Title
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Mentor
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Project
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Internationalization and Localization
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Chris Leonard
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- Brief explanation
- A goal of Sugar Labs is to enable our users to experience Sugar in their own native language. See Translation Proposal To Do List for details.
- Expected results
- Work flow improvements for i18n
- Knowledge prerequisites
- Some knowledge of Pootle; some scripting experience; Python and JavaScript
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New Back-end Server for Turtle Blocks and Music Blocks
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Walter Bender Vikram Ahuja Ignacio Rodriguez
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- Brief explanation
- Last year we sponsored an exploration of using a git-like back end for projects so that they could be cloned, forked, etc. This summer we would like to implement and deploy this new approach.
- Expected results
- Deployment of "git" back end.
- Knowledge prerequisites
- Knowledge of Git, JavaScript, server-side skills
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Going Beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks
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Walter Bender Devin Ulibarri
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- Brief explanation
- Most modern music systems are designed around equal temperament. But there are many ways to chose and tune notes in a musical system that offer different expressive characteristics.
- Expected results
- Extend Music Blocks such that different approaches to temperament are available to the user.
- Knowledge prerequisites
- Knowledge of JavaScript, music theory
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Giving Sugar Labs Website a New Look
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Ignacio Rodriguez Samson Goddy Dave Crossland Tymon Radzik
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- Brief explanation
- Sugar Labs would like a new look for its homepage, with the goals of making it more attractive and easier to explore (See link to get more information concerning the proposed homepage).
- Expected results
- Deployment of a new website for Sugar Labs
- Knowledge prerequisites
- JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Ruby, JQuery
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