Joomla Google Summer of Code

Aka: Joomla GSoC (gee-sock)

Topics

• What is GSoC?• Joomla GSoC Program• 2012 GSoC Projects• Project Results• Mentor Feedback• Lessons Learned

What is GSoC?

GSoC Formula:

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Disclaimer

* Not scientific formula

GSoC

Over 180 Organizations Took Part in GSoC in 2012!

Joomla GSoC

More than 50Student Applications

Joomla GSoC

Joomla GSoC

Joomla GSoC

• 3 Awesome Co-Admins• Support from PLT & OSM• Countless other key supporters • Help from the Community

Joomla GSoC Webinars

• Git Webinar• Eclipse Webinar• Phing Webinar• Contributing to J! Webinar

Meet the Students

CMS & Platform Projects

Projects could be either platform packages, platform applications, or

CMS features.

1 CMS Feature 4 Platform Packages 2 Platform Applications

Aaron’s JGoogle Package

Connect using PHP and Oath to these services. Useful in CMS extensions and Joomla Platform Applications.

Diana’s Social Packages

Connect using PHP and Oath to these services. Useful in CMS extensions and Joomla Platform Applications.

Kavith’s Minification Packages

Send JavaScript & CSS files to be minified. Improves

performance!

Prasath’s MediaWiki Packages

Connect Joomla’s application to MediaWiki. Programmatically

exchange data.

Javier’s Language Installer

Allows non-native English speaking users to install Joomla easier and

avoid difficult language pack installation.

Developers can make a request to Joomla, and have a JSON string sent as a response.

Stephan’s Web Service API & Application

Warning

The next one is over my head

Application that acts as an API for a workflow engine.

Florian’s Petri Net Application

Results

• All Students / Projects Completed Successfully• CMS Project Merged Into Core• Platform Packages in Staging• Students Continue to Contribute Code

Cool Stats*

Project / Package Student Lines of Code Dev Time (Months)

JGoogle Aaron Schmitz 1851 4.5

JTwitter Diana Prajescu 2511 6.31

JFacebook Diana Prajescu 1157 2.8

JLinkedin Diana Prajescu 1636 4.02

Workflow Florian Voutzinos 3344 5.64

JMedia Kavith Lokuhewage 799 1.9

JMediaWiki Prasath Nadarajah 1287 3.13

Web Services API Stefan Neculai 5783 15.15

Cool Stats*

Over 18 Thousand Lines of Code!

Estimated to Take One Developer over 3 Years to Write

Cool Stats*

*generated using David A. Wheeler's 'SLOCCount'.

Summer of code next year?

Summer of code next year?

Maybe

Mentor Feedback

• Improve Student Engagement• Improve Mentor Orientation• Increase Mentor Participation

Incentives• Set Mentor Expectations

Lessons Learned

• Preparation Ahead of Time• Checkin Forms For Students• KISS• Time Zone Management

Thank You!

Special Thanks To:

Joomla! Community

Andy, Elin, Paul, Jon, Matt, Michael, Brian, Jacques, Thomas, Andrew, Sam, Louis

Everyone Else – You Know Who You Are!