Table of Contents
Summer of Code application checklist
If you are interested in participating, Please contact us through Gitter 
and introduce yourself. We have a weekly videocon that you can participate in if there is interest.
The application process
- Get familiar with StarKit
- Go to the manual.
- Install the software (https://starkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)
- Run the included example file (https://starkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html).
- Make a plot of a spectrum and post it in our Gitter chatroom
- Get familiar with our development model (we're using the TARDIS development model) development model using git and github (http://tardis.readthedocs.org/en/latest/workflow/git_workflow.html).
- Check out the ideas page StarKit GSoC 2019 Ideas Page
- Introduce yourself to us
- The majority of interaction happens on GitHub and on Gitter (https://gitter.im/starkit/gsoc2019)
- Start your application (Application guidelines)
- Select a project
- Many projects have additional specific instructions. They often involve a Pull Request.
- Discuss and share your project details (don't wait!)
- Submit your application! application
You got accepted (before coding begins)
- Agree to the acceptance requirements (in writing)
- Read our participation expectations (read it ALL, we will quiz you later)
- Set up an interaction schedule with your mentors (at least weekly)
- Fill out your profile (one sentence summary, your name, link to proposal, dev log, and GSoC page)
- Get familiarized with web resources:
- Gitter
- Github
- Mailing List
- Post your proposal online (Google Docs, overleaf, wiki, etc.)
- Describe your project plan
- Announce your plan via Chat and/or E-mail (discuss and make adjustments)
- Submit patches to get familiarized with code (find small tasks like these)
Once coding begins
- Write maintainable, portable, complete code
- Keep a daily log of your activities online somewhere (a blog or your wiki user page is great for this)
- We expect you to sign-in/sign off on Gitter on working days and give us a short summary of your plans for the day
- Provide a midterm report on your project progress to the mailing list as well as posting it to your blog or wiki log.
- Stay motivated, engage other devs, allocate time for discussions
- Provide a final report on your project progress
- Keep working on StarKit
