[maemo-community] [GSoC 09] - Liqbase Framework Development and Application Implementation

[From: Quim Gil]

Hi Zach, welcome!

ext Zach Habersang wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> As a GSoC student for this summer, I will be working on the project
> entitled "Liqbase Framework Development and Application Implementation".
> 
> The key idea behind this project is to develop the liqbase UI framework
> so that applications can be built on top by everyone and anyone with a
> stunning vision of an application they want to build with the sleek,
> interactive UI features of the liqbase library.

I also voted for you being here, although my comment was and is:

I really think liqbase should concentrate all efforts in doing what does
best: taking notes combined with produced or captured images. My vote
goes here hoping Gary gets more developers for that core purpose.

Since Gary will probably not be convinced about concentrating in 2 tasks
and forgetting about there rest until they are top notch... liqbase will
surely benefit from an architecture where a core engine works together
with independent plugins.

Then we will help as much as possible Gary & co fine tuning the
'sketching' and 'capturing' plugins, so Maemo end user don't have to
bother about the intermediate menus and the micro-demos/features
currently flying around the core purposethat has brought this little
success to liqbase.

> 
> My stunning vision of an application that I would like to build is a
> Systems/Network Monitor. As well as provide a awesome little netmon for
> the Maemo Community, my goal is to also have my application serve as
> shining example of how to use the liqbase framework to build
> applications on top.
> 
> I plan to code almost entirely in C. I will be using the liqbase library
> built entirely from scratch by Gary Birkett (lcuk) to build my
> applications GUI. And, of course BSD sockets for the backend
> functionality of my netmon.
> 
> I'm currently a high school student, attending Texas A&M University @
> College Station, Texas (USA) next fall. You can find me on IRC, ITT
> forums, and Maemo Garage with the nickname "z4chh".
> 
> I look forward to developing full time for Maemo and Liqbase this summer!
> 
> Zach Habersang
> 

-- 
Quim Gil
open source advocate
Maemo Software @ Nokia