Good idea Sharan. And yes, we need to think about the tasks we can assign to the entry-level people, that too students.
Regards -- Pritam Kute On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 1:00 PM, Jacques Le Roux < jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > Thanks for this information Gaurav > > Jacques > > > > Le 30/01/2018 à 08:03, Gaurav Saini a écrit : > >> Hello Sharan, >> >> I am really excited to see this that we are thinking about participating >> in >> Google Summer of Code this year and I can say from my personal experience >> as a past GSOC student and mentor/org admin from last 3 years for >> different >> organisations, GSOC really helps the project. I would be interested to >> mentor the students also andf where ever I can help. >> >> For the process I think we need to list the projects ideas on official >> apache page so students can start looking into the ideas. Another >> important >> point here I want to mention from my experience as a student while we >> select a project, is that the title of the projects should be clear and >> easily understood and technologies used should be a bit exciting so >> students read about the project in detail. >> >> Regarding the difficulty level and understanding OFBiz architecture they >> have around good amount of time before the coding period starts so in that >> time they can understand and try some tutorials that way they can speed up >> the things. Also, many times what happens is project is not completed >> entirely in single GSOC and that if fine as some work is done and can be >> continued by another student in next year also. >> >> Also, as mentioned atleast I have seen mentors need to spend around 6 >> hours >> weekly with students so to keep track of the project. Daily check-in >> status >> and weekly call with mentors really helps. >> >> These are some of the points from my experience, would look forward to see >> Apache OFBiz project in GSOC :) >> >> Thanks >> Gaurav >> >> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 11:40 PM, Taher Alkhateeb < >> slidingfilame...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Michael, Sharan, all >>> >>> I would volunteer as a mentor. Michael raised a good point regarding >>> the complexity level of the tasks assigned to these participants. >>> >>> So the question is, what kind of tasks are suitable for such students? >>> It's hard to think of logic simpler than writing some documentation, >>> or some groovy services, or some unit tests. Do you have in mind some >>> tasks that might be simpler? Or do you simply think entry-level people >>> might not be able to absorb a framework like OFBiz? >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 11:47 AM, Michael Brohl >>> <michael.br...@ecomify.de> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sharan, >>>> >>>> I think a participation in the GsoC is a good idea in general. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if the proposed topics are suitable for such a program, >>>> especially if the students are not familiar with OFBiz. They need a lot >>>> >>> of >>> >>>> knowhow and learning before one can be productive and the mentors must >>>> >>> spent >>> >>>> a significant amount of time to support them. >>>> >>>> So, from the ASF perspective this might be a good idea, but for the >>>> >>> project >>> >>>> it is not efficient. >>>> >>>> We should find some simpler topics for the GsoC to make this a >>>> reasonable >>>> initiative. At the moment, I have not the right idea what this could be. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 25.01.18 um 15:02 schrieb Sharan Foga: >>>> >>>>> Hi All >>>>> >>>>> The ASF is registering to be a participating organisation for GsoC >>>>> 2018. >>>>> We are in the middle of doing a lot of work. Would it be interesting >>>>> >>>> for us >>> >>>> to add some of these tasks to the GsoC list and mentor some students? >>>>> >>>> It is >>> >>>> a good way of encouraging new people to become involved with the >>>>> >>>> project and >>> >>>> maybe also promote OFBiz too. >>>>> >>>>> If any of our tasks are selected, then we would need official mentors >>>>> >>>> from >>> >>>> our community to work with the student on a regular basis to provide >>>>> feedback. There is also a regular reporting that the mentor needs to >>>>> >>>> file >>> >>>> about the student's progress. >>>>> >>>>> If the mentor misses filing a report for a student then it reflects >>>>> >>>> badly >>> >>>> on the ASF as a mentoring organisation. I mention this because it is >>>>> important that anyone wanitng to be a mentor for a GsoC student >>>>> realises >>>>> that if they sign up to do it – then they need to do it! >>>>> >>>>> Some initial suggestions for GsoC tasks from Taher were: >>>>> >>>>> - convert minilang services to groovy >>>>> - documenting the components using the documentation framework we're >>>>> implementing >>>>> - convert integration tests to unit tests where possible >>>>> >>>>> If you have any other suggestions for potential tasks then please >>>>> >>>> respond >>> >>>> with the details. >>>>> >>>>> None of this is any good – if we don't have any mentors, so we need >>>>> people willing to be GsoC mentors. >>>>> >>>>> So what's next? >>>>> >>>>> - First I'd like to get feedback on whether people think it is a good >>>>> >>>> idea >>> >>>> for OFBiz to participate >>>>> - If, so then second I would like to see if we should use the >>>>> >>>> suggestions >>> >>>> for tasks above or have any more >>>>> - Finally, and most importantly I'd like to know who would be willing >>>>> to >>>>> be a mentor for a student selecting to take on one of our tasks >>>>> >>>>> Please let me have your comments and feedback >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Sharan >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >