[Bf-committers] Google Summer of Code 2006

[Ben Stabler]

Hi Scott,

Apart from IRC ( #blendercoders on irc.freenode.net ) this is probably 
the best place to send messages- though if your proposal is accepted one 
of the requirements is going to be presence on IRC at certain intervals, 
so it's probably worth visiting the channel before then, at least so you 
can speak to some of the coders.

What were you thinking of doing for your project? If you're interested 
in OpenGL, one of the feature requests recently on blenderartists.org 
has been more extensive use of OpenGL in the 3d view (for example 
realtime shadows and shading modes), or of course there is the game 
engine, where Snailrose recently introduced some OpenGL 2.0 shaders.

Good luck,

Ben

Scott Johnson wrote:
> Chris:
>
> Thanks for letting me know more about the project.  I am really 
> interested in doing this Summer of Code for Blender.  I have quite a 
> bit of experience with OpenGL, and programming in general.  I have 
> also had extensive work with Software Engineering methods, including 
> research in UML and UML to code implementations.  In addition, I am 
> really excited about Blender as a product - I use it regularly, and 
> would really like to give back to the organization.
>
> Thanks for letting me know about the group project rules.  I think we 
> were kind of looking at doing separate projects, but both in the same 
> area: i.e. both of us working on Blender if possible.  Since we are 
> both in the same town, it would be easier to bounce ideas off of each 
> other & code together.
>
> Is this the best place to be discussing the Summer of Code, or should 
> I use a different list/forum?  I know there was some mention of the 
> forums on the Blender site.  I didn't know whether or not it was 
> acceptable to use the developer list.  Let me know if there is another 
> medium for discussion, as I don't want to clog up talks about coding 
> and development.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Scott
>
> =======================================
> Scott Johnson
> Student
> Department of Computer Science
> University of North Dakota
> scottj at cs.und.edu
> (701) 777-5532
> =======================================
>
>
>
> Chris Want wrote:
>
>> Scott Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> My name is Scott Johnson.  I am currently entering school this fall 
>>> as a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota, specializing in 
>>> 3D graphics.  My collegue Ryan Langseth and I are interested in 
>>> working on a Blender Development project this summer, in Google's 
>>> Summer of Code 2006.  I have been working with Blender (in a user 
>>> setting) for about  a year now.  I know that Google's 2005 Summer of 
>>> Code  resulted in a number of excellent new features for Blender, 
>>> and I am extremely interested in helping create new features to this 
>>> great open source project.
>>> I was wondering if anyone on this developer list might have an idea 
>>> of who I could speak with to discuss possible projects that Blender 
>>> will be looking at submitting for this summer's session.  I can be 
>>> reached at scottj at cs.und.edu.
>>> Thank you very much!
>>>
>>> ~Scott
>>
>>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> There is a preliminary project ideas page that might
>> change a bit before being officially published:
>>
>> http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/SOC_2006_ideas
>>
>> Also, be sure to check Google's SoC student FAQ: for example,
>> group submissions are not allowed, so you would not be able
>> to work with Ryan on a project.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris
>
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