Re: GSoC idea: TogetherJS

Nathan Van Gheem <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.devel
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Steve McMahon <[email protected]> wrote:

> This could be a good year to encourage some UI work built on
> plone.app.widgets. We finally have a JS story that could excite some
> students, and that kind of work won't require them to dive too deep into
> our Python kool aid (to mix metaphors).
>
Right. We could solicit students that have no knowledge of python at all
and just ask them to work on our js related work.


>
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:06 PM, 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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