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=== SDC Project - D Compiler as a Library === | === SDC Project - D Compiler as a Library === | ||
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The SDC project (https://github.com/deadalnix/SDC) is an effort to provide a D compiler as a library. | The SDC project (https://github.com/deadalnix/SDC) is an effort to provide a D compiler as a library. | ||
Any ideas to further the development of this project are welcome, | Any ideas to further the development of this project are welcome, | ||
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==== Its Good To Know ==== | ==== Its Good To Know ==== | ||
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* Please watch Amaury's DConf talk on SDC. | * Please watch Amaury's DConf talk on SDC. | ||
* SDC is developed in D (of course) so you will need to be proficient in D by the time you start coding. | * SDC is developed in D (of course) so you will need to be proficient in D by the time you start coding. | ||
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==== Proposed Project Mentor: Amaury Sechet ==== | ==== Proposed Project Mentor: Amaury Sechet ==== | ||
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Amaury, or Deadalinx as he is now in the D community is an Engineer | Amaury, or Deadalinx as he is now in the D community is an Engineer | ||
with Facebook. | with Facebook. | ||
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=== GDC Project - The GNU D Compiler === | === GDC Project - The GNU D Compiler === | ||
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==== Proposed Project Mentor: Iain Buclaw ==== | ==== Proposed Project Mentor: Iain Buclaw ==== | ||
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==== Proposed Project Mentor: Bruno Medeiros ==== | ==== Proposed Project Mentor: Bruno Medeiros ==== | ||
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=== QML Bindings === | === QML Bindings === | ||
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==== Proposed Project Mentor: Russel Winder ==== | ==== Proposed Project Mentor: Russel Winder ==== | ||
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=== D ARM Support / Bare Metal D === | === D ARM Support / Bare Metal D === | ||
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==== Proposed Project Mentor: Martin Nowak ==== | ==== Proposed Project Mentor: Martin Nowak ==== | ||
Revision as of 17:04, 27 December 2014
This is the D Google Summer of Code page for 2015 - it is currently under heavy construction, and may remain so until February, when it will be finalized. To learn more about this year's event, see the Google Summer of Code 2015 page. If you are interested in participating in the 2015 GSOC as either a student or mentor, and want to do something related to D, please feel free to contact our GSOC administrator Craig Dillabaugh (firstname dot lastname at gmail dot com).
Contents
Timeline
The timeline for GSoC for 2015 has now been posted here.
Ideas
Plenty of challenging and important projects exist in the D worlds. They range from writing new or improving existing modules of D's standard library (Phobos), working on its compilers (Compilers), bringing D to mobile devices, shaping GUI libraries for D, integrating D with other languages and more.
SDC Project - D Compiler as a Library
Project Desription:
The SDC project (https://github.com/deadalnix/SDC) is an effort to provide a D compiler as a library. Any ideas to further the development of this project are welcome, but for a student who would like a specific project we propose the following task(s):
- Start by implementing with @property feature of D. This feature will allow a D programmer to create functions that are called using the same syntax as variable access.
- Using the @property feature the student will be able to implement the runtime support for slices and associative arrays. The operations to implement are as follows:
- Implement arrray operations like concatenation and appending, and implement a sound memory management strategy for the underlying data.
- Implement a generic and efficient hash table. The data structure and algorithms used must be flexibile enough to be adapted to any type of data that might be stored in the table. A concurrent version of the table is need for shared data.
- Finally, the student will implement masquerading of D syntax into calls for the runtime.
To learn a little more about SDC we recommend you check out the following from D Conf 2014: http://dconf.org/2014/talks/sechet.html
Its Good To Know
- Please watch Amaury's DConf talk on SDC.
- SDC is developed in D (of course) so you will need to be proficient in D by the time you start coding.
- You should have taken at least one course on compilers, or at the least be willing to educate yourself in this regard. There is a decent course availabe through Coursera https://www.coursera.org/course/compilers
- You should familiarize yourself with classicial data structures for arrays and have knowledge of various schemes for table implementations, (it is worthwhile to read up on hopscotch and robin hood hashing).
- SDC uses LLVM for code generation, so some familiarity with LLVM will be required (see http://llvm.org/docs/tutorial/index.html).
Proposed Project Mentor: Amaury Sechet
Amaury, or Deadalinx as he is now in the D community is an Engineer with Facebook.
GDC Project - The GNU D Compiler
Proposed Project Mentor: Iain Buclaw
DDT
Proposed Project Mentor: Bruno Medeiros
QML Bindings
Proposed Project Mentor: Russel Winder
D ARM Support / Bare Metal D
Proposed Project Mentor: Martin Nowak
GSoC idea pages from past years:
- GSoC 2014 Ideas (not accepted)
- GSoC 2013 Ideas (not accepted)
- GSoC 2012 Ideas
- GSoC 2011 Ideas
Tips for students
Daniel Pocock has written a detailed blog about initiatives students can take if they want to have a serious chance of being selected in GSoC 2015 without a focus on one specific organization.
Tips for Mentors
If you are interested in mentoring, please check out the organization administrator and mentor manual for more information.
