From: Patrick Hurley <phurley@...>
Date: 2006-04-18T23:59:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code -- It's back

On 4/18/06, Peter Szinek <peter@rt.sk> wrote:
> Patrick Hurley wrote:
> > On 4/17/06, Tanner Burson <tanner.burson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 4/17/06, Jake McArthur <jake.mcarthur@gmail.com> 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
>
>
>

I just signed up to be a mentor with Ruby Central as the organization.

pth