Hello,<br>My name is Sean Mikalson. I am a second year Software Engineering student with a combined degree in Philosophy. I am interested in participating with Xapian in GSOC this year and a couple of projects have initially caught my eye:<br>
<ul><li>Dynamic Snippets</li><li>QueryParser Reimplementation</li></ul><p>I have good working knowledge in C/C++, Java and SQL (specifically Transact-SQL). In order to determine where my skills and interests are best suited, as well as to provide the best proposal possible for my application, I would like to get better acquainted with the Xapian code base. I have looked at the the FAQS/Snippets link for Dynamic Snippets and have explored the QueryParser documentation and the source code for QueryParser, all the information provided on the ideas page.<br>
</p><p>Is there a way that I can modify and play around with the code on my own machine in order to really get familiar with how the code works? Any one want to discuss the above project ideas in more depth? After I do some exploring of the code I am sure I will have questions and ideas!</p>
<p>Thanks,</p><p>Sean Mikalson<br></p>