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| == A: An introduction == | | == A: An introduction == |
| * My name is '''Abdallah Khaled Elshamy''', a student from Egypt. I am a hard-working person who is passionate about his work. I am a senior undergraduate student studying computer and systems engineering at the faculty of engineering - Ain Shams University. | | * My name is '''Abdallah Khaled Elshamy''', a student from Egypt. I am a hard-working person who is passionate about his work. I am a third year undergraduate student studying computer and systems engineering at faculty of engineering - Ain Shams University. |
| ** Languages I speak: Arabic (native) and English (advanced). | | ** Languages I speak: Arabic (native) and English (upper-intermediate). |
| ** I have a good background in mathematics (ODEs, linear algebra, numerical analysis, and calculus), electronic and electric circuits, and computer science. | | ** I have a good background in mathematics (ODEs, linear algebra, numerical analysis and calculus), electronic and electric circuits and computer science. |
| * Google Summer of Code is an excellent opportunity for a student like me to work with other developers on sophisticated software that has a lot of users. I hope to become a better and more experienced developer and to hone my soft skills by collaborating with the developers/maintainers of Octave. | | * Google summer of code is an excellent opportunity for a student like me to work with other developers on a sophisticated software that has a lot of users. I hope to become a better and more experienced developer and to hone my soft skills by collaborating with the developers/maintainers of Octave. |
| ** I participated in GSoC 2020 with GNU Octave. | | ** I don't have any previous experience with the GSoC. |
| * I used Octave a lot as an open-source alternative to MATLAB. It was extremely helpful for me as a student. Thus, I want to help in enhancing and adding to this important project. | | * I used octave a lot as an open-source alternative to Matlab. It was extremely helpful for me as a student.Thus, I want to help in enhancing and adding to this important project. |
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| == C: Contact == | | == C: Contact == |
| * Username on Savannah, Username on Octave Discourse, and Nickname on IRC: '''Abdallah_Elshamy''' | | * User name on Savannah and Nick name on IRC: '''Abdallah_Elshamy''' |
| * I live in Cairo (UTC+2). my location won't change over GSoC duration. | | * I live in cairo (UTC+2). my location won't change over GSoC duration. |
| * I usually split my working hours to regain my focus so I code from 06.00 to 10.00 and from 12.00 to 17.00 | | * I usually code around 10.00 to 19.00 and could also try to start earlier (~8.00) for few days ;-)'' |
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| == E: Coding experience ==
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| * I have a good knowledge of C++ and used it in many projects.
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| * I have been using Octave/MATLAB for about three years. I am familiar with some packages like: Control and Signals. I wrote many m-scripts and used Simulink.
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| * I have a good knowledge of Qt and made two University projects using it.
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| * I have a good knowledge of Python and a fair knowledge of Java.
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| * I am comfortable with working with team and worked with many teams in university projects.
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| * Last GSoC, I Worked on a project that enriched GNU Octave with built-in support for JSON. I developed functions to encode/decode JSON using C++ and unit tests using Octave. My project was integrated into the main repository of GNU Octave[https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2020/projects/5567022663991296/].
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| * Other contributions can be found here[https://github.com/gnu-octave/octave/commits?author=Abdallah-Elshamy].
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| == F: Feeling fine ==
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| * I am familiar with IRC and used it to get advice.
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| * I am familiar with mailing list and subscribed to it.
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| * I used Mercurial to submit a patch and have a good experience with other version control systems like git.
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| * I built Octave using make tool and was able (with the help of the maintainers) to add functions to the build system.
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| * What will make me actively stay in the community that I want to help in developing Octave as it helped me in my study. besides, I believe that I will learn a lot from this.
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| == O: Only out of interest ==
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| * I heard about Octave approximately two years ago in my college as an open source alternative for MATLAB since we have projects that used MATLAB and we needed a software with similar capabilities.
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| * The first question concerning Octave I could not find an answer to rather quickly was how to add to the build system. With some searching and help from IRC channel and maintainers I was able to solve it.
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| == P: Prerequisites ==
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| * I use Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
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| * I own this machine and have full (sudo) access to it. I can install any new software on it.
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| * I will be able to access internet connection, a computer with my progressing work on any time on the day.
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| == S: Self-assessment ==
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| * Criticism is greatly important and highly appreciated by me as it allows me to learn from other's experiences. To make the best of it I prefer it to:
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| ** Be as specific as possible.
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| ** Be supported with examples.
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| ** Use clear language and avoid ambiguity.
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| ** Be given in points so I can track my improvement in a better way.
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| * I prefer to discuss changes and to have a good vision about them before starting to code. Surely, all the details may not be clear and need further search but having a good general view about the system helps a lot and directs your search and your efforts to fruitful paths.
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| * Prototypes definitely helps you understand what you are trying to do so coding and modifying them (with the risk to throw them away) may be useful to have a better understanding and a better implementation of the requirements.
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| == Y: Your task ==
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| * I am interested in the "Jupyter Notebook Integration" project.
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| * This project aims to support running (and filling) Jupyter Notebook within GNU Octave. This would enable Jupyter Notebook users to evaluate long-running Octave Notebooks on a computing server without a permanent browser connection, which is still a pending issue.
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| [[Category: Summer of Code]]
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