[dev] Newbie

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales <raphael.melo21 at gmail.com>:

>    I'm just got in this list. I'm a CS student from Brazil, and I got
> interested in doing the LDAP Manager for the Summer of Code. I have
> been working recently with LDAP and I find it very interesting. I
> believe this is an opportunity to learn more about LDAP and how to use
> the Horde framework.
>
>    I have done other contributions to free software. I'm part of the
> PHP Documentation team, I translate it from english to portuguese. I
> also try doing howtos for the Gentoo Wiki every now and then.
>
>    I'd like to know how should I proceed.

Welcome!

I think you should think of the SoC as a good opportunity to learn  
more about _either_ LDAP or Horde - taking on both at once seems less  
likely to lead to a successful project. I don't think that means you  
can't do it, but I think if you're not currently familiar with either,  
you should pick one and get a head start on it if you're serious about  
the project.

So that's one way to proceed. Another is to work on the proposal  
itself - how do you see it tieing into other Horde applications (if at  
all)? What framework libraries would it use? What other pieces would  
you need? Would you extend the LDAP package a lot? Would you make it  
easier to write other LDAP drivers in Horde applications based on your  
app? Would you use Net_LDAP from PEAR? Etc. Think about what the  
application should do, and start writing it up.

Also, if you choose to get a head start on building Horde  
applications, I suggest you go through the developer material on  
wiki.horde.org, and perhaps follow through Jan's Building a Horde  
Application talk (http://horde.org/papers/fosdem2005/) to get the hang  
of making a basic application shell for Horde.

Best,
-chuck

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