[Phpmyadmin-devel] Wanna join OOPs implementation

[Rakesh Kumar]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Dieter Adriaenssens <
dieter.adriaenssens at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/3/28 Rakesh Kumar <kumar3180 at gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Dieter Adriaenssens
> > <dieter.adriaenssens at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 2011/3/28 Rakesh Kumar <kumar3180 at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >     I am a student pursuing B Tech(Graduation) in Computer Science and
> >> > Engineering from India and i am in final semester.I am new to this
> >> > community
> >> > and posting my views for the very first time. I want to convert this
> >> > application into Three tier architecture. I have worked on PHPMyAdmin
> >> > for my
> >> > personal purpose.
> >> > I also want to work for User Interface improvement but couldn't get so
> >> > much
> >> > idea about it, if somebody can help me understanding it?
> >> > I have a working experience of one year in PHP and i work as a
> >> > freelancer
> >> > also in PHP for an organization. And this time i want to contribute in
> >> > PHPMyadmin as a part of my open source evangelism.
> >> > I don't have any idea how to post properly on this list so please
> guide
> >> > me
> >> > if i went wrong anywhere.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Thanks and Regards
> >> > RAKESH KUMAR
> >> > www.linux-delhi.org
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hi Rakesh,
> >>
> >> Completely converting phpMyAdmin to another system, be it 3-tier
> >> architecture, MVC or something else, is out of scope for GSoC.
> >>
> >> If want to apply for the OOP project of GSoC, you better focus on
> >> converting a small part of the current phpMyAdmin code into a class.
> >
> > You mean current code is just written in raw PHP means without using
> classes
> > and i will have to delve into current project and pick some modules and
> > convert it into Object Oriented Pattern.
>
> As indicated in [2], there are already some classes, but basically the
> current codebase of phpMyAdmin is mostly not OOP, so that's exactly
> what this GSoC project is about.
>
> >>
> >> Are you familiar with OOP? Do you know about Design patterns [0] and
> [1]?
> >
> > Yes i know it.
> >>
> >> You can get some inspiration for possible classes : [2]
> >
> > The classes listed there are the way you want a student to develop or are
> > just a proposal which can be different at the time of development.
>
> This is just a list of currently implemented classes and things that
> could become classes, see it more as an inspiration. We welcome other
> proposals as well.
>
> >>
> >> BTW : Did you read the applicants guide [3], especially the part about
> >> submitting a patch?
> >>
> >> [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Design_patterns
> >> [1] https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-designptrns/
> >> [2] http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/Class_structure
> >> [3] http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/GSoC_2011_Applicant_Guide
> >
> > Yes sir but wanted to ask you that should a student be familiar with Git
> > before he joins you or you accept him? does it work like a criteria to
> > select anyone?
>
> We use git for our version control, and we expect students to be able
> to use it : if you get selected, you will checkin your code in a git
> repository so that your mentor can monitor your progress.
> Have you used any version control system before (Subversion (svn),
> vcs, mercurial, ...)?
>
> More info on how we use git (with links to tutorials) is on our wiki :
> http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/Git
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Dieter
>
>
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Thank you and i have understood your points and will learn Git. Just one
more question, what are the criteria a student must clear to get selected
for this project, if any?
-- 
Regards
RAKESH KUMAR
http://www.openwebtech.in
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