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| '''About Me:''' | | '''About Me:''' |
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− | Name: Neha Maan | + | ''Name: ''Neha Maan |
− | Email Address: nehaforgsoc@gmail.com | + | |
− | Sugar Labs Wiki Username: Nehamaan | + | ''Email Address:'' nehaforgsoc@gmail.com |
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− | First Language: Hindi (comfortable with English too.) | + | ''Sugar Labs Wiki Username:'' Nehamaan |
− | Location & Time: India, UTC +5:30 | + | |
| + | ''IRC Nickname: '' |
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| + | First ''Language: ''Hindi (comfortable with English too.) |
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| + | ''Location & Time: ''India, UTC +5:30 |
| Work Time: 11:00AM - 5:00PM | | Work Time: 11:00AM - 5:00PM |
− | Previous Open Source Participation: None. I want to work on an open source project this summer as I enjoy programming but what I enjoy more is lots of people using and benefiting from my programs and I find this the easy and efficient way reach lots of people. Apart from the joy I will gain experience and will be able to give something back to the Open Source Community that has given me (and everyone else) so much. | + | |
| + | ''Previous Open Source Participation: ''None. I want to work on an open source project this summer as I enjoy programming but what I enjoy more is lots of people using and benefiting from my programs and I find this the easy and efficient way reach lots of people. Apart from the joy I will gain experience and will be able to give something back to the Open Source Community that has given me (and everyone else) so much. |
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| '''About My Project:''' | | '''About My Project:''' |
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− | Name: Abacus JS | + | Name: Abacus JS''Description:'' I am porting the current Abacus activity from python to JS, this is part of the larger push by Sugar Labs towards JS (most GSoC projects are JS ports). Although I do plan to add some new features, the biggest benefit for users would be speed as JS is usually 6-6.5 times faster than Python. In this project I would be using standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS) |
− | ''Description:'' I am porting the current Abacus activity from python to JS, this is part of the larger push by Sugar Labs towards JS (most GSoC projects are JS ports). Although I do plan to add some new features, the biggest benefit for users would be speed as JS is usually 6-6.5 times faster than Python. In this project I would be using standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS) | |
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| ''Timeline:'' I have a little more than 8 weeks of coding time and eleven abacai to code. A lot of these abacai are similar to each other so I plan to divide them into groups where a lot of code can be reused and then start from the easiest group. This will help learn as I progress and also save me time. | | ''Timeline:'' I have a little more than 8 weeks of coding time and eleven abacai to code. A lot of these abacai are similar to each other so I plan to divide them into groups where a lot of code can be reused and then start from the easiest group. This will help learn as I progress and also save me time. |
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| -Week 7&8 : I leave these weeks as buffer in case something gets delayed. | | -Week 7&8 : I leave these weeks as buffer in case something gets delayed. |
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− | Past Work: I have created many small sites as a hobby and once created an app with PhoneGap for learning purposes. I have created a game with Unity3D(uses JS) too. Infact to see how difficult creating a abacus would be, I tried my hand at the Binary Abacus and will upload the file and update with a link soon. | + | ''Past Work:'' I have created many small sites as a hobby and once created an app with PhoneGap for learning purposes. I have created a game with Unity3D(uses JS) too. Infact to see how difficult creating a abacus would be, I tried my hand at the Binary Abacus and will upload the file and update with a link soon. |
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| '''Me and the Community:''' | | '''Me and the Community:''' |
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| ''Effect on Community:'' I am familiar with web technologies but not with the Sugar OS, the problems I will face will be faced by a lot of future web developers developing for Sugar too, So I plan to create a Blog/Wiki-page where I would post my problems and their solutions. This ,I believe, will help in attracting more developers and expanding the community. | | ''Effect on Community:'' I am familiar with web technologies but not with the Sugar OS, the problems I will face will be faced by a lot of future web developers developing for Sugar too, So I plan to create a Blog/Wiki-page where I would post my problems and their solutions. This ,I believe, will help in attracting more developers and expanding the community. |
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| Paragraph 2&3: Pending. I am writing this proposal at the last moment and do not have time to exchange emails, I will get opinions from other people and update this entry as soon as possible. | | Paragraph 2&3: Pending. I am writing this proposal at the last moment and do not have time to exchange emails, I will get opinions from other people and update this entry as soon as possible. |
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− | What if I get Stuck and my mentor isn't around ?'' | + | ''What if I get Stuck and my mentor isn't around ?'' |
− | I have learned most of the programing I know from the internet and books and therefore rarely had a mentor to help me. Over this time I have learned how to find solutions to my problems on Google and Stack Overflow but if they fail too then I would try to seek help from community using IRC or mailing lists. | + | |
− | '' | + | ''''I have learned most of the programing I know from the internet and books and therefore rarely had a mentor to help me. Over this time I have learned how to find solutions to my problems on Google and Stack Overflow but if they fail too then I would try to seek help from community using IRC or mailing lists. |
− | How Do I plan to keep the community informed about my problems and progress ?'' | + | |
− | I will use the aforementioned wiki-page/blog to share my problems and progress. | + | ''How Do I plan to keep the community informed about my problems and progress ?'' |
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| + | ''''I will use the aforementioned wiki-page/blog to share my problems and progress. |
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| '''Miscellaneous:''' | | '''Miscellaneous:''' |
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| ''Development Environment:'' I am currently downloading sugar and would update with scren-shots soon. | | ''Development Environment:'' I am currently downloading sugar and would update with scren-shots soon. |
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| ''Pull-Request:'' Pending, would update asap. | | ''Pull-Request:'' Pending, would update asap. |
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| Few years later, in 10th standard, we were taught about electricity and our book contained a beautiful analogy comparing flow of current in wires to the flow of water in pipes where more resistance meant thinner pipes. That day I learned the importance of thinking out of the box and looking at problems from different point of views. | | Few years later, in 10th standard, we were taught about electricity and our book contained a beautiful analogy comparing flow of current in wires to the flow of water in pipes where more resistance meant thinner pipes. That day I learned the importance of thinking out of the box and looking at problems from different point of views. |
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− | ''Anything Else:'' | + | ''Anything Else:''When I was in primary school we were given the summer-holiday homework to create an Abacus almost every other year. Sadly, we were never taught how to use an abacus. This summer I get to make many Abacai and have learned to use (most of) them too. |
− | When I was in primary school we were given the summer-holiday homework to create an Abacus almost every other year. Sadly, we were never taught how to use an abacus. This summer I get to make many Abacai and have learned to use (most of) them too. | |