I would like to have valuable suggestions over my proposal.. On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:18 AM, AAMIR KHAN <ak4u2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> * > Proposal Title: Design and Implement Mailbox with CouchDB storage. > > Student Name: Aamir Khan > > Student E-mail: ak4u2...@gmail.com > > Organization/Project: James Mailbox Apache Software Foundation > > Assigned Mentor: Robert Burrell Donkin (rdon...@apache.org ) > > Proposal Abstract: > CouchDB is non-relational, semi-structured database having great potential > for mail storage. My project is to design and implement mail storage in > James Mailbox using CouchDB. RESTful integration API will also be done. > > Detailed Description: > > Why? > > lets consider a example Mail: > > “From” : “ak4u2...@gmail.com” > “To” : “server-dev@james.apache.org” > “Subject” : “Implementation of CoucheDB” > “Body” : “Implementation Proposal” > > All the messages like the one stated above will be stored as a flat > collection in CouchDB. Since the mail contents are generally semi structured > thats why CouchDB is most preferable database for the same. > > Distributivity: > > Since CouchDB is a distributed system. We can have multiple independent > copies of mails to different servers (faster performance) and whenever we > want we can redistribute changes bidirectionally.It is also helpful if one > of the mail server fails then other backup servers can fulfill the requests. > > How? > > Road Map > > 0) Code Familiarity : Already started and going. > 1) Programming : 8 Weeks > 2) Review and Testing : 1 week > 3) Bug Fixing Time : 1 week > 4) Documentation : 1 week > 5) Buffer Time for any unpredicted delay and Second phase of testing : 1 > week > > Deliverable & Project Schedule > > April 25-May 23(Community Bonding Period) : > I would be in constant touch with my mentor and james mailbox > community as a whole. I would discuss further about the project with my > mentor and keep posting about implementation plans over the main > server-dev@james.apache.org mailing list. Finalise the design for > implementation of CouchDB after discussion with whole community. > > May 24 - 20 June : > > Implement the finalised plan for Couch DB. > > June 21 - June 28 : > > Test and debug implementation of CouchDB with regressive test. > > July 1 - July 10 : > > -Implement RESTful integration API for Retrieving mail. > -Test and debug implementation of Retrieving mail API. > > July 11 - July 20 : > > -Implement RESTful integration API for Sending mail. > -Test and debug implementation of Sending mail API. > > July 21 - July 30 : > > -Implement RESTful integration API for Deleting mail. > -Test and debug implementation of Deleting mail API. > > August 1-August 15 (Buffer Time): > > Second phase of testing: Testing of debugged code. > > August 15-August 22: > > -Work on Documentation. > > -Finally discuss the project with mentors. > > -Debugging the bugs (if any reported by Mentor) > > -Improve the Documentation, Release. > > August 22 - August 26 : > > -Final Evaluation Submission > > > Available Time > I am committed to giving at least 40-50 hours per week to GSOC. Since I am > not doing anything this summer, I believe that the time devoted to GSOC will > be much more than that, for sure. I have excellent work ethics, and a goal > oriented guy. > > > Additional Information: > > Bio > I am 19 years old. I live in India.Studying at one of the most premier > institute in India namely Indian Institute of Technology > Roorkee<http://www.iitr.ac.in/>pursuing my Bachelor of Technology Computer > Science & Engineering.I have > took courses like Computer programming in C++ at school and college levels.I > have started serious problem solving around two months back.I have also > worked in PHP as mentioned in experiences.I have got prizes in various > website designing competitions at school & college levels. > > I like to contribute in open source communities because it gives me > experience,technical expertise and it teaches spirit of team work. And its > my time to give back to community from which i gained a lot of experience > and motivation. > > You can have a look over my > Resume<https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxMbL0XOZUogOGI5NWM0MTctYjUwMy00MTM2LTljZjEtZmRhYjM3ZjcyMzlk&hl=en&authkey=COmbsIQC> > > > Experiences > > Skills: > -Working Knowledge of GIT > -1 year experience in web development using > PHP,HTML,JavaScript,Postgres,MySQL > -Have knowledge of Design Patterns > -Working Knowledge of PHP > > I, as a part of team manages institutes website www.iitr.ac.in > We have setup a intranet portal (totally managed by students) inside campus > of IIT Rookee which has around 80 applications (mostly in PHP) hosted on > it.I have created Ebooks sharing portal within the intranet.I have very good > experience in web designing (e.g, I have created website during last year > summer internship www.raysconsultants.com ). > > Open Source contributions > I have submitted following patches in PhpMyAdmin : > 1)XML export of > views<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3258216&group_id=23067&atid=377410> > 2)XML Plugin for database > Export<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3135414&group_id=23067&atid=377410> > 3)Left Frame not > updated<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3091778&group_id=23067&atid=377410> > > <https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3091778&group_id=23067&atid=377410> > Thanks > Aamir Khan > * >
