Hi there!
Something was holding me back from taking the first step but finally, I’ve started writing blog. \m/
I am delighted to share the news that I’ve been recently selected as a Google Summer of Code intern and I shall be working with coala organisation under Python Software Foundation.
It all started with my participation in IndiaHack Open Source competition, a month long contest during January’16 and got introduced to coala.
I still remember, within a few hours after my first message at Gitter channel, I started working on an issue that was supposed to improve the coverage of coala core. Specifically, increase it from 98% to 100%. I had to first get familiar with the codebase, coala protocols like rebase - linear history, making atomic changes with good commit messages and writing a quality code. As I had just started, it was certainly a challenging task for me. But with the humble and ever supporting nature of coala developers, I got comfortable fairly soon.
I really look forward to continue as a contributor to this awesome community as a GSoC intern during summer and further.
Being coalaian
Certainly, It has been a learning experience so far. I’ve learnt a lot since past couple of months. Getting inspired from another awesome coalaian - Sils1297, I shall be attending EuroPython 2016 at Bilbao, Spain coming July. My talk, Guide to make a real contribution to an open source project for novice can be seen at the website.
We also have a sprint planned during the conference.
Feel free to drop me a mail if you are attending the conference.
I guess that’s all for now. :)
Stay tuned for further updates!