Re: [cclib-devel] Mentorship for GSOC Project

[Karol L. <kar...@gm...>]

Hi Kumar,

Well, typically the first phase consists of scoping out the project. I
would recommend pondering the following questions first:
1. What exactly are the types of content we're talking about here?
2. Where can we find it?
3. What would be a reasonable approach to search for it?
4. Can we do a little intro work to estimate the amount of content really
out there?
5. What would be the tangible result of the project? Would it be code, or
rather a working service/process?

One of the most important factors we consider other than the application
itself is any contributions, however minor, to the codebase. These are
excellent signals for us, indicating what we can expect from your
contributions during summer.

I hope that helps,
Karol

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:10 PM kumar saurabh <b1...@ii...> wrote:

> Hi Karol,
>
> Thanks for pointing it out.I have gone through all the ideas and those two
> interests me a lot.
>
> Apparently,i would like to contribute to project of discovering chemistry
> online.
>
> Please help where to start and specific areas you would like to focus.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Kumar Saurabh
>
> On Thu, 7 Mar, 2019, 11:21 AM Karol Langner <kar...@gm...
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kumar,
>>
>> The title you mentioned ("Implementing new parsers and discovering
>> computational chemistry content online") is actually two projects on our
>> ideas page. Are you specifically thinking about one?
>>
>> I'd recommend you also go through the page with general instructions:
>> http://wiki.openchemistry.org/Applying_to_GSoC
>>
>> Best,
>> Karol
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 10:57 AM kumar saurabh <b1...@ii...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi ,
>>>
>>> I, Kumar Saurabh, a final year student at IIIT Bhubaneswar, majoring in
>>> Computer Science and engineering. Being passionate about product
>>> development, I find developing application development exciting.q  A
>>> background in engineering has allowed me to develop an in-depth, analytical
>>> approach and strengthen my critical thinking ability;
>>>
>>> I have written this email to seek mentorship for GSOC project .I
>>> thoroughly gone through the projects.*Implementing new parsers and
>>> discovering computational chemistry content online *interests me lot.I
>>> am quite proficient in Python and done quite amount of projects in creating
>>> parsers and web crawler.I am quite comfortable in API development . Could
>>> you help me with some basic initial information,so that i can get some
>>> head-start .Once i get acquainted with the existing workflow,I will present
>>> you a Proof of Concept ,so that we can be on same page.
>>>
>>> Also i am very much interested in participating with you guys this years
>>> GSoC but i seek in first knowing more about Open Chemistry and begin
>>> contributions. Any help would be greatly appreciated mentors.
>>>
>>>  I look forward hearing from you.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kumar Saurabh
>>> Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
>>> BTech | Class of 2019
>>> IIIT Bhubaneswar
>>> LinkedIn <http://linkedin.com/in/kumar-saurabh-451625113>
>>>
>>