[drupal-docs] Drupal Newsletter #5 - Draft 1

[Angie Byron]

Charlie Lowe wrote:
> Just some random thoughts below. One thing, though, is that I would 
> include the list of completed modules from the SoC project after the 
> interview. Let everyone know about them that doesn't yet :)

Here you go...

The only one I couldn't figure out is the todo module... Michael didn't fill out 
a status report on the status update post (http://drupal.org/node/28645) and the 
only "todo" module I found in all of contrib was one from 2004.

Any ideas?

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The following is a list of the Summer of Code projects:

Google Sitemap module: http://drupal.org/project/gsitemap
Author: Matthew Loar (SamAMac)
Mentor: Gerhard Killesreiter (killes)
Description:
A module which implements the Google SiteMap specification

Netnews (NNTP) module: http://drupal.org/node/29816
Author: Jan Blom (janb)
Mentor: Károly Négyesi (chx)
The NetNews module provides synchronization between a Drupal forum and a netnews 
newsgroup.

Quiz module: http://drupal.org/project/quiz
Author: Angela Byron (webchick)
Author: Robert Shedd (sheddr)
Mentor: Robert Douglass (robertDouglass)
Description:
The Quiz module provides the ability to create questions and assign them to quizzes.

Simpletest module unit tests: http://drupal.org/project/simpletest
Author: Thomas Ilsche (thomasilsche)
Author: Kuba Zygmunt (kubazygmunt)
Mentor: Moshe Weitzman (moshe weitzman)
Kuba and Thomas worked on creating unit tests for the Simpletest module, a 
testing framework for Drupal.

Subscription module: http://drupal.org/node/29868
Author:  Elek Márton (ee)
Mentor: Károly Négyesi (chx)
Description:
Subscription is a module based on the Subscriptions and Notify modules. It 
allows users to merge and manage subscriptions in more complex ways.

TODO module: ???
Author: Michael S. Bryant (???)
Mentor: Gerhard Killesreiter (killes)
Description:
TODO module for managing task

Upcoming.org Integration: http://drupal.org/node/27953
Author: Stephan Jaensch (sjaensch)
Mentor: James Walker (walkah)
Description:
The upcoming.org module enables you to import events and venues from 
upcoming.org and display them in a calendar using the event module.

WebDAV module: http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/sandbox/wundo/SoC/
Author: Fabiano Parolin Sant'Ana (wundo)
Mentor: James Walker (walkah)
Description:
Provides a WebDAV interface to Drupal

(Various AJAX improvements)
Author: Steven Wittens (Steven)
Mentor: Robert Douglass (robertDouglass)
Description:
Steven worked on various AJAX improvements for Drupal, such as a JS-based file 
uploading script.