What did I learn after not getting selected into GSoC?
I tried and failed to get into Google Summer of Code, 2022, here's what I learned....
It was my final year of college, and I was placed in Accenture on 18th October 2021. The placement journey was mostly about DSA(Data Structures and Algorithms) and less about development. So I decided to learn more about GSoC and what it is about because I was literally idle and doing nothing after my placements other than watching "Prison Break".
I started reading about the GSoC program and then only I got to know about Kunal Kushwaha and his open-source journey. After watching Kunal Kushwaha's multiple videos about open-source contributions, GSoC, and similar other programs, I decided to get into GSoC 2022 and prepare for it.
I clearly wanna mention again that I failed to get into the Google Summer of Code(GSoC) 2022 program, but here is the list of things I learned.
What is open-source and how can we contribute to open-source as a beginner.
Development concepts using vanilla JavaScript, and then using the frameworks like Node.js, Express.js, and React.js.
Got hands-on experience using MERN Stack, and along with that got proficient with HTML5, CSS3, and its framework named BootStrap4.
Created several mini and pet projects by applying what I learned while preparing for GSoC.
Got a chance to get familiar with large codebases and the pipeline they work into.
Got hands-on experience in version control using Github and hosted several projects on the same. Along with this contributed to open-source projects on Github. Two of the major repo were Public Lab and Mozilla.
Got to know about Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Docker.
Last but not the least, I learned about the importance of learning in public and sharing the work I do, it really makes a huge impact.
This is my first blog on Hashnode and I thought nothing would be better to share my learning about I got started with the open-source community. Hope you all liked it.
Thanks!