[kanchilug] Fwd: Hackathon on KDE, Wikipedia, Django - Exebit 2012 - IITM

From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 01:43:07 +0530

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From: Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:42 AM
Subject: Hackathon on KDE, Wikipedia, Django - Exebit 2012 - IITM
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Hackathon

It's hacking time again! Hackathon 2012 brings to you the unique
opportunity to hack on open source projects and win big prizes. Just
unleash the hacker inside you and the rest will fall..

This year, we bring to you, developers from three open sources
projects - KDE, Mediawiki and Django. They will help you in getting
started with the projects.

Event format
The event will start on the first day(3rd March) morning, with how to
get started sessions by the three developers. You can participate in
teams of maximum size 4. Each team has to choose only one project.
Team registration will be done during the getting started sessions.

After the getting started sessions, a list of interesting bugs and
features will be put up. You can choose from the given list or choose
your own bugs to fix. You will have time till the next day morning to
work on it. The developers will be present all throughout the day to
help you in hacking the code.

On the second day morning, the teams will be given a chance to present
their hacks. The top three hacks will be chosen and the respective
teams will be awarded prizes.

Prepare ahead! It’s open source
Since the projects are open source projects, you don’t need to wait
till the event starts. You can prepare beforehand and come for the
event. This will increase your chances to win. Here are few links
which can help you in getting started with the projects:

KDE:
http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials#Basics_of_KDE_4_Programming
IRC: #kde-in #kde-devel

Wikimedia:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_become_a_MediaWiki_hacker
IRC: #mediawiki

Django:
https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki // This is the wiki page for the
entire contribution system to django. Explains the different ways in
which you can contribute, in terms of code, documentation, etc.

https://code.djangoproject.com/query // This contains the list of
tickets which have been submitted. It can be queried in the order of
easy pickings, patch received, etc.. The IRC channel for django is
#django. The other guidelines are given in the first link itself.
What is an IRC? - http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircprimer.html

Note: "Participants have to bring their own laptops"

For queries contact : hackathon@xxxxxxxxxx

Source: http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/exebit/site/?q=node/25

For Schedule:
http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/exebit/site/sites/all/files/Exebit_Schedule.pdf

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