# Re: Google Summer of Code -- It's back

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-google-summer-of-code-its-back/58130>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 18, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-google-summer-of-code-its-back/58130 "2006-04-18T19:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anne_G)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-google-summer-of-code-its-back/58130/1 "2006-04-18T19:23:57Z")

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Could a student work on ruby and opengl to make it easier to  
use opengl somehow? For example all the examples are  
translations of C opengl examples, they don’t take any  
advantage of ruby to use opengl…

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**Author:** ![Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anne_G)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-google-summer-of-code-its-back/58130/2 "2006-04-18T19:39:06Z")

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Anne G wrote:

> Could a student work on ruby and opengl to make it easier to  
> use opengl somehow? For example all the examples are  
> translations of C opengl examples, they don’t take any  
> advantage of ruby to use opengl…

A 3D canvas that’s as easy to use as tk’s 2D canvas, and integrates with  
popular GUI toolkits.

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**Author:** ![Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anne_G)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-google-summer-of-code-its-back/58130/3 "2006-04-18T19:57:31Z")

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I would like to join this as a student as well, thanks!

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**Author:** ![Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anne_G)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-google-summer-of-code-its-back/58130/4 "2006-04-18T20:12:54Z")

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Hi –

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Alex C. wrote:

> I would like to join this as a student as well, thanks!

Student applications will be taken starting May 1; right now we’re  
just gathering ideas and mentors 🙂

You’ll find details at [Home | Google Summer of Code](http://code.google.com/soc/)

David

–  
David A. Black (removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid)  
Ruby Power and Light, LLC ([http://www.rubypowerandlight.com](http://www.rubypowerandlight.com))

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Paper version coming in early May!

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**Author:** ![Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@Anne\_G](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Anne_G)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-google-summer-of-code-its-back/58130/5 "2006-04-20T02:20:54Z")

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On 4/18/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi –
> 
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Alex C. wrote:
> 
> > I would like to join this as a student as well, thanks!
> 
> Student applications will be taken starting May 1; right now we’re  
> just gathering ideas and mentors 🙂

Well, I’m not looking to mentor, but I haven’t seen anybody toss out  
this idea yet:

Rails documentation system that gives Ruby/Rails something similar to  
(but hopefully better than) the popular PHP documentation.

[http://www.php.net/manual/en/](http://www.php.net/manual/en/)