Google Code-In 2012

Sugar Labs is applying to participating in Google Code-in for 2012.

Message to potential participants

It is important that you obtain permission of your parents.

Es importante que obtengas el permiso de tus padres para participar.

http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/help_page#eligibility

Please see the Contest Rules for Eligibility and Registration process.

http://www.google-melange.com/gci/document/show/gci_program/google/gci2012/terms_and_conditions

Why we are participating

Sugar is written and maintained by volunteers, who range from seasoned professionals to children as young as 12-years of age. Children who have grown up with Sugar have transitioned from Sugar users to Sugar App developers to Sugar maintainers. They hang out on IRC with the global Sugar developer community and are full-fledged members of the Sugar development team. It is this latter group of children we hope will participate in and benefit from Google Code-in. Specifically we want to re-enforce the message that Sugar belongs to its users and that they have both ownership and the responsibility that ownership implies. Just as learning is not something done to you, but something you do, learning with Sugar ultimately means participating in the Sugar development process. At Sugar Labs, we are trying to bring the culture of Free Software into the culture of school. So the Code-in is not just an opportunity for us to get some tasks accomplished, it is quintessential to our overall mission.

About GCI

Code-in FAQ

Tasks

This brainstorming page lists some general categories from which specific individual tasks can be specified. (Note: We had a number of tasks listed in our GSOC application that may be relevant to GCI. We also have many Features that are still pending.)

Key:

Code

Tasks related to writing or refactoring code

Documentation/Training

Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more

Outreach/Research

Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing, or studying problems and recommending solutions

Quality Assurance

Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality.

User Interface

Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction

(File:GCI.csv Please make your edits below, they will be migrated to the CSV list and uploaded to the GCI site.)

Project	Title	Category	Notes
i18n	Pootle helper-script	code	Write a new pootle-helper script for doing preventative msgfmt checks.
i18n	Sugarize Virtaal	code	Sugarize Virtaal for L10n "bootstrapping"
gtk3	GTK2-to-GTK3 conversion	code	Convert Sugar activities from GTK-2 to GTK-3 framework.
touch	On-screen keyboard support	code	Enable touch for activities that use direct keyboard input.
ui	Set background image	code	Implement the set background image on Home View Feature.
ui	Multiple Homeviews	code	Implement the multiple homeview feature
toolkit	Package toolbar utils	code	Package Sugar activity utilities (e.g. [1]) for inclusion in the Sugar toolkit.
activity	Infoslicer enhancement (wikislices)	code	Extend the Infoslicer activity to be able to use the local content in the Wikislices project.
activity	Infoslicer enhancement (journal images)	code	Extend the Infoslicer activity to be able to use images from the Sugar Journal
activity	Sugarize Python Turtle module	code	Will require port of the Python turtle module to GTK (currently it is QT)
activity	Turtle Art nutrition	code	Further develop the prototype Turtle Nutrition plug-in into a stand-alone activity.
activity	Portfolio videos	code	Add a mechanism for exporting .ogv (voice over still images) of a portfolio presentation
sugar	Unified journal view	code	Rather than viewing the details of a Journal entry on a separate page, make the details appear in an expandable in-line format
activity	Plugin support	code	Dsign a uniform plug-in bundle type and modify the activity installer to recognize this new type.
sugar	End-user modifications of Sugar source	code	We have a mechanism for viewing the Sugar toolkit source, but no such convenient way for making changes without risking messing up the system.
activity	Implement collaboration in Paint Activity	code	Paint Activity does not implement collaboration yet.
activity	Implement a presentation mode in Fototoon	code	Fototoon should have a view to edit and view one cell at a time using the full screen.
activity	Port GBrainy to Python	code	GBrainy have many good logic games, but is programmed in Mono. It would nice to have a native Python version.
sugar	Implement help mechanism for activities using Mallard	code	Mallard is a markup language that makes it easy to provide user help. It would be a nice feature to add Mallard-like help to activities, accessed through a mechanism similar to the view source mechanism.
activity	Turtle Art tutorial	documentation/training	Write a Turtle Art introductory tutorial
i18n	Multilanguage screenshots	documentaton/training	Identify and document a generalized (ideally automated) method for taking nearly identical screen shots with the desktop set to a selected list of different languages. (Possibly Orca?).
gtk3	GTK3 conversion guide	documentation/training	Flesh out the GTK-2 to GTK-3 conversion documentation to include more comprehensive coverage of Pango.
soas	Sugar on a Stick guide	documentation/training	Better document the process of creating and using Sugar on a Stick the LiveUSB version of Sugar.
www	Create new Sugar Labs home page	documentation/training	We have some detailed designs of a new website that need to be implemented.
soas	Sugar VM	documentation/training	Better document the process of running Sugar in a virtual machine (VM).
doc	How-to videos	documentation/training	Create videos on how to use Sugar and how to use core Sugar activities.
doc	How to create a collection	documentation/training	Create a guide to creating and using collections.
doc	Sugar FLOSS Manual	documentation/training	Update and add new content to the manual Sugar Manual
doc	Make your own Sugar activityl	documentation/training	Update and add new content to the manual Make Your Own Sugar Activities
i18n	SVG internationalization	outreach/research	Research internationalization of SVG images.
assessment	Sugar assessment tools	outreach/research	Research what metadata about Sugar activity usage would be helpful to teachers for assessment purposes.
outreach	Sugar in your school (opportunities)	outreach/research	Research what opportunities/roadblocks exist for running Sugar in your local schools.
outreach	Sugar in your school (roadblocks)	outreach/research	Research what is missing from Sugar that makes it unused by your local schools.
future	Sugar in the Cloud	outreach/research	Research the issues involved with porting Sugar to "the Cloud".
future	Sugar on Android	outreach/research	Research the issues involved with porting Sugar to Android.
cgg	Copyleft Games	outreach/research	Research how Sugar Labs might leverage the work of [copyleftgames.org CGG] and CGG might leverage the work of Sugar Labs.
future	Port to Python3	outreach/research	Research the issues we will encounter in porting to Python 3
future	Manage online credentials	outreach/research	What's the best way to handle online credentials in Sugar (i.e.: Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, accounts)? Gnome Online Accounts maybe?
maintenance	Orphaned activities	quality assurance	Do an analysis of which Sugar activities are are orphaned.
maintenance	Sugar Touch	quality assurance	Do an analysis of which Sugar activities are touch-enabled or need modifications to support touch.
doc	Sugar Documentation	quality assurance	Do an analysis of which Sugar activities are lacking in documentation (e.g. Activity wiki page).
arm	Sugar on ARM	quality assurance	Do an analysis of which Sugar activities are have issues running on non-x86 architectures (e.g. ARM).
i18n	Sugar i18n	quality assurance	Do an analysis of which Sugar activities are lacking i18n support.
ui	Special Needs	user interface	Analyze Sugar from the point of view of special needs and make recommendations for improvements.
ui	Touch UI	user interface	Help us design the Sugar affordances for Sugar on tablet computers (Sugar Touch).
ui	On-screen Keyboard	user interface	Develop new Maliit keyboard files for additional languages(beyond those already developed by garycmartin).
ui	Accelerometer	user interface	Think of ways to further leverage the use of an accelerometer in Sugar (and other common sensors found in portable computing devices).
ui	Assessment	user interface	Assessing how Sugar is used by students. What is being learned? Survey students and teachers. How well does it deliver its goals?
ui	New Features	user interface	Survey Sugar users to find out what UI features they want from Sugar in the future.

Mentors

NOTE TO MENTORS: Please create an account on [2] and fill out the Request to be a Mentor form.

Depending on the project, we will assign multiple mentors from our various development and support teams.

• Chris Leonard
• Walter Bender
• Claudia Urrea
• Pacita Pena
• Rosamel Ramirez
• Sdenka Salas
• Sam Greenfeld
• Gonzalo Odiard
• Simon Schampijer
• Manuel Quiñones
• Tony Forster
• Guzman Trinidad
• Adam Holt
• Sean Daly
• Manuel Kaufmann
• Mark Battley
• Alan Aguiar
• Bernie Innocenti
• Daniel Drake
• Martin Abente
• Raul Guttierrez Segales
• C Scott Ananian
• James Simmons
• Luis Gustavo Lira
• Andres Aguirre

et al.