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Google Code-in Ideas 2016
Warning
This is the brainstorm page for the Google Code-In programme for 2016. As such some or many of these may not end up being in our final released list of tasks that end up in Google Code-In. If you are a student, DO NOT start working on these ahead of time as they are ALL subject to change.
General Information
Google has announced that they are going to hold Google Code-In 2016 as disclosed in this blog post.
If you are interested in submitting an idea for a task then you can make one by posting on this topic in our forum.
For students interested in participating in Google Code-In 2016 be sure to read through Google's Getting Started Guide.
1. Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code
For coding tasks students should make sure to follow Haiku's coding guidelines.
1.1 Code an app for Haiku (including multi-part tasks)
Example task | Example Skills | Example link |
Code a Password Manager using Haiku's BKeystore | UI design, C++ | Seahorse, Haiku ticket on subject |
Code a Graphical version control system Frontend | UI design, C++,git,hg,svn | Atlassian Sourcetree, TortoiseGit |
Code a simple Photo post-production app (red eye remover) | UI design, C++ | |
Code an Advanced Download Manager | iGetter | |
Code a Music Manager that takes advantage of metadata | CherryBlossom, MusicCollection | |
Code a Personal Calendar | Apple Calendar | |
Code a Graphical Profiler/Tracer | KCachegrind, AMD CodeAnalyst, Stackify | |
Code a Graphical Crash Reporter | Apple Crash Reporter, Goolge Breakpad (MIT) | |
Code a graphical interface for Haiku's RemoteDesktop | RemoteDesktop | |
Code a ScreenReader for Haiku | Haiku ticket on subject | |
Code a graphical event/syslog viewer | Ticket on subject | |
Code a speech recognition app | Ticket on subject | |
Code a Haiku notification Center | Ticket on subject | |
Code a Currency Converter | ||
Code a system Dictionary | ||
Code a vector graphics editor (reuse Icon-O-Matic code) | ||
Code a CountDown/StopWatch/TimeZoneCheck app | ||
Code a Action Automation app | Xnee, Apple Automator, Automise | |
Code a Video Manager | ||
Code a Subtitle Editor | Gnome Subtitles | |
Code a Hardware compatibility analysis app | C++, Python | to be used with this web app |
1.2 Develop a web app, a plugin or fix a issue related to Haiku's web infrastructure
Example task | Example Skills | Example link |
Fix a bug in our web app that records hardware compatibility | Codebase on Github | |
Fix a bug in our documentation translation tool | tickets on trac | |
Fix a bug in our copy of Pootle | tickets on trac |
1.3 Refactor, clean up or improve Haiku code
Example task | Example Skills | Example link |
Fix a issue in Mail | Wiki page on Mail | |
Fix a issue in Beam | Wiki page on Beam |
1.4 Fix a broken recipe in haikuports
1.5 Fix bug listed in Haiku's Trac
2.0 Documentation/Training
Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more.
Write an article on how to use unit tests when developing Haiku | English | Ticket on subject |
3.0 Outreach/Research
Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing, or studying problems and recommending solutions.
Example task | Example Skills | Example link |
Research the current states of the Scooby codebase | Wiki page on Scooby | |
Investigate Trac-Buildbot intergration | Python, html | Ticket on subject |
4.0 Quality Assurance
Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality.
5.0 User Interface
Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interactio