KDE and Season of KDE

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1. oding with KDE -Anu Mittal KDE-Experience Freedom!
2. TAKEAWAYS ▸ Why KDE? ▸ Ways to get involved in KDE. ▸ Various programmes in KDE. ▸ Steps to SoK 2
3. Why KDE? ▸ KDE originally stood for Kool Desktop Environment, but is now known by many as the K Desktop Environment. KDE is an international free software community that develops Free and Open Source based software. Well-known products include the Plasma Desktop, KDE Frameworks and a range of cross-platform applications. Features: ▸ Integration: KDE is well integrated with many applications of all kinds. ▸ Looks: Change the look of the KDE Plasma workspace. ▸ Flexible: Configured easily. ▸ Konsole: Written for KDE, but it can also run on other desktops ▸ Widgets: Make things more manageable and organized. ▸ My way: Multiple desktops, defining mouse button actions, the widgets on the KDE panel, and many of the other interactions 3
4. . Amazing community with more than 50 million users and where people can • Freely download and use any of the application or • Can read the source code, learn, grow and contribute. 4
5. Get Involved Ways to get involved: ▸1 Development ▸2 Translation ▸3 Art ▸4 Documentation ▸5 Promotion ▸ More : https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved#Ways_to_contribute 5
6. Programs ➢ Season of KDE ➢ Google Summer of Code ➢ Outreach Program for women ➢ Open Academy ➢ Google Code-In 6 *Links attached
7. 7 KDE Applications domain https://www.kde.org/applications/
8. Season of KDE https://season.kde.org/ About SoK 2018
9. PURPOSE AND BENEFITS OF SoK. ▸ Flexible timeline ▸ Amazing Experience ▸ Best Mentorship ▸ Exposure ▸ Goodies ▸ Certificate 9
10. Guidelines and HOWTOs 10
11. Contribute 11 • News and Mail Sources • Reporting Bugs • Updating Codes and resolving bugs ◦ C++ ◦ Qt (It is an application development framework based on C++) ◦ KDE Frameworks
12. Mailing List and news How to connect: Mailing List: It is a list of the names and addresses of people interested in particular domain receiving updates periodically. IRC Channels: [eg. ping on kde-devel for any general issues related to KDE] KDE news feed: The Dot Planet KDE 12
13. Bugzilla 13 BugSquad Phabricator
14. 14 Idea Page Project: Sample proposal Brief explanation: Expected results: Knowledge Prerequisite: Mentor: When adding an idea to this section, please try to include the following data: • if the application is not widely known, a description of what it does and where its code lives • a brief explanation • the expected results • prerequisites for working on your project • if applicable, links to more information or discussions • mailing list or IRC channel for your application/library/module • your name and email address for contact (if you're willing to be a mentor) If you are not a developer but have a good idea for a proposal, get in contact with relevant developers first.
15. 15 Find and understand a project that interests you. Think of change(s) you want to make. Find a mentor, discuss and prepare the proposal. Three steps to SoK • Framework/Building.
16. THANKS Anu Mittal For any questions, ping me on: Email:kde-devel@kde.org, kde-sok@kde.org Personal email ids: anu22mittal@gmail.com, anu@anumittal.in IRC handle: anuMittal Website: anumittal.in