XWiki has been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2016.
Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Students work with an open source organization on a 3 month programming project during their break from school
Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together over 10,900 successful student participants from over 103 countries worldwide and over 500 open source organizations, all for the love of code.
This is our 9th time participating in the program and we are pretty excited about it. We value the participation in the program since it allows us to meet and discuss ideas with smart students from around the world. The past years brought great results, such as the Solr Search, WebDAV and RESTful remote access APIs, the Office importer, and the XEclipse project, just to name a few.
This year we're proposing a lot of interesting projects, so make sure you check them out and send your proposals.
The student application period will last from March 14 until March 25. Students interested in applying for a project with XWiki should:
- read the Google Summer of Code FAQ section;
- read the XWiki specific guidelines;
- look at the list of suggested projects and pick one or more favorite projects, or come up with a new project idea;
- start interacting with the community on the IRC channel;
- introduce themselves and their view of the selected project on the developers mailing list;
- apply as a student on the GSoC official site.
Let's work together with the community to make this a great Summer of Code!
