AOSS 2008 CODEFEST
REPORT

CODEFEST
GOAL
PARTICIPANTS
PROJECTS
REFLECTIONS

GOALS
BRING TOGETHER
STUDENTS AND EXPERIENCED DEVELOPERS
DIFFERENT CULTURES
ALLOW STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
CREATE SOME NEW OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
SUBMIT PATCHES TO OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS

CODEFEST PARTICIPANTS

40 HONG KONG & GUANGZHOU STUDENTS

INTERNATIONAL MENTORS

TEACHERS, LOCAL DEVELOPERS, AND OSS CENTER STAFF

MIX

CODEFEST PARTICIPANTS
~ 40 STUDENTS
8 MENTORS
3 JAPAN, 4 CHINA, 1 CONFUSED
TEACHERS, LOCAL DEVELOPERS, GDLC & HKOSSC STAFF
OVER 70 PARTICIPANTS IN TOTAL

PROJECTS
APACHE TUSCANY BUG
FIXES (BUG
TUSCANY- 1974)
RADIANT CMS
EXTENSIONS
PYTHON CHINESE LUNAR
CALENDAR API

PROJECTS
LINUX EXT4: FASTER INODE
TO NAME
DISTRIBUTED HANOI
DEBIAN ON KURO BOX

LEARNING
GTK NETWORK PROTOCOL
ANALYIZER
PYTHON UNIT TESTING
DJANGO
RUBY ON RAILS
SUBVERSION

REFLECTIONS
\"IT WAS TRULY A UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE OF OSS
DEVELOPMENT. THE
CHAOS, THE HARD WORK,
AND THE FRIENDSHIP ARE
ALL UNFORGETTABLE. \"
- RICK TONG, LINUX EXT4

REFLECTIONS
\"KERNEL PROGRAMMING
SHOULD NEVER BE TRIED
BY A NORMAL HUMAN
BEING.
\"
- MAX, LINUX EXT4 TEAM

REFLECTIONS
\"BIG BROTHER (THE
MENTOR) WAS BRILLIANT.
WITHOUT HIS HINTS AND
PASSION, WE COULD HAVE
NEVER FINISHED THIS
PROJECT. - YANG, LINUX
\"
EXT4 TEAM

REFLECTIONS
\"CODEFEST HAS GIVEN ME
AN OPPORTUNITY TO
UNDERSTAND STUDENTS
FROM ANOTHER CULTURE. I
TALKED IN CRAPPY
MANDARIN, ASSISTED BY
ENGLISH PHASES, BUT THE
COOPERATION WAS STILL
AWESOME. \"
- RICK MAK, RADIANTCMS
TEAM

REFLECTIONS
\"THE INTRODUCTION OF
RUBY ON RAILS BY AARON
(THE MENTOR) WAS
REALLY SYSTEMATIC AND
PRACTICAL. I HAVE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO FIND
ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE TO
IT IN SCHOOL.
\"
- CHRIS, RADIANTCMS
TEAM

REFLECTIONS
\"I WILL DEFINITELY JOIN IF
CODEFEST WILL BE HELD
AGAIN.\"
- CHUN, APACHE TUSCANY
TEAM

REFLECTIONS
GREAT LOCATION
GOOD VARIETY
RELAX BUT EXCITED
ATMOSPHERE
INTERESTING PROJECTS
MOTIVATED STUDENTS

REFLECTIONS
SELECT ACTIVITIES WHICH
CAN BE COMPLETED IN THE
TIME FRAME
PREPARE INTRODUCTORY
MATERIAL FOR STUDENTS
KNOW WHICH SOFTWARE
TOOLS YOU NEED AND HAVE
THEM READY

TO GDLC AND HKOSSC ORGANIZERS
TO THE TEACHERS AND DEVELOPERS
TO THE MENTORS
ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS
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