Alright folks. It’s officially an end to the amazing 12 weeks of Google Summer of Code 2016! These 12 weeks have certainly helped me become a better person, both personally and professionally. I’ve had a chance to interact and learn from some very interesting and amazing minds from coala. Sadly, I couldn’t meet all but a few of them during the EuroPython conference this summer.
Acknowledgement
First and foremost, I would like to pay my eternal gratitude to my mentor Attila Tovt who patiently helped me improve the patch through multiple reviews. I was learning something new with each iteration. The major take away for me from his mentorship would be:
There is always a hack to something, then there is a solution to it.
Sadly, I couldn’t meet him during EuroPython conference, but I am hopeful to pay my regards in person someday! :)
Next, I must thank Abdeali for helping and guiding when I started my journey with coala and also Lasse Schuirmann. Well after all he is coala’s BDFL! Wondering what that means? Benevolent Dictator for Life :D
Hmm, on a serious note, if I say I am going to continue contributing to coala or any other FOSS that I may come across in future, one of the major reasons and an influencer would be Lasse! The guy is totally amazing. I don’t think anything else could describe him better than his own words that he said during EuroPython’16
Guys! Don’t just be a participant. It’s boring! Create a conference!
Impressive isn’t it? That’s Lasse for you! :)
I would also thank fellow GSoC students and now my new friends - Adrian, Adhithya, Alex, Karan, Araf, Sanket and Abhay. I look forward to stay in touch with them even after GSoC! :)
Last but far from the least, thanks to Max for giving such a wonderful lightning talk at EuroPython’16, cooking for us with all love at Bilbao, for being such an amazing and wonderful person.
The acknowledgement must end with my gratitude to coala, Google and Python Software Foundation for giving me an opportunity to be a GSoC student in the first place.
Work history
Past summer, I’ve contributed and maintained coala-html and coala-website projects. The commits and live demos are available online.
Table 1
| Project | Commits | Status |
|---|---|---|
| coala-html demo | coala-html commits, total 49 commits | completed |
| coala website repo and coala embedded in coala-website demo | Mentioned in Table 2 | It is almost complete, but requires improvement in design. |
Table 2
Commits for coala website repository as Gitlab doesn’t support commit filtering by author yet.
| Commit SHA | Shortlog |
|---|---|
| 244a0b | Add coala config, .gitignore and README |
| f9242a | runserver.py: Init setup with flask |
| 36f064 | server: Add editor and preloader |
| 51ac6e | bower.json: Use bower to install dependencies |
| ac3cdd | beardoc: Display what coala can do interactively |
| dd4f27 | layout.html: Add donation, about and sponsor |
| 1b1efa | index.html: Add gitter chat |
| f90513 | bear-doc: Include bear-doc |
| 597a2a | route.py: Add contributors |
| 9a3491 | requirements.txt: Add python dependencies |
| 432f4f | README.md: Add Installation instructions |
| 220020 | sitemap: Add sitemap_template |
| bd31c1 | editor.html: Add editor |
Although GSoC period may end, my contributions to FOSS won’t! :)
Regards,
Tushar