[Sugar-devel] GSoC 2015 Project

[Walter Bender]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:18 AM, Sam P. <sam.parkinson3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> G'day Anish,
>
> Just a quick explanation of these projects.  They are all based around
> existing activities (apps) available for sugar.  These activities are
> written in python, so can only run in sugar and not on the web.  The tasks
> are all about making a HTML5 version of these activities.
>
> I would recommend setting up a development environment [1] and then
> downloading the activities you mentioned:
>
>     Physics:  https://activities-2.sugarlabs.org/view/org.laptop.physics
>     Turtle 3D:
> https://activities-2.sugarlabs.org/view/org.laptop.TurtleArtActivity3D
>     Basic activities:  You can use the search box... hopefully it doesn't
> break between now and when you get the email :)
> https://activities-2.sugarlabs.org/
>
> Also, about turtle3D, it would be interesting trying to keep it compatible
> with XO.  The XO does not support OpenGL and has no hope for WebGL.  Could
> you get compatibility for those environments?

Not sure we need to maintain that restriction. We have the Python/GTK
version of Turtle 3D for the XO. I think we can push a bit into new
areas with the JS version.

regards.

-walter

>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
> [1] http://developer.sugarlabs.org/dev-environment.md.html
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:39 PM Anish Shah <anishshah101 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am Anish Shah, from India. I am a student at BITS Pilani college and was
>> keen to do a GSoC project with Sugar Labs.
>>
>> I am a javascript developer and a UI/UX designer with working knowledge of
>> C, Java and Python.
>>
>> I did my GSoC last year with the Public Lab with the project on Image
>> transformations using javascript:
>> http://publiclab.org/profile/anishshah101
>>
>> My Github profile link: http://github.com/anishshah101
>>
>> I had a look at the ideas page and a lot of projects got me interested!
>> both in feature additions as well as ports. The most fascinating ones
>> seemed to be "Turtle Blocks 3D javascript" , "Physics JS" and "Sugar Web
>> based activity set"
>>
>> I thought it would be a good idea to get in touch with the mentors to know
>> more about these projects and for some
>> pointers to get started on these projects.
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from the community.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Anish Shah
>>
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