Summer of Code/2018

Sponsored Projects

Sugar Labs at GSoC

Project Ideas

Title	Mentor	Project
Internationalization and Localization	Chris Leonard	Brief explanation A goal of Sugar Labs is to enable our users to experience Sugar in their own native language. See Translation Proposal To Do List for details. See Translation Team for framework description. Expected results Work flow improvements for i18n Knowledge prerequisites Some knowledge of Pootle; some scripting experience; Python and JavaScript
Full-color icons	Design team	Brief explanation We have been discussing the implications of removing the duo-tone restriction on Sugar icons, allowing for full-color icons. We can likely use badges to compensate for any functionality we'd lose. (See [1] as one example of how we might proceed.) Expected results A patch to Sugar that uses badges to manage the icon notifications such as activity and sharing Knowledge prerequisites Knowledge of GTK; Python.
Music Blocks optimizations	Walter Bender	Brief explanation Music Blocks has never been optimized in any way. It would be helpful to review the tone.js optimization recommendations, as well as build some unit tests to measure and improve the program itself. Expected results A more robust and responsive Music Blocks. Knowledge prerequisites Knowledge of JavaScript, unit testing
Going Beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks	Walter Bender Devin Ulibarri	Brief explanation Most modern music systems are designed around equal temperament. But there are many ways to chose and tune notes in a musical system that offer different expressive characteristics. See also Music Blocks issues. Expected results Extend Music Blocks such that different approaches to temperament are available to the user. Knowledge prerequisites Knowledge of JavaScript, music theory
Maintenance of activities.sugarlabs.org (ASLO)	Sam CG	Brief explanation http://activities.sugarlabs.org/ is the Sugar Labs app store, where activities are hosted and downloaded. During GSoC 2017 we built ASLO v3 to address a number of deficiencies. But we have a few odds and ends that need to be addressed to bring the new site on line. Expected results Update missing license and repository info on the activities found in the Sugar Labs github repository. Popular the database for the new ASLO. Do extensive testing (including creating some test suites.) Document future maintenance on the Wiki. Knowledge prerequisites PHP, MySQL, Python, Apache, cron, PHP-Cake, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and git. See [2].
Lesson Plans for Music Blocks	Walter Bender Devin Ulibarri Hrishi Patel	Brief explanation We have a Guide, but we really need some more scaffolding in the form of lesson plans. Expected results A website and PDF document that can be bound. Knowledge prerequisites Knowledge of music theory, writing skills
Just say no to GTK2	Ignacio Rodriguez Cristian Garcia Abhijit Patel	Brief explanation GTK2 and GST0.10 are end of life. We need to upgrade the remaining activities with these dependencies. Expected results New versions of at least 25 existing Sugar activities. Knowledge prerequisites Knowledge of GTK, GST, and Python