1. Check out the ideas page TARDIS GSoC 2016 Ideas Page
2. Start your application (Application guidelines)
3. Discuss and share your project details (don't wait!)
4. See some examples of awesome proposals, add detail to yours :)
5. Submit your application! application

1. Agree to the acceptance requirements (in writing)
2. Read our participation expectations expectations (read it ALL, we will quiz you later)

1. Set up an interaction schedule with your mentors (at least weekly)
2. Fill out your profile (one sentence summary, your name, link to proposal, dev log, and GSoC page)
3. Get familiarized with web resources
   1. Web
   2. Github
   3. How to contribute

1. Post your proposal online

(on our wiki is fine) Describe your project plan Document a list of 3 to 10 milestones 15 Announce your plan via Chat and/or E-mail (discuss and make adjustments) 16 Download the source code, get set up (compile, install, run) BRL-CAD OpenSCAD LibreCAD STEPcode LinuxCNC Sources Web Sources Compiling Sources Compiling Sources Compiling Sources Compiling main git repo github mirror 17 Submit patches to get familiarized with code (find small tasks like these) (go through the mged tutorial(cheat sheet here) 18 A few more things… BRL-CAD OpenSCAD LibreCAD STEPcode LinuxCNC Create a Sourceforge and brlcad.org wiki account. Make perfect patches to obtain commit access. Come talk to us on IRC! Several core developers idle in #linuxcnc-devel constantly.