[Mapbender-dev] Google Summer of Code 2008 - let's go

[Christoph Baudson]

I forgot: A small introduction at the developers list would be nice :-)

Christoph Baudson schrieb:
> A very warm welcome to our Summer of Code students Len and Siddharth, 
> and a big thank you to all applicants for the time they spent. 
> Unfortunately Google only granted us two slots, we would have loved to 
> have more. I have already spoken to Arif and Sandy who were denied, 
> they are considering contributing to Mapbender anyway, which would be 
> great, as they are not at all less qualified than Len and Siddharth 
> and would really help us to improve Mapbender.
>
> Let me give you a quick tour with a lot of starting points. The 
> official begin is in May, so the next two weeks can be useful for 
> getting to know the project, the tools and the people.
>
> I would like to encourage you to use the information channels rather 
> than contacting me privately. All the information channels are logged 
> and so we do not lose information, you have that log to go back to. 
> Others can join in. However, for non-project-related discussions, 
> contacting me privately at christoph at osgeo.org (or Testbaudson @ 
> GTalk) is perfectly fine.
>
> Mapbender provides
> - Wiki (http://www.mapbender.org, contact me about an account)
> - Mailing lists and IRC 
> (http://www.mapbender.org/Mapbender_Mailing_Lists)
> - Issue Tracker (http://www.mapbender.org/Trac)
>
> Make yourself familiar with these tools and ask if you need to know 
> anything. Create your own user page at the wiki. Sign up for the 
> mailing lists. Get an account for Trac, and take a peek into the IRC 
> channel.
>
> People here are helpful and will answer your questions thoroughly, 
> however I want to encourage you to try to figure out things on your 
> own, most information is in the Wiki. You have to be able to work on 
> your own in order to be successful. If you find errors, correct them. 
> Add content and help to improve. Ask if you're stuck and you will get 
> help. Just be active.
>
> Besides the pages mentioned above, please take a thorough look at
>
> http://www.mapbender.org/Development
>
> and the pages linked there. You need to understand a little about how 
> Mapbender is administered and your duties as developers in order to go 
> with the flow.
>
> Install your local copy of Mapbender (use Mapbender 2.5 rc2). You will 
> find an installation guide here: http://www.mapbender.org/Installation_en
>
> Read the tutorial at http://www.mapbender.org/Mapbender_Tutorial_en, 
> and check out some applications like
>
> gui
> admin2_en
> admin_en_services
>
> Then, take a look at the code. The most important files to understand 
> at the beginning are
>
> http/frames/index.php
> http/frames/login.php
> http/javascripts/map.php
> http/javascripts/core.php
>
> Start with /http/frames/index.php and go on from there. Take a look 
> into files linked from the above files.
>
> I will be out of office until May 5th, but please feel free to send me 
> an e-mail if I'm unavailable at IRC. I hope to be able to respond 
> promptly.
>
> Let the coding begin... :-)
>


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