Difference between revisions of "Summer of Code/Checklist"
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://brlcad.org/ Web]<br>[http://brlcad.org/wiki/ Wiki Docs]<br>[http://sf.net/projects/brlcad SF Project Site]<br>[http://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk/HACKING Dev Rules]<br>[[Patches]] | |style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://brlcad.org/ Web]<br>[http://brlcad.org/wiki/ Wiki Docs]<br>[http://sf.net/projects/brlcad SF Project Site]<br>[http://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk/HACKING Dev Rules]<br>[[Patches]] | ||
| − | |style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://www.openscad.org/ Web] | + | |style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://www.openscad.org/ Web]<br>[https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual User Manual]<br>[https://github.com/openscad/openscad/wiki Dev-Wiki] |
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://librecad.org/ Web] | |style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://librecad.org/ Web] | ||
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://stepcode.org/ Web] | |style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://stepcode.org/ Web] | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 11 March 2014
Below is a checklist to help students get set up quickly. Items are categorized to help you prepare your application, get set up to work, and become familiarized with basic infrastructure.
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Check out our Project Ideas | |||||||||||||||
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Introduce yourself! Don't be shy.
See IRC if you've never used it before. Ask specific questions and wait! Web interface here. | |||||||||||||||
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Begin your application, see our guidelines | |||||||||||||||
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Discuss and share your project details (don't wait!) | |||||||||||||||
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See some examples of awesome proposals, add detail to yours :) | |||||||||||||||
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Submit your application! | |||||||||||||||
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Make a useful patch (be awesome) (optional but recommended)
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| IF YOU GET SELECTED, BEFORE CODING BEGINS | ||||||||||||||||
| Agree to the acceptance requirements (you must do this in writing)
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| Read our participation expectations (read it ALL, we will quiz you later)
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| Set up an interaction schedule with your mentors (at least weekly)
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| Fill out your profile (one sentence summary, your name, link to proposal, dev log, and melange page)
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Get familiarized with web resources
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| Post your proposal online (on our wiki is fine)
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| Announce your plan via Chat and/or E-mail (discuss and make adjustments)
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| Download the source code, get set up (compile, install, run)
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| Submit patches to get familiarized with code (find small tasks like these)
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A few more things...
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| ONCE CODING BEGINS | ||||||||||||||||
| Write maintainable, portable, complete code | ||||||||||||||||
| Keep a daily log of your activities online somewhere (wiki user page is great for this) | ||||||||||||||||
| Provide a midterm report on your project progress to the mailing list | ||||||||||||||||
| Stay motivated, engage other devs, allocate time for discussions | ||||||||||||||||
| Provide a final report on your project progress to the mailing list | ||||||||||||||||
| Keep working on BRL-CAD, OpenSCAD, LibreCAD, or STEPcode :-) | ||||||||||||||||
