[Sugar-devel] Regarding joining the community and GSoC 2017

[Walter Bender]

Is there a project area you are most interested in?

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Vijeth T Aradhya <vijthaaa at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm Vijeth Aradhya, currently a computer science undergrad at
> International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India. I
> would like to know more about the community and the probable GSoC projects
> at Sugarlabs. I developed a keen interest in the whole idea Sugar Labs is
> based on because I always believed in free learning and helping curious
> students. I believe that being a part of the community is more important
> than just completing a project and merging some code.
>
> I have pretty good background in programming in various areas, be it
> graphics programming or front-end development. I'm currently a developer at
> coala <http://coala.io/>, and I have contributed to GNU Mediagoblin and
> GNU wget. I will list some of my projects I have done in my university and
> also due to my own interests.
>
> 1. *Full-fledged scheme interpreter* (using Haskell) : When I was
> learning category theory and functional programming, I wanted to build
> something and I chose this project. I used Haskell, a purely functional
> language to do this.
>
> 2. *Game development* : I was always interested in game development since
> I was a kid. I have developed a couple of small games -
>
> (A) Bloxorz : (https://gitlab.com/vijeth-aradhya/bloxorz-game) : Inspired
> by http://www.miniclip.com/games/bloxorz/en/, I built this game using
> OpenGL as part of my Graphics course in my university.
>
> (B) Blocks here and there : (https://gitlab.com/vijeth-ara
> dhya/opengl-sample-bricks-game) : This is a 2 D game developed using
> openGL again.
>
> (C) TicTacToe engine : (https://github.com/vijeth-aradhya/tictactoe-engine)
> : Using basic minimax game theory algorithm, I built it using raw JS, html
> and css.
>
> (D) Tetris : (https://github.com/vijeth-aradhya/tetris-game) : Using
> python curses library, I built the good, old tetris game.
>
> (E) Ultimate tictactoe bot : This was part of my AI course in the
> university where I built an ultimate tictactoe
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_tic-tac-toe> bot using alpha-beta
> minimax algorithm.
>
> 3. *Application Development/Web Frameworks* : I am familiar with django,
> web2py and ionic framework and I have built many small projects using the
> same.
>
> There is a lot more which I have not mentioned about me, but I feel it's
> best if I join the community and help out, and then only I would be clearer
> about myself! Here <https://github.com/vijeth-aradhya/> is my github
> profile.
>
> Whether or not I make a successful proposal, I want to be a part of this
> community and learn as much as possible. It would be great if you could get
> me started. I could probably start by fixing bugs or contribute a small
> project to the community. Currently, I have sent a mail requesting a wiki
> account because I want to search for bugs and fix a few of them, and then I
> would like to check out the projects listed and then narrow down to one of
> them, and start working on it.
>
> Also, if there is anything more I need to know about GSoC in general with
> respect to the community (because I just joined the IRC and I'm really new
> to Sugarlabs), please let me know. I believe that this is good way to kick
> start my contribution to Sugarlabs!
>
> Looking forward to your response,
>
>
>
>
> Thank you,
> Vijeth Aradhya,
> Undergraduate Sophomore,
> International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
>
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Walter Bender
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