Editing User:Abdallah Elshamy

== 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.
** Languages I speak: Arabic (native) and English (advanced).
** 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.
** I participated in GSoC 2020 with GNU Octave. 
* 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.

== C: Contact ==
* Username on Savannah, Username on Octave Discourse, and Nickname on IRC: '''Abdallah_Elshamy'''
* 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

== E: Coding experience ==
* I have a good knowledge of C++ and used it in many projects.
* 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.
* I have a good knowledge of Qt and made two University projects using it.
* I have a good knowledge of Python and a fair knowledge of Java.
* I am comfortable with working with team and worked with many teams in university projects. 
* 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/].
* Other contributions can be found here[https://github.com/gnu-octave/octave/commits?author=Abdallah-Elshamy].

== F: Feeling fine ==
* I am familiar with IRC and used it to get advice.
* I am familiar with mailing list and subscribed to it.
* I used Mercurial to submit a patch and have a good experience with other version control systems like git.
* I built Octave using make tool and was able (with the help of the maintainers) to add functions to the build system. 
* 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.

== O: Only out of interest ==
* 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.   
* 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.

== P: Prerequisites ==
* I use Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
* I own this machine and have full (sudo) access to it. I can install any new software on it.
* I will be able to access internet connection, a computer with my progressing work on any time on the day.
== S: Self-assessment ==
* 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:
** Be as specific as possible.
** Be supported with examples.
** Use clear language and avoid ambiguity.
** Be given in points so I can track my improvement in a better way.

* 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. 
* 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.

== Y: Your task ==
* I chose JSON encode/decode project.
* My project will focus on creating MATLAB compatible jsonencode and jsondecode functions. This involves proper documentation of the work and unit tests to ensure the correctness of the implementation
* This is my elaborated proposal [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wmQVZseVSDv6I33449r8hCDG1DmM1hei0zdkZspDpTQ/edit?usp=sharing]
* A detailed timeline is provided on the elaborated proposal. My milestones will be:
** Deliver the test suite.
** Deliver jsondecode.
** Deliver jsonencode. 
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