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The list below is in no way comprehensive or the only projects ideas that are acceptable! If you have an idea that is not listed that is fine; please submit a proposal for your idea!
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This page was created to foster collaboration on ideas regarding projects that could be done as part of the [http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html Google Summer of Code].

There is a related page to discuss the ./MentorshipCoordination side of the project.

We've created a [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/soc2006 new mailing list] to discuss the Google Summer of Code from a Python POV. It is strongly encouraged people interested in discussing possible projects, people who'd be willing to help students this summer as mentors, and any students considering applying for the program to join and start discussions on that list.

Ideally, each project below should be expanded into a more full-featured description, so that people can judge the value, the effort involved, the size of the project (takes a week, takes a month, etc.), who knows enough about the project to help out, etc.
Ideally, each project should be expanded into a more full-featured description, so that people can judge the value, the effort involved, the size of the project (takes a week, takes a month, etc.), who knows enough about the project to help out, etc.
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 * JythonProjects
      Port IDLE from tk to swing, OS X improvements.
 * [[CodingProjectIdeas/Libraries]]
 * ./PythonWebProgrammingIdeas
 * ./ApplicationIdeas
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 * Plone Projects
      Work on Plone or a related Plone Product.
      See [http://plone.org/events/other/summerofcode Plone's Summer of Code Page] for details.
 * ./PythonWebProgrammingIdeas
 * ./WebServiceStack
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 * Add EPS import to ReportLab PDF library
     http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.reportlab.user/4052
 * make [http://www.spread.org/ Spread] Python Binding compile with Python 2.4 on win32 (and possibly other major platforms)
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    Don't forget [http://starship.python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Freeze/ cx_Freeze] which has a lot of nice properties too.
    For Windows, Linux and Irix also look at [http://pyinstaller.hpcf.upr.edu PyInstaller].
    Don't forget [[http://starship.python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Freeze/|cx_Freeze]] which has a lot of nice properties too.
    For Windows, Linux and Irix also look at [[http://pyinstaller.hpcf.upr.edu|PyInstaller]].
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     http://www.python.org/pypi -- contact [http://www.python.org/sigs/catalog-sig/ Catalog-SIG] for more.
 * Work on the [http://www.parrotcode.org/ Parrot] VM's Python implementation
 * Revive the code or idea from [http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python_gui/ PyGUI] or [http://anygui.sourceforge.net/ Anygui]
     These are Python-level cross-toolkit compatibility libraries for GUI work. Currently there is a "live" project called [http://developer.berlios.de/projects/cimarron/ Cimarron] along these lines. (PyGUI is not a dead project, however Anygui is)
 * NotebookInterfaceForIpython
 * Support [http://3d2f.com/tags/python/editor/ Python editor] developers
 * ./FileSystemVirtualization
 * Develop the Visual Designer and help update the documentation of [http://dabodev.com/ Dabo].
     Dabo is a framework for creating 3-tier desktop applications. The UI tier is a wrapper around [http://www.wxpython.org/ wxPython] that greatly streamlines and simplifies the wxPython API, and the Designer is a RAD tool for visually developing UI interfaces.
     http://www.python.org/pypi -- contact [[http://www.python.org/sigs/catalog-sig/|Catalog-SIG]] for more.
  * ratings (both automatic and user)
  * admin interfaces
  * new pydotorg look and feel
  * fix and implement PEP 345
  * Auto-generate portions of a C extension module based off of a Python definition (e.g., create the function definitions, parsing of arguments, PyTypeObject fields, init function for module, etc.). Would use AST off of existing Python code. Would need some way to update a generating C extension module when Python file changes without destroying extension module (as presumably body of functions have been filled in).
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 * ./PygameOnCtypes

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Less fleshed-out ideas:
 * An educational programming environment similar to [http://dewey.soe.berkeley.edu/boxer.html/index.html Boxer] for Python
     Kind of a visual programming environment, where blocks are translated into "boxes" (along with a few other select ideas). One of the more conservative visual programming environments, and it seems very translatable to Python. Or maybe work on a decent programming environment for [http://pylogo.org PyLogo]. ''Boxer isn't a programming environment. I think this idea isn't fleshed out enough.''

      Having something similar to Simulink would be VERY useful in regards to the visual programming environment.

 * A more flushed out version of Modelica in Python would also be useful http://www.ercim.org/publication/Ercim_News/enw36/ernst.html or http://moncs.cs.mcgill.ca/people/ffan/report.dtml
 * [[CoreDevHelperTools|Helper tools for core Python development]]

This page is aimed to be the starting point of collection for ideas for projects which could benefit the Python community, either projects that help the Python core, develop the standard library, third party packages, or more.

Ideally, each project should be expanded into a more full-featured description, so that people can judge the value, the effort involved, the size of the project (takes a week, takes a month, etc.), who knows enough about the project to help out, etc.

(Formatting:

  • Topics with a paragraph or so of thought, start new a page with a . in front of the wiki word, i.e.  ./CleanupUrlLibProject to scope the new pages a bit

  • for topics not fleshed out beyond a sentence or two, indent the sentence six spaces on a newline below the topic title/summary; this is to make sure that the description does not overpower the title/summary

)

  • SimpleTodo: finite projects that improve (maybe just clean up) part of Python's implementation.

  • ./PythonCore

  • ./StandardLibrary

  • CodingProjectIdeas/Libraries

  • ./PythonWebProgrammingIdeas

  • ./ApplicationIdeas

  • Port standard library modules implemented in C to Python
    • This is basically what the PyPy project is doing. See their site for more details on what parts of the Python standard library have not yet been translated.

  • ./PythonDocInOpenEbook

  • fix some old, old bugs in sourceforge
    • This is not a high profile, totally new idea, but maybe even helps the community more than founding another web framework
  • A better way to create (singlefile) executables by bringing the advantages of py2exe and McMillans compiler together.

    • Note that the next version of py2exe will allow this - it's 95% finished in CVS already -- theller.

      Don't forget cx_Freeze which has a lot of nice properties too. For Windows, Linux and Irix also look at PyInstaller.

  • Enhance the Python catalog of modules
    • ratings (both automatic and user)
    • admin interfaces
    • new pydotorg look and feel
    • fix and implement PEP 345
    • Auto-generate portions of a C extension module based off of a Python definition (e.g., create the function definitions, parsing of arguments, PyTypeObject fields, init function for module, etc.). Would use AST off of existing Python code. Would need some way to update a generating C extension module when Python file changes without destroying extension module (as presumably body of functions have been filled in).

  • Helper tools for core Python development

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