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Below is a checklist to help students get set up quicklyItems 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 start dateSome 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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= IN ORDER TO APPLY =
!colspan=5|<u>IN ORDER TO APPLY</u>
 
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|colspan=4|Check out our [[Google_Summer_of_Code/Project_Ideas|Project Ideas]]
 
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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
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
 
| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
 
| 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]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org openscad]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [http://forum.librecad.org/LibreCAD-dev-f4361976.html LibreCAD-dev]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|Forum: [http://forum.freecadweb.org Developer/User Forum]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|E-Mail: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/scl-dev scl-dev]
 
|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]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#openscad #openscad]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#librecad #librecad]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#freecad #freecad]
 
|style="text-align:left;"|Chat: [irc://irc.freenode.net/#stepcode #stepcode]
 
|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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# Review our [[Google_Summer_of_Code/Project_Ideas|Project Ideas]]
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# Follow the [[Summer_of_Code/Application_Guidelines|Application Guidelines]]
|colspan=4|Begin your application, see [[Summer_of_Code/Application_Guidelines|our guidelines]]
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# Understand your [[Summer_of_Code/Acceptance|Acceptance Requirements]]
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# Join the [irc://irc.freenode.net/#brlcad IRC channel] and introduce yourself (web interface [http://webchat.freenode.net/ here)
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# Join the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel brlcad-devel mailing list] and introduce yourself
|colspan=4|Discuss and share your project details (don't wait!)<br>
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# Discuss your application with our mentors (don't wait!)
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# Prepare your application (try to [http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/ submit a draft] by July 18th)
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# Discuss your application with the mentors some more :)
|colspan=4|See [[Google_Summer_of_Code/2013|some examples]] of awesome proposals, add detail to yours ''':)'''
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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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# (optional but recommended) '''[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=105292&atid=640804 Submit a useful patch]'''  (be awesome)
|colspan=4|'''[http://www.google-melange.com/ Submit] your application!'''
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# [http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/ Submit your application] (before July 24th!)
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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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!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>
 
|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>
 
|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>
 
|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>
 
|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>
 
|colspan=4|Get familiarized with web resources
 
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| BRL-CAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
 
| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
 
| 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]]
 
|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]<br>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16tFdu91lIVjWWz4Kjl7dF8HkRHGzgCKYciM9iZKVXK8/edit Get Involved]
 
|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]
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://stepcode.org/ Web]
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[http://slic3r.org/ Web]<br>[https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r GitHub repository]
 
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">13</div>
 
|colspan=4|Post your proposal online<br><div style="font-size:50%">(on our wiki is fine)</div>
 
* Describe your project plan
 
* 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>
 
|colspan=4|Download the source code, get set up<br><div style="font-size:50%">(compile, install, run)</div>
 
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| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| BRL-CAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
 
| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
 
| 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]]
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/openscad/openscad Sources]<br>[https://github.com/openscad/openscad/blob/master/README.md Compiling]
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD Sources]<br>[http://librecad.org/cms/home/from-source/linux.html Compiling]
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/FreeCAD Sources]<br>[http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Compiling Compiling]
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/stepcode/stepcode Sources]<br>[http://stepcode.org/mw/index.php?title=Building_STEPcode Compiling]
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|[https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r git repo]
 
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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>
 
|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>
 
<div style="font-size:50%">(go through the mged [http://brlcad.org/w/images/c/cf/Introduction_to_MGED.pdf tutorial](cheat sheet
 
[http://brlcad.org/MGED_Quick_Reference_Card.pdf here])</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
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| OpenSCAD
 
| style="width: 16%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| LibreCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| FreeCAD
 
| style="width: 17%; background-color: #eee; text-align:center;"| STEPcode
 
| 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;"|
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|Everything happens on the forum. It is the one and only place where all ideas are discussed.
 
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|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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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">19</div>
 
|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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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">20</div>
 
|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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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">21</div>
 
|colspan=4|Stay motivated, engage other devs, allocate time for discussions
 
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| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|<div style="background-color:#fff; width:25px;height:25px;border:1px solid #333;">22</div>
 
|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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= IF YOU ARE ACCEPTED =
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* Agree to the [[Summer_of_Code/Acceptance|acceptance requirements]]
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* Read our [[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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* Become a productive developer
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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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* Provide a final report on your project progress to the mailing list
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* '''Continue working on BRL-CAD  :-)'''
  
 
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