Re: GSoC idea: TogetherJS

What about plone.org type tasks?

One idea was about creating a blogging platform based on plone so anyone that wanted a blog on planet plone could set one up without having to host it?
Another was to continue the work started at the conference on a new plonegov site. The idea was a map powered by a geographic database showing the locations of all the government agencies around the world using plone. 

However these tasks are perhaps more ops oriented and not so much contributing code to plone. Are they suitable?

Dylan Jay

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On 13 Feb 2014, at 5:13 pm, Martin Aspeli <[email protected]> wrote:

> I also think it works better when the project doesn't require the student to understand all of Plone at once. Otherwise, they spend the whole summer getting a dev environment and figuring out how to write a test. :)
> 
> 
> On 13 February 2014 06:06, Matthew Wilkes <matthew.wilkes-z4DKO/[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2014-02-13 05:57, Dylan Jay wrote:
>  From those with experience perhaps outlining what qualities do make for a good project would be helpful?
> 
> Honestly, the best ones are always the ones students suggest themselves. In general, though, something that at least some active members of the Plone community need. Development tools tend not to work out in the long run as people don't adopt them. Big pluggable features tend to bit-rot as they're left unsupported at PLIP phase. The right student could make either one work, though.
> 
> I think what works best are maintenance tasks, where we have something that works or used to work, and we want to make better. The problem there is that it doesn't leave much scope for the student to leave their own stamp on it, so they rarely get applicants.
> 
> Remember, too, the ideas list is just a list of ideas. We're not obliged to accept projects just because they're on that list, they're a jumping off board so students can get an idea of the right direction to go in when applying.
> 
> Matt
> 


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