GSoC 2024
OpenELIS Global is hoping to be a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2024 for the first Time. We're extremely excited about the projects and mentorship opportunities available this year. Coding for OpenELIS Global is a great way to practice your coding skills and, at the same time help making a positive impact on the world through empowering labs with the best tools and support to deliver quality health care to clients.
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| Page Outline | |
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| 1 | GSoC 2024 Program Administrators |
| 2 | Selected Projects for GSoC 2024 |
| 3 | Program Timeline |
| 4 | Guidelines |
GSoC 2024 Program Administrators
- Mutesasira Moses
- Casey Iiams-Hauser
- Herbert Yiga
- Brynn McKinney
Selected Projects for GSoC 2024
| Project Name | Project Size | Project Description | Expected Out Come | Required Skills | Selected Contributor | Mentors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improve Responsiveness for OpenELIS 3x | 350 hours | The new OpenELIS React Front end needs to display correctly on different screen sizes ie Large(Desktop) and medium (Tablet) . The objective of this project is to improve the responsiveness of OpenELIS 3x, ensuring a seamless user experience across various devices and screen sizes | Improved 3x UI Responsivenes across different devices | React , Typescript , Javascript, Carbon Design System | TBD |
Gita Cliff |
| Enhanced Search Functionality for OpenELIS | 350 hours | This project aims to enhance the search capabilities within the OpenELIS system, providing users with a more effiecient way for retrieving vital information efficiently . We would need to Integrate a Search Engine library For indexing key coulmns and providing a faster way to Search Results | Enhanced and Efficient Search Functionality | Java , Spring | TBD |
Mutesasira Moses |
| Improve Integration Tests Coverage | 350 hours | The current Service Layer Integration tests only cover a few components .This project aims to Improve Integration Tests Coverage for the critical components with in the application .Integration tests play a pivotal role in validating the interactions between various modules and ensuring the seamless functioning of the entire system | Atleast 70 % Test coverage for the Service Layer | Java , Spring ,J-Unit | TBD |
Reagan Makoba |
| Improve E2E Tests Coverage | 350 hours | The Current E2E tests have a very low test coverage and are not very stable. This project is dedicated to improve the End-to-End (E2E) testing coverage for the New React front end and ensuring robust validation of the entire application workflow . E2E tests play a critical role in verifying the seamless interaction between various components, ensuring that the application functions as expected from the user's perspective | Atleast 70% Test Coverage for the new UI | react , cypress | TBD |
Namanya Abert |
| Rewite Admin Page components from JSP to React | 350 hours | Most of the current Admin page Functionalities are still on the old JSP UI. This project aims at re-writing key admin components from JSP to React including User management , Organization Management and Provider Management | Admin Functionalities migrated to the new React UI | react , TypescripT, java , Spring , REST | TBD |
Casey Iiams-Hauser |
| Add Support for User UI Notifications | 175 hours | This projects aims at adding support for User Notifications in the new Front End ie when critical Orders and Results are made. This will require creating a generic Notification framework that can support adding any kind of System Notifications whenever needed | A Generic Notification Framework for Displaying user Notifications | react , Typescript, java , Spring , REST | TBD |
Caleb Steele-Lane |
Program Timeline
| Date | Status | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 20/Nov/2023 | ✅ | GSoC 2024 Anounced |
| 22/Jan/2024 | ✅ | Mentoring organizations can begin submitting applications to Google |
| 06/Feb/2024 | ✅ | Mentoring organization application deadline |
| 21/Feb/20204 | ⌛ | List of accepted mentoring organizations announced |
| 22/Feb/20204 | ⌛ | Potential GSoC contributors discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations |
| 18/Mar/2024 | ⌛ | GSoC contributor application period begins |
| 02/Apr/2024 | ⌛ | GSoC contributor application deadline |
| 24/April/2024 | ⌛ | GSoC contributor proposal rankings due from Org Admins |
| 29/Apr/2024 | ⌛ | Slot Allocation Deadline |
| 30/Apr/2024 | ⌛ | Projects Announced to Orgs |
| 01/May/2024 | ⌛ | Accepted GSoC contributor projects announced |
| 01/May/2024 | ⌛ | Community Bonding Period. Students get to know mentors, read documentation, prepare for work on their projects |
| 27/May/2024 | ⌛ | Coding officially begins |
| 08/Jul/2024 | ⌛ | Mentors and GSoC contributors can begin submitting midterm evaluations |
| 12/July/2024 | ⌛ | Midterm evaluation deadline (standard coding period) |
| 12/July/2024 | ⌛ | Work Period. GSoC contributors work on their project with guidance from Mentors |
| 19/Aug/2024 | ⌛ | Final week. GSoC contributors submit their final work product and their final mentor evaluation (coding period) |
| 26/Aug/2024 | ⌛ | Mentors submit final GSoC contributor evaluations (standard coding period) for medium size project. |
| 03/Sept/2024 | ⌛ | Initial results of Google Summer of Code 2023 announced |
| 03/Sep/2024 | ⌛ | GSoC contributors with extended timelines continue coding |
| 04/Nov/2024 | ⌛ | Final date for all GSoC contributors to submit their final work product and final evaluation |
| 11/Nov/2024 | ⌛ | Final date for mentors to submit evaluations for GSoC contributor projects with extended deadlines |
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