GSOC 2015/Student Application Pythonuser

• Name: Hrudaya Ranjan Sahoo
• FAS Account: Pythonuser
• Fedora userpage:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pythonuser

Contact Information

• Email Address:hrudayranjansahoo0208@gmail.com
• Blog URL:
• Freenode IRC Nick:python_user

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please answer following questions

Why do you want to work with the Fedora Project?

The following are the reasons why I want to do this project:

• I actually like the idea of this project. Frankly speaking, I have very limited experience with multi monitor set ups. So, getting to know the pros and cons of multi monitor set ups and writing code for the same will be a very good experience for me.

• Since I am new to the open source community and because I like this concept, I want to develop my understanding of the open source community better by participating in the project

I really like the idea of this project a lot. Fedora is very much known in the open source world for its support to end users and the quality of its products. So, I am very much eager to become a part of the Fedora community and develop my programming skills and improve the understanding of the open source community through the guidance of the mentors and the Fedora community.

Do you have any past involvement with the Fedora project or any other open source project as a contributor?

Frankly speaking, I dont have any past involvement with the Fedora project. I am relatively new to open source world. In fact, I started getting involved with the open source community about 3 months ago. So, I want to increase my involvement in the open source community through this project.

Did you participate with the past GSoC programs, if so which years, which organizations?

This is for the second time that I am applying to GSoC. I had applied for GSoC last year but was not selected and so was not able to take part in the GSoC.

Will you continue contributing/ supporting the Fedora project after the GSoC 2015 program, if yes, which team(s), you are interested with?

Yes, I will continue contributing/ supporting the Fedora project after the GSoC 2015 program. I want to contribute to the Fedora OS and help in the development of Nuancier.

Why should we choose you over other applicants?

I have been coding in Python for about a while now and I am quite familiar with the rules and syntaxes of a Python code. So, it will not be difficult for me to decode to a python code. Moreover, I have experience in writing unit tests for Python modules. So, I am quite familiar with modules like ‘unittest’, ‘mock’, ‘logging’, ‘argparse’ etc. So, I feel that I will be able to complete this project in time. Moreover, being in the 3rd year of Computer Science and Engineering, I feel that I have enough knowledge to find a solution to the project.

I am sincere, hard working and most importantly, I like coding and want to improve my coding skills.