Google Code-in/2015

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Google Code-in is a contest to introduce pre-university students (ages 13-17) to the many kinds of contributions that make free and open source software (FOSS) development possible. Students must complete tasks, one at a time. It is sponsored and run by Google. Check MetaBrainz's list of tasks in Google Code-in. The Google Code-in 2015 contest runs from December 07, 2015 to January 27, 2016 (see the full timeline). MetaBrainz is partcipating for the first time.

General instructions for GCI students

Tasks are divided into the following categories:

  • Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code
  • Documentation/Training: Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more
  • Outreach/research: Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing, or studying problems and recommending solutions
  • Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality
  • User Interface: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction

Quality Over Quantity: It’s not about being the student who completes the most tasks, that only gets you to the top 10 to be reviewed, it doesn’t mean you will be a grand prize winner.

Collaboration: Open source is not just about coding but very much about working with other people to find the best solution. Being a part of the community is an essential part of success in Google Code-in. Mentors like students who worked hard on their projects but also participated on IRC and helped answer questions other students had. IRC channels for MetaBrainz are #metabrainz and #musicbrainz on the Freenode IRC network.

Communications

All communications should happen in the public and publicly logged IRC channels, #metabrainz and #musicbrainz. Private discussions are highly discouraged, unless it's personally sensitive. If you must message someone in private, be sure to ask in public first.

Mentors

Name IRC Nick Timezone Org. admin Introduction
Freso (Frederik S. Olesen) (@MusicBrainz, @BookBrainz) Freso UTC+0100 Yes Official MetaBrainz Community Manager (yes, that's his actual job), all-round MetaBrainz knowledge
reosarevok (@MusicBrainz) reosarevok UTC+0200 Yes Master of Style and overall MusicBrainz guy; has the 2nd most number of applied edits to MusicBrainz of all time!
Roman Tsukanov (@MusicBrainz) Gentlecat UTC+0100 Yes One of the primary developers of CritiqueBrainz, AcousticBrainz, and the MetaBrainz and ListenBrainz websites in addition to being one of the official (ie., paid) MusicBrainz developers.
Michael Wiencek (@MusicBrainz) bitmap UTC-0600 Yes Senior/lead developer of MusicBrainz; official MusicBrainz developer.
Wieland "Mineo" Hoffmann (@MusicBrainz) Mineo UTC+0100 No Developer of everything that even remotely looks like Python, but mostly Picard.
Mihai "d4rkie" Spinei (@MusicBrainz) Nyanko-sensei / D4RK-PH0ENiX UTC+0900 No Occasional editor, mainly editing Japanese artists.
David Saunders (@MusicBrainz) drsaunders UTC-0500 No MusicBrainz editor with the very most accepted edits of all time! Will mostly be mentoring tasks related to MusicBrainz editing.
sampsyo (@MusicBrainz) sampsyo UTC-0800 Yes Author and primary developer of beets and will mostly mentor tasks related to this.
Alex / caller#6 (@MusicBrainz) CallerNo6 UTC-0800 No Occasional editor, sometimes involved in Style and documentation.
Ben Ockmore (@BookBrainz, @MusicBrainz) LordSputnik UTC+0000 Yes Lead developer of BookBrainz, with experience of Node.js, Python, beets and mutagen. Started out editing MusicBrainz.
Sean Burke (@BookBrainz, @MusicBrainz) Leftmost UTC-0700 Yes Also lead developer of BookBrainz, contributing developer for MusicBrainz.
Note: Mentors are humans who eventually leave their computers to sleep, work, study, etc. and they may also be in a different timezone than you. It could take your mentor(s) up to 36 hours to review the work you have submitted. You should be reasonably patient and should not ask for a review of your work after only a few hours of waiting. Google Code-In is about the quality of your contributions and learning how FOSS development works, not about the number of tasks that you have worked on.
Note: Feel free to suggest additional tasks.

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