On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Eunsoo Roh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > This is Eunsoo Roh. I'm a soon-to-be-sophomore majoring in Computer > Science, at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. > > I started scripting as a hobby in 2004, then proceeded to learn C/C++/ > Java in high school. My primary language is C++ (and maybe C as well?) > and I can code moderately in PHP, Java, C# and Javascript. I'm mostly > beginner in languages like Python or ruby. > > I've been considering a project that combines two ideas: Google Chrome > native support & libmetalink .meta4 support. > Specifically, libmetalink would be updated to support .meta4 format > then used in the Chrome to support the feature. > > This is my first time trying to involve in GSOC. Any suggestions or > advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, and have a great day!
hi Eunsoo, thanks for writing! that sounds like it might be the best way to tackle it. some more Metalink specific advice, altho this applies for other mentoring orgs too. researching the problems & describing your solution will help public code in a code repository, contributing to another open source project previously, or starting work on small bite size bugs shows your skill and initiative. let me copy some general advice from Mozilla too - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Community:SummerOfCode12#Application_Advice * Read How Not To Apply For Summer Of Code and avoid doing the things listed there. http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/gerv/archives/2006/05/how_not_to_apply_for_summer_of.html * Read our examples of good applications: 1, 2, 3. https://wiki.mozilla.org/SummerOfCode/SampleApplications/1 https://wiki.mozilla.org/SummerOfCode/SampleApplications/2 https://wiki.mozilla.org/SummerOfCode/SampleApplications/3 * It is entirely acceptable to apply for 2 or 3 projects, if more than one catches your eye; if the applications are high quality, that probably improves your chances a little. However, more than that seems like spam. -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en.
