AOSS 2008 CODEFESTREPORT

CODEFEST

GOAL

PARTICIPANTS

PROJECTS

REFLECTIONS

GOALS

BRING TOGETHER

STUDENTS AND EXPERIENCED DEVELOPERS

DIFFERENT CULTURES

ALLOW STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

CREATE SOME NEW OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

SUBMIT PATCHES TO OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS

CODEFEST PARTICIPANTS

40 HONG KONG & GUANGZHOU STUDENTS

INTERNATIONAL MENTORS

TEACHERS, LOCAL DEVELOPERS, AND OSS CENTER STAFF

MIX

CODEFEST PARTICIPANTS

~ 40 STUDENTS

8 MENTORS

3 JAPAN, 4 CHINA, 1 CONFUSED

TEACHERS, LOCAL DEVELOPERS, GDLC & HKOSSC STAFF

OVER 70 PARTICIPANTS IN TOTAL

PROJECTS

APACHE TUSCANY BUG FIXES (BUG TUSCANY-1974)

RADIANT CMS EXTENSIONS

PYTHON CHINESE LUNAR CALENDAR API

PROJECTS

LINUX EXT4: FASTER INODE TO NAME

DISTRIBUTED HANOI

DEBIAN ON KURO BOX

LEARNING

GTK NETWORK PROTOCOL ANALYIZER

PYTHON UNIT TESTING

DJANGO

RUBY ON RAILS

SUBVERSION

REFLECTIONS

"IT WAS TRULY A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF OSS DEVELOPMENT. THE CHAOS, THE HARD WORK, AND THE FRIENDSHIP ARE ALL UNFORGETTABLE."

- RICK TONG, LINUX EXT4

REFLECTIONS

"KERNEL PROGRAMMING SHOULD NEVER BE TRIED BY A NORMAL HUMAN BEING."

- MAX, LINUX EXT4 TEAM

REFLECTIONS

"BIG BROTHER (THE MENTOR) WAS BRILLIANT. WITHOUT HIS HINTS AND PASSION, WE COULD HAVE NEVER FINISHED THIS PROJECT." - YANG, LINUX EXT4 TEAM

REFLECTIONS

"CODEFEST HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND STUDENTS FROM ANOTHER CULTURE. I TALKED IN CRAPPY MANDARIN, ASSISTED BY ENGLISH PHASES, BUT THE COOPERATION WAS STILL AWESOME."

- RICK MAK, RADIANTCMS TEAM

REFLECTIONS

"THE INTRODUCTION OF RUBY ON RAILS BY AARON (THE MENTOR) WAS REALLY SYSTEMATIC AND PRACTICAL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE TO IT IN SCHOOL."

- CHRIS, RADIANTCMS TEAM

REFLECTIONS

"I WILL DEFINITELY JOIN IF CODEFEST WILL BE HELD AGAIN."

- CHUN, APACHE TUSCANY TEAM

REFLECTIONS

GREAT LOCATION

GOOD VARIETY

RELAX BUT EXCITED ATMOSPHERE

INTERESTING PROJECTS

MOTIVATED STUDENTS

REFLECTIONS

SELECT ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN BE COMPLETED IN THE TIME FRAME

PREPARE INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL FOR STUDENTS

KNOW WHICH SOFTWARE TOOLS YOU NEED AND HAVE THEM READY

谢谢

TO GDLC AND HKOSSC ORGANIZERS

TO THE TEACHERS AND DEVELOPERS

TO THE MENTORS

ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS

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