can port a Python 3 module (and get the patch accepted), and that you can show a plan of what should be done. These two tasks are not easy, so it is very good you've started thinking about GSoC early! For IPython IDE the important part of the project is to describe what do you want to do exactly :) This project requires UI design skills, security knowledge (existing example is unsecure), HTML/CSS/JS skills, and also Python skills - you'll have to dig into scrapy's Crawler implementation details and IPython implementation details. Are you familiar with IPython notebook and with Scrapy itself? If no, I suggest you to try them first - install and get familiar with IPython notebook, create several Scrapy spiders and try to come up with ideas how can they work togehter. If you're not familiar with UI design I think it is a good idea to check some book on this topic - see e.g. http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/74/must-read-user-interface-book Packaging for Fedora is nice, but I haven't a Fedora user myself, so I can't comment on this. This can't be a GSoC project because the scope of the task is too small, but contributing something to Scrapy will help you get familiar with the codebase and with the contribution process, and we'll know you better. Fell free to ask more questions! среда, 19 февраля 2014 г., 15:33:48 UTC+6 пользователь Kushal Khandelwal написал: > > Hi > > My name is Kushal Khandelwal and I am a fourth undergraduate in > Electronics and Instrumentation from BITS Pilani Goa Campus India. I have > some experience working with open source organizations. Currently I am > contributing with fedora project (learning fedora packaging ) . > > Programming languages I work on Python , Ruby and C. Also I have web > development experience in HTML CSS and Javascript. > I would like to contribute to Scrapy project. I was going through the idea > list for GSOC and some of the ideas which interest me are : > 1> Python 3 support > 2> Ipython IDE for scrapy. > > I would like to discuss more on these ideas. I have set up my development > environment and currently going through the codebase. > Also I would like to package scrapy for fedora( Need to check license > compatibility). > > IRC Nick : kushalkhandelwal on #scrapy , #fedora-admin , #fedora-ml @ > freenode > Resume : http://goo.gl/CrOR2a <http://goo.gl/CrOR2a> > > Thank you for your time. Looking forward to contribute. > > Thanks and Regards > Kushal > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "scrapy-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/scrapy-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
