From: Peter Szinek Date: 2006-04-18T21:48:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code -- It's back Patrick Hurley wrote: > On 4/17/06, Tanner Burson wrote: >> On 4/17/06, Jake McArthur wrote: >>> I'm also eligible, and this is right up my ally. Would love to get >>> involved. I'm very intently keeping up with this thread for neat >>> ideas, so any others would be appreciated. >> >> +1 >> >> - Jake McArthur >> >> >> -- >> ===Tanner Burson=== >> tanner.burson@gmail.com >> http://tannerburson.com <---Might even work one day... >> >> > > 1. Rdoc/Ri integration (may require basically rewriting ri) > > 2. A ruby code browser, including heuristic linking of method calls to > definitions (best guess, list of possibilities, etc) > > 3. Specialized CMS (content management systems) for schools, clubs, > etc (calendaring, events, forms, contacts, etc) > > 4. A complete ruby parser in ruby (there is a fair amount of activity > being done here already, but nothing to the best of my knowledge is > complete) > > 5. A set of ruby refactoring tools (as ruby scripts) -- these would > not be 100% safe as there are things a programmer could do to break > any static analysis, but they could be "good enough": > A. Rename a class (and all references to it) > B. Rename a member variable (and all references to it) > C. Rename a module > D. Rename a method > E. Move class to/from a Module > F. Move class into/out of a different class > G. etc... > > 6. A rails project visualizer -- should generate printable (pdf?) and > browse-able documentation of the model/view/controller, data flows, > schema, test coverage, etc. > > 7. A project modeled on oswd.org, but providing rails templates > (application.rhtml, css and possibly helpers). I think this would be > really popular -- especially if the free templates in oswd were > "borrowed". -- A smart rails command that could pull in the templates > would make it even more appealing. Cool ideas... I like mainly 3) These are just ideas or you are offering some kind of mentoring also? Peter