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AndrejLojdl
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* Why are you choosing Octave? | * Why are you choosing Octave? | ||
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My name is Andrej Lojdl. I love programming, mathematics, and electronics, as well as any combination of these. I’m a first year student working towards a Bachelor degree in Computer Science at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, Serbia. I speak Slovak (primary), Serbian and English. | My name is Andrej Lojdl. I love programming, mathematics, and electronics, as well as any combination of these. I’m a first year student working towards a Bachelor degree in Computer Science at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, Serbia. I speak Slovak (primary), Serbian and English. | ||
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By participating in Google Summer of Code program, I hope to learn something new, gain more real world experience and spend the summer flipping bits, not burgers. The philosophy of sharing aligns well with my own values. I hope to get a better idea how it is to work in software engineering and how open source communities work, and how can I as an individual participate in the community. | By participating in Google Summer of Code program, I hope to learn something new, gain more real world experience and spend the summer flipping bits, not burgers. The philosophy of sharing aligns well with my own values. I hope to get a better idea how it is to work in software engineering and how open source communities work, and how can I as an individual participate in the community. | ||
This is the first year I’m trying to participate in GSoC. I’m choosing the Octave project because I have been using it for some course work, and because it has helped me alot with some online learning courses, like machine learning on Coursera. | This is the first year I’m trying to participate in GSoC. I’m choosing the Octave project because I have been using it for some course work, and because it has helped me alot with some online learning courses, like machine learning on Coursera. | ||
== C: Contact == | == C: Contact == | ||
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'''Lojdl_''' is my nickname on IRC. I live in UTC/GMT +1 timezone (current time zone offset is 2h). I’m most comfortable to work from 9AM to 5PM (+/- 1h), but I’m flexible. | '''Lojdl_''' is my nickname on IRC. I live in UTC/GMT +1 timezone (current time zone offset is 2h). I’m most comfortable to work from 9AM to 5PM (+/- 1h), but I’m flexible. | ||
== E: Coding experience == | == E: Coding experience == | ||
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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. | ||
* Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | * Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | ||
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I’ve been using Matlab, C, Processing and C# for projects. C was the first language I learned and I’m using it for a quiet time now (4 years). On a couple of occasions I used Octave, PHP, HTML/CSS and JavaScript, but I’m not skillful in these languages. In the second/current semester we have a course on assembly, we’re working with the x86 architecture. I have been experimenting with Python lately. I don’t have any experience with Open Source, and I have not made any commits to Octave yet. | |||
== F: Feeling fine == | == F: Feeling fine == | ||
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** make, gcc, gdb or other development tools | ** make, gcc, gdb or other development tools | ||
* What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? | * What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? | ||
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I started using mailing lists about month ago, and I’m comfortable using them. And I started using IRC with the beginning of GSoC student application period. I have not used wiki except for Wikipedia. We are using gcc and ddd in programing courses. | |||
== O: Only out of interest == | == O: Only out of interest == | ||
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** If not, where would you expect or advise us to do advertising? | ** If not, where would you expect or advise us to do advertising? | ||
* What was the first question concerning Octave you could not find an answer to rather quickly? | * What was the first question concerning Octave you could not find an answer to rather quickly? | ||
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I used Octave in online learning courses. Octave has quite a good database of tutorials and books on wide space of internet so I didn’t have any problems when I was using it. | |||
== P: Prerequisites == | == P: Prerequisites == | ||
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** a computer with your progressing work on | ** a computer with your progressing work on | ||
* Please describe the degree up to which you can install new software on computers you have access to. | * Please describe the degree up to which you can install new software on computers you have access to. | ||
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I have my own laptop, where I’m dual booting Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7. I have broadband internet access at home 24/7. I’m the only user of my laptop, so I don’t have any limits for installing software. | |||
== S: Self-assessment == | == S: Self-assessment == | ||
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** Do you like to discuss changes intensively and not start coding until you know what you want to do? | ** Do you like to discuss changes intensively and not start coding until you know what you want to do? | ||
** Do you like to code a proof of concept to 'see how it turns out', modifying that and taking the risk of having work thrown away if it doesn't match what the project or original proponent had in mind? | ** Do you like to code a proof of concept to 'see how it turns out', modifying that and taking the risk of having work thrown away if it doesn't match what the project or original proponent had in mind? | ||
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My opinion is that criticism is good, because it can give you information about progress and quality of your work. But only constructive criticism, because uninformative criticism can kill my will to work. I’ve good experience with mentors and I love regular feedback, because I think it’s the backbone of every successful project. I can work on something for two-three days, without contacting mentor. In Petnica I was getting feedback every two days, and this suited me well. More than four days is sometimes too much time without supervision. I like discussing projects intensively but with a limit. After some time I lose focus of discussion and all what has been discussed won’t be implemented in code, so it’s like talking about the problem instead of trying to fix it. Giving up on some part of code, and just starting over again is something what I’m used too. We were doing that often during the “SPH Fluid Simulation” project in Petnica. | |||
== Y: Your task == | == Y: Your task == | ||
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** If you apply for a task you have added yourself instead, please describe this task, its scope and people you already talked to concerning it. What field of tasks did you miss on the list? | ** If you apply for a task you have added yourself instead, please describe this task, its scope and people you already talked to concerning it. What field of tasks did you miss on the list? | ||
* Please provide a rough estimated timeline for your work on the task. | * Please provide a rough estimated timeline for your work on the task. | ||
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