[GSoC] 2018 Student Introduction

[Ibrahim Abdullah]

Hello,

My name is Ibrahim Abdullah, a final year student at Ashesi University College, Ghana. I am studying computer science and very interested in software development, distributed systems and Machine learning. Java is the main programming language I use for development and have little experience with Jenkins as well.

I have always wanted to contribute to open source projects to improve my programming skills but find it difficult to start as a newbie. I believe Google Summer of Code will provide the platform and give me a head start to join the open source community. Additionally, I found some of the Jenkins projects exciting to work on given that I have a strong Java background and quite familiar with using Jenkins as a developer. I will like to work on any of the following projects: Jenkins Remoting over Message Bus/Queues, Code Coverage Plugin and Simple pull request Plugin.

The following are the links GutHub and LinkedIn profile;

GitHub : https://github.com/Ibrahim-Abdullah

LinkedIn : www.linkedin.com/in/ibabdullah

Twitter: https://twitter.com/braimahabdulla

[Jeff Knurek]

Hello Ibrahim,

Thanks for the interest!
Please see information for students for application guidelines.

My recommendation would be to...

1. Study the existing plugins, try to setup your Jenkins instance with them. It may give you some ideas of what needs to be enhanced there
   
2. Take a look at existing plugin issues, for example the Cobertura plugin 
3. Join one of office hours to discuss the project with them (https://jenkins.io/projects/gsoc/#office-hours)
   

Hopefully it helps,
Jeff

[Oleg Nenashev]

Hi Ibrahim,

Just FYI, Mar 27 16:00 PM UTC is a deadline for proposals.
If you are still interested in the project, please make sure to submit your final proposal by this time.

We will also have the last Q&A office hours today at 18:00PM UTC. Feel free to join if you have any questions.

Best regards,
Oleg Nenashev