Google Summer of Code with Drupal Naveen Valecha twitter : @NaveenvalechaNV https://www.valechatech.net
Google Summer of Code with Drupal
Naveen Valechatwitter : @NaveenvalechaNVhttps://www.valechatech.net
Naveen Valecha
● 6+ years Software Development
Experience
● Drupal : naveenvalecha
● Git Administer on D.O.
● Webmaster on D.O.
● Site Maintainer of G.D.O.
Google Summer of Code
Open Source● Computer software where the source code is
distributed under an open source license that allows anyone to study, change, improve and distribute the software.
● Promotes collaboration ● Community of dedicated developers
Google Summer of Code
What is GSoC?
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an online, international program designed to encourage university student participation in open source software development.
Google Summer of Code
AboutStudents work for an open source software organization, and earn a stipend for successfully completing the project. University students spend their time outside of school working in a field that can help them with their studies and career after university.
Google Summer of Code
Goals of the program● Help organizations continue to identify and bring
in new developers each year● Expose students to real world software
development scenarios ● Help students build a strong network when
applying for jobs
Google Summer of Code
How does GSoC work?● Open source software projects apply to be
mentor organizations● Google chooses the organizations to participate
(178 in 2016)● Students submit project proposals to mentor
organizations
Google Summer of Code
How does GSoC work?● Mentor organizations choose the students they’d
like to accept● Students are paired with a mentor to help them
throughout their project● Coding begins! Students work towards
milestones laid out in their project proposal with their mentor over 12 weeks
Google Summer of Code
Evaluations● Students must pass three evaluations ● Students who pass each evaluation are paid a
stipend for their work● At the conclusion of GSoC, students submit the
code they’ve written for their project for everyone to see and use!
Google Summer of Code
Eligibility● Over 18 upon registration● Accepted into or enrolled in a university program
by the student acceptance date● Eligible to work in the country in which you
reside● Have participated in no more than 1 previous
GSoC
Google Summer of Code
Statistics● In 12 years over 12,000 students from 104
countries have been accepted into GSoC ● Countries with the most students:
○ India (2,262), United States (2,202), and Germany (717)
● Approximately 30+ million lines of code have been produced
Google Summer of Code
2017 Program Timeline
● Feb 27: Organizations are announced● Mar 20 - Apr 3: Students submit their proposals● May 1: Accepted students are announced● May 1 - May 29: Community bonding period with orgs● May 30 - Aug 29: Students code the summer away● Sept 6: Successful student projects are announced
Drupal
What is Drupal?
Drupal is content management software. It's used to make many of the websites and applications you use every day.
Drupal
Drupal Journey with GSOC
● 2005 to 2016, …● 11 projects selected, 27 mentors, 2 GSOC
admins in 2016● https://groups.drupal.org/google-summer-code
Drupal
How to get involved?IRC
Wikipedia : Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a system that facilitates transfer of messages in the form of text.
GSOC channel : #drupal-google
List of channels : https://drupal.org/irc
Do's and Dont's : https://drupal.org/node/1259224
Drupal
How to get involved?
Drupal Answers - StackExchange
http://drupal.stackexchange.com/
Drupal
Where to Start?
● For GSoC students: where to start
● Google Code-In
Drupal
Ladder for GSOC students
http://drupalladder.org/ladder/47217ef7-9bf5-4c7f-926f-aeee247aac78
Useful Links
● Program Site: http://g.co/gsoc
● Student Manual: http://g.co/gsoc/studentmanual
● Google Open Source Blog: https://opensource.googleblog.com/
● https://groups.drupal.org/google-summer-code
● For GSOC: Where to Start
● https://groups.drupal.org/google-code-in
● For GCI students: where to start