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About Me

My name is Dhriti Shikhar. I live in Pune, India (UTC +5:30). I am a final year student pursuing engineering in Information Technology.


Contact Information

Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?

I would like to work with Fedora Project because I like the idea of contributing to an Open Source community. I started using Linux since 2013. My first distro is Fedora and I still use Fedora. I believe I can improve my skills in software development while helping the Fedora Project move forward.

Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora Project or another open-source project as a contributor?

Yes.

Have you participated in GSoC in the past? If so, what year(s) and which organization(s)?

No, I have never participated in GSoC before.


Do you plan to continue contributing to the Fedora Project after GSoC? If yes, what sub-project(s) are you interested with?

Yes. I will continue contributing to Fedora as much as I can, especially Fedora-Infrastructure projects. I believe that the Fedora-Hubs project is full of possibilities. There are so many features and ideas which can be implemented in the both Front End as well as Back End. It would be really great to be a part of the project.


Why should we choose you over other applicants?

  • I possess the knowledge of code base of Fedora-Hubs. I have worked in the making of 5 widgets (Pagure PR, Pagure issues, Github PR, Github Issues and Bugzilla Widget) uptil now for Fedora-Hubs.
  • I am willing to contribute to Fedora-Hubs and support the project even after GSoC
  • I have a good working knowledge of Python, Flask, Git.

Have you contributed to any other open source organizations or projects? If so, do you have artifacts you can show so we can see your skill set(s)?

I have contributed to OpenStack Documentation before. Stackalytics: http://stackalytics.com/?user_id=dhritishikhar&project_type=all&release=all&metric=all&company=


Do you have any other open source experience (even if not coding-related)?

  • I have participated and volunteered in PyCon India 2015, 2016.
  • I have mentored in PyCon India DevSprint 2016 for Pagure (https://in.pycon.org/cfp/pycon-india-dev-sprint-2015/proposals/pagure-github-for-fedora/).
  • I have presented a poster on Pagure in the poster presentation in PyCon India 2016 (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQn2H6MUEAAGi10.jpg:large)
  • I am a regular participant of Pune Python Meetup. I have presented a talk on "Getting started with Fedora-Infra" and my next upcoming talk/ workshop is on "Fedora-Hubs" where in I will discuss how I started with Fedora Hubs and how to start contributing to it.
  • I have participated in Fedora meetups in Pune.
  • I took a workshop in Pune Pyladies on Git for beginners.
  • Participated in Gnunify and FudCon 2015

Proposal

Overview and Need

Being a contributor myself, I understand the hurdles any new contributor has to go through in:

  • finding easy fixes
  • keeping a track of activity
  • setting up IRC
  • Following the mailing list

Fedora-Hubs is a contributor-focused platform. It is a single platform where you can:

  • get information on various projects
  • collaborate with other contributors

IRC widget for Fedora-Hubs is one of the most interesting feature for Fedora-Hubs.

New contributors face a challenge to use IRC as it is different from other chat mediums. Some of the problems they face:

  • Which IRC client to use? → web based, desktop based
  • How to install desktop based IRC client
  • Registering on Freenode
  • Finding the right channel
  • using IRC commands
  • learning IRC etiquettes

The aim is to provide a web-based easy-to-use IRC widget. So that:

  • New contributors do not face the problems and can easily get started with contributing.
  • Experienced contributors do not face disturbance in their work flow

The IRC widget should be lightweight and deploy fast. It should be attractive with easy User Interface.

Relevant Experience

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