[Mediawiki-api] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] OPW applicant introduction - Evaluating and Improving API Client Libraries

I've applied to the Outreach Program for Women internship this summer, intending to clean up API::Client Code by evaluating the listed API client libraries and contributing to one of the best of those. My proposal is here (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Evaluating_MediaWiki_web_API_client_libraries) and my microtask is here (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_Code/Access_Library_Comparison). If you have comments on my proposal or emphatic opinions about your favorite API libraries, I'd love to hear them. -Frances ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] OPW applicant introduction To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> I've had the privilege of meeting Frances and very much hope that I get to mentor and teach her (along with Tollef, Brad, and Merlijn) this year. I think her microtask https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Client_Code/Access_Library_Comparison is a reasonable start at evaluating how complete, well-documented, and easy-to-use the Python client libraries are. If you've noticed idiosyncrasies in any of those libraries, I'd like to know so we can mark them for further investigation and possible fixing! I developed the basic idea for this internship project along with RobLa, Quim, and Frances, and I think it's pretty sound. The list of client libraries has been a bit of a mess for a while now, and I look forward to being able to Officially Recommend some libraries, and work with their maintainers more systematically (as Frances will in the last part of her internship, when she improves one of them). Frances, it would be great if you'd cross-post this thread to the MediaWiki API mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api so developers there can check out your work and talk about their favorite libraries. Thanks! -- Sumana Harihareswara Senior Technical Writer Wikimedia Foundation On 03/19/2014 07:36 AM, Frances Hocutt wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l