12 Mar
2016
12 Mar
'16
5:27 p.m.
Dasha,
You possess one very good skill: English language. It's a key to
everything else :-)
Seriously, it would be good if you could pick some other task than the
NTFS driver, as it's too hard for a start. I am sure there are plenty of
tasks involving some thorough development, but which could be mastered
over time.
Regards,
Aleksey Bragin
On 12.03.2016 20:07, Dasha Che wrote:
Hello, me again. First of all, thank you for the reply, I appreciate
it very much. So, I am by no means a pro if we’re being honest. I have
taken a couple online C++ programming courses which involved working
on small individual projects. They weren’t anything too crazy, just
multiple small problem sets, but I’d like to think that I understood
most of what I was doing. The reason I’m really interested in the
project that you’re working on is because I think it would be a really
interesting experience getting to work on a project with other people,
instead of picking away at something solo. The reason I picked the
NTDS Driver Development as one of the proposed projects was because,
firstly, I want to learn how to write code for a driver and do it
properly so that it worked how it was supposed to. Secondly, it would
be really cool to help expand and add-on to code that somebody else
has written. It’s like being given a pile of legos and told to create
something. Learning how to read, understand, and develop something
from things that are already there. I’ve never actually done any file
system driver development, but like I said earlier, I do pick up
things really quickly and I’m more than willing to read up on it.
Best Regards,
Dasha Chekhovskaya
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 2:07 AM, Aleksey Bragin <aleksey(a)reactos.org
<mailto:aleksey@reactos.org>> wrote:
Hello Dasha,
thanks for applying!
Could you be a little more specific regarding what C++ experience
you have, and what made you choose NTFS Driver Development as one
of the proposed projects? Do you have any background in
filesystems drivers development?
Anything counts, don't be shy! ;-)
Regards,
Aleksey Bragin
On 12.03.2016 7:21, Dasha Che wrote:
Hello, my name is Dasha. I would like to apply to be a
participant in your group for the Google Summer of Code. Below I
have written out some of the information that you were asking for
and I would be very grateful if you took the time to read over
and consider it.
General Info
Name: Daria (Dasha) Chekhovskaya
Languages: Fully fluent in both Russian and English
Time Zone: Central Time Zone
ReactOS website account name: N/A
IRC nickname on Freenode: Dashka
Time Commitment
I have two main things that I have set in stone for this coming
summer. I have to take a drivers ed course, because learning how
drive is a useful skill as we all know, but the course is only
two weeks long either in the mornings or in the afternoons, so it
shouldn’t really get in the way much. The second is boxing. I
take boxing and kickboxing lessons and also help out with some of
the kids classes. It’s generally Monday to Friday for a couple
hours in the evening. Most of the time that I would be working on
the project on would probably be in the morning, evening, and
into the late evenings.
Proposed Projects
-Folder Treeview in Explorer
<https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas#Folder_TreeView_in_Explorer>https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas#Folder_TreeView_in_Explorer
-Audio Mixer
<https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas#Audio_Mixer>https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas#Audio_Mixer
-NTFS Driver Improvement
<https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas#NTFS_driver_improvements>https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas#NTFS_driver_improvements
One of the problems is that I don’t have a portfolio. I do have
some precious experience in working in C++ and a couple other
programming languages. I am by no means a professional but I’m
always ready to listen and learn. I pick things up very quickly,
so as long as I’m given pretty straight forward directions as to
what needs to be done I, personally, have no doubts I’ll be able
to figure out what to do.
Best Regards,
Dasha Chekhovskaya