Hi Andre,
Sorry i didn't have much time, is there still time for us? So far I
got only few categories of easy tasks, which on other hand are really
easy, so maybe not even suitable (they don't really require much
thinking). These are:
Localization in source code - find elements which have hardcoded
english and implement localization macros on them, so that they are
retrieved by key from xml files (basically replacing hardcoded strings
with some C++ code) this can be more complicated for gui elements,
where new functions may need to be created, but it's still very
trivial task, that requires beginner c++ knowledge.
Update of deprecated code - we have some nice functions, that could be
used on many places, so basically rewriting some parts of code
utilizing them.
Update of deprecated API calls - some MW api's were deprecated in
recent days, queries used in huggle need to be updated.
I believe all these categories are suitable for newbie programmers,
but I don't really know if it's kind of tasks you would like to have
at code in. What do you think? Should I create bugs for these?
If someone has an idea for other easy tasks, let me know.
P.S. I have a number of harder tasks as well, but these may require
deep knowledge of C and C++.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Andre Klapper <aklapper(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 13:22 +0100, Petr Bena wrote:
>> This is a good idea, I will try to get some easy tasks and will list
>> myself there. Thanks
>
> That's awesome, thank you, Petr! Plus we'll have another interesting
> programming language in the mix!
>
> Feel free to drop your rough ideas on
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in_2014#Proposed_tasks
> (as Google will take a look at that list on Monday).
> We can still polish them until Dec 01st when Code-In starts.
> Also, it probably makes sense to have a Huggle section under
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Code-in_2014#Common_instructions_for_…
> with general information and links (where to find the code, how to
> compile, etc).
>
> Cheers & thanks!
> andre
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