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Interested in participating to GSoC 2013 with Sling
Hi,
I am a student from the Faculty of Engineering, Universtiy of Moratuwa, Sri
Lanka who is currently in my 4th year (final year) majoring in Computer
Science and Engineering. I was a GSoC participant in 2012 for Creative
Commons and was able to successfully complete the assigned project[1]. I
would like to contribute to Sling in GSoC 2013.
I did my 6 months of internship in WSO2[2], which is a middleware company
who's products are entirely built on OSGI. There, I was part of a test
hackathon which was carried out for around 2 months for one of their
products, named WSO2 Governance Registry(GReg) [3]. There I wrote various
integration tests for the product. Few of my test cases included testing
JCR related functionality of GReg, so I have an understanding on what is
JCR and how it can be used.
Also I have used JUnit in some of my project work that I carried out in the
university.
So I believe that I have the ability to work on both the ideas listed in
[4], and [5] (I wanted to do [5] even in GSoC 2012, but somehow missed the
opportunity).
To be honest, I've never used Sling nor Solr. So I know that i might not
seem the best candidate for [4]. But after taking a look at both Sling and
Solr, I have the confidence that I'll be able to complete the project.
I honestly believe that I have enough knowledge to complete [5].
My LinkedIn profile can be accessed via [6]. That will list most of the
important activities carried out by me and the recommendations that I've
got for my work in WSO2 (you might need to log in to LinkedIn).
I'm pretty sure that with proper guidance I can complete either [4] or [5].
Please give me any advice, guidance you'd like to extend.
[1]. http://code.creativecommons.org/viewgit/cc.libreoffice.git/
[2]. http://wso2.com/
[3]. http://wso2.com/products/governance-registry/
[4]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2795
[5]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-1437
[6]. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ishan-somasiri/25/bab/951
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University of Moratuwa.
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Re: Interested in participating to GSoC 2013 with Sling
Posted by Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk>.
Hi Ishan,
No worries. Good luck with your finals.
Ian
On 4 May 2013 13:56, Ishan Somasiri <is...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ian,
>
> I decided not to put a proposal considering my other commitments. Thank you
> very much for the reminder. Hope to get back with Sling in a future
> endeavour.
>
> --
>
> Ishan Thilina Somasiri
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Final year undergraduate,
> Computer Science and Engineering Department,
> University of Moratuwa.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ishan's info: www.ishans.info
> මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info
> Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ishan,
> > Dont forget the deadline for proposals is 3rd May, ie this Friday.
> > Best Regards
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > On 29 March 2013 09:35, Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On 28 March 2013 01:17, Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ishan Thilina <
> ishanthilina@gmail.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > >> ...The JMX agent I wrote collected JMX data and published them to a
> > > Cassandra
> > > >> cluster (Please take a look at [2]). So I have experience working
> with
> > > >> Cassandra too. So I think I am a good candidate to carry out this
> > > project.
> > > >> Can anyone please guide me on how I should continue..?...
> > > >
> > > > Thanks very much for your interest - IMO the next steps would be for
> > > > you and the potential project's mentor (Ian I assume, as you created
> > > > SLING-2798?) to agree on a set of goals and initial requirements.
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, sorry, catching up on email.
> > >
> > > The aim here is to create a ResourceProvider which is mounted at a
> > > fixed location in the resource tree
> > > eg /content/cassandra
> > > and provide Resource implementations backed by Cassandra data.
> > > eg
> > > /content/cassandra/columnFamilyA/rowIDB/column might deliver a
> > > Cassandra Resource implementation contain a set of properties.
> > >
> > > better would be
> > > /content/cassandra/a/real/human/readable/path
> > >
> > > would convert /a/real/human/readable/path into a cassandra row/column
> > > and deliver that.
> > >
> > > Once a read only implementation is done, we will want to add path
> > > based access control.
> > > Then make it read write.
> > > Then see how well it performs with certain patterns of load and use.
> > >
> > > The details of exactly how this is done, the design, the mapping, are
> > > all part of the project.
> > >
> > >
> > > If you get to the end of that, then your a RockStar!
> > >
> > >
> > > But first, as Bertrand says, discover more about Sling and keep an eye
> > > on the dates and timeline for GSoC. The deadlines are real hard
> > > deadlines.
> > >
> > > Good luck.
> > > Ian
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Note that as per
> > > > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 the list
> of
> > > > participating organizations is not confirmed by Google so far, so
> > > > there's no guarantee that this will happen, and the ASF would get a
> > > > limited number of slots anyway so it's hard to predict how many slots
> > > > Sling would get, if any.
> > > >
> > > > At this point the best way to maximize your chances is probably to
> get
> > > > familiar with Sling, you can start at
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://sling.apache.org/documentation/getting-started/discover-sling-in-15-minutes.html
> > > > and I suggest following up by studying the slingbucks and espblog
> > > > samples.
> > > >
> > > > -Bertrand
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> [1]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2798
> > > >> [2].
> http://wso2.org/library/articles/2013/02/jmx-monitoring-wso2-bam
> > > >> [3]. http://wso2.com/products/business-activity-monitor/
> > >
> >
>
Re: Interested in participating to GSoC 2013 with Sling
Posted by Ishan Somasiri <is...@gmail.com>.
Hi Ian,
I decided not to put a proposal considering my other commitments. Thank you
very much for the reminder. Hope to get back with Sling in a future
endeavour.
--
Ishan Thilina Somasiri
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Final year undergraduate,
Computer Science and Engineering Department,
University of Moratuwa.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ishan's info: www.ishans.info
මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info
Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info
---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:37 AM, Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Ishan,
> Dont forget the deadline for proposals is 3rd May, ie this Friday.
> Best Regards
> Ian
>
>
> On 29 March 2013 09:35, Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 28 March 2013 01:17, Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ishan Thilina <ishanthilina@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > >> ...The JMX agent I wrote collected JMX data and published them to a
> > Cassandra
> > >> cluster (Please take a look at [2]). So I have experience working with
> > >> Cassandra too. So I think I am a good candidate to carry out this
> > project.
> > >> Can anyone please guide me on how I should continue..?...
> > >
> > > Thanks very much for your interest - IMO the next steps would be for
> > > you and the potential project's mentor (Ian I assume, as you created
> > > SLING-2798?) to agree on a set of goals and initial requirements.
> >
> >
> > Yes, sorry, catching up on email.
> >
> > The aim here is to create a ResourceProvider which is mounted at a
> > fixed location in the resource tree
> > eg /content/cassandra
> > and provide Resource implementations backed by Cassandra data.
> > eg
> > /content/cassandra/columnFamilyA/rowIDB/column might deliver a
> > Cassandra Resource implementation contain a set of properties.
> >
> > better would be
> > /content/cassandra/a/real/human/readable/path
> >
> > would convert /a/real/human/readable/path into a cassandra row/column
> > and deliver that.
> >
> > Once a read only implementation is done, we will want to add path
> > based access control.
> > Then make it read write.
> > Then see how well it performs with certain patterns of load and use.
> >
> > The details of exactly how this is done, the design, the mapping, are
> > all part of the project.
> >
> >
> > If you get to the end of that, then your a RockStar!
> >
> >
> > But first, as Bertrand says, discover more about Sling and keep an eye
> > on the dates and timeline for GSoC. The deadlines are real hard
> > deadlines.
> >
> > Good luck.
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Note that as per
> > > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 the list of
> > > participating organizations is not confirmed by Google so far, so
> > > there's no guarantee that this will happen, and the ASF would get a
> > > limited number of slots anyway so it's hard to predict how many slots
> > > Sling would get, if any.
> > >
> > > At this point the best way to maximize your chances is probably to get
> > > familiar with Sling, you can start at
> > >
> >
> http://sling.apache.org/documentation/getting-started/discover-sling-in-15-minutes.html
> > > and I suggest following up by studying the slingbucks and espblog
> > > samples.
> > >
> > > -Bertrand
> > >
> > >>
> > >> [1]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2798
> > >> [2]. http://wso2.org/library/articles/2013/02/jmx-monitoring-wso2-bam
> > >> [3]. http://wso2.com/products/business-activity-monitor/
> >
>
Re: Interested in participating to GSoC 2013 with Sling
Posted by Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk>.
Hi Ishan,
Dont forget the deadline for proposals is 3rd May, ie this Friday.
Best Regards
Ian
On 29 March 2013 09:35, Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 28 March 2013 01:17, Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ishan Thilina <is...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> ...The JMX agent I wrote collected JMX data and published them to a
> Cassandra
> >> cluster (Please take a look at [2]). So I have experience working with
> >> Cassandra too. So I think I am a good candidate to carry out this
> project.
> >> Can anyone please guide me on how I should continue..?...
> >
> > Thanks very much for your interest - IMO the next steps would be for
> > you and the potential project's mentor (Ian I assume, as you created
> > SLING-2798?) to agree on a set of goals and initial requirements.
>
>
> Yes, sorry, catching up on email.
>
> The aim here is to create a ResourceProvider which is mounted at a
> fixed location in the resource tree
> eg /content/cassandra
> and provide Resource implementations backed by Cassandra data.
> eg
> /content/cassandra/columnFamilyA/rowIDB/column might deliver a
> Cassandra Resource implementation contain a set of properties.
>
> better would be
> /content/cassandra/a/real/human/readable/path
>
> would convert /a/real/human/readable/path into a cassandra row/column
> and deliver that.
>
> Once a read only implementation is done, we will want to add path
> based access control.
> Then make it read write.
> Then see how well it performs with certain patterns of load and use.
>
> The details of exactly how this is done, the design, the mapping, are
> all part of the project.
>
>
> If you get to the end of that, then your a RockStar!
>
>
> But first, as Bertrand says, discover more about Sling and keep an eye
> on the dates and timeline for GSoC. The deadlines are real hard
> deadlines.
>
> Good luck.
> Ian
>
>
> >
> > Note that as per
> > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 the list of
> > participating organizations is not confirmed by Google so far, so
> > there's no guarantee that this will happen, and the ASF would get a
> > limited number of slots anyway so it's hard to predict how many slots
> > Sling would get, if any.
> >
> > At this point the best way to maximize your chances is probably to get
> > familiar with Sling, you can start at
> >
> http://sling.apache.org/documentation/getting-started/discover-sling-in-15-minutes.html
> > and I suggest following up by studying the slingbucks and espblog
> > samples.
> >
> > -Bertrand
> >
> >>
> >> [1]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2798
> >> [2]. http://wso2.org/library/articles/2013/02/jmx-monitoring-wso2-bam
> >> [3]. http://wso2.com/products/business-activity-monitor/
>
Re: Interested in participating to GSoC 2013 with Sling
Posted by Ian Boston <ie...@tfd.co.uk>.
Hi,
On 28 March 2013 01:17, Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ishan Thilina <is...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...The JMX agent I wrote collected JMX data and published them to a Cassandra
>> cluster (Please take a look at [2]). So I have experience working with
>> Cassandra too. So I think I am a good candidate to carry out this project.
>> Can anyone please guide me on how I should continue..?...
>
> Thanks very much for your interest - IMO the next steps would be for
> you and the potential project's mentor (Ian I assume, as you created
> SLING-2798?) to agree on a set of goals and initial requirements.
Yes, sorry, catching up on email.
The aim here is to create a ResourceProvider which is mounted at a
fixed location in the resource tree
eg /content/cassandra
and provide Resource implementations backed by Cassandra data.
eg
/content/cassandra/columnFamilyA/rowIDB/column might deliver a
Cassandra Resource implementation contain a set of properties.
better would be
/content/cassandra/a/real/human/readable/path
would convert /a/real/human/readable/path into a cassandra row/column
and deliver that.
Once a read only implementation is done, we will want to add path
based access control.
Then make it read write.
Then see how well it performs with certain patterns of load and use.
The details of exactly how this is done, the design, the mapping, are
all part of the project.
If you get to the end of that, then your a RockStar!
But first, as Bertrand says, discover more about Sling and keep an eye
on the dates and timeline for GSoC. The deadlines are real hard
deadlines.
Good luck.
Ian
>
> Note that as per
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 the list of
> participating organizations is not confirmed by Google so far, so
> there's no guarantee that this will happen, and the ASF would get a
> limited number of slots anyway so it's hard to predict how many slots
> Sling would get, if any.
>
> At this point the best way to maximize your chances is probably to get
> familiar with Sling, you can start at
> http://sling.apache.org/documentation/getting-started/discover-sling-in-15-minutes.html
> and I suggest following up by studying the slingbucks and espblog
> samples.
>
> -Bertrand
>
>>
>> [1]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2798
>> [2]. http://wso2.org/library/articles/2013/02/jmx-monitoring-wso2-bam
>> [3]. http://wso2.com/products/business-activity-monitor/
Re: Interested in participating to GSoC 2013 with Sling
Posted by Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>.
Hi,
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Ishan Thilina <is...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...The JMX agent I wrote collected JMX data and published them to a Cassandra
> cluster (Please take a look at [2]). So I have experience working with
> Cassandra too. So I think I am a good candidate to carry out this project.
> Can anyone please guide me on how I should continue..?...
Thanks very much for your interest - IMO the next steps would be for
you and the potential project's mentor (Ian I assume, as you created
SLING-2798?) to agree on a set of goals and initial requirements.
Note that as per
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 the list of
participating organizations is not confirmed by Google so far, so
there's no guarantee that this will happen, and the ASF would get a
limited number of slots anyway so it's hard to predict how many slots
Sling would get, if any.
At this point the best way to maximize your chances is probably to get
familiar with Sling, you can start at
http://sling.apache.org/documentation/getting-started/discover-sling-in-15-minutes.html
and I suggest following up by studying the slingbucks and espblog
samples.
-Bertrand
>
> [1]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2798
> [2]. http://wso2.org/library/articles/2013/02/jmx-monitoring-wso2-bam
> [3]. http://wso2.com/products/business-activity-monitor/
Re: Interested in participating to GSoC 2013 with Sling
Posted by Ishan Thilina <is...@gmail.com>.
Hi again!,
Sorry for making such noise. But I couldn't resist sending another mail
after seeing [1]!.
In my time of 9 months in WSO2, my main project was writing a JMX
monitoring agent[2] for their Business Activity Monitor[3]. Since all of
their products are based on OSGi, I got a fair understanding on writing
OSGi components. Also the testing work that I carried out in WSO2 too
involved writing a couple of OSGi components. So I have a fair amount of
experience on working with OSGi.
The JMX agent I wrote collected JMX data and published them to a Cassandra
cluster (Please take a look at [2]). So I have experience working with
Cassandra too. So I think I am a good candidate to carry out this project.
Can anyone please guide me on how I should continue..?
[1]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2798
[2]. http://wso2.org/library/articles/2013/02/jmx-monitoring-wso2-bam
[3]. http://wso2.com/products/business-activity-monitor/
--
Ishan Thilina Somasiri
---------------------------------------------------------------------
3rd year undergraduate,
Computer Science and Engineering Department,
University of Moratuwa.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ishan's info: www.ishans.info
මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info
Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info
---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Ishan Thilina <is...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a student from the Faculty of Engineering, Universtiy of Moratuwa,
> Sri Lanka who is currently in my 4th year (final year) majoring in Computer
> Science and Engineering. I was a GSoC participant in 2012 for Creative
> Commons and was able to successfully complete the assigned project[1]. I
> would like to contribute to Sling in GSoC 2013.
>
> I did my 6 months of internship in WSO2[2], which is a middleware company
> who's products are entirely built on OSGI. There, I was part of a test
> hackathon which was carried out for around 2 months for one of their
> products, named WSO2 Governance Registry(GReg) [3]. There I wrote various
> integration tests for the product. Few of my test cases included testing
> JCR related functionality of GReg, so I have an understanding on what is
> JCR and how it can be used.
>
> Also I have used JUnit in some of my project work that I carried out in
> the university.
>
> So I believe that I have the ability to work on both the ideas listed in
> [4], and [5] (I wanted to do [5] even in GSoC 2012, but somehow missed the
> opportunity).
>
> To be honest, I've never used Sling nor Solr. So I know that i might not
> seem the best candidate for [4]. But after taking a look at both Sling and
> Solr, I have the confidence that I'll be able to complete the project.
>
> I honestly believe that I have enough knowledge to complete [5].
>
> My LinkedIn profile can be accessed via [6]. That will list most of the
> important activities carried out by me and the recommendations that I've
> got for my work in WSO2 (you might need to log in to LinkedIn).
>
> I'm pretty sure that with proper guidance I can complete either [4] or
> [5]. Please give me any advice, guidance you'd like to extend.
>
> [1]. http://code.creativecommons.org/viewgit/cc.libreoffice.git/
> [2]. http://wso2.com/
> [3]. http://wso2.com/products/governance-registry/
> [4]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2795
> [5]. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-1437
> [6]. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ishan-somasiri/25/bab/951
>
>
> --
>
> Ishan Thilina Somasiri
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 3rd year undergraduate,
> Computer Science and Engineering Department,
> University of Moratuwa.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ishan's info: www.ishans.info
> මගේ සටහන්: www.siblog.ishans.info
> Ishan's way: www.blog.ishans.info
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>