Call for little tasks for GCI

> Hi guys
>
> We want to compete to a competition for newbies programming.
> We need to have at least 50 tasks.
> Right now the tasks are quite difficult to me :)
>
> Please help to get some tasks.
>
> I can be taken from exercisism.io or other little math problems.
>
> - Grab the Pharo logo from url and display it
> - We can turn some of the mooc challenges into tasks.
> http://mooc.pharo.org
>
> I have some ideas but I need your help because I want to finish the
> new chapter and book.

> Hello hernanmd,
>
> Please check out the link to the repository
> (github.com/jigyasa-grover/GCI-2017-with-Pharo) it should work for you, I
> added you as a collaborator.
>
> For more details on the contest and type of tasks to be created, please
> refer:
> 1. Resources in the repository
> 2. Invitation Letter
> (http://forum.world.st/Let-s-prepare-for-Google-Code-In-2017-with-Pharo-Consortium-td4966890.html)
>
> Looking forward to significant contributions from your side !
>
> Best Regrads
> Jigyasa Grover
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
>

> Hi Jigyasa,
>
> Thank you for the invitation. I read the letter, it looks interesting
> for me to participate.
>
> However I have a question about how the students can solve the exercises.
> Are they allowed to use any library or just limited to the packages
> distributed in the standard Pharo image?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hernán
>
>
>
>
> 2017-09-28 14:41 GMT-03:00 Jigyasa Grover <[hidden email]>:
>> Hello hernanmd,
>>
>> Please check out the link to the repository
>> (github.com/jigyasa-grover/GCI-2017-with-Pharo) it should work for you, I
>> added you as a collaborator.
>>
>> For more details on the contest and type of tasks to be created, please
>> refer:
>> 1. Resources in the repository
>> 2. Invitation Letter
>> (http://forum.world.st/Let-s-prepare-for-Google-Code-In-2017-with-Pharo-Consortium-td4966890.html)
>>
>> Looking forward to significant contributions from your side !
>>
>> Best Regrads
>> Jigyasa Grover
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
>>
>

> Hernan
>
> What we should see is that students will barely know how to program.
> So any solution is good.
> I think that we should ask really simple task.
>
> Stef
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 7:19 AM, Hernán Morales Durand
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi Jigyasa,
>>
>> Thank you for the invitation. I read the letter, it looks interesting
>> for me to participate.
>>
>> However I have a question about how the students can solve the exercises.
>> Are they allowed to use any library or just limited to the packages
>> distributed in the standard Pharo image?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Hernán
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-09-28 14:41 GMT-03:00 Jigyasa Grover <[hidden email]>:
>>> Hello hernanmd,
>>>
>>> Please check out the link to the repository
>>> (github.com/jigyasa-grover/GCI-2017-with-Pharo) it should work for you, I
>>> added you as a collaborator.
>>>
>>> For more details on the contest and type of tasks to be created, please
>>> refer:
>>> 1. Resources in the repository
>>> 2. Invitation Letter
>>> (http://forum.world.st/Let-s-prepare-for-Google-Code-In-2017-with-Pharo-Consortium-td4966890.html)
>>>
>>> Looking forward to significant contributions from your side !
>>>
>>> Best Regrads
>>> Jigyasa Grover
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
>>>
>>

> Hernan
>
> As Stephane mentioned the tasks should be really simple and engaging.
>
> They need not be only programming, they should include designing (icons,
> banners, posters), writing documentations/blog-posts, interviewing someone,
> introducing someone to Pharo, making videos/screencasts, etc. The more fun
> the tasks are, the more students we shall get to be involved in Pharo :)
>
> Stephane, thanks for adding tasks in the list. I shall add some more of them
> as well...
>
> Thank You everyone !
>
> Best
> Jigyasa Grover
>
>
>
> --
> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
>