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=Before Applying= | =Before Applying= | ||
Read this page, understand the available projects and find one you'd like to do. With the idea below there'll be contact details for possible mentors - contact them, get to know them a bit and let them help you in your application. Several of our projects have associated 'teaser tasks' designed to get you set up with a build environment (where appropriate) and running and testing the application, then writing a small change and getting it reviewed - this gets you used to the way the summer would go for you (and the mentors used to you), and is a great way to get to know if you and the project are a good fit for each other. | Read this page, understand the available projects and find one you'd like to do. With the idea below there'll be contact details for possible mentors - contact them, get to know them a bit and let them help you in your application. Several of our projects have associated 'teaser tasks' designed to get you set up with a build environment (where appropriate) and running and testing the application, then writing a small change and getting it reviewed - this gets you used to the way the summer would go for you (and the mentors used to you), and is a great way to get to know if you and the project are a good fit for each other. | ||
There are many resources on GSoC in general available on the web, a couple that may be useful are: | |||
* [http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs Frequently Asked Questions] | |||
* [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012 Timeline] | |||
* [http://google-melange.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/userguide User guide for Melange] | |||
* [http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/what-is-google-summer-of-code/ GSoC Student Guide] | |||
* [http://google-opensource.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/dos-and-donts-of-google-summer-of-code.html DOs and DON'Ts for students] | |||
=How to Apply= | =How to Apply= | ||