Sean (Apr 26 2018 at 19:04): Sean (Apr 26 2018 at 19:04):hey @Cezar looking forward to coding? :)
Sean (Apr 26 2018 at 19:04):I was just going through tasks just yesterday and was thinking about your project
Sean (Apr 26 2018 at 19:04):pretty excited to see what you can accomplish
Cezar (Apr 26 2018 at 19:09):yup :D i'm planning to go through the raytracer more thoroughly during the community bonding period, and then to start trying things asap
Cezar (Apr 26 2018 at 19:10):by the way, any other administrative things i must do?
Cezar (Apr 26 2018 at 19:10):and since you were thinking about the project, do you happen to have any pointers or suggestions? :D
Sean (Apr 27 2018 at 00:24):by the way, any other administrative things i must do?
yes, there are -- get a public log set up somewhere, think about what work schedule you want to do (which students should discuss with their mentor but you are a special case), read through the docs if you haven't yet, turn your proposal into a project plan (with your mentors), and finally introduce yourself and your project publicly
Sean (Apr 27 2018 at 00:26):and since you were thinking about the project, do you happen to have any pointers or suggestions? :D
if i recall, you ran a profile so making sure you have testable component will be essential to know you're making progress without breaking things -- read up on TDD if you haven't before
Sean (Apr 27 2018 at 00:32):a good starting point will be libbu's pointer table API (bu_ptbl) -- I suggest you start by writing a unit test that uses the API (examples in src/libbu/tests) and once you understand what it's for, look where it's used and make a test for that code (e.g., a test for rt_boolweave or rt_boolfinal) -- then you'll be set up to do something about it
Cezar (Apr 27 2018 at 08:30):@Sean i got something going at this address. let me know what i need to add or change
Cezar (Apr 27 2018 at 08:32):are there any examples of a work schedule (haven't been able to find any on the wiki)?
Sean (Apr 27 2018 at 19:53):That’s looking good Cezar. You say you checked the wiki but were you looking at past year pages? There are dozens of examples.
Cezar (Apr 28 2018 at 23:02):i submitted a patch with tests for bu_ptbl
Cezar (Apr 28 2018 at 23:13):i also updated the dev log; regarding the work schedule, this is what i found by searching, but it looks like a development schedule :-?
Sean (Apr 28 2018 at 23:15):that's one, but not necessarily the best example -- go to http://brlcad.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code and click on each year to see all the plans for nearly everyone
Cezar (Apr 28 2018 at 23:18):i was looking at those at first, but that seems to be what i put in my dev log
Cezar (Apr 28 2018 at 23:18):is it missing anything?
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