RubyGameDev.com - Githubissues

andrewhavens commented 9 years ago

Name and Contact of the Project Mentor: Andrew Havens, email@andrewhavens.com

Name of the Project: RubyGameDev.com

About the Project: RubyGameDev.com is a community-driven, information hub which helps others to build games in Ruby. It's a non-commercial, open-source, Rails 4 application that was originally built during the 2013 Rails Rumble. The goal of RubyGameDev.com is to become a valuable, library-agnostic resource to the Ruby programming community. It's meant to help beginners get started with game programming and help advance the quality of Ruby-based game programming libraries through centralized discussion and collaboration.

Suitable for beginners? Yes! This project is ideal for beginners as it is a standard Rails application. I have listed a sample schedule below that could be modified based on your experience.

What are issues/features students may work on? There's a lot of work that could be done, which could provide an opportunity for you to choose an area which interests you. There's currently a list of issues/ideas in the GitHub repo. Here is a sample of some of the features that you could work on:

Create a digest email of recent activity
Add a more formal "guides" section for beginners (like Rails Guides)
Build out the libraries section to be more like ruby-toolbox.com
Integrate a StackOverflow feed using their API
Add ability for developers to showcase the games that they've built
Add ability to post a tutorial, video, slide deck, etc
Add ability to vote on links
Lots of other miscellaneous improvements, or add your own to the list!
Sample Schedule:
1. Learn how to use git
  - Make some updates to the project's README.md and learn how to submit a GitHub pull request
2. Learn basic Ruby syntax
3. Learn some basic features of Rails
  - Submit a pull request which implements a small feature or change
4. Learn how to write unit and integration tests
  - Submit a pull request which implements some tests for features that were never tested
5. Try test-driven-development
  - Write tests for the feature you want to implement
  - Implement the feature until your tests pass
  - Submit a pull request
6. Update the project's README.md with a review of the things you've learned in order to help someone else get started contributing to the project.
7. Continue to implement features as time allows

alicetragedy commented 9 years ago

hi @andrewhavens, first off thank you for your submission. :sparkles: As I couldn't find a license for the project, I'd ask you to please add one, as we require it for projects to participate in the Rails Girls Summer of Code. thanks in advance!

andrewhavens commented 9 years ago

@alicetragedy Oh! Thanks for pointing that out. I thought I mentioned. Standard MIT License.

alicetragedy commented 9 years ago

@andrewhavens no problem, thank you for adding it so quickly. Accepted! We're glad to have you on board :boat: for RGSoC 2015.

ghost commented 9 years ago

Hello @andrewhavens My teammate(@essymo) and I would like to work on this project.

wontheone1 commented 9 years ago

This project sounds really interesting @andrewhavens, can I also work on this project? I have a team mate too.

andrewhavens commented 9 years ago

@wontheone1 Thanks for your interest! Send me an email (email@andrewhavens.com) and let me know your skill level, which features/projects you would be interested in, and whether or not you have a coach.

babiracka commented 9 years ago

Hello @andrewhavens, I would love to work on this project with my pair @zonderko!

yumikohey commented 9 years ago

Hi Andrew, @andrewhavens I just sent you an email. My pair and I are interested in working on this project. It sounds so much fun to do it. Looking forward to hearing from you.

sandrely2611-zz commented 9 years ago

Hi @andrewhavens! my pair @karenVentura and I are interested in working with you. We're based in Mexico. Still accepting students? We already have our coaches. We'll send you an email :)

isatorri commented 9 years ago

Hi @andrewhavens! I just sent you an email. If you are still accepting students, can we work with your project? Thank you in advance :)

VesSun commented 9 years ago

Hello @andrewhavens, me and my teammate (@darzh) would really like to work on your project for RGSoC 2015. It is still available? We also sent you an email, but we haven't gotten a response yet.

mimimalizam commented 9 years ago

Hello @andrewhavens! We are also curious as to whether we could apply with your project. We, @Anjazk and I, are motivated to work with you. We have our coaches, too :) Hope to hear from you soon!

andrewhavens commented 9 years ago

I regret to announce that I have reached the maximum number of applicants for my project.

--Andrew Havens

On Apr 12, 2015, at 5:18 PM, sandramu26 notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi @andrewhavens! my pair @karenVentura and I are interested in working with you. We're based in Mexico. Still accepting students? We already have our coaches. We'll send you an email :)

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

VesSun commented 9 years ago

Thank you for your response. All the best and have a nice Summer of Code :)

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Andrew Havens notifications@github.com wrote:

I regret to announce that I have reached the maximum number of applicants for my project.

--Andrew Havens

On Apr 12, 2015, at 5:18 PM, sandramu26 notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi @andrewhavens! my pair @karenVentura and I are interested in working with you. We're based in Mexico. Still accepting students? We already have our coaches. We'll send you an email :)

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/rails-girls-summer-of-code/projects/issues/26#issuecomment-92885983 .

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RubyGameDev.com #26

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