[SoC] Welcome to Squeak's Summer of Code!

[Esteban Lorenzano]

Stephane,
Sorry for using this list for summertalk, but... I want to ask which  
are the next steps for Summertalk... is there something I have to do?

Thanks,
Esteban

El 05/05/2008, a las 4:06PM, stephane ducasse escribió:

> If someone wants to co-mentor gwenael there is no problem.
>
> stef
>
> On May 5, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Giovanni Corriga wrote:
>
>> Hello, and welcome to Squeak's Summer of Code!
>>
>> I apologize for waiting so much before sending this message, but now
>> here we are.
>>
>> As you know, your proposals have been selected for Squeak's Summer of
>> Code. Fine, but now what? Here's a list of things you need to know
>> and/or do for your SoC project (you probably already know most of  
>> them).
>>
>> Mentors
>> Get in contact with your mentor, and discuss and decide how you  
>> should
>> interact with him during the summer: email, IM, IRC etc. Also, since
>> we've plenty of available mentors, we'll be assigning each student a
>> second mentor to help him. We're currently in the process of  
>> assigning
>> them; as soon as we complete the assignment, we'll tell you who  
>> shall be
>> your second mentor. This second mentor will also act as backup in  
>> case
>> the first one can't continue mentoring you.
>>
>> Mailing lists
>> Subscribe to the main Squeak mailing lists. These include the  
>> Beginners
>> and Squeak-dev mailing lists, and are the places where most of the
>> Squeak community lives. You should also subscribe to the SoC mailing
>> list and to the other mailing lists that your mentor may suggest.
>> Almost all mailing lists are hosted on
>> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org .
>>
>> Contact data
>> We need to be able to get in touch with you if the need arises.  
>> Please
>> send a message to me ( giovanni at corriga.net ) with your contact info:
>> other email addresses that you check often, IRC and IM contacts,  
>> even a
>> phone number.
>>
>> Squeaksource
>> Get yourself an account on Squeaksource, if you don't have one.
>> Squeaksource ( http://www.squeaksource.com ) is a centralized  
>> monticello
>> server, with some extra features like web/wiki pages, integration  
>> with
>> SqueakMap etc. Many of the packages you'll work on have their home on
>> Squeaksource.
>>
>> The tools and the library
>> If this is the first time you work with a Smalltalk system, then you
>> have to get acquainted with the development tools: code browser,  
>> method
>> finder, monticello browser, debugger, etc. etc. Also, start to  
>> learn the
>> structure of the class library.
>> Ask you mentors for help on this, and try to develop some small
>> applications to get your feet wet in Smalltalk.
>>
>> Weekly IRC meetings and reports
>> During the summer months, we're going to hold a short IRC meeting  
>> at the
>> beginning of each week. During this meeting we'll quickly go over  
>> what
>> you've done in the past week, what you're planning to do in the  
>> current
>> week, what problems you did encounter.
>>
>> Summer of Squeak Blog
>> I've created a blog called Summer of Squeak
>> ( http://blog.summer.squeak.org ) that will be used to track your SoC
>> projects. I invite you to join the blog and post regularly about your
>> work. I'll immediately proceed to add you to the blog.
>>
>> ESUG Conference
>> ESUG (the European Smalltalk User Group) organizes a yearly  
>> conference
>> of Smalltalk pratictioners. This year's conference will be held in
>> Amsterdam from August 23rd to August 29th. Since the conference  
>> will be
>> held soon after the end of the Summer of Code, it would be cool if  
>> the
>> students could meet in person. You can apply for a student  
>> volunteer job
>> at the conference: if you're accepted ESUG will pay your  
>> admittance to
>> the conference and your accomodations for the days of the  
>> conference, in
>> exchange for some light work during the conference.
>>
>> If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to contact your
>> mentor or to send a message to this mailing list.
>>
>> 	Giovanni
>>
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