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 h ow 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@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

-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

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

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