Google Code In 2017 Tasks
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Effort for a Task
- Each task is expected to take 3-5 hours of work to complete
- Students have at least 3 days to complete the task
Types of Tasks
There are 5 types of Code-in Tasks in general:
- 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
Beginner Tasks
- A student can only complete a total of 2 beginner tasks
- Each OSGeo project should specify that a task is a beginner task by including "[BEGINNER]" at the end of the task name
Example Tasks from Previous Years
- Haiku project's 2016 tasks: https://codein.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/organization/5146925732986880/task/
- Haiku project's tasks in json format: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pulkomandy/GCITool/master/tasks.json
Project Tasks
Choose tasks from any of the OSGeo projects below (these are official OSGeo projects, projects in OSGeo incubation, and OSGeo community projects):
Content Management Systems
GeoNode
official website: http://geonode.org/
mentor: N/A
tasks: N/A
Desktop
GRASS GIS
official website: http://grass.osgeo.org/
gvSIG
official website: http://www.gvsig.com/
mentor: N/A
tasks: N/A
Marble
official website: http://geonode.org/
mentor: N/A
tasks: N/A
Opticks
official website: http://opticks.org/
mentor: N/A
tasks: N/A
Virtual Terrain Project
official website: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Virtual_Terrain_Project
mentor: N/A
tasks: N/A