This project has been selected for [[GSoC|GSoC 2018]]

= Students =

||'''Name'''||IRC nick||'''Earliest time for weekly call (UTC)'''||'''Latest end time for weekly call (UTC)'''||'''Comment'''||
||ShashankKumar|| realslimshanky || 06:00 || 18:00 ||
||MinkushJain|| Mjain || 05:00 || 18:00 ||
||ElenaGjevukaj||egjevukaj  ||08:00 ||20:00 ||

= Mentors =

||'''Name'''||IRC nick||'''Earliest time for weekly call (UTC)'''||'''Latest end time for weekly call (UTC)'''||'''Comment'''||
||DanielPocock||pocock||12:00||15:30||
||JaminyPrabaharan||Jaminy||01:00||16:00||
||SanyamKhurana|| curiouslearner || 06:00 || 18:00 ||
||UrvikaGola|| ugola || 06:00 || 17:00 ||

See the [[Teams/Outreach/Mentors|Mentors page]] for full mentor contact details

= Development tools and resources =

We are still deciding about these:

||'''Purpose'''||'''Tool'''||
||Project management||under discussion: Redmine, Kanboard or Wekan||
||Video calls||[[https://meet.jit.si/|Jitsi Meet]]||
||VCS||Git, [[Salsa]]||
||IDE||Eclipse?, PyCharm?||
||Wiki||wiki.debian.org||
||editors||vi, Nano, Atom?||

== Communication channels ==

=== Recommended mailing lists for all students ===

 * debian-outreach
 * debconf-announce
 * debian-announce
 * debian-devel-announce
 * local mailing list in your city/country

=== Recommended IRC channels for students ===

#debian-outreach
#debconf-discuss

= Technical skills for students to become familiar with =

 * editing [[HelpOnEditing|Debian wiki pages]] on MoinMoin wiki
 * Python and related libraries
 * Git
 * vi editor
 * basic Linux command line operations, environment variables and basic shell scripting
 * IRC
 * LVM
 * Debian Installer
 * Synaptic
 * Unit testing
 * XMPP
 * Mail filters (e.g. Procmail, Horde, maildrop, Sieve)
 * XML
 * JSON
 * DNS basics (A records, MX records, CNAME records, glue records)
 * RSS
 * iCalendar

= Division of tasks between students =

 * to be decided

= Some requirements =

 * design an icon
 * create a web site for the Wizard (maybe just the wiki page to begin with)
 * which mechanism will be used for managing translations?
 * UI choices:
  * is PyQt the best choice?
  * Would Kivy work?
  * is there a framework that can support alternative front-ends or web?
  * Minkush's comment about using material design
 * be more specific about modularization / architecture
 * choose local data storage mechanism:
  * XML
  * JSON
  * sqlite
  * how to synchronize the data between multiple computers (desktop, laptop, etc)
 * finalize workflow and related issues
  * can user move back and forth, jump around?
  * how to track which modules depend on others?
 * develop wrappers for command line tools that don't have an API
 * creating a news service for users of the wizard, e.g. email newsletter, RSS feed, or even NNTP?
 * how to avoid problems with the Google promotions tab? can we fix it through an API?
 * how to let users report errors and give feedback
 * how to present links to things user can read next
 * gamification ideas, points, milestones, badges, giving user challenges/problems
 * how to build a community around this tool
  * how to integrate with other communities who use the tool for their new contributors