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== Most popular project ideas ==
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= OSD/DPS Fall 2018 Open Source Projects =
  
=== 1. DarkChatter decentralized messaging over low-level WiFi ===
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This a first draft at starting some open source projects in our course.  The following are the most requested projects as suggested by your colleagues.
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Tips on starting an open source project:
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* https://opensource.com/business/16/6/10-tips-new-github-projects
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* https://opensource.guide/starting-a-project/
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== 1. DarkChatter decentralized messaging over low-level WiFi ==
  
 
New project to build ad-hoc, mesh-networking style messaging.
 
New project to build ad-hoc, mesh-networking style messaging.
  
==== Research ====
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Repo: https://github.com/DarkChatter
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Discord: https://discord.gg/CUsaedN
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=== Research ===
  
 
* https://www.opengarden.com/firechat/ (proprietary) does something like this over bluetooth and wifi on iOS and Android
 
* https://www.opengarden.com/firechat/ (proprietary) does something like this over bluetooth and wifi on iOS and Android
 
* Android supports WiFi Direct https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/package-summary (iOS doesn't seem to)
 
* Android supports WiFi Direct https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/package-summary (iOS doesn't seem to)
 
* Pure p2p wifi at low level doesn't seem supported without rooting your Android Phone
 
* Pure p2p wifi at low level doesn't seem supported without rooting your Android Phone
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* https://github.com/moarpepes/awesome-mesh#software has some good links to mesh networking projects we might be able to use
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* https://scapy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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* https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
  
==== People ====
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=== People ===
  
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* [https://github.com/MuchtarSalimov Muchtar Salimov]
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* [https://github.com/rhayes2 Ryan Hayes]
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* [https://github.com/mordax Maya Filipp]
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* [https://github.com/AHKol Adam Kolodko]
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* [https://github.com/iblacker Ruihui Yan]
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* [https://github.com/dleung25 Derrick Leung]
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* [https://github.com/danielbogomazov Daniel Bogomazov]
  
=== 2. Seneca Web Extension ===
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== 2. Seneca Blackboard & Student Centre Extensions for Google Chrome ==
  
New project to build a browser extension to fix various Seneca web sites and their UI/UX issues:
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New project to build Google Chrome extensions to fix various Seneca Blackboard & Student Centre websites and their UI/UX issues:
  
* Blackboard
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* Seneca Blackboard (Repo: [https://github.com/yevseytsev/SenecaBlackboardExtension SenecaBlackboardExtension])
* Student Centre
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** Remove useless parts of the website:
* Others?
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*** Seneca News
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*** Seneca Spotlight
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*** Did You Know?
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*** Quickly
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*** Useless announcements (Full-Time Student News, Student News)
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*** More?
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** Add new features:
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*** Organize modules that left after removing useless parts
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*** New module dedicated to important dates
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*** Announcements should show date, either as year, month, and day, or X days ago
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*** Split up announcements and marks notifications in the top right corner on the main page
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*** Button to switch to original version of Blackboard
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*** Add the email link to the login page
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*** Add the MySeneca.Help link to the my.senecacollege.ca sign in page
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*** Add Reset/Forgot password on this [https://my.senecacollege.ca/webapps/login/?action=relogin sign in] page
  
What kind of Fixes do we need?
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* Student Centre (Repo: [https://github.com/yevseytsev/StudentCentreExtension StudentCentreExtension])
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** Add new features:
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*** Organize modules
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*** Make course selection easier by having something function similar to [http://griddy.org/ this example]
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*** Main display should be changed to full width of the screen
  
* ?
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=== Research ===
* ?
 
* ?
 
  
==== Research ====
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* Could fork [https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-twitter Refined Twitter] or [https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github Refined GitHub] to get started.  Both do something similar to what we'd need.
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* Lots of other [https://github.com/topics/browser-extension existing browser extension projects on GitHub]
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* Example from uwaterloo [https://github.com/SssWind/Learn-Darklight learn-darklight]
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* What kind of Fixes do we need?
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** ?
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** ?
  
* Could fork [https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-twitter] or [https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github] to get started.  Both do something similar to what we'd need.
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=== People ===
* Lots of other [https://github.com/topics/browser-extension existing browser extension projects on GitHub]
 
  
==== People ====
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* [https://github.com/thanhcng Thanh Nguyen]
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* [https://github.com/yatsenko-julia Julia Yatsenko]
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* [https://github.com/ooHAoo Huda Al Dallal]
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* [https://github.com/Casva Brendan Hung]
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* [https://github.com/bblarney Brett Larney]
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* [https://github.com/Janice0218 Minying Chen]
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* [https://github.com/struong9 Stephen Truong]
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* [https://github.com/jagmeetb Jagmeet Bhamber]
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* [https://github.com/VinceBackpack Vincent Wong]
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* [https://github.com/YuechengWu Yuecheng Wu]
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* [https://github.com/itchylol742 Allan Zou]
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* [https://github.com/victorkubrak Victor Kubrak]
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* [https://github.com/yevseytsev Andriy Yevseytsev]
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* [https://github.com/charBap Charlotte Baptist]
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* [https://github.com/Peng-Qu Peng Qu]
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* [https://github.com/susantruong Xuan Dinh Truong]
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* [https://github.com/pynnl Ryan Vu]
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* [https://github.com/deepanjali19 Deepanjali Gerangal]
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* [https://github.com/xwang345 Xiaochen Wang]
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* [https://github.com/DinahLin Dan Lin]
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* [https://github.com/qwang135 Qingwen Wang]
  
=== 3. Speech-To-Text for HTML Coding in VSCode ===
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== 3. Speech-To-Text for HTML Coding in VSCode ==
  
 
New project to build a Visual Studio Extension that allows voice commands for creating HTML documents.
 
New project to build a Visual Studio Extension that allows voice commands for creating HTML documents.
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Need to write a VSCode Extension, pick a Speech-To-Text library to integrate, create a "grammar" or "vocabulary" bound to commands for inserting HTML tags.
 
Need to write a VSCode Extension, pick a Speech-To-Text library to integrate, create a "grammar" or "vocabulary" bound to commands for inserting HTML tags.
  
==== Research ====
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Repo: [https://github.com/PopeSpaceous/CodeTalker CodeTalker]
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Join our Slack Channel: [https://join.slack.com/t/codetalkerworkspace/shared_invite/enQtNDcyMjQ4MjYzNzMwLTYzMjM4MDUwMzAzYTc1MjBhNDNjZWM5MGU5Y2FkODUzMWZjM2M4NjJlZGZkYjIwNTNlYzM1NGQxOGYzNDUyOTY CodeTalker]
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=== Research ===
  
 
* Lots of other [https://github.com/topics/vscode-extension existing VSCode extension projects on GitHub]
 
* Lots of other [https://github.com/topics/vscode-extension existing VSCode extension projects on GitHub]
* [https://docs.ourcodeworld.com/projects/artyom-js] for voice commands?
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* https://docs.ourcodeworld.com/projects/artyom-js for voice commands?
* [https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-speech]
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* https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-speech
* [https://github.com/mozilla/DeepSpeech#using-the-nodejs-package]
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* https://github.com/mozilla/DeepSpeech#using-the-nodejs-package
* [https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensions/overview]
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* https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/extensions/overview
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* https://voicecode.io/#about Speech to code Example program
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/steaward Stephen Ward]
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* [https://github.com/PopeSpaceous Nathan Misener]
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* [https://github.com/ywpark1 Yeonwoo Park]
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* [https://github.com/YuechengWu Yuecheng Wu]
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* [https://github.com/Michael-Overall Michael Overall]
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* [https://github.com/giantpanpan Wang Pan]
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* [https://github.com/charBap Charlotte Baptist]
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== 4. Turn-based creative writing web app ==
  
==== People ====
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New project to build a turn-based creative writing app, where people can collaborate on writing stories and practice their creative writing skills.
  
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Goal is a real time creative writing collaboration 'game'. Each participant takes a turn to add a limited amount of text (ie: 100 words max) to write a short story. Each story will have a maximum of 10 writers and a minimum of 2 who can be anonymous or invited friends.
  
=== 4. Turn-based creative writing web app ===
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Repo: [https://github.com/Mera-Gangapersaud/Creative-Collab Creative Collab]
  
New project to build a turn-based creative writing app, where people can collaborate on writing stories.
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Slack: [https://join.slack.com/t/creative-collab-app/shared_invite/enQtNDcxMTUzMjY2MTAxLWMyMWQyNTdkNDZjMDQ5MTllNjVhYjQ5MThhNjU0OTI2NDc2Yjc1NzE3YTU4YmQwNmJkYWI4NmFmZGY5N2QxODY Creative Collab App]
  
==== Research ====
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=== Research ===
  
 
* Lots of existing editor tech we could use:
 
* Lots of existing editor tech we could use:
** [https://prosemirror.net/]
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** https://prosemirror.net/
** [https://github.com/ianstormtaylor/slate]
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** https://github.com/ianstormtaylor/slate
** [https://github.com/quilljs/quill]
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** https://github.com/quilljs/quill
** [https://draftjs.org/]
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** https://draftjs.org/
 
** etc. [https://quilljs.com/guides/comparison-with-other-rich-text-editors/ Good comparison (if somewhat biased) here]  
 
** etc. [https://quilljs.com/guides/comparison-with-other-rich-text-editors/ Good comparison (if somewhat biased) here]  
  
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** Support for other platforms? Slack, Discord, ???
 
** Support for other platforms? Slack, Discord, ???
 
** Serverless or with a backend? Do you want accounts, publishing, etc, or p2p with some kind of WebRTC style networked system?
 
** Serverless or with a backend? Do you want accounts, publishing, etc, or p2p with some kind of WebRTC style networked system?
** Publishing of final product into different formats? e.g., [https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor.js]
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** Publishing of final product into different formats? e.g., https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor.js
  
==== People ====
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=== People ===
  
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* [https://github.com/Mera-Gangapersaud Mera Gangapersaud]
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* [https://github.com/SeanPrashad Sean Prashad]
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* [https://github.com/PopeSpaceous Nathan Misener]
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* [https://github.com/klymenkoo Volodymyr Klymenko]
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* [https://github.com/VinceBackpack Vincent Wong]
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* [https://github.com/CometS1 Shawn Pang]
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* [https://github.com/MarkKrutik Mark Krutik]
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* [https://github.com/AlexeiGitH Oleksii Kozachenko]
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* [https://github.com/pynnl Tien Phat Vu]
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* [https://github.com/dnguneratne Dilan Guneratne]
  
=== 5. Seneca Student Personal GitHub Dashboard ===
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== 5. Seneca Student Personal GitHub Dashboard ==
  
 
New project to create a web-based GitHub Dashboard suitable for Seneca students doing open source.  Some ideas:
 
New project to create a web-based GitHub Dashboard suitable for Seneca students doing open source.  Some ideas:
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* track projects you want to try next, showing you possible good bugs you could do
 
* track projects you want to try next, showing you possible good bugs you could do
  
==== Research ====
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'''Repository''' : [https://github.com/deepanjali19/GitHub-Dashboard GitHub-Dashboard]
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[https://join.slack.com/t/githubdashboard/shared_invite/enQtNDcxMTM5OTMyNjExLWFmYTE1NTFiMzkyMzU0ZmRjMjI0YjI1OTVkMDk0MTUyZmJlMjM2NGUzODQ1YjZmZDVkMzkxYzgzYjM1MjI1ZGI Join our slack group!]
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=== Research ===
  
 
* Lots of GitHub dashboards already exist that might do some of what we want.
 
* Lots of GitHub dashboards already exist that might do some of what we want.
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* GitHub API allows for querying data easily
 
* GitHub API allows for querying data easily
  
==== People ====
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=== People ===
  
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* [https://github.com/thanhcng Thanh Nguyen]
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* [https://github.com/deepanjali19 Deepanjali Gerangal]
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* [https://github.com/jagmeetb Jagmeet Bhamber]
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* [https://github.com/yuzhouChen Yuzhou Chen]
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* [https://github.com/Janice0218 Minying Chen]
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* [https://github.com/yatsenko-julia Julia Yatsenko]
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* [https://github.com/sjmathew Shawn Mathew]
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* [https://github.com/jkmdev Julia McGeoghan]
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* [https://github.com/dleung25 Derrick Leung]
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* [https://github.com/dleung25 Derrick Leung]
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* [https://github.com/ksandhu16 Karan Sandhu]
  
=== 6. ===
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== 6. NodeChat ==
  
 
Exiting project for a Node.js, React chat app.  Needs work to make it standalone and published on npm
 
Exiting project for a Node.js, React chat app.  Needs work to make it standalone and published on npm
  
==== Research ====
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Repo: https://github.com/OTRChat/NodeChat
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Join the slack group for more information or questions.
  
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Slack: [https://join.slack.com/t/nodechatapp/shared_invite/enQtNDcxNjgzODE1ODA5LTkzZDg4NWVkNzE3NDZjYzQ3MTM5Mzg4NWZlYmJmMGNmMjJmZmU2OTAwNjJiYWYwNDUyYWE5YWQ0MGE0YWIzYjY NodeChatApp]
  
==== People ====
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=== Research ===
  
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* Topics that could be researched JSON web Tokens, RethinkDB and whats involved to make it available on npm.
  
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=== People ===
  
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* [https://github.com/coreyjjames Corey James]
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* [https://github.com/thanhcng Thanh Nguyen]
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* [https://github.com/Janice0218 Minying Chen]
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* [https://github.com/jtj9817 Joshua Jadulco]
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* [https://github.com/Mera-Gangapersaud Mera Gangapersaud]
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* [https://github.com/MarkKrutik Mark Krutik]
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* [https://github.com/AlexeiGitH Oleksii Kozachenko]
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* [https://github.com/iblacker Ruihui Yan]
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* [https://github.com/susantruong Xuan Dinh Truong]
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* [https://github.com/xwang345 Xiaochen Wang]
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* [https://github.com/dnguneratne Dilan Guneratne]
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* [https://github.com/ThomasNolte Thomas Nolte]
  
=== 2. ===
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== 7. Unity side-scrolling video game in C# ==
  
New project to build ad-hoc, mesh-networking style messaging.
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Existing project, Unity based game engine/side-scroller puzzle game written in C#.
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Description:
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This game consists of 5 levels and a main hub. The player progresses through each level and solves puzzles in order to unlock the next level.
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Each level consists of 2 paths, a shorter path with less puzzles but they are harder in difficulty. And a longer path with more easier puzzles, but takes longer.
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There is a score system in place that is based off of time and number of puzzles solved.
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There are 3 difficulty variations to each puzzle.
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Here are a list of puzzles you'll see: '''Tangrams, Anagrams, Cryptogram, Image Scramble, Puzzle Template, Simon Says, Wire Connection, Word Passcode.'''
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'''Lots of Issues currently in repo'''
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Repo: [https://github.com/PopeSpaceous/Solitary Solitary]
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Join our Discord Group: [https://discord.gg/22htXJf Solitary Chat]
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=== Research ===
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* Correct Open Source License
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* Adding code/compiling to work with https://webassembly.org/demo/
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* Legality of using Royalty Free music/sound effects in an open source project
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/PopeSpaceous Nathan Misener]
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* [https://github.com/Casva Brendan Hung]
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* [https://github.com/saketepe Oluwaseyi Aketepe]
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* [https://github.com/ywpark1 Yeonwoo Park]
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* [https://github.com/YuechengWu Yuecheng Wu]
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* [https://github.com/victorkubrak Victor Kubrak]
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* [https://github.com/yevseytsev Andriy Yevseytsev]
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* [https://github.com/charBap Charlotte Baptist]
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* [https://github.com/iblacker Ruihui Yan]
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* [https://github.com/dragomegak Steven Le]
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* [https://github.com/Pooch11 Adam Pucciano]
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== 8. Supernova ==
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Existing command-line app in the preliminary stages to aggregate and download information about starred GitHub projects.
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Repo: [https://github.com/0xazure/supernova 0xazure/supernova]
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Languages/Libraries: [https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/ Rust], [https://serde.rs/ Serde], [https://developer.github.com/v3/ GitHub API]
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=== Research ===
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* Does this dove-tail at all with the GitHub dashboard project?
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* Implement [https://developer.github.com/v3/oauth_authorizations/ OAuth Authentication] from the command line to e.g. add/remove stars for a GitHub account.
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* Set up automated testing/linting with tools like [https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/rust-clippy Clippy] on [https://travis-ci.org/ Travis CI].
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* Gitter discussion: https://gitter.im/supernova-rust/Lobby
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/0xazure Stuart Crust]
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* [https://github.com/SeanPrashad Sean Prashad]
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* [https://github.com/mordax Maya Filipp]
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* [https://github.com/mordax Chaya Danzinger]
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== 9. Seneca Student Resume/Portfolio Static Site Generator ==
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New project to create a resume/portfolio generator for Seneca students: simple static site generation for students using GitHub and github page(github.io).
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Repo: [https://github.com/ywpark1/portfolio-generator Portfolio generator]
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=== Research ===
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* [https://pages.github.com/ GitHub Pages]
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* [https://github.com/salomonelli/best-resume-ever Resume Generator]
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* [https://github.com/mwilliamson/dotnet-mammoth .docx to HTML converter for .NET Framework]
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/ooHAoo Huda Al Dallal]
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* [https://github.com/YuechengWu Yuecheng Wu]
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* [https://github.com/ywpark1 Yeonwoo Park]
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* [https://github.com/MarkKrutik Mark Krutik]
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* [https://github.com/iblacker Ruihui Yan]
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* [https://github.com/charBap Charlotte Baptist]
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* [https://github.com/xwang345 Xiaochen Wang]
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* [https://github.com/Peng-Qu Peng Qu]
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* [https://github.com/susantruong Xuan Dinh Truong]
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== 10. Youtube Video Resumer - Remember where you left off==
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A browser extension to remember where you left off on a Youtube video.
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Repo: TBD
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=== Research ===
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* Existing extension for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-resumer/bongjkoajofkfpofginnhecihgaeldpe?hl=en
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* The existing extension is very basic and only stores a list videos and where you left off. This project would create a playlist of unfinished videos along with an indicator of where you left off, then automatically remove videos from the playlist when you finish the video.
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/itchylol742 Allan Zou]
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*
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*
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== 11. PySearch ==
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Cross platform command-line utility for searching Amazon, Google, StackOverflow etc in your browser
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Repo: [https://github.com/jrkong/pySearch pySearch]
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=== Research ===
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* How to add command line commands to the Path for Unix or Windows
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* Search strings for popular websites
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* Test frameworks for Python
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/jrkong Alex Kong]
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* [Wang Pan]
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* [https://github.com/shreenaathia Shreena Athia]
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* [Joshua Mayers]
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== 12. Goblin Camp Stone Soup ==
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This project is a fork of a project called Goblin Camp, a clone of Dwarf Fortress.
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It is written in C++, and includes its own version of Boost and libtcod along with other dependencies.
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Repo: [https://github.com/y2s82/goblin_camp Goblin Camp on Github]
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Call-to-arm: [http://shavedyak.blogspot.com/2018/11/me-and-7-dwarves.html Small Introduction]
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=== Research ===
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We will be focusing on, in this order:
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* bringing the project up-to-speed in terms of its included libraries and dependencies,
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* profiling, testing, and understanding various bottlenecks,
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* and start improving performance while also implementing features from Dwarf Fortress.
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/y2s82 Tony Sim]
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* [https://github.com/rdittrich97 Robert Dittrich]
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== 13. apollo ==
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A webscraper written in C++ using the cURL library. Scrapes and stores information about upcoming music albums to a local database.
  
==== Research ====
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Repo: [https://github.com/danielbogomazov/apollo-backend apollo]
  
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=== Research ===
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Uses cURL for webscraping and PostgreSQL as the db.
  
==== People ====
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Going to be used as the backend for mobile applications but you can fork the repo once it's done for personal use if you'd like :)
  
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More information available in the README in the repo
  
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=== People ===
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* [https://github.com/danielbogomazov/apollo-backend Daniel Bogomazov]
  
*** (EXISTING) Unity side-scrolling video game in C# (9 ✔️)
 
*** (EXISTING) App to aggregate and download starred GitHub projects (9 ✔️)
 
*** (NEW) Resume/Portfolio generator: simple static site generation for non-technical students (9 ✔️)
 
  
 
== Other ideas presented ==
 
== Other ideas presented ==
*** (NEW) Open Source Dwarf Fortress clone: ASCII style game (8 ✔️)
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*** (NEW) RSS bot for when wiki's are updated (7 ✔️)
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* (NEW) Open Source Dwarf Fortress clone: ASCII style game
*** (NEW) Browser extension for remembering where you left off & resume YouTube videos (7 ✔️)
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* (NEW) RSS bot for when wiki's are updated
*** (NEW) YouTube bulk downloader using youtube-dl (provide a list of links to videos to download) (6 ✔️)
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* (NEW) YouTube bulk downloader using youtube-dl (provide a list of links to videos to download)
*** (NEW) Social Media Dashboard - see analytics from multiple social media platforms (5 ✔️)
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* (NEW) Social Media Dashboard - see analytics from multiple social media platforms
*** (NEW) Web bot detector/blocker (4 ✔️)
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* (NEW) Web bot detector/blocker - Info here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3pNLB3Cq24) Interest - 1 add++
*** (EXISTING) Cross platform command-line utility for searching Amazon, Google, StackOverflow etc in your browser (2 ✔️)
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* (NEW) Test wrapper script for running tests from different frameworks
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* (EXISTING) My Little Pony search GUI for data and analytics of existing, large fan fiction database; built with Java Swing
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Latest revision as of 19:58, 21 November 2018

OSD/DPS Fall 2018 Open Source Projects

This a first draft at starting some open source projects in our course. The following are the most requested projects as suggested by your colleagues.

Tips on starting an open source project:

1. DarkChatter decentralized messaging over low-level WiFi

New project to build ad-hoc, mesh-networking style messaging.

Repo: https://github.com/DarkChatter Discord: https://discord.gg/CUsaedN

Research

People

2. Seneca Blackboard & Student Centre Extensions for Google Chrome

New project to build Google Chrome extensions to fix various Seneca Blackboard & Student Centre websites and their UI/UX issues:

  • Seneca Blackboard (Repo: SenecaBlackboardExtension)
    • Remove useless parts of the website:
      • Seneca News
      • Seneca Spotlight
      • Did You Know?
      • Quickly
      • Useless announcements (Full-Time Student News, Student News)
      • More?
    • Add new features:
      • Organize modules that left after removing useless parts
      • New module dedicated to important dates
      • Announcements should show date, either as year, month, and day, or X days ago
      • Split up announcements and marks notifications in the top right corner on the main page
      • Button to switch to original version of Blackboard
      • Add the email link to the login page
      • Add the MySeneca.Help link to the my.senecacollege.ca sign in page
      • Add Reset/Forgot password on this sign in page
  • Student Centre (Repo: StudentCentreExtension)
    • Add new features:
      • Organize modules
      • Make course selection easier by having something function similar to this example
      • Main display should be changed to full width of the screen

Research

People

3. Speech-To-Text for HTML Coding in VSCode

New project to build a Visual Studio Extension that allows voice commands for creating HTML documents.

Need to write a VSCode Extension, pick a Speech-To-Text library to integrate, create a "grammar" or "vocabulary" bound to commands for inserting HTML tags.

Repo: CodeTalker

Join our Slack Channel: CodeTalker

Research

People

4. Turn-based creative writing web app

New project to build a turn-based creative writing app, where people can collaborate on writing stories and practice their creative writing skills.

Goal is a real time creative writing collaboration 'game'. Each participant takes a turn to add a limited amount of text (ie: 100 words max) to write a short story. Each story will have a maximum of 10 writers and a minimum of 2 who can be anonymous or invited friends.

Repo: Creative Collab

Slack: Creative Collab App

Research

  • Questions:
    • Support for Mobile?
    • Support for text based?
    • Support for other platforms? Slack, Discord, ???
    • Serverless or with a backend? Do you want accounts, publishing, etc, or p2p with some kind of WebRTC style networked system?
    • Publishing of final product into different formats? e.g., https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor.js

People

5. Seneca Student Personal GitHub Dashboard

New project to create a web-based GitHub Dashboard suitable for Seneca students doing open source. Some ideas:

  • track status of things you've worked on (Issues, Bugs, Projects)
  • track projects you want to try next, showing you possible good bugs you could do


Repository : GitHub-Dashboard

Join our slack group!

Research

  • Lots of GitHub dashboards already exist that might do some of what we want.
  • Even more web dashboard components and projects we could use
  • GitHub API allows for querying data easily

People

6. NodeChat

Exiting project for a Node.js, React chat app. Needs work to make it standalone and published on npm

Repo: https://github.com/OTRChat/NodeChat

Join the slack group for more information or questions.

Slack: NodeChatApp

Research

  • Topics that could be researched JSON web Tokens, RethinkDB and whats involved to make it available on npm.

People

7. Unity side-scrolling video game in C#

Existing project, Unity based game engine/side-scroller puzzle game written in C#. Description: This game consists of 5 levels and a main hub. The player progresses through each level and solves puzzles in order to unlock the next level. Each level consists of 2 paths, a shorter path with less puzzles but they are harder in difficulty. And a longer path with more easier puzzles, but takes longer. There is a score system in place that is based off of time and number of puzzles solved. There are 3 difficulty variations to each puzzle. Here are a list of puzzles you'll see: Tangrams, Anagrams, Cryptogram, Image Scramble, Puzzle Template, Simon Says, Wire Connection, Word Passcode.

Lots of Issues currently in repo

Repo: Solitary

Join our Discord Group: Solitary Chat

Research

  • Correct Open Source License
  • Adding code/compiling to work with https://webassembly.org/demo/
  • Legality of using Royalty Free music/sound effects in an open source project

People

8. Supernova

Existing command-line app in the preliminary stages to aggregate and download information about starred GitHub projects.

Repo: 0xazure/supernova

Languages/Libraries: Rust, Serde, GitHub API

Research

People

9. Seneca Student Resume/Portfolio Static Site Generator

New project to create a resume/portfolio generator for Seneca students: simple static site generation for students using GitHub and github page(github.io).

Repo: Portfolio generator

Research

People

10. Youtube Video Resumer - Remember where you left off

A browser extension to remember where you left off on a Youtube video.

Repo: TBD

Research

People


11. PySearch

Cross platform command-line utility for searching Amazon, Google, StackOverflow etc in your browser

Repo: pySearch

Research

  • How to add command line commands to the Path for Unix or Windows
  • Search strings for popular websites
  • Test frameworks for Python

People


12. Goblin Camp Stone Soup

This project is a fork of a project called Goblin Camp, a clone of Dwarf Fortress. It is written in C++, and includes its own version of Boost and libtcod along with other dependencies.

Repo: Goblin Camp on Github

Call-to-arm: Small Introduction

Research

We will be focusing on, in this order:

  • bringing the project up-to-speed in terms of its included libraries and dependencies,
  • profiling, testing, and understanding various bottlenecks,
  • and start improving performance while also implementing features from Dwarf Fortress.

People


13. apollo

A webscraper written in C++ using the cURL library. Scrapes and stores information about upcoming music albums to a local database.

Repo: apollo

Research

Uses cURL for webscraping and PostgreSQL as the db.

Going to be used as the backend for mobile applications but you can fork the repo once it's done for personal use if you'd like :)

More information available in the README in the repo

People


Other ideas presented

  • (NEW) Open Source Dwarf Fortress clone: ASCII style game
  • (NEW) RSS bot for when wiki's are updated
  • (NEW) YouTube bulk downloader using youtube-dl (provide a list of links to videos to download)
  • (NEW) Social Media Dashboard - see analytics from multiple social media platforms
  • (NEW) Web bot detector/blocker - Info here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3pNLB3Cq24) Interest - 1 add++
  • (EXISTING) Cross platform command-line utility for searching Amazon, Google, StackOverflow etc in your browser
  • (NEW) Test wrapper script for running tests from different frameworks
  • (EXISTING) My Little Pony search GUI for data and analytics of existing, large fan fiction database; built with Java Swing
  • (NEW) Text diff tool for dealing with non line-based changes