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= GSoC Checklist =
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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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Before the summer coding begins, there are several things that students should do to become familiarized with BRL-CAD development. Below is a checklist of things each student should complete before the official GSoC coding start date. Some items on the checklist should occur during the application submission process while others need to occur before it's time to start coding.   
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!colspan=5|<u>IN ORDER TO APPLY</u>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333; margin-right:4px;">1</div>
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|colspan=4|Check out our [[Google_Summer_of_Code/Project_Ideas|Project Ideas]]
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">2</div>
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|colspan=4|Introduce yourself!  Don't be shy.<br>
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| BRL-CAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| Slic3r
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|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel brlcad-devel]
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|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org openscad]
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|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [http://forum.librecad.org/LibreCAD-dev-f4361976.html LibreCAD-dev]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Forum: [http://forum.freecadweb.org Developer/User Forum]
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|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/scl-dev scl-dev]
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|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [mailto:alessandro@pintle.it alessandro@pintle.it]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Zulip: [https://brlcad.zulipchat.com/ chat]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#openscad #openscad]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#librecad #librecad]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#freecad #freecad]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#stepcode #stepcode]
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|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#slic3r #slic3r]
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|style="text-align:left;"|IRC: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#brlcad #brlcad]
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See [[IRC]] if you've never used it before.  Ask specific questions and wait!  [http://webchat.freenode.net/ Web interface here].
  
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== In order to apply ==
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px; height:25px; border:1px solid #333;">3</div>
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|colspan=4|Begin your application, see [[Summer_of_Code/Application_Guidelines|our guidelines]]
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px; height:25px; border:1px solid #333;">4</div>
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|colspan=4|Discuss and share your project details (don't wait!)<br>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px; height:25px; border:1px solid #333;">5</div>
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|colspan=4|See [[Google_Summer_of_Code/2013|some examples]] of awesome proposals, add detail to yours ''':)'''
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|colspan=4|'''[http://www.google-melange.com/ Submit] your application!'''
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px; height:25px; border:1px solid #333;">7</div>
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|colspan=4|Make a useful patch  ''(be awesome)''<br><div style="font-size:50%">(optional but recommended)</div>
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|colspan=5|<br>
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|-
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!colspan=5|<u>IF YOU GET SELECTED, BEFORE CODING BEGINS</u>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">8</div>
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|colspan=4|Agree to the [[Summer_of_Code/Acceptance|acceptance requirements]]<br><div style="font-size:50%">(you must do this in writing)</div>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">9</div>
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|colspan=4|Read our [[Summer_of_Code/Expectations|participation expectations]]<br><div style="font-size:50%">(read it ALL, we will quiz you later)</div>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">10</div>
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|colspan=4|Set up an interaction schedule with your mentors<br><div style="font-size:50%">(at least weekly)</div>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">11</div>
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|colspan=4|Fill out [http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2020 your profile]<div style="font-size:50%">(one sentence summary, your name, link to abstract, project plan, dev log, and final report)</div>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">12</div>
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|colspan=4|Get familiarized with web resources
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{|width=100% style="font-size:75%"
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| BRL-CAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| Slic3r
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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]]
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|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]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://librecad.org/ Web]<br>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16tFdu91lIVjWWz4Kjl7dF8HkRHGzgCKYciM9iZKVXK8/edit Get Involved]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://freecadweb.org Web]<br>[http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/ Wiki]<br>[http://www.forum.freecadweb.org Forum]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://stepcode.org/ Web]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://slic3r.org/ Web]<br>[https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r GitHub repository]
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|}
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|colspan=4|Post your proposal online<br><div style="font-size:50%">(on our wiki is fine)</div>
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* Describe your project plan
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* Document a list of 3 to 10 milestones
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|colspan=4|Announce your plan via Chat and/or E-mail<br><div style="font-size:50%">(discuss and make adjustments)</div>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">15</div>
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|colspan=4|Download the source code, get set up<br><div style="font-size:50%">(compile, install, run)</div>
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{|width=100% style="font-size:75%"
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| BRL-CAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| Slic3r
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/code/HEAD/tree/ Sources]<br>[https://github.com/BRL-CAD/web Web Sources]<br>[[Compiling]]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/openscad/openscad Sources]<br>[https://github.com/openscad/openscad/blob/master/README.md Compiling]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD Sources]<br>[http://librecad.org/cms/home/from-source/linux.html Compiling]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/FreeCAD Sources]<br>[http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Compiling Compiling]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/stepcode/stepcode Sources]<br>[http://stepcode.org/mw/index.php?title=Building_STEPcode Compiling]
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r git repo]
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|}
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">16</div>
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|colspan=4|Submit patches to get familiarized with code<br><div style="font-size:50%">(find small tasks [http://www.google-melange.com/gci/org/google/gci2013/brlcad like these])</div>
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<div style="font-size:50%">(go through the mged [http://brlcad.org/w/images/c/cf/Introduction_to_MGED.pdf tutorial](cheat sheet
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[http://brlcad.org/MGED_Quick_Reference_Card.pdf here])</div>
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">17</div>
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|colspan=4|A few more things...
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| BRL-CAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
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| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| Slic3r
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Create a Sourceforge and brlcad.org wiki account.<br>Make ''perfect'' patches to obtain commit access.
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Everything happens on the forum. It is the one and only place where all ideas are discussed.
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Everything happens in the GitHub issue tracker. Also find us in #slic3r!
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!colspan=5|<u>ONCE CODING BEGINS</u>
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|colspan=4|Write maintainable, portable, complete code
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|colspan=4|Keep a '''daily''' log of your activities online somewhere (a blog or your wiki user page is great for this)
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|colspan=4|Provide a midterm report on your project progress to the mailing list as well as posting it to your blog or wiki log.
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|colspan=4|Stay motivated, engage other devs, allocate time for discussions
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|colspan=4|Provide a final report on your project progress to the mailing list
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|colspan=4|'''Keep working on BRL-CAD, OpenSCAD, LibreCAD, FreeCAD, Slic3r, or STEPcode  :-)'''
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* Review the [[Google_Summer_of_Code/Project_Ideas|Project Ideas]]
 
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* Consider the [[Google_Summer_of_Code/Application_Guidelines|Application Guidelines]]
 
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* Understand the [[Google Summer of Code/Acceptance|Acceptance Requirements]]
 
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* Join the [http://irc.brlcad.org #brlcad IRC channel] and introduce yourself
 
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* Join the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel brlcad-devel mailing list] and introduce yourself
 
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* Prepare your application
 
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* Discuss your application with the mentors
 
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** ''(optional) Post your application to your wiki user page (/wiki/User:username)''
 
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** ''(optional) Share and discuss your application on the mailing list''
 
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* '''[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=105292&atid=640804 Submit a patch] if you don't have commit access'''
 
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* [http://socghop.appspot.com/ Submit your application]
 
  
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== Prior to the starting date ==
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[[category:Summer of Code]]
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* Agree to the [[Google_Summer_of_Code/Acceptance|acceptance requirements]]
 
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* Read our [[Google_Summer_of_Code/Expectations|participation expectations]]
 
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* Read the [http://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk/HACKING development guidelines]
 
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* Familiarize yourself with Subversion
 
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* '''''Compile and run BRL-CAD from source'''''
 
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* Familiarize yourself with BRL-CAD's on-line resources
 
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** http://brlcad.org
 
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** http://brlcad.org/wiki
 
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** http://brlcad.org/gallery
 
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** http://brlcad.org/d/documentation
 
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** http://sf.net/projects/brlcad
 
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* Create a Sourceforge and brlcad.org wiki account
 
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* Publish a development plan to the wiki
 
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** Document a list of 3 to 10 development milestones
 
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** Document your plan on the Wiki as a design document
 
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* Discuss your plan via irc and/or on the mailing list
 
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* Set up an interaction schedule with your mentor
 
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== Once coding begins ==
 
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* '''''[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105292&atid=640804 Post patches] until you get commit access'''''
 
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* Write maintainable, portable, complete code
 
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* Keep a '''daily''' log of your activities online somewhere (wiki user page is great for this)
 
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* Report your progress periodically to the mailing list
 
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== After GSoC ends ==
 
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* Provide a final report on your project progress to the mailing list
 
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* '''Continue working on BRL-CAD  :-)'''
 

Latest revision as of 13:36, 4 May 2020

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.

IN ORDER TO APPLY
1
 Check out our Project Ideas
2
 Introduce yourself! Don't be shy.
BRL-CAD OpenSCAD LibreCAD FreeCAD STEPcode Slic3r
E-Mail: brlcad-devel E-Mail: openscad E-Mail: LibreCAD-dev Forum: Developer/User Forum E-Mail: scl-dev E-Mail: alessandro@pintle.it
Zulip: chat Chat: #openscad Chat: #librecad Chat: #freecad Chat: #stepcode Chat: #slic3r
IRC: #brlcad

See IRC if you've never used it before. Ask specific questions and wait! Web interface here.

3
 Begin your application, see our guidelines
4
 Discuss and share your project details (don't wait!)
5
 See some examples of awesome proposals, add detail to yours :)
6
 Submit your application!
7
 Make a useful patch (be awesome)
(optional but recommended)

IF YOU GET SELECTED, BEFORE CODING BEGINS
8
 Agree to the acceptance requirements
(you must do this in writing)
9
 Read our participation expectations
(read it ALL, we will quiz you later)
10
 Set up an interaction schedule with your mentors
(at least weekly)
11
 Fill out your profile
(one sentence summary, your name, link to abstract, project plan, dev log, and final report)
12
 Get familiarized with web resources
BRL-CAD OpenSCAD LibreCAD FreeCAD STEPcode Slic3r
Web
Wiki Docs
SF Project Site
Dev Rules
Patches 		Web
User Manual
Dev-Wiki 		Web
Get Involved 		Web
Wiki
Forum 		Web Web
GitHub repository
13
 Post your proposal online
(on our wiki is fine)
  • Describe your project plan
  • Document a list of 3 to 10 milestones
14
 Announce your plan via Chat and/or E-mail
(discuss and make adjustments)
15
 Download the source code, get set up
(compile, install, run)
BRL-CAD OpenSCAD LibreCAD FreeCAD STEPcode Slic3r
Sources
Web Sources
Compiling 		Sources
Compiling 		Sources
Compiling 		Sources
Compiling 		Sources
Compiling 		git repo
16
 Submit patches to get familiarized with code
(find small tasks like these)
(go through the mged tutorial(cheat sheet here)
17
 A few more things...
BRL-CAD OpenSCAD LibreCAD FreeCAD STEPcode Slic3r
Create a Sourceforge and brlcad.org wiki account.
Make perfect patches to obtain commit access. 		Everything happens on the forum. It is the one and only place where all ideas are discussed. Everything happens in the GitHub issue tracker. Also find us in #slic3r!

ONCE CODING BEGINS
18
 Write maintainable, portable, complete code
19
 Keep a daily log of your activities online somewhere (a blog or your wiki user page is great for this)
20
 Provide a midterm report on your project progress to the mailing list as well as posting it to your blog or wiki log.
21
 Stay motivated, engage other devs, allocate time for discussions
22
 Provide a final report on your project progress to the mailing list
23
 Keep working on BRL-CAD, OpenSCAD, LibreCAD, FreeCAD, Slic3r, or STEPcode :-)
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