Hello, Pranav, I am glad you're interested in Clojure and GSoC. The level of expertise required for each project can vary a lot. You don't need to be a Clojure expert, but you should be comfortable enough with the language to be productive once GSoC officially starts in June.
Most project ideas require some amount of non-Clojure knowledge or experience, such as familiarity with a platform. You can choose something related to something you have worked with before. For example, you have some web development experience, find a Clojure project related to web development. Regardless of what you choose to work on, the best thing you can start doing is participating on mailing lists and getting to know potential mentors. Also, remember you can propose any idea you like. It doesn't have to come from the Project Ideas page. I hope this helps. Sincerely, Daniel On Sat Mar 16 09:39 2013, Pranav Ravichandran wrote: > Hey Clojurers (-ites?), > > Being a Python/JS hacker primarily, I started reading about/learning > Clojure a couple of weeks back. I've been dabbling in it since then, like > writing a basic HTML generator with contrib.prxml, and some basic server > stuff. I'm completely sold on the language and the philosophy, and I'd love > to work with you guys over the summer, possibly through the Google Summer > of Code program. > > I looked at the project ideas, and TBH, I'm on fanboy mode right now and > everything looks interesting. I've been waiting for the > Web<http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Project+Ideas#ProjectIdeas-Web>section > to be updated though. Irrespective of that, I'll try to zero in on > an idea soon enough. > > My question is, what's the level of experience asked for? I've still got > some time for the application phase, so, as someone who can pick up > languages at a decent pace, I guess I could get up to scratch, but the > question still stands, because, along with contributing to the Clojure > ecosystem, I view this as a possible opportunity to go deeper down the > rabbit hole. > > Thanks. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >
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