Summer of Code
Google Summer of Code Sugar years: | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
Sugar Labs has been accepted for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2017.
| Student | Mentors | Proposal Link | Blog Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael Teyssandier | Michaël Ohayon and Lionel Laské | Sugarizer Deployment Tool Summer of Code/Raphael Teyssandier |
blog |
| Tarun Kumar Singhal | Lionel Laské and Michaël Ohayon | Sugarizer Server Dashboard Summer of Code/Tarun Kumar Singhal |
blog |
| Jatin Dhankhar | Sam Cantero and Tony Anderson | Maintaining ASLO Summer of Code/Jatin Dhankhar |
blog |
| Sanjay Kumar | Tony Anderson and Ignacio Rodriguez | Mind Math Activity Summer of Code/Sanjay Kumar |
blog |
| P. Seetarama Raju | Samson Goddy and Walter Bender | Giving Sugar Labs Website a New Look Summer of Code/Seetarama Raju |
blog |
| Zeeshan Khan | Ignacio Rodriguez and Walter Bender | Say no to Gtk2 Summer of Code/Zeeshan Khan |
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| Rishabh Thaney | Abhijit Patel, Hrishi Patel, Walter Bender | Sugar on Raspberry Pi Summer of Code/Rishabh Thaney |
blog |
| Tayba Wasim | Devin Ulibarri, Cristina Del Puerto, Hrishi Patel | Timbre Widget for Music Blocks Summer of Code/Tayba Wasim |
blog |
| Dinuka Tharangi | Devin Ulibarri, Cristina Del Puerto, Hrishi Patel | User Manual for Music Blocks Summer of Code/Dinuka Tharangi |
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| Prachi Agrawal | Devin Ulibarri, Cristina Del Puerto, Hrishi Patel | Music Blocks Improvements Outreachy/Prachi Agrawal |
RSS feed |
Upcoming deadlines
Important GSoC 2017 Dates and Deadlines
- February 9, 2017
- Organization Application Deadline
- February 27, 2017
- Organizations Announced
- April 3, 2017
- Student Application Deadline
- May 4, 2017
- Student Projects Announced
- May 30, 2017
- Coding Begins
See GSoC Timeline for more details from Google.
Useful Links
We look forward to accepting your contributions to support the use of technology in education. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is "a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects."1
How to Participate
| As a student | As a mentor | By contributing ideas |
|---|---|---|
| The most important job of all! Sugar Labs is looking forward to your contribution. To begin, we strongly recommend orienting yourself with the Sugar Labs code base. Be sure to visit http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/.
Please add a summary of your proposal to the wiki on a page called: Summer_of_Code/2017/Proposal_name where Proposal_name is the name of your proposal. You can use this proposal template. (If you are applying to Outreachy, you may use your Outreachy proposal.) Be sure to explain what you want to do, why it is important, and evidence that you can do the work proposed. Also, be sure to discuss the details of your proposal with members of the Sugar Labs community. You also need to apply on the Google Summer of Code website. |
You can directly benefit a new software developer's coding competency and confidence levels while contributing to Sugar Labs and developing your own first-line management skills. | Here you can look for more development ideas – |
Sugar Labs GSoC Contact
Need help? Contact Walter Bender. He's responsible for,
- Maintaining this wiki page for the summer 2017 GSoC season (Feb 2017 - Sep 2017),
- Coordinating SL's application to the GSoC program as a mentorship organization,
- Recruiting mentors,
- Recruiting applicants,
- Selecting applicants,
- Supervising mentors, which largely entails making sure mid-term and end-of-summer reports are handed in on time,
- Interfacing with the Sugar Labs Oversight Board members to deal with collection and distribution of funds from Google
Wiki Account
To request a Sugar Labs wiki account, please submit a preferred user name and an email address to: systems at lists dot sugarlabs dot org.