On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 22:55 -0400, Quinn, Shannon P wrote: > Mr Scherler, > > I don't have any experience with Spring,
Spring is quite easy in the context we use it in Droids, so no worries about that. > but I have extensive experience with Java; I was a teaching assistant for a > Java course at Georgia Tech for three semesters, and have developed networked > real-time strategy games, photo editors, multithreaded applications, and web > servers. That sounds very good to me. > > If this is good enough to be considered, I would like to submit an > application. Yes, please do so. > However, hasn't the application deadline passed? http://wiki.apache.org/general/SummerOfCodeMentor March 31st - Deadline for student applications So you have till Monday, looking forward for your application. salu2 > > Thank you! > > Regards, > Shannon Quinn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thorsten Scherler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Shannon P Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "labs" <[email protected]>, "Ross Gardler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:56:08 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York > Subject: Re: Interested in GSoC > > On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 15:35 -0400, Quinn, Shannon P wrote: > > Mr Scherler, > > > > I know it's fairly late in the application process, > > No problem, since Droids actually entered fairly late into GSoC itself. > > > but I had a question for you regarding the Droids project for the Google > > Summer of Code, specifically to integrate the Apache HttpClient with Droids. > > > > I don't have much (or any) in the way of direct experience with the Droids > > project or Apache's HttpClient, but I do have a great deal of experience > > and knowledge C/C++ programming, concurrency, and working with the HTTP > > protocol. I am a Computer Science major at Georgia Tech, graduating in > > August. > > Do you know to program (and understand code) in Java? How much > experience do you have with Spring? > > You would need to have some experience in working on Java projects since > Droids and the httpclient is based 100% in java. Meaning if you never > have worked with Java in your life it may be too difficult. > > > > > My question, then, is how much of a chance do I have, were I to submit an > > application for this project, to obtain it? > > First it depends on your level of java and second I cannot tell you for > sure whether your application will get accepted. > > I added the labs mailing list and Ross Gardler to the response so that > other have a chance to comment on this issue. > > > > > Thank you for your consideration! > > > > Regards, > > Shannon Quinn > > Thanks very much for your interest Shannon and do not hesitate to ask > more questions. > > salu2 > -- > Thorsten Scherler thorsten.at.apache.org > Open Source Java consulting, training and solutions > > > > -- Thorsten Scherler thorsten.at.apache.org Open Source Java consulting, training and solutions --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
