Google Summer of Code/2018

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. The Qt Company is participating as a mentoring organization in 2018. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits.

More information about the project as a whole is available on the GSoC web site.

The Qt organization on the GSoC web site

Time line

The official timetable for Google Summer of Code is provided on the GSoC timeline page. The Qt Company is applying as a mentoring organization this year!

Potential student projects

Project ideas

If you're a community member and you have a good idea for a project, please start with posting your ideas at the project ideas page. If you're not sure about your idea, start a discussion on the Qt Development Mailing List to seek views from other developers. The idea is to find out if your idea is feasible in the timescales of Google Summer of Code. For questions about GSoC, ask in #qt-gsoc on freenode IRC. You may also ask on the #qt-labs channel on IRC.

Things to do

To participate in the program, we will need to do the following (at least!):

• Make an application to Google for TQtC to be a 'Mentoring Organization' (23. January 2018) - Done! We've been accepted!
• Produce a list of possible student projects - /Project Ideas.
• Identify the interview process for prospective students.
• Invite students to make proposals to participate in Google Summer of Code with Qt. - This is really part of the GSoC application process, but if you know a student that would be interested, please point them to this page.
• Identify Mentors from the Qt community to look after the students.
• Choose which student proposals to accept, and match them to mentors.
• Get on and help them achieve their project goals! - see Accepted Projects.