I will take a stab and we can iterate on it. Suresh
> On Feb 25, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Roger Whitcomb <roger.whitc...@actian.com> wrote: > > Hi Suresh, > Thanks for answering. I'd love to mentor someone on such a project. So, > I guess that means I need to make a project proposal, etc. So, let me set > that in motion, or how do we coordinate that between the two projects? > > Thanks, > ~Roger > > ________________________________________ > From: Suresh Marru <sma...@apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 11:00 AM > To: dev@pivot.apache.org; Airavata Dev > Subject: Pivot - Airavata GSOC Project > > Hi Roger, > > I am so sorry I started a response to your thread below but it remained in > peace in my drafts folder. I think its timely to resurrect this thread. > > I only have superficial understanding of Swing Vs JavaFX vs Pivot. But we are > all for dogfooding indeed Airavata builds on atleast a dozen of other fellow > projects. Can we create a GSoC project and mentor a student to do this > evaluation and converge on any solution? Will there be any volunteers from > Pivot to mentor such a project? > > Thanks, > Suresh > >> On Jan 15, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Roger and Beth Whitcomb >> <rogerandb...@rbwhitcomb.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Suresh, >> I was just wondering if it might make sense for the Airavata community to >> convert the Swing-based apps to Apache Pivot instead of JavaFX (in the >> dogfood sense)?! I, for one, would be very interested in some cross-project >> collaboration inside the ASF along these lines. No pressure, but was just >> wondering if that might be interesting to anyone there. >> >> Thanks, >> ~Roger Whitcomb >> >> On 1/15/16 6:17 AM, Suresh Marru wrote: >>> For students with JavaFX experience, in Apache Airavata projects we intend >>> to have some GSOC projects on this topics. It will involve porting existing >>> Java Swing based application to JavaFX. Hop by the dev list >>> (d...@airavata.apache.org <mailto:d...@airavata.apache.org>). Ofcourse you >>> want to subscribe first to make sure you get replies. >>> >>> Suresh >>> >>>> On Jan 15, 2016, at 4:35 AM, Chema Polo <chemap...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Roger, >>>> >>>> I have experience with Java Swing and JavaFX and this project looks very >>>> interesting. >>>> >>>> Can I help in the project as well? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance and kind regards >>>> >>>> Chema >>>> >>>> 2016-01-14 21:37 GMT+01:00 Roger Whitcomb <rwhitc...@apache.org>: >>>> >>>>> Hi Kapil, >>>>> I just wanted to reach out to see if you might be interested in the >>>>> Apache Pivot project (http://pivot.apache.org)? This is written in Java, >>>>> and is an alternative to Java Swing, JavaFX and/or SWT as a way to build >>>>> rich Java GUI applications. >>>>> We (as the Pivot PMC) haven't really setup any formal projects for >>>>> mentees yet, but I know of a lot of things that could be done, if you are >>>>> at all interested. >>>>> >>>>> Let us know, >>>>> ~Roger Whitcomb >>>>> Apache Pivot PMC Chair >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/14/16 11:59 AM, Kapil Jain wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Still struggling to find a project and take my first step. Looking for >>>>>> mentor who can just help me in getting started. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Kapil Jain <kapil.jain...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Can someone please help me in finding out a suitable project where I can >>>>>>> contribute? I'm more interested in Hadoop and Java. But can work on >>>>>>> another >>>>>>> project and/ or language. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Ross Gardler < >>>>>>> ross.gard...@microsoft.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Welcome. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please see details of the process at >>>>>>>> http://community.apache.org/mentoringprogramme.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It should be noted that 95% of the work is on your side. Success in >>>>>>>> open >>>>>>>> source is about self motivation and self management. The other 5% is >>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>> asking for help when you hit a barrier. The above link should provide >>>>>>>> enough info to get you started. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my Windows Phone >>>>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>>>> From: Kapil Jain<mailto:kapil.jain...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> Sent: 1/11/2016 8:24 AM >>>>>>>> To: d...@community.apache.org<mailto:d...@community.apache.org> >>>>>>>> Subject: Want a Mentor >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I would like to join apache mentorship programme and want to contribute >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> Apache Hadoop project. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have Java skills required for the project. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm unable to figure out how to contribute. Please assist. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Kapil >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>> >> >
