[Campus-morris-staff] suggestions for projects?

[Jim Hall]

I'll add that I can create a list of the shortest Technotes and Newsitems.
I think it would be easier for a newcomer to start with the shortest items.




On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Jim Hall <jhall at morris.umn.edu> wrote:

> FYI: I've created two FreeDOS wiki entries with lists of Newsitems and
> Technotes that we want to move from text files into the FreeDOS wiki:
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> http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Newsitems
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> http://www.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Technotes
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> The total count of Newsitems + Technotes is 403, after removing duplicates.
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> jh
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> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Jim Hall <jhall at morris.umn.edu> wrote:
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>> I'm also identifying some FreeDOS Wiki <http://www.freedos.org/wiki/>
>> cleanup projects, which would also be good for the 2-3 people with possibly
>> no programming background. The FreeDOS website has a bunch of Technical
>> Notes that were originally saved from emails directly into text files. I
>> prefer to move these into the FreeDOS Wiki where they can be more useful.
>> The Technical Notes will need to be wiki-ized (i.e. editing, so they are
>> short articles instead of long emails).
>>
>> I'd be happy to work with anyone interested in this documentation effort.
>>
>> This is a longer-term project that we happen to be starting on the
>> FreeDOS Project right now. There are 327 Technical Notes, but not all of
>> them will make it into the FreeDOS Wiki. For each Technical Note, we'll
>> need to read through the note, see if there's a topic about it already in
>> the wiki - if not, we might create one based on the Technical Note. This
>> effort will take weeks, if not months, so I'm not expecting this to get
>> completed during the event. But it might interest some folks.
>>
>>
>> jh
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>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Jim Hall <jhall at morris.umn.edu> wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Elena Machkasova <elenam at morris.umn.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear mentors,
>>>>
>>>> it would be great to start a discussion about projects here. We
>>>> currently have 23 students signed up, with programming primary languages
>>>> being python and Java, some Javascript, a bit of Racket, and some 2-3
>>>> people with possibly no programming background (at a quick glance at the
>>>> list). We will be sending a follow-up form to get more precise information.
>>>>
>>>> I know one of the mentors is interested in Jes. Any other suggestions?
>>>> I hope we can compile a list here by mid-week.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I like the Senet board game, and I recently found a version that's
>>> written in Java: Senetgame <http://sourceforge.net/projects/senetgame/> (GNU
>>> GPL).
>>> For any student familiar with Java, it would be great for someone do
>>> bugfixes. (Unfortunately, I don't know Java.) A few suggestions:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1
>>> . Fix the build so that the game runs via Java ("java -jar ..") rather
>>> than relying on the compiled  Senet.exe Windows binary. The source is
>>> there, so this should be possible - but I don't know Java.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. Remove the dependency to do an exec()
>>> to switch between menu (Senet.jar) and game (Senet.exe). Here are the
>>> instances (3 files):
>>>
>>>> $ *find source/ -type f -exec fgrep Runtime.getRuntime {} \; -print*
>>>>         Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("Senet.exe");
>>>> *source/menu src/MenuFrame.java*
>>>>         Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("java -jar Senet.jar");
>>>> *source/Senet.pde*
>>>>         Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("java -jar Senet.jar");
>>>> *source/Senet.java*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. Update the program to use completely Free audio files, rather than
>>> MP3 and WAV (neither is completely Free - see wikipedia
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats>).
>>> This would require finding new audio files to replace the MP3 and WAV
>>> files, perhaps in AU or OGG. Here are the instances of PlaySound (1 file):
>>>
>>>> $ *fgrep -i playsound *java */*java*
>>>> *Senet.java:*    standard.PlaySound("data\\sound\\Touching
>>>> Moments.mp3");
>>>> *Senet.java:*    standard.PlaySound("data\\sound\\Alchemists
>>>> Tower.mp3");
>>>> *Senet.java:*  public void PlaySound(String s)
>>>> *Senet.java:*    standard.PlaySound("data\\sound\\throwSound.wav");
>>>> *Senet.java:*
>>>>  standard.PlaySound("data\\sound\\illegalTurn.wav");
>>>> *Senet.java:*    standard.PlaySound("data\\sound\\swapSound.wav");
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 4. Update the images. *I would be happy to help create new graphics
>>> files.* The game only uses PNG images; here are the instances (2 files):
>>>
>>>> $ *fgrep -i png *java */*java*
>>>> *Senet.java:*  javax.swing.ImageIcon titlebaricon = new
>>>> javax.swing.ImageIcon(loadBytes("data\\img\\ankhIcon.png"));
>>>> *Senet.java:*    standard.GetWinner("lightwins.png");
>>>> *Senet.java:*    standard.GetWinner("darkwins.png");
>>>> *Senet.java:*    DrawImage("data\\img\\ankh.png",5 *
>>>> rectWidth,rectHeight * 1);
>>>> *Senet.java:*    DrawImage("data\\img\\vulture.png",5 *
>>>> rectWidth,rectHeight * 2);
>>>> *Senet.java:*    DrawImage("data\\img\\water.png",6 *
>>>> rectWidth,rectHeight * 2);
>>>> *Senet.java:*    DrawImage("data\\img\\stones.png",7 *
>>>> rectWidth,rectHeight * 2);
>>>> *Senet.java:*    DrawImage("data\\img\\eye.png",8 *
>>>> rectWidth,rectHeight * 2);
>>>> *menu src/MenuFrame.java:*        setIconImage(new
>>>> javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/ankhIcon.png")).getImage());
>>>> *menu src/MenuFrame.java:*        jLabel1.setIcon(new
>>>> javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/hiero1.png"))); // NOI18N
>>>> *menu src/MenuFrame.java:*        jLabel2.setIcon(new
>>>> javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/hiero2.png"))); // NOI18N
>>>> *menu src/MenuFrame.java:*        jLabel3.setIcon(new
>>>> javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/title.PNG"))); // NOI18N
>>>> *menu src/MenuFrame.java:*        aboutLabel.setIcon(new
>>>> javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/aboutImage.PNG"))); // NOI18N
>>>
>>>
>>> ​
>>>
>>> ​5. Add different themes. This builds on #4. It would be cool to add a
>>> variable into the path to the graphics images. Instead of "data/*img*
>>> /ankhIcon.png" use something like "data/*themes*/*default*/ankhIcon.png"
>>> and "data/*themes*/*modern*/ankhIcon.png" and "data/*themes*/*neon*
>>> /ankhIcon.png". For a quick fix, the theme could be hardcoded, or set
>>> as an environment variable. As a longer-term project (something a student
>>> might do outside of this event) would create an Options menu to set the
>>> theme.
>>>
>>> 6. Add achievements. Some simple achievements might be "win as black,"
>>> "win as white," "win before opponent moves any pieces off board," "win
>>> without falling in the water," etc. A longer-term project (outside of this
>>> event) would create a menu to view the available achievements, and mark the
>>> ones you've already earned.
>>>
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