Raj Kissu - Google Summer of Code 101

Google Summer of Code 101 A FOSS.MY Presentation Raj Kissu Rajandran

What I'll Be Covering ● Summer of Code (SoC) ➔ What It Is ➔ When And Where It Is ➔ Why Participate ➔ How To Get Involved ● Preparations for SoC ● What's Expected During SoC

About Me ... ● I'm Raj Kissu Rajandran ● APIIT Student ● Pursuing Software Engineering ● Working at QubeConnect Sdn. Bhd. as a part-time software developer ● Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) enthusiast ● GsoC 2008 Student

What Is It?

● Suggested by Sergey and Larry ● Named after the Summer of Love ● Involves many OSS groups ● Students from various educational backgrounds

● Students propose and complete an open source project ● ONLY students can propose projects ● Signup as a mentor to guide students

Summer of Code Goals

Get more OSS code out in the open Get students to contribute Provide students exposure Identify potential developers NOT a recruiting program

When And Where Is It Held?

Held all over the world Annually since 2005 Normally between May and August Duration of 4 months – 1 month for community bonding – 3 months for coding

Why Join Summer of Code?

Coding Experience

Mentorship

Meet Other GSoCers

A Gift From Google

Google SoC T-Shirt

Certificate of Participation

Cash Incentive - $4500!! (approx. R16k)

How Do I Join SoC?

Choose an organisation Get an idea: – Come up with your own – Or get one from the SoC Ideas list Write a proposal Register as a Google Student and submit it Cross your fingers and await approval

Community Bonding

Contact your mentors Familiarise yourself with the mentoring organisation Get to know other GsoCers Understand what's expected of you Finalise your project approach

Actual Coding

Coding starts in June Consists of 12 weeks Submit weekly reports Focus on code, not documentation Implement coding standards Anything else your mentors tell you

Midterm Evaluation

th Takes place during the 7 week A workable release of the project should be available Complete the Midterm Survey Await approval

Final Evaluation

Takes place on the last week – Week 12 All coding should be done by this week Spruce up code Provide documentation – Usage documentation – Technical documentation (code comments)

Complete the Final Survey Once again, wait for approval Failure! Better luck next time Success! Prepare a tarball of your project for your submission to Google

How You Get Paid!

GsoC Student Debit Card

Payment broken into three segments First payment ($500) during Week 1 Second payment ($2000) after Midterm evaluation Final payment ($2000) after Final evaluation

Project Demonstration

Things To Remember ● SoC proliferates Open Source Software ● Open Source encourages sharing of knowledge ● Contribute to Open Source ● Join the next Summer of Code!

For Further Info ... Google Summer of Code: – http://code.google.com/soc/ BLOBStreaming: – http://www.blobstreaming.org My SoC Blog: http://code.kissu.org Email me at rajkissu@gmail.com

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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