GSoC Proposal: Live news feed from financial newspapers

[Ajay Thomas]

Dear Christian

Thank you for your suggestions and feedback.

I have used HTML and JavaScript to develop a test Facebook application using
an iframe. So, I should be comfortable using HTML and JavaScript. Also, I've
past experience in web development of my university web sites and other
projects. I have also experience in C and C++ coding over the past 4 years.
I will think about the design considerations involved in using C/C++ with
gtk/gtkmm. I will implement the feature based on which language and
technology provides better functionality and how well it can be integrated
into the current code base of GnuCash.

I'll let you know of my progress and if I have questions or ideas regarding
which implementation I'll narrow down to, can I contact you through irc or
can we discuss my progress through the development list itself?

Thanks and regards

Ajay Thomas
IRC Nick:jay_t
II yr Comp. Sc. Engg.
NITK Surathkal
Karnataka

2011/3/27 Christian Stimming <stimming at tuhh.de>

> Dear Ajay,
>
> thank you for your interest in working with gnucash in the GSoC 2011
> program.
> It is good to hear you've been able to build it from source, and that
> you've
> been using the program for some time already.
>
> As for your live news feed idea: This sounds like a very good idea and I
> believe this is a good scope to be successfully finished within the GSoC
> timeframe.
>
> As for the technology you can be using: You have plenty of choices
> available
> to implement your ideas. You can use HTML and javascript inside a webkit
> window, or you can use Scheme scripting program code, or you can use C code
> to
> implement gtk widgets, or your can use C++ code to implement gtkmm widgets.
> Those options are all already available. Additionally, we will have python
> scripting inside gnucash available as well. Again, the choice for your
> feature
> implementation is up to you - you can try one technology a little bit, then
> try another one, then decide on the best of those and do the actual main
> work.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Christian
>
>
> Am Sonntag, 27. März 2011 schrieb Ajay Thomas:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am a student aspiring to contribute to gnucash during GSoC. I have
> built
> > gnucash from source, got a good idea of how the application works and am
> > working on a few bugs now.
> >
> > I feel there is one main feature that can be included. There is currently
> > no support for live news feed from financial newspapers. I am planning on
> > using the RSS feed to develop this plugin for gnucash. Thus, the user
> need
> > not browse the net to search for news on stocks and finding out how his
> > portfolio is performing etc. The news can be personalized according to
> his
> > needs which can be set by the user itself.
> >
> > Please give me your feedback on the proposal, I can work on the timeline
> > and implementation accordingly.
>