Google's Summer of Code 2006

Django (and the Lawrence Journal-World) is a sponsoring organization for the ​2006 Google Summer of Code. (Read Google's page for more information on how the program works.)

Mentors

If you're interesting in mentoring -- supervising a student in work on Django-related activities -- ​sign up over at Google and then add your name below:

• ​Jacob Kaplan-Moss
• ​Matt Croydon
• James Bennett
• ​Adrian Holovaty
• ​Simon Blanchard
• ...

Students

Student applications open May 1st. Watch ​django-users for an announcement when the signups open.

Ideas

Here are some suggestions for projects students may want to propose (lazyweb: please add to this list!). This isn't by any means the be-all and end-all of ideas; please feel free to submit proposals for things not on this list.

• Take the example application from "Agile Web Development with Rails" and redo it in Django.

• Write a tool that will convert a model into a ​DOT file format to create a graphical presentation of the models.

• Implement ticket #115, Models CRUD via web service support.

• Build a public repository for reusable Django applications.

• Create demonstration screencasts for Django milestone:1.0

• Create Django packages for Linux (various), FreeBSD (There already is one www/py-django), OS X (Fink and Darwinports), etc.

• Enhance editor/IDE support for Django Python and Django templates.

• Smooth deployment for servers other than Apache/mod_python.

• Add a reusable search component

• Add support for (sane) model updates involving ALTER TABLE. (See SchemaEvolution).

• File explorer for MEDIA_ROOT in the admin: browsing and making directories, uploading files, making thumbnails with programmable "PIL modes" (i.e. adding borders, overlaying png's)

• Add a ​pony.

• ​a pony?

• Implement ModelInheritance

• Write a more detailed tutorial

• ...