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KWoC Kharagpur Winter of Code In Association with
SEASON IV
Kharagpur Winter of Code is a 5-week long online program for students who are new to open source software development. The program not only helps students to get involved in open source, but also prepares them for many open source summer programs; Google Summer of Code being one of them.
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KWoC provides a great opportunity to get acquainted with Github along with Git commands and contribute to open source efficiently. Brush up your coding skills
If you love coding and want to learn about software development then KWoC helps you to get a glimpse of it and gives you a head start.
With KWoC, you get to know about how to select a project, interact with mentors and learn all other things that prepare you in the best way for the next GSoC.
KWoC Commences November 2018
Project Submission Begins
Mentor registration starts and they begin submitting their projects. 17th Nov 2018
Accepting Student Applications
Student's register and gear up for the program. 26th Nov 2018
Selected Projects Released
List of selected projects is released and students can start bonding with mentors. 1stDec 2018
KWoC Coding Period Begins Students can now start working on the project of their choice, upon discussion with their mentors. Project and mentor registrations close. 5thDec 2018
Contribution Chart Up A statistics board showing contributions of various students in KWoC is now visible to everyone. Student registration closes. 10thDec 2018
Mid Evaluations Students and mentors have to provide mid evaluation reports to keep track of progress. Students with no commits would be removed from the programme. 24rdDec 2018
Pens Down Date Students start wrapping up the project they were working on, send their last Pull Requests. You are encouraged to continue contributing, though no more stats count after this date. 10thJan 2019
End Evaluation Report Students provide an end evaluation report published in their blog to successfully pass the programme. 13thJan 2019
Open Source Summit Mentors and students are invited to present talks and multiple tracks of workshops are conducted. Registrations will begin towards the end of December 2018. 19th-20thJan 2019
See You Next Year
- 1850+ Participants
- 105+ Projects
- 70+ Mentors
KWoC 2017 carried forward the legacy set by the 2016 edition; and in many ways went past the set milestones. It was staggering participation from students, many of them made their first contributions to open source during KWoC, and mentors, who saw their projects surpass their own expectations by the end of the program.
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Apply on the student registration page and wait for an email from us (Please check Promotions and Spam as well).
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Choose project(s) that you want to contribute to, contact the assigned mentor(s) and work through December, learning the art of software development on the way.
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We are a group of Open Source Enthusiasts who focus on something more preliminary and relevant, ”A Love for Coding”.
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Absolutely. This program is specifically catered to the growth and smooth transition of people like you who want to learn. KOSS and the mentors will help you wherever possible.
There is no deadline for selecting projects nor is there any restriction on the number of projects you can contribute to; you can also switch between projects as much as you want. The only necessity is that you should have made at least one commit before mid-term evaluations.
Kharagpur Winter of Code is to be done remotely from home, and it is not required for you to be student of ANY particular institute.
No, KWoC is a program which aims at helping participants learn how to contribute in the open-source world. This activity prepares you for various open source opportunities such as Google Summer of Code, Rail Girl's Summer of Code and Outreachy.
We do encourage participation into project development from everyone; but if you are a mentor we won't be publishing your stats nor will you be going through evaluations.
Nothing makes us happier than people spreading words about open-source; to begin, you can like our facebook page and increase awareness about KWoC in your college; nothing works better than word of mouth.
Please make sure to read the website. If after reading through it you still don't have an answer please consider reaching out to us on our mail address [email protected].
There is absolutely no selection criteria for students. You are selected in the program as soon as you register. So you don't have to ask your mentors "How to get selected for your project?", but instead go ahead with "How can I contribute to your project?".
Please be patient with your mentor(s). If you do not get a response on the communication channel, contact the mentor on their email id. If no response for 3 days, inform us.
Students registration deadline is 4th December. The contribution chart goes live at the same time, so be quick, early bird catches the worm :) .
All the contributions that you will make in KWoC will be displayed on your GitHub timeline. So, that is a big plus if you are participating in any competitions and your GitHub profile is on display.
Sure ! Our program is open to all students irrespective of college ! Is there any eligibility criteria and pre-requisites? There is no strict eligibility criteria as such. Read this Quora answer by Pranit Bauva.
Play around git and GitHub. Create an account on GitHub, set up git on your machine and start experimenting with it. You can also begin by following Codecademy's git interactive tutorial.
Pretty fair ! You need to be working for the whole month regardless of your expertise level.
Other program similar to KWoC are GirlScript Summer of Code organised by GirlScript India. If you meant similar to GSoC, then look around, there are plenty of them e.g. KDE summer of code, Outreachy, Rails summer of code, etc.
GSoC requires 40 hours per week in summers. For KWoC, you may give 1-2 hours daily and that includes conversation with your mentor(s). More the projects you choose, more time in conversing about the work.
If you remain with us till the end of the program, then you'll receive a certificate for completion of the program.
Unfortunately, we do not offer any stipend for participation in KWoC. This is a program designed for onboarding students with Open Source culture.
Programming languages are just like communication languages; it is sufficient to know one or two, but the more you know the better it is.
If your purpose to be with us is pure, and you are deemed worthy, then yes!
Yes! You can even work in parallel on them. Well, if you are a beginner it is advisable to focus your attention at one thing at a time. But the choice rests with you.
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Participating in Open Source contribution improves your skills of software development and of a particular programming language. Depending on your project, you might be able to use some algorithms too. But you should not be direct improvement on your competitive coding skills.
What are the minimum contributions I have to do to get successfully recognized as to have completed the programme?
That will based on mentor's feedback. You need to have done at least one commit by the mid-term to be eligible for continuing the program.
KWoC '17 was my first mentoring experience and I enjoyed working with talented people who had the zeal and vigour to learn new things. Some of my mentees were also accepted as GSoC '18 students, which makes me proud and happy in the true sense of the word. It's a great initiative by KOSS to promote the open source culture among students and I hope the next version achieves greater heights and influences more lives.
Aniq Ur Rahman [ KWoC '17 Mentor ]
I had a really good time at KWoC '17. My projects prospered well because of inputs from participants. Regular chaperoning from KOSS maintained that the quality of the coding program never touched a low point and maintained the coding frequency consistent throughout the program.
Dhruv Apte [ KWoC '17 Mentor ]
My project was a normal one before KWOC, something I had worked on in a hackathon. But I loved the idea but found it hard to do alone. But due to KWoC I got very good quality amazing contributors who helped to changed that small project into a top 3 product in Product Hunt and featured in many tech publications.
Gautham Santhosh [ KWoC '17 Mentor ]
The experience has been great both the years, with a lot of new students learning open-source development from KWoC by contributing to the projects. Some of my mentees have even gone ahead to do a GSoC project as well in the following summers, and are definitely are still actively contributing to open-source.
Athitya Kumar [ KWoC '16 and '17' Mentor ]
KWoC has provided me opportunities to learn more about open source, accelerate the growth of my projects, along with helping new developers explore the power and opportunities of FOSS. I highly recommend open source enthusiasts and GSoC aspirants to participate in KWoC.
Raghav Jajodia [ KWoC 17' Mentor ]
My experience with Kharagpur Winter of Code has been quite good, as the level of contribution is quite apt, considering for the beginners.
Yash Sharma [ KWoC '17 Student ]
It was a great experience to take part in KWoC. Thanks to IIT Kharagpur for organizing such an event. I sincerely hope to be a part of more and more such programs.
Shantanu Pramanik [ KWoc '17 Student ]
KWOC is a very good opportunity for every student to hone their technical skills. Thank you IIT Kharagpur, KOSS for hosting a beginner friendly program.
Nishant Singh Hada [ KWoc '17 Student ]
I used to think how could I contribute because I couldn't understand anything about how that much code works together. But after this event all that was gone.
Nityananda Gohain [ KWoc '17 Student ]
KWoC is one of the best coding experiences one could get;the environment of everyone coming together to learn & teach is a unique one.
Shivam Kumar Jha [ KWoc '17 Student ]
KWoC is a great initiative by KOSS to encourage students in programming environment with experienced mentors and make them ready for GSoC.
Navaneeth Suresh [ KWoc '17 Student ]
KWoC was a lot more than experience and learning. Now, I had worked on the repositories and had interacted with their makers.
Sayan Sinha [ KWoc '16 Student ]
I got to learn a lot about web scraping and webdriver automation.Lots of thanks to my mentor Nitin Choudhary and KOSS for such a wonderful initiative.
Rahul Vernwal [ KWoc '16 Student ]
The project consisted of functions to decode and encode functions and some other features. I thought of developing a GUI to decode and encode in morsecode.
Arindam Biswas [ KWoc '16 Student ]
Thanks to the people at Kharagpur open source society for organising Kharagpur Winter of code for the students who are eager to contribute to open source community.
Aditya Singh [ KWoc '16 Student ]
That amazing feeling when you make your first commit or successfully merge your first pull request is something which cannot be described in words.Thank you KWOC for providing such a great opportunity.
Zishan Sami [ KWoc '16 Student ]
I came to know about KWOC and was happy to contribute yet another project to the open source community. Among KWOC projects Sheldonisms impressed me.
Amrish Kumar [ KWoc '16 Student ]