Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global programme focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. LibreOffice took part last year, which led to some great new features including a QR code generator and NotebookBar improvements.
And in 2020, we’re in GSoC again! Six projects have been selected, which are due to be implemented over the summer:
- Add Impress shape animations that use a real physics engine (Sarper Akdemir)
- Extending the UITest framework (Ahmed ElShreif)
- Blurry Shadows (Ahmad Ganzouri)
- Styles Inspector (Shivam Kumar Singh)
- Move the gallery code to use ZIP files (Aditya Sahu)
- Additions – Tight integration of extensions (Yusuf Keten)
Good luck to all of the students, and we look forward to seeing the results at the end of summer. We’ll post updates on this blog about the results!