About Google Summer of Code

[Marco Pokorski Stefani]

I think this fit well in the concept of plugin.
After the layer of MFC, could do the encapsulation of the entire interface,
and a generic lib that manages the interface.
already developed with the concept of plugin, and would have to interface
with well separated and only call for the creation of the interface



On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Max <petersonmaxx at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi marco, can you consider to add the serverless encrypted messenger
> http://Retroshare.sf.net <http://retroshare.sf.net/> to your MFC gui with
> pidgin,? both under one hood?
> Thanks some make a plugin for it or you could add that to the gui..
> http://retromessenger.sf.net
>  MAx
> 2009/3/30 Marco Pokorski Stefani <marcopstefani at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm a developer focused in C++ for Windows, working about five years with
>> proprietary software only, and I'm also a student in PUC-RS, Porto Alegre,
>> Brazil.
>>
>> Actually I'm developing a Compiler/IDE named "procp32". I know Pidgin
>> since 2005, and I would be glad to help you with its development.
>>
>> *So, that's my goal: Write down a native user interface based on
>> libpurple to Microsoft Windows.*
>>
>> WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSED PROJECT?
>>
>> I want to make a calling/generating interface layer for libpurple, to keep
>> compatibility, making things easier to GTK developers (using unique call).
>> The tricky part of the project is trace all GTK callbacks and define which
>> are important to write in MFC, for use into Pidgin.
>>
>> My proposed deadline to finish whole project is three months, starting in
>> May and ending in July. Two months for programming and one month for testing
>> and fixing.
>>
>> WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT?
>>
>> Because I'm a Pidgin user (since 2005) and I'd like to help yours
>> improving this software. It will be my first experience with free software.
>> Now I have spare time to work on this.
>>
>> WHY SHOULD WE CHOOSE YOU?
>>
>> I never help the community and this will be my first experience. I will
>> make all for be a great help for yours.
>>
>> PLEASE LIST RELEVANT ACADEMIC, INDUSTRY AND/OR OPEN SOURCE EXPERIENCE
>>
>> I've been working for five years developing in C++ with Visual Studio,
>> working with MFC mainly and .NET in small projects. Actually I'm developing
>> a Compiler/IDE in C++ with MFC with vs2003. You can take a look at
>> http://www.bcmautomacao.com.br/, searching about "procp32".
>>
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
>>
>> i will dedicated max for this project,  i developer fast when i like of
>> project and this is a door of the world, and i will get this of two hands.
>> *
>> *--
>> Marco Pokorski Stefani
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