David wrote a blog
post on our participation in the GSoC 2009. It refers to the GSoC
2009 Wiki entry where the mentors have posted a few ideas (yes, we actively encourage
students to come up with their own!). As I am the program manager, I am not active
as a mentor, but I sure do have an opinion... here are my top five projects when it
comes to "visibility" (a feature that will be used by a large percentage of our user
base):
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The database scout / database api / EDM designer (we already have a student lined
up for this)
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Debugger improvements (visualizers, edit and continue support, ...)
-
VB.NET 9 support on par with our existing C# 3.0 support (most likely a task for a
CS student)
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Refactoring support (think ReSharper)
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Customizable keyboard shortcuts / toolbars
I took "Everything .NET 4.0" from my top five because Beta 1 of Framework 4.0 most
likely won't hit the streets before the student application deadline. And I will
post further ideas in David's blog post, so you might find something palatable there
too.
Read the complete post at http://laputa.sharpdevelop.net/GSoC2009.aspx