Hi!<br><br>My name is Lucas, i'm a brazilian computer science student at UFCG (Universidade Federal de Campina Grande) and i'm looking forward to participate in GSOC.<br>I have skills in Java and Python, plus some superficial knowledge of C++ and Qt (it's been a while), but it's been almost a year since i got this trainee job where i got used to work with .NET and C# (plus <a href="http://ASP.NET">ASP.NET</a>), and that became my expertise (and favorite language).<br>
I have never worked with open source projects before, altough i'm very familiar with the idea (my graduation course is all about open-source development, they keep pushing us towards it), and very interested in getting involved!<br>
<br>I was glad to find .NET projects in the accepted organizations list, and even more glad when i found about OSGeo.<br>I took the GIS course last year at the university, learned the concepts, worked on a small project and got really interested in the subject.<br>
<br>So i'm thinking on applying for MapWindow. I have not figured any new ideas yet but i did like some of the ones on the ideas page.<br><br>- I like the "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">New MapWinGeoProc library" idea, i'm not familiar with NTS/GEOS libraries, it would be nice to learn and everything is in C#, it's the one which suits me best.<br>
- Another one woulde be the "New GUI for for MapWindow", but i don't know much about <a href="http://VB.NET">VB.NET</a> (but i do know MVC and design patterns). It would be really good to learn (and they say it's not hard at all for C# programmers)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span>.<br>
- The "Zap-a-bug" one also seems nice, it makes possible to set various small goals (bugs) that builds up to a greater goal, and i do know how awful these 'forgotten' bugs can be in a software project. My worry about that idea is that it's seems like a low-priority one (like it's unusual that it gets a slot), isn't it?<br>
<br>Am i right?<br>I would appreciate to hear your toughts about my decision and application as a whole.<br><br>Thanks in advance, looking forward to work this summer :)<br><br><br>Lucas<br>