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:'''Contact Email''': sid_at_sidkalra_dot_com
 
:'''Contact Email''': sid_at_sidkalra_dot_com
 
:'''Program''': Bachelor Degree of Software Development (Semester 7)
 
:'''Program''': Bachelor Degree of Software Development (Semester 7)
:'''About''': I'm a software developer currently studying at Seneca College. You can check out my website at [http://www.sidkalra.com http://www.sidkalra.com]. Also check out my blog at [http://blog.sidkalra.com http://blog.sidkalra.com]
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:'''About''': I'm a software developer currently studying at Seneca College. You can check out my website at [http://www.sidkalra.com http://www.sidkalra.com]. Also check out my blog, [http://blog.sidkalra.com The Unheralded Perspective]
  
 
=DPS909=
 
=DPS909=
  
'''Contributions'''
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==Contributions==
  
 
* Contributed to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Ashughes/BirdTorrent Add Bit Torrent support to Songbird] by installing Songbird. Look [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Ashughes/BirdTorrent/TestResults here]
 
* Contributed to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Ashughes/BirdTorrent Add Bit Torrent support to Songbird] by installing Songbird. Look [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Ashughes/BirdTorrent/TestResults here]
 
* Contributed to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Thunderbird_Image_Auto-Resize Thunderbird Image Auto-Resize] by emailing [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Zghansar zghansar] and telling him about wrapping 'loose' variables and functions within a JavaScript object to avoid conflicts with other addons
 
* Contributed to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Thunderbird_Image_Auto-Resize Thunderbird Image Auto-Resize] by emailing [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Zghansar zghansar] and telling him about wrapping 'loose' variables and functions within a JavaScript object to avoid conflicts with other addons
 
* Contributed to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Canvas3D_XUL_Runner_App_0.1 Canvas3D XUL Runner App 0.1] by testing MyBrowser.exe. Go [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Talk:Canvas3D_XUL_Runner_App_0.1 here] to view the results
 
* Contributed to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Canvas3D_XUL_Runner_App_0.1 Canvas3D XUL Runner App 0.1] by testing MyBrowser.exe. Go [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Talk:Canvas3D_XUL_Runner_App_0.1 here] to view the results
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* Contributed to the Mozilla community by performing addon reviews as an AMO editor
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* Added the DPS909, OSD600 and Mozilla for beginners categories to the zenit wiki
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* Added a [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/How-Tos#Applying_a_patch_to_a_Repo how-to for applying a patch to a repo using Mercurial]
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* Contributed to Aaron Train's Contribute to Private Browsing tests project by testing <video> and <audio> tags with Firefox 3.1*. [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Contribute_to_Private_Browsing_Tests#HTML5_.3Cvideo.3E_and_.3Caudio.3E_contributions View here]
  
'''Labs'''
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'''Essay'''
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* [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/User:Crulshorukh/FSOSS_08 '''FSOSS 2008 Essay''']
  
* Making a Ubiquity extension...posted code [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Learning_Collaborative_Development_Lab_Fall_2008_Results here]
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==Labs==
* Building Firefox from source...
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* BugZilla - Blogged about it [http://blog.sidkalra.com/2008/10/bugzilla-watch-a-user-feature/ here]
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===Lab 1===
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* Created an account on this wiki for myself
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* Created a personal wiki page on this wiki, and add a link for myself to the People page
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* Created a blog and created a feed category called "open source"
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* Read the Blog Guidelines for instructions on how to use my blog in the course
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* Added my blog feed and info to the Open Source@Seneca Planet List
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* [http://blog.sidkalra.com/2008/09/open-source-bazaar-vs-proprietary-cathedral/ Blogged on my reactions] to the readings for this week.
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* Began learning how to use IRC for communication.
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===Lab 2===
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* Ensured that all TODO items from week 1 were completed
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* Commented in at least one other student's blog with your feedback to what they wrote.
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* Watched online lectures for this week about open source community
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* Completed this week's lab. Posted my results [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Learning_Collaborative_Development_Lab_Fall_2008_Results#Search_for_wiki_user here]
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* Looked at the Potential Projects page and picked 3 projects on which you'd like to work--next week, you'll narrow this to just one. List them here along with your name.
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* Added my wiki page to the class list for [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Students_in_DPS909_Fall_2008#Students Students in DPS909 Fall 2008]
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===Lab 3===
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* Watched online lectures about the Mozilla build system.
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* Attended the Mozilla Developer Day and [http://blog.sidkalra.com/2008/09/mozilla-developer-days-toronto/ blogged about my experience]
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* [http://blog.sidkalra.com/2008/11/building-firefox-from-source/ Blogged about building Firefox]
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* Picked my project and started working on it. Created a [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Mercurial_history_browsing project page] for my project in the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Project_List Project List].
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===Lab 4===
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* Worked on the Source Code Reading lab by searching for code for File > Close Tab. Found the code [http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser/browser_248970_b.js#144 here] using MXR
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* As a substitute for the create a patch lab I uploaded my own patches for my project for [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445560 bug 445560], [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448707 bug 448707] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459727 bug 459727]
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===Lab 5===
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* Created a bugzilla account
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* Found 3 bugs related to my project, and added them to my wiki page...
 
** 3 bugs related to Mercurial or hgweb
 
** 3 bugs related to Mercurial or hgweb
 
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443989 Auto-link "changeset foo" to hgweb]
 
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443989 Auto-link "changeset foo" to hgweb]
 
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456499 Mercurial crashes when creating a new repository by cloning an existing one]
 
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456499 Mercurial crashes when creating a new repository by cloning an existing one]
 
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452718 hgweb pages sometimes don't grok non-ascii characters]
 
*** [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452718 hgweb pages sometimes don't grok non-ascii characters]
* Bug Fixing...
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* CCed myself on two bugs that related to your project
* Tab Lab (Extension) xpi file can be found here [[Image:Addtabbeside.xpi]]
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* Watchd bsmedberg in bugzilla for the week and [http://blog.sidkalra.com/2008/10/bugzilla-watch-a-user-feature/ blogged about the experience]
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* Registered for FSOSS as a volunteer.
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===Lab 6===
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* Posted a bug on landfill along with the patch that fixes the mailto bug [https://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-3.0-branch/show_bug.cgi?id=6947 here]
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===Lab 7===
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* Posted a patch for the trunk [http://sidkalra.com/files/tabLab.patch here]
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===Lab 8===
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* Completed the lab and posted the .xpi to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/imgs/Addtabbeside.xpi here]
  
 
=Projects=
 
=Projects=
  
I'm starting work on the [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Mercurial_history_browsing Mercurial History Browsing] project.
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I'm starting work on the [[Mercurial history browsing|Mercurial History Browsing]] project.
  
 
=External Links=
 
=External Links=

Latest revision as of 18:37, 11 May 2009

About Me

Name: Siddharth Kalra (Sid)
IRC Nick: Sid or Sid23
Contact Email: sid_at_sidkalra_dot_com
Program: Bachelor Degree of Software Development (Semester 7)
About: I'm a software developer currently studying at Seneca College. You can check out my website at http://www.sidkalra.com. Also check out my blog, The Unheralded Perspective

DPS909

Contributions

Essay

Labs

Lab 1

  • Created an account on this wiki for myself
  • Created a personal wiki page on this wiki, and add a link for myself to the People page
  • Created a blog and created a feed category called "open source"
  • Read the Blog Guidelines for instructions on how to use my blog in the course
  • Added my blog feed and info to the Open Source@Seneca Planet List
  • Blogged on my reactions to the readings for this week.
  • Began learning how to use IRC for communication.

Lab 2

  • Ensured that all TODO items from week 1 were completed
  • Commented in at least one other student's blog with your feedback to what they wrote.
  • Watched online lectures for this week about open source community
  • Completed this week's lab. Posted my results here
  • Looked at the Potential Projects page and picked 3 projects on which you'd like to work--next week, you'll narrow this to just one. List them here along with your name.
  • Added my wiki page to the class list for Students in DPS909 Fall 2008

Lab 3

Lab 4

  • Worked on the Source Code Reading lab by searching for code for File > Close Tab. Found the code here using MXR
  • As a substitute for the create a patch lab I uploaded my own patches for my project for bug 445560, bug 448707 and bug 459727

Lab 5

Lab 6

  • Posted a bug on landfill along with the patch that fixes the mailto bug here

Lab 7

  • Posted a patch for the trunk here

Lab 8

  • Completed the lab and posted the .xpi to here

Projects

I'm starting work on the Mercurial History Browsing project.

External Links