Google Code In/2017/Tasks

Dashboard for Ideas for the Google Code In 2017

Roles

• Coder (C/C++)
• Web Coder (Javascript/HTML)
• Modeler
• Writer

Beginner tasks

These require absolutely no prior experience or knowledge.

• Anyone: Download and run BRL-CAD (via VM), submit screenshot
• Anyone: Communications checklist: chat, mailing list, survey
• Coder: Compile BRL-CAD from source, submit screenshot
• Web Coder: Clone BRL-CAD website or OGV, submit screenshot
• Modeler: Model a cup, submit model
• Writer: Blog about any task, submit link
• Annotate a primitive: Submit screenshot

Task chain ideas

These would take us more than 2 hours, to be broken up into multiple tasks.

• C: OpenCL pipelining
• Qt/C++: openscad-style asc-to-display GUI
• C: Boolean evaluation debugging
• Javascript: OGV
• ThreeJS/Verb: OGV Nurbs
• C: Layer object callbacks
• C: Annotation object callbacks
• C/C++: libbu C++11 threading
• C/C++: primitive unit tests (ProcDBs)
  • arb8/arb7/arb6/arb5/arb4
  • arbn
  • ars
  • datum
  • dsp
  • ebm
  • ehy
  • ell/sph
  • epa
  • eto
  • extrude
  • half
  • hrt
  • hyp
  • metaball
  • pipe
  • pnts
  • revolve
  • rhc
  • rpc
  • sketch
  • submodel
  • superell
  • tgc/rec
  • tor
  • vol
  • (intentionally leaving out bot, brep, bspline, cline, grip, joint, nmg, part, poly)
• Docbook/XML: primitive guide
• Qt/C++: New visualization GUI
• C: point cloud object callbacks
• C/C++: appleseed integration
• C: Boolean weaving unit tests
• Docs: geometry URI specification
• C: image object callbacks
• C: libged plugin refactoring
• Qt/C++: geometry viewer
• Docbook/XML: datum docs
• HTML/CSS: website integration
• C/C++: stand-alone geometry viewer GUI
• C: Centroid/Volume/Surf_area
  • BRL-CAD Viewer: (Task 1) Open a simple GLFW window from the source
  • BRL-CAD Viewer: (Task 2) Write a program that opens geometry, executes db_walk_tree(), and gets a bounding box.
  • BRL-CAD Viewer: (Task 3) Print out the bounding box center point into the GUI
  • BRL-CAD Viewer: (Task 4) Display wireframes, regions on to the window.

Independent task ideas

These should take one of us 2-4 hours of effort to complete.

• Model and render the number "404"
• Model and render the word "BRL-CAD"
• Model and render the BRL-CAD logo