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

[stephane ducasse]

On May 5, 2008, at 9:12 PM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:

> 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?

we were collecting a bit the potential participants and projects: so  
far only two people contacted us.
By 15 of may we will come back to you.
>
> 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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