Re: A computer science student would like to join the Octave development.

[edmund ronald]

Hi Filip, 

 Maybe we can think about this together. If you're not an expert in mathematics, then numerical code is not going to be your thing. 

 On the other hand, graphics, GUI, interface code or a notebook interface etc are a possibility.

Edmund

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On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Carnë Draug <address@hidden> wrote:

On 8 October 2015 at 12:31, Filip Mišún <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi dear GNU fellows.
>
> My name is Filip and I study computer science at college for a second year.
> Now that I entered the second grade of the college, I was assigned to choose
> a project, on which I would work for the whole grade. The topic of the
> project is for me to choose (given it is somehow related to computer
> science).
>
> For a longer time I have considered joining the development of some GNU
> project. Now, that I have to work on some project, I think this might be a
> great opportunity for me to make the first step. I visited the gnu website
> and looked at some projects the gnu community is currently working on. The
> Octave project immediately attracted me, since I also love mathematics.
>
> So I decided to write this mail. I would like to write a piece of code,
> which would possibly become part of the octave at the end. My question on
> you therefore is, if there is something about octave, that would be great to
> do and would be suitable for me. Since it is supposed to be part of my
> school project, it should satisfy the following conditions:
>
> The code that I write should be coherent. By that I mean, that it shouldn't
> be just some adjustments up and there or bug fixing. It should somehow "stay
> on it's own".
> It should be challenging enough. Please realize, that I have a whole year to
> work on this one and if it's going to be good enough, it might even become
> my bachelor thesis the next year, so I will have another year to work on it.
>
> I know these conditions are somehow vague, but I hope I made myself at least
> a little bit clear. I would prefer working on a code, that would do some
> numerical computations, since, as I said, I love mathematics (despite the
> fact I am definitely not an expert). But I would also gladly work on
> something else. I will be very grateful to anyone, who will share his idea
> with me.
>
> I have experiences with programming mainly in C++ and Java, but I'm ready to
> learn something new. I have also about three months to make all the
> preparations that I need, before I start writing the code itself.
>
> I'm also completely new to the free software community and have only a vague
> idea, how it works. So I'm sorry if I wrote something stupid in this post.
>
> Best regards, Filip.

Hi Filip

We typically do not suggest projects to others.  The idea is that you
should pick up something that interests you.  You should be developing
Octave to solve your problems or work on something that you find
interesting.

Carnë