Xapian devel - Nov 2014 - Willing to work in Improving Python Bindings.

Hello,
As mentioned on the project ideas page ,  I would like to work on improving
Python Bindings , I have basic hands on experience in Python and sufficient
knowledge in C++ , I started with looking at the resource provided on
Project ideas page ,So anyone can further guide me on this project.


Priyank Bhatt
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On 30 Nov 2014, at 20:14, Priyank Bhatt <priyankbhatt1234 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> As mentioned on the project ideas page ,  I would like to work on improving
Python Bindings , I have basic hands on experience in Python and sufficient
knowledge in C++ , I started with looking at the resource provided on Project
ideas page ,So anyone can further guide me on this project.
Priyank ? our guide for potential students[1] is helpful (even if you?re working
outside of GSoC) in guiding you through what we feel you need in order to tackle
a decent-sized project as part of Xapian. The project description says that
knowledge of Python?s C API is helpful, but I assume you don?t have that, in
which case I?d recommend looking either at the doccomments issue[2] or making a
PyPI package. Either way (and in general for any project you tackle for pretty
much anything!) you should start by writing a plan of how you intend to tackle
the problem, since this gives both a structure to your work and a way of
reviewing how you?re doing. You can of course ask here on the mailing list for
people to review a plan.

If you have further questions, just fire away ? bear in mind that it?s much
easier for us to respond to concrete questions (?I?ve tried such and such and
seen this thing happen? or ?I?m seeing this error when building?) than general
ones (?what should I do next??), so the more you can drill down to specifics the
faster we should be able to help you.

J

[1] http://trac.xapian.org/wiki/GSoC%20Guide
[2] http://trac.xapian.org/ticket/263

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