[IPython-dev] gsoc with ipython
Cracan Daniel
danciac at gmail.com
Wed Jan 26 13:39:33 EST 2011
2010/12/6 Fernando Perez <fperez.net at gmail.com>
> Dear Daniel,
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Daniel Cracan <danciac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am a student at a technical university, and I would be interested in
> coding
> > for the IPython project at gsoc this summer.
> >
> > I thought it would be much better if I got to know a bit more about the
> > project, before applying for it at gsoc.
> >
> > So if there is anyone willing to point me to the right direction I would
> > appreciate that very much.
>
> I'm very sorry for the late reply, indeed as Erik indicated (thanks
> for chiming in!) it was just a matter of being very swamped with 'real
> life'. But I'm glad to have you here, and indeed we have now in
> ipython a lot of potential for new contributions. There's still real
> work to be done to 'land' the new zmq-based architecture in a fully
> stable release, but I hope we'll be able to make headway again into
> that soon. And that means the time is right to start thinking about
> gsoc projects.
>
> I'm going to list a few things that need doing, for some of these
> someone has already made a start but they aren't completed yet. But
> this is just so you get a sense of what's 'on the table'. The best
> contributions come always from matching a project's needs with the
> interest of the student, so feel free to pick something that is close
> to what *you* like and have skills for. We can then help get you
> started, so that by the time the gsoc rolls around, you have already
> some momentum going. In no particular order:
>
> - allowing the new Qt console to work in a single process. This may
> appear paradoxical (since we did all that work to be able to run in
> *two* processes), but there are scenarios where someone may want to
> embed an IPython rich widget inside an existing application that has a
> namespace to be interactively manipulated. Mayavi is a prime example
> that does that, and right now it would not be able to use our console,
> since the Qt widget expects to be a separate process.
>
> - continuing work on the html frontend that James Gao started:
> https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/179.
>
> I haven't talked to James recently, and he may be able to find time to
> push forward again, so obviously we'd first sync with him before
> proceeding. But I expect this to be a fair amount of long-term work,
> so even with James' foundation in place, there will be plenty more to
> do.
>
> - Allowing the html notebook and the Qt widget to use the matplotlib
> html5 backend, to get fully interactive windows inline. I don't know
> enough about Qt to be really sure if this is even possible, just an
> idea right now.
>
> - Develop a curses frontend. Wendell Smith discussed this a while ago
> and has some thoughts on the matter, but I don't know if he has made
> significant inroads; you may want to ping him first.
>
> - Work on the parallel parts: Min Ragan-Kelley has made phenomenal
> progress recently on this, but it's possible that despite his
> super-human abilities, he might still have more ideas than time to
> code them up. Now with the zmq support we have fairly ambitious plans
> for what can be done with ipython, so there will be plenty of work on
> this front.
>
>
> This is just a starter list, let us know if any of it sounds
> interesting/appealing to you and we'll direct you with a bit more
> precision then.
>
> Regards, and welcome to the project!
>
> f
>
Hello Fernando,
I am sorry for this so late reply, but with the holidays and the exam period
at the university I was not able to find some time for this.
Honestly, all of the possibilities that you pointed out, sound equally
appealing to me, I hope that maybe you guys can prioritize them.
I think that I would be able to do a good job, of course with a help of a
mentor, regardless of the task. I think of myself as a self-learner, so I
just need to be pointed in the right direction.
So I guess, the question lies in finding a mentor.
Best wishes,
Daniel.
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