Google Summer of Code 2009: Welcome to Parrot!

GSoC details

•  General details
•  List of projects
•  List of mentors
• Remember, you must use  the prescribed template!
• For any Perl Foundation/GSoC help, ask at the  TPF GSoC mailing list.

First steps

•  What is Parrot?
• To get started, read the NewParrotDeveloperGuide.
• Or browse the Parrot SVN repository [source:/ online].

Getting your bearings

•  Comprehensive documentation (as well as  design and  developer documentation) is available online.
• PIR Tutorial will get you started on ParrotIntermediateRepresentation, Parrot's native language.
• There's a  bunch of resources for developers.
• Other online resources are listed at WhereIsIt.
• Check out current ParrotBestPractices.
  • If you're working on Rakudo, the PGEBestPractices might also be helpful.
• There are some recommended DeveloperTools.

Current progress / things to work on

• ParrotRoadmap (or the ticket-based Trac roadmap, or ParrotLongTermRoadmap).
• Some lists of tasks: CallingConventionsTasklist, ConvertTestsToParrot, DocsTasklist, GCTasklist, IOTasklist, ParrotBasedConfig, Pdd30InstallTasklist, StringsTasklist.
•  TODO items.

Projects up for grabs

• Look for projects under "Parrot" at  the TPF GSoC project listing.

Saying "Hi"

• Sign up on the mailing list:  parrot-dev@lists.parrot.org.
• On IRC in #parrot at irc.parrot.org.