GSOC2013 ClassPath, Port The GTK+ AWT to Gtk+3

[Farshad Muhammad]

Hi,

I am currently a fourth year computer science student at Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).

I am applying for GSOC 2013 as a student and am searching for projects to try and build proposals for. This is my first time applying thus I dont really have much of an idea on where to start. I am specifically interested in porting the Gtk+ AWT support to Gtk+3. I have working knowledge of C and have used it for many different academic purposes (assignments, projects, etc etc). I would like to know what other tools should i try to familiarize myself with before trying to apply for this project, any starting pointers would be wonderful, and if there are any bug fixes / patches related to this project idea I could try my hand at to familiarize myself with the code base. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Farshad