Google Summer of Code 2024 and Outreachy Round 28/Monthly Highlights/June 2024

 Highlights from the month of June 2024

This page highlights learnings from the blogposts of Google Summer of Code 2024 (GSoC) contributors and Outreachy 2024 interns. The coding period for both programs started in May 2024 and goes until August 23rd for Outreachy and August 26 for GSoC.

During the month of June, our participants began coding on their projects, comparing different technical approaches before implementation, testing their features with users and requesting feedback, participating in their first Zulip meeting with fellow candidates, submitted weekly Phabricator reports and bi-weekly blog posts, and submitted evaluations for their projects and mentors. Here's a small sampling of a few blog posts:

Progress that has been made (so far!)

“ The changes I’ve been working on for weeks finally got approved and added to the main project. That felt amazing! I also added some new features - users can now choose where to save their results and the CLI tool can create different types of files (.json, .csv, and .tsv) to store the data. ” —Mahfuza Humayra Mohona, GSoC			“ Working on the GSoC project has been a thrilling and fast-paced experience so far. Initially, it took me some time to get up to speed with the code-base and the project requirements, but the support from my mentors made a huge difference. They were always cheerful and ready to help, guiding me through any obstacles I encountered. ” —Jayanth Vikash Saminathan, GSoC
“ One of the primary challenges that the Wikimedia community is currently focused on addressing is the accessibility and comprehension of extensive sets of structured information available within the Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is dedicated to its mission of “empowering and engaging people worldwide to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to effectively disseminate it globally”. Although Wikimedia projects contain a vast amount of organized data, users often encounter difficulties when trying to interpret and extract meaningful insights from it. Our project is committed to bridging this gap by developing tools that can transform this structured data into visually captivating and easily understandable infographics. ” —James Okolie, Outreachy			“ ...let’s understand what a WikiProject is. Think of WikiProjects as clubs or groups within Wikipedia. These groups are made up of contributors who share a common interest. For example, there’s a WikiProject Mathematics for math enthusiasts and a WikiProject India for those interested in Indian topics. These groups work together to improve articles related to their focus area. There are over 2,000 such WikiProjects on English Wikipedia! You might wonder, why do we need a data visualization tool for WikiProjects? Here’s the thing: Wikipedia is a dynamic platform where articles are constantly being edited. While there are tools to track these edits, there’s no easy way to visualize how the quality of articles changes over time. This is where my project comes in! ” —Mahima Agarwal, Outreachy

Thank you for reading - check back next month for new updates! You can follow the work of these contributors and interns by subscribing to their project on Phabricator and giving them feedback. All project information is available on the individual Google Summer of Code 2024 (GSoC) and Outreachy 2024 program pages.