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'''Project sharing website''' will allow kids to share their projects they have created using various Sugar activities like Paint, Tam Tam or Turtle Art.
 
'''Project sharing website''' will allow kids to share their projects they have created using various Sugar activities like Paint, Tam Tam or Turtle Art.
  
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This website will be designed for kids where they can showcase their projects, learning from and using others projects, creating a fun, collaborative environment. Teachers will be able to use virtual classrooms and uploaded projects to teach kids to draw, program or create music. Parents will be able to see and appreciate their kids' creations.
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This website will be designed for kids where they can showcase their projects, learning from and using others projects, creating a fun, collaborative environment. Teachers will be able to use virtual classrooms and uploaded projects to teach kids to draw, program or create music. Parents will be able to see and appreciate their kids' creations by commenting on their projects. For activity developers they could show what their activities can do and how to do them in Teacher's view.
  
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Feature list:
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# On the frontend, I'll be using [http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ Twitter Bootstrap], a front-end development framework, and [http://jquery.com/ JQuery]
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* kids profiles
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# On the backend,  the application will use Python and [http://djangoproject.org/ Django] as the web framework to develop the application faster.
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** galleries
 
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** activities
 
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*** projects
 
  
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* teachers profiles
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==== Features and Deliverables ====
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** activities
 
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*** projects
 
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*** lectures
 
  
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* rest api
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# Projects:
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** integration with current activities
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#* Preview projects in browser in form of videos, pictures slideshows, audio, program(run in browser?) depending upon activity.
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** specification for others to build on
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#* Projects will have optional text description.
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(Ability to post projects from various Sugar Activities (ex: Turtle Blocks, Etoys, Memorize, Physics, etc.)
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#* Forking projects to your profile, to hack on build on them.
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#* Downloading any project to activity on your Sugar PC.
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#* Ability to upload projects to your through activity.
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#* Like or Thumbs up a project which adds to your favorites.
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#* Add project to gallery.
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#* Comments on projects.
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#* Share on various social networks Facebook/Twitter/Google+/Link.
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# Gallery: Collection of projects
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#* Create a default gallery for everyone consisting of their liked projects.
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#* Ability to create/edit custom gallery of projects, say according to subject topic, difficulty level etc.
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#* Ability to share on various social networks.
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# Private classroom / Tutorials:
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#* Associate each tutorial with some project.
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#* Step by step video(?) showing projects at different stages.
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#* Chat with teacher.
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# Profiles
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## Kids profiles
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##* Allow kids to upload projects and view them here.
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##* View/create/edit their galleries.
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##* Uploaded projects can be categorized by Activity.
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## Teachers profiles
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##* Allow teachers to upload projects.
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##* Give them a tutorial builder based on projects.
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##* Galleries for teachers.
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# REST API
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#* Utilize for the ability to post projects from various Sugar Activities (ex: Turtle Blocks, Etoys, Memorize, Physics, etc.)
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#* Specification for others to build on
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# Multi-language support
  
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** add to favorites/other gallery
 
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** comments
 
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** share on fb/twitter/g+/link
 
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(Ability to engage and connect with friends and classmates using various Social Networking sites/techniques.)
 
  
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* gallery
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* Design a clean, simple UI.
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** default gallery favorites
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* Follow PEP8, Idiomatic code
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** create / organize gallery of projects
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* Test driven development
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** share
 
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(Ability for users to create galleries (of their own projects, favorite projects, subject specific topics, etc.))
 
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* Multi-language support https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/
 
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Discussion
 
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Separate landing pages for different audiences (kids, teachers, parents, etc.)
 
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Section to share kid created art from projects
 
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Ability to have “private classroom spaces”
 
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Tools to support community management of the site
 

Revision as of 12:04, 1 May 2013

About me

What is your name?

Akshit Khurana

What is your email address?

axitkhurana@gmail.com

What is your Sugar Labs wiki username?

Axitkhurana

What is your IRC nickname?

axitkhurana on freenode/OFTC

What is your primary language?

(We have mentors who speak multiple languages and can match you with one of them if you'd prefer.)

English and Hindi

Where are you located, and what hours do you tend to work?

(We also try to match mentors by general time zone if possible.)

I am located in Delhi, India 5:30+GMT. I'm pretty flexible in my working hours, usually tend to work late.

Have you participated in an open-source project before?

If so, please send us URLs to your profile pages for those projects, or some other demonstration of the work that you have done in open-source. If not, why do you want to work on an open-source project this summer?

I contributed to openSUSE's popcorn project during GSoC 2012. Popcorn collects anonymous data about usage of RPM packages. I implemented various features including making data collection anonymous, packaging client RPM, implement a simple RESTful API, integration of client in settings user interface (YaST). Source code is available on github. My contributions are under username axitkhurana.

Also, working towards a small patch for TOR's stem library.

About my Project

Project description

What is the name of your project? Describe your project in 10-20 sentences. What are you making? Who are you making it for, and why do they need it? What technologies (programming languages, etc.) will you be using?

Project sharing website will allow kids to share their projects they have created using various Sugar activities like Paint, Tam Tam or Turtle Art.

This website will be designed for kids where they can showcase their projects, learning from and using others projects, creating a fun, collaborative environment. Teachers will be able to use virtual classrooms and uploaded projects to teach kids to draw, program or create music. Parents will be able to see and appreciate their kids' creations by commenting on their projects. For activity developers they could show what their activities can do and how to do them in Teacher's view.

  1. On the frontend, I'll be using Twitter Bootstrap, a front-end development framework, and JQuery
  2. On the backend, the application will use Python and Django as the web framework to develop the application faster.

Features and Deliverables

  1. Projects:
    • Preview projects in browser in form of videos, pictures slideshows, audio, program(run in browser?) depending upon activity.
    • Projects will have optional text description.
    • Forking projects to your profile, to hack on build on them.
    • Downloading any project to activity on your Sugar PC.
    • Ability to upload projects to your through activity.
    • Like or Thumbs up a project which adds to your favorites.
    • Add project to gallery.
    • Comments on projects.
    • Share on various social networks Facebook/Twitter/Google+/Link.
  2. Gallery: Collection of projects
    • Create a default gallery for everyone consisting of their liked projects.
    • Ability to create/edit custom gallery of projects, say according to subject topic, difficulty level etc.
    • Ability to share on various social networks.
  3. Private classroom / Tutorials:
    • Associate each tutorial with some project.
    • Step by step video(?) showing projects at different stages.
    • Chat with teacher.
  4. Profiles
    1. Kids profiles
      • Allow kids to upload projects and view them here.
      • View/create/edit their galleries.
      • Uploaded projects can be categorized by Activity.
    2. Teachers profiles
      • Allow teachers to upload projects.
      • Give them a tutorial builder based on projects.
      • Galleries for teachers.
  5. REST API
    • Utilize for the ability to post projects from various Sugar Activities (ex: Turtle Blocks, Etoys, Memorize, Physics, etc.)
    • Specification for others to build on
  6. Multi-language support


  • Design a clean, simple UI.
  • Follow PEP8, Idiomatic code
  • Test driven development
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