# GSOC'20 proposal questions

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950>\
**Category:** Summer of Code\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950 "2020-03-23T20:27:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![connieliu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@connieliu](https://discourse.processing.org/u/connieliu)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950/1 "2020-03-23T20:27:55Z")

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Hi!  
I’m Connie, a current Information Science (User Experience and Interactive Technology) major and Computer Science minor at Cornell! I love the mission of the Processing foundation and have used p5.js myself during my explorations of creative computing. I’m currently almost done formulating my GSOC proposal and I had a few questions:

1. For the project description are we supposed to have an exact idea about what technologies we will use? I was hoping to get some guidance on what database language would be best because all I know is SQL. In other words, how exact do our plans have to be?
2. How detailed does project implementation have to be? Right now I have rough ideas/wireframes but they would have to be validated using user testing.
3. Would it be possible for mentors to look over my GSOC proposal before I submit it to make sure I have enough details? If not, that’s okay too.

EDIT: if possible, here’s my [draft proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J41CafIWdaXA7SUoJFq-Qa64LLJ0SHvhfxDWcNtS2wE/edit?usp=sharing) if anyone wants to take a look and give feedback!

Thanks!  
Connie

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**Author:** ![kjhollen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kjhollen/32/23_2.png) [@kjhollen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kjhollen)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950/2 "2020-03-23T22:26:15Z")

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Hi @connieliu! Welcome! Yes, please post a draft proposal here and someone will review when they can. Just try to leave enough time before the deadline for folks to respond and for you to have a little time to edit after.

Saber posted some example proposals in this thread: [GSOC Example Proposals](https://discourse.processing.org/t/example-proposals/18564) that may be helpful. It’s good to be specific when you can to show that you can take on the work, but it’s ok to keep things a little flexible and to expect goals to change based on user input, etc. Or, if you need to do some research as part of the project, you can account for this in your timeline.

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**Author:** ![connieliu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@connieliu](https://discourse.processing.org/u/connieliu)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950/3 "2020-03-23T22:46:57Z")

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Thanks so much for the help @kjhollen! Here’s my draft proposal below:  
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J41CafIWdaXA7SUoJFq-Qa64LLJ0SHvhfxDWcNtS2wE/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J41CafIWdaXA7SUoJFq-Qa64LLJ0SHvhfxDWcNtS2wE/edit?usp=sharing)  
Also I was wondering- would it be better to post my draft proposal as a new post in the forum so more people can see it? Or is posting it here okay.

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**Author:** ![connieliu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@connieliu](https://discourse.processing.org/u/connieliu)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950/4 "2020-03-24T21:08:21Z")

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@kjhollen Hi! Would it be possible to send over my draft via email?  
Thanks so much again!

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**Author:** ![kjhollen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kjhollen/32/23_2.png) [@kjhollen](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kjhollen)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950/5 "2020-03-26T20:27:44Z")

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Hi @connieliu, I just requested access using the link above. thanks!

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**Author:** ![connieliu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@connieliu](https://discourse.processing.org/u/connieliu)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/gsoc20-proposal-questions/18950/6 "2020-03-27T19:16:31Z")

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I’ve been revising it based off of your feedback, thanks so much for looking over it!