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* Please describe your experience with C++, Octave or Matlab m-scripts, OpenGL and Qt. | * Please describe your experience with C++, Octave or Matlab m-scripts, OpenGL and Qt. | ||
:- '''MATLAB m-scripts:''' I am highly experienced with MATLAB m-scripts. As I have said before, A lot of my coursework assignments involve making m-scripts. Those assignments, have | :- '''MATLAB m-scripts:''' I am highly experienced with MATLAB m-scripts. As I have said before, A lot of my coursework assignments involve making m-scripts. Those assignments, have even asked me to make my own implementations of inbuilt MATLAB functions. For example, I have done things like making a m-script that computes modulo-N circular convolution like MATLAB's cconv function (I have been using this knowledge to contribute to Octave-Forge signal package). In addition to this, I also implement machine learning in Octave and have gained further experience of m-scripts by doing that. If selected, I will approach the project that I have decided to work on, for GSoC 2018, by writing m-scripts and so I consider my experience to be a big plus point. | ||
:- '''C++:''' I am familiar with C++ | :- '''C++:''' I am familiar with C++ but I have never made a formal project using it and I haven't been using it lately. I can quickly revise it if required. I was taught C and C++ in my first year, in a course called "Software Development Fundamentals". At the time I decided to use C and not C++ for my project. I passed that subject with an 'A grade' is all I can '''currently''' say about my C++ experience. | ||
:- '''OpenGL and Qt:''' I have never used OpenGL before. I have never used Qt either but I've seen | :- '''OpenGL and Qt:''' I have never used OpenGL before. I have never used Qt either but I've seen some Qt code of my friends. | ||
* Please describe your experience with other programming languages. | * Please describe your experience with other programming languages. | ||
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:- '''C:''' I am comfortable with C and have made a number of projects using it. | :- '''C:''' I am comfortable with C and have made a number of projects using it. | ||
:- '''JAVA:''' This was my first language, (well not exactly, my first language was BASIC | :- '''JAVA:''' This was my first language, (well not exactly, my first language was BASIC), I have 4 years of experience with JAVA, but I haven't used it for making projects. I use this language mainly for problem solving (competitive programming) questions. | ||
:- '''Python:''' I am familiar with the language but I still am learning to use it effectively. I am learning it so that I can use it for Machine Learning problems if required. | :- '''Python:''' I am familiar with the language but I still am learning to use it effectively. I am learning it so that I can use it for Machine Learning problems if required. | ||
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* Please describe the biggest project you have written code for and what you learned by doing so. Also, describe your role in that project over time. | * Please describe the biggest project you have written code for and what you learned by doing so. Also, describe your role in that project over time. | ||
:-I'll assume that by 'biggest project', you mean the project which required me to play the most important roles and write a lot of code that required a lot of testing and debugging. | |||
In this sense, my biggest project was that of making an Arduino and LDR Sensors based maze solver bot with a team of four. The bot would traverse a maze in a 'trial run' and store all the correct paths (A path that would not lead to a dead end) in its memory whenever it encountered a 'T like' condition in the maze (A condition when more that one choice of path was available). After that, in any subsequent run, the bot would traverse the maze using the stored path (which avoided dead ends) and therefore, solve the maze in a shorter amount of time. | |||
I was the team leader in this project and as the leader, my primary roles were to.. | |||
a) Give directions to the team in a way that every team member's individual skill-set could be taken into use. | |||
b) Boost the morale of the team whenever it seemed like the project would not get completed in time. | |||
These were my primary roles as the leader. My technical role was to write the code or to make a 'functioning brain' of the bot. Roles of my team mates were to design the hardware, design testing tracks etc. | |||
I am proud to say that we were able to successfully complete the bot in time and that the bot gave us expected results. I am also proud of the fact that with the technical skills I gained, I am able to help my juniors at my university with their maze solver bot codes. What disappoints me is that, performance of our bot could have been improved if only we had used better quality hardware. Unfortunately, that wasn't an option for us since we had to pay for the hardware out of our own pockets and we only had limited money on us. | |||
Some soft skills I learned from this project were.. | |||
a) How to work with a team. | |||
b) The roles and importance of a leader. | |||
Some technical skills I learned were... | |||
a) Technicalities of Arduino, LDR Sensors, motor drivers etc. | |||
b) Technicalities of writing an Arduino/C code. | |||
another very important thing that I learned was '''never skip comments while writing code.''' | |||
* Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. ''This question (one of the most important parts by the way) is the only part of your application our wiki admins will edit for you even after the application deadline. Code sometimes speaks louder than many words do.'' | * Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. ''This question (one of the most important parts by the way) is the only part of your application our wiki admins will edit for you even after the application deadline. Code sometimes speaks louder than many words do.'' | ||