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Line 128: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − ===You and the community===+ − * If your project is successfully completed, what will its impact be on the Sugar Labs community? Give 3 answers, each 1-3 paragraphs in length. The first one should be yours. The other two should be answers from members of the Sugar Labs community, at least one of whom should be a Sugar Labs GSoC mentor. Provide email contact information for non-GSoC mentors.+ − * What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?+ − * How do you propose you will be keeping the community informed of your progress and any problems or questions you might have over the course of the project?+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − * We want to make sure that you can set up a [http://developer.sugarlabs.org development environment] before the summer starts. Please do ''one'' of the following:+ − ** Send us a link to a screenshot of your Sugar development environment with the following modification: when you hover over the XO-person icon in the middle of Home view, the drop-down text should have your email in place of "logout".+ − ** Send us a link to a pull request or merge request you have made on a Sugar or Sugar activity bug.+ − :: It's normal to need assistance with this, so please visit our IRC channel, #sugar on irc.freenode.net, and ask for help.+ − * Describe a great learning experience you had as a child.+ − * Is there anything else we should have asked you or anything else that we should know that might make us like you or your project more?+ + + + − Please include the category tag at the bottom of your page the Catagory tag for 2015 GSoC applications.+ +
Summer of Code/2015/Ishan:Turtle Blocks 3D JavaScript (view source)
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===About Me===
===About Me===
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'''What is your name?'''
'''What is your name?'''
Ishan Sharma
Ishan Sharma and I am a 2nd year undergraduate student at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
'''What is your email address?'''
'''What is your email address?'''
# How the features of the 2D version would be implemented in the 3D canvas.
# How the features of the 2D version would be implemented in the 3D canvas.
# How the graphical scripting would be implemented alongside the 3D canvas.
# How the graphical scripting would be implemented alongside the 3D canvas.
# Discuss if the zooming, panning, dragging feature(as implemented in the prototype) should be implemented in the activity or not.
* Plan out the design of the extension.
* Plan out the design of the extension.
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| <26 May - 2 June> ||
| <26 May - 2 June> ||
* Create the coordinate axis visualizations & other 3D environment related setup.
* Create the coordinate axis visualizations & other 3D environment related setup.
* Enable the 3D motion of the turtle. Allow basic functionalities lite setting X,Y,Z coordinates, roll, pitch, yaw.
* Enable the 3D motion of the turtle. Allow basic functionalities like setting X,Y,Z coordinates, roll, pitch, yaw.
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| <2 June - 9 June> ||
| <2 June - 9 June> ||
* Add 3D lighting support.
* Add 3D lighting support.
* Add camera models, add the ability to switch camera angles / camera types (orthographic/perspective)
* Add camera models, add the ability to switch camera angles / camera types (orthographic/perspective)
* Create a palette, and put blocks in it.
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| <9 June - 16 June> ||
| <9 June - 16 June> ||
* Add support for uploading textures.
* Add the ability of texture mapping.
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| <16 June - 23 June> || Enable the export and import of 3D models
| <16 June - 23 June> || Add the ability to import 3D models.
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| <24 June - 26 June> ||Fix bugs and prepare the activity for the mid term evaluation.
| <24 June - 26 June> ||Fix bugs and prepare the activity for the mid term evaluation.
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| <5 July - 12 July> ||
| <5 July - 12 July> ||
* Clean up the code.
* Create sample artwork using the graphical scripting.
* Store these samples as examples.
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| <12 July - 19 July> ||
| <12 July - 19 July> || Get feedback and review from the sugar community as well as local teachers and students.
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| <19 July - 26 July> ||
| <19 July - 26 July> ||
* Discuss which features from the feedback should be implemented.
* Complete another iteration cycle, implementing the new discussed features.
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| <26 July - 2 August> ||
| <26 July - 2 August> ||
* Review the texture mapping functionality. Fix bugs in it & add additional features if required.
* Add the feature to export the 3D models. (Blender Format)
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| <2 August - 9 August> ||
| <2 August - 9 August> || Test the code for efficiency(jsPerf) and bugs.
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| <9 August - 16 August> ||
| <9 August - 16 August> ||
* Improve code efficiency
* Improve UI/UX
* Fix Bugs
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| <16 August - 20 August> ||
| <16 August - 20 August> || Write the documentation and prepare for the final evaluation.
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| <20 August - 22 August> || Final Evaluation
| <20 August - 22 August> || Final Evaluation
'''Convince us, in 5-15 sentences, that you will be able to successfully complete your project in the timeline you have described. This is usually where people describe their past experiences, credentials, prior projects, schoolwork, and that sort of thing, but be creative. Link to prior work or other resources as relevant.'''
'''Convince us, in 5-15 sentences, that you will be able to successfully complete your project in the timeline you have described. This is usually where people describe their past experiences, credentials, prior projects, schoolwork, and that sort of thing, but be creative. Link to prior work or other resources as relevant.'''
* I am familiar with the Turtle Blocks Javascript codebase.
* Prior experience with JavaScript and Graphic programming. Have been programming in JavaScript for 3 years now.
* No prior commitments in the summer, it would be my top priority.
* Summer Vacations during the months of May, June, July, therefore can spend at least 45 hours per week on the project.
* Other than that I am extremely passionate about JavaScript and WebGL. Have successfully completed many projects in WebGL/JavaScript.
'''Prototype'''
*A prototype of Turtle Blocks 3D JavaScript : Developed a prototype for the Turtle Blocks 3D JavaScript to get a better grasp on the work that would be required to be done. It can be reviewed here :
** Updates : Added support for graphical scripting.
https://github.com/ishan28mkip/turtleBlocks3D
* The prototype can be previewed here :
http://ishan28mkip.github.io/turtleBlocks3D/
'''Other Relevant Work Experience'''
Developed my college tech-fest website using WebGL/JavaScript/HTML5. The website can be viewed here:
http://bits-apogee.org/
* Developed my college cultural fest website. Written in JavaScript/HTML5. The website can be viewed here:
http://bits-oasis.org/
* Developed an implementation of the brick break game in canvas.
* Developed a gesture based / aural implementation of braille using kinect.
'''Current Projects'''
* Core developer of a startup named helpdu. Developed the backend using node.js/mongoDb.
http://helpdu.com
'''Relevant Courses completed'''
* Currently undergoing a MOOC on WebGL on Udacity.
https://www.udacity.com/course/cs291
===You and the community===
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'''If your project is successfully completed, what will its impact be on the Sugar Labs community? Give 3 answers, each 1-3 paragraphs in length. The first one should be yours. The other two should be answers from members of the Sugar Labs community, at least one of whom should be a Sugar Labs GSoC mentor. Provide email contact information for non-GSoC mentors.'''
'''My thoughts:'''
Once this project is successfully completed, Sugar will have a new 3D implementation of turtle blocks activity in JavaScript. A student anywhere is the world would be able to launch a browser and improve his 3D visualizations skills and his mathematical know how of Cartesian system and vector math. It will act as a virtual lab for the student, wherein he can play, create and at the same time learn.
'''Walter Bender'''
'''What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?'''
If I get stuck and the mentors are not present there are multiple resources that I can look upon. First and foremost I will go on the IRC channel of sugar to seek help from other developer of the sugar community. If this doesn't work out I will try putting the problem up on the mailing list. Then I would post the problem on respectable programmer communities like the stack overflow. If all other things fail, I am in a college with large community of developers to whom I can go to and seek help. If I am still stuck on the problem I will move forward to other parts of the project and try to resolve the problem at a later time.
'''How do you propose you will be keeping the community informed of your progress and any problems or questions you might have over the course of the project?'''
* Create a '''Wiki page''' for putting in ToDo, wishlist, setup, and how-to send patches/pull requests.
* Will be active on the '''IRC channel''' of the sugar community.
* A '''blog''' wherein I will post consistent updates about the progress as well as the difficulties that I am facing.
https://ishan28mkip.wordpress.com/
* A Github page wherein the''' preview '''can be easily viewed. Continuous commits would be pushed to this page. (the prototype is already uploaded)
http://ishan28mkip.github.io/turtleBlocks3D/
* Announce the major milestones through the '''mailing list'''.
===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===
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'''We want to make sure that you can set up a [http://developer.sugarlabs.org development environment] before the summer starts. Please do ''one'' of the following:'''
* Send us a link to a screenshot of your Sugar development environment with the following modification: when you hover over the XO-person icon in the middle of Home view, the drop-down text should have your email in place of "logout".
[[File:DevelopmentEnvScreenShot.jpg]]
'''Describe a great learning experience you had as a child.'''
'''Is there anything else we should have asked you or anything else that we should know that might make us like you or your project more?'''
During my childhood, In 5th class my maths teacher had written on the blackboard that any variable to the power of 0 exponent is one. She then asked the class 'if there was anyone in the class who could prove this?' In a split second I got up and wrote on the blackboard Y x Y x Y / Y x Y x Y which is Y to the power three divided by Y to the power three. Further Y to the power 3-3 or Y to the power 0. Then I cancelled each Y in the first expression to show it is equal to 1. Sometimes our wish to solve challenges teaches us far more than conventional methods.
'''Other Projects Related to Sugar I am working on:'''
I have been working on a project of teaching local children the basic of computing. In BITS under NSS we have a school wherein we teach the local children math and sciences. I have taken the initiative to put old unused computers of the institute in this school. When I came in contact with sugar I immediately had idea of installing sugar on these computers to enhance their learning experience. Currently I am working to take this forward.
[[Category:2015 GSoC applications]]
[[Category:2015 GSoC applications]]