Google Summer of Code 2012

Google Summer of Code is a program where Google sponsors students from around the world to spend their summer working on open-source projects. Student is paid 5000$ if they successfully complete all of their evaluations. More information about the program can be found on the project website.

Accepted Projects

Libcloud REST

HTTP interface for Libcloud (http://libcloud.apache.org/) which exposes all the Libcloud functionality through a RESTful API. Currently Libcloud has a big limitation - you can only use it with Python. Adding a REST interface would allow users to leverage Libcloud functionality through an arbitrary language which knows how to talk HTTP.

Mentor: Tomaz Muraus
Student: Ilgiz Islamgulov
Application: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XdncChipJS0B7jP7p6jcQi1PZbUbsB0y7gKehxjw8ZU
Strategic plan: click

Project progress can be tracked on Github and weekly updates are sent to the mailing list.

Project Ideas

Some of the existing project ideas proposed by Libcloud developers can be found on our ticket tracker. Students are also more than welcome to propose their own ideas.

Available Mentors

• Tomaz Muraus (tomaz) - UTC -8
• Roman Bogorodsky (rbogorodskiy) - UTC +4
• Jed Smith (jed) - UTC -8

Student Applications

Application template can be found in the section bellow. Before submitting your application please start a discussion about the project idea on our mailing list (dev@libcloud.apache.org).

Student Application Template

• Name and surname
• E-mail address
• Blog / homepage (if you have one)
• IRC nick and network
• Google+ handle / Skype handle
• Name of school/ university, country, year, your average grade (and describe what this grade means)
• Age
• Which languages do you actively speak (and write)?
• Project / proposal title
• Project / proposal description
• Project / proposal schedule. How long will the project take? When can you begin work?
• Availability. How many hours per week can you spend working on this? What other obligations do you have this summer?
• Deliverables. It is very important to list quantifiable results here, for example:
  • Improve X modules in ways Y and Z.
  • Write 3 new documentation pages for the new interfaces.
  • Improve test coverage by writing X more unit/regression tests.
  • Improve performance in FOO by X%.
• How do you plan to continue with your project / proposal and within the Apache Libcloud community after GSoC?
• Benefits to the Free Software Community, who would gain from your project?
• Biography and Free Software experiences. Who are you? What makes you the best person to work on this project/proposal? What free and/or open source projects have you participated in? Please describe your contributions with references.