Hi all, Here are some thoughts I have, many of which have already been mentioned.
First, testing... I have great respect for the time and dedication that was obviously spent to build the current test suite. Seriously, I do. There are some areas, though, that I think could be improved with a focused group effort like SOC. For example, I haven't seen any functional tests in the test suite--a test suite that you can pull up in your browser and manually *see* the results/effects happening (scriptaculous has this, for example). Also, it seems like about 5% of the tests always fail in Safari, and like 10% in older versions of IE (like 5.5), even though jQuery is obviously mostly-compatible with those browsers. Things go through my mind like "If this is failing in Safari, how much of this can/can't I use when developing across browsers?" Or, "Exactly *how* compatible is jQuery with IE5.5?" In summary, I think a group effort surrounding the test suite could expand it & document it so that we have a better understanding of browser compatibility. That's a huge win for getting jQuery adopted in a corporate environment. Secondly, some lightweight interface stuff (drag/drop)... This is just a "wish list" item for me :) I would imagine, based on the work I do at my day job, that a lot of people need a simple drag/drop sortable list with callbacks. This is of course offered in Interface, but it seems a little "heavier" than I need most of the time because it accounts for 80% of situations I probably don't need on a day to day basis. Interface is *awesome*--but the sortable lists example is a little unresponsive on mouse click, even on a brand new Mac Pro. I think we could benefit from some lightweight interface elements (drag/drop is just the first thing that comes to my mind). BTW--I know that the Interface guys are working on speeding up the sortables stuff... but I think what I'm referring to is more of a specific use-case, instead of a big Draggable/Droppable/Sortable implementation with a million options, etc. Thirdly, I'll chime in about the basic "demos" that could display some cool jQuery functionality. This is really exciting... every day I think about how I haven't regretted my decision to support & use jQuery at work. -Steve O John Resig wrote: > > Hey Everyone - > > Google's Summer of Code has just opened up for 2007, and I'd love to > have jQuery be a part of it: > http://code.google.com/soc/ > > If you're not familiar with how SoC works, Google pays a number of > college students to work on an open source project for an entire > summer. This is a great opportunity for the kids, and for the projects > that they're supporting. > > In order to be able to apply, we'd have to come up with a list of > things that we'd like them to do. So, I'm asking you (the jQuery > community) what you think 1-3 decent coders could do for us for a > summer? > > Some examples of good ideas (which should be expanded upon): > - Build or port an unobtrusive charting plugin > - Add jQuery support to a popular CMS/Framework > - Build some interactive demos for jQuery.com > - Add new functionality to Interface > > We're already working on the following improvements to the web site > (so you don't need to ask for these): > - A new plugins repository > - A new forum area > - A customizable download area > > Feel free to post your suggestions - all are welcome! > > --John > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Google%27s-Summer-of-Code-tf3240452.html#a9015805 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
