[SoC] Interested in applying for GSOC - MapWindow

[Sunburned Surveyor]

Lucas,

I'm not very familiar with MapWindow, but I wouldn't say bug squishing
is a "low priority". In fact, it is one of the important jobs that
rarely gets done. Bug fixing can also lead to changes/refactoring of
the code with benefits beyond the scope of the original bug.

I wouldn't hesitate to sign-up for a bug-fixing project. Just make
sure you communicate with the MapWindow programming team and have a
good plan on which bugs to fix and when.

Landon

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:46 AM, worm <wormangel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> 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.
> 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 ASP.NET), and that
> became my expertise (and favorite language).
> 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!
>
> I was glad to find .NET projects in the accepted organizations list, and
> even more glad when i found about OSGeo.
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> - I like the "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.
> - Another one woulde be the "New GUI for for MapWindow", but i don't know
> much about VB.NET (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).
> - 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?
>
> Am i right?
> I would appreciate to hear your toughts about my decision and application as
> a whole.
>
> Thanks in advance, looking forward to work this summer :)
>
>
> Lucas
>
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