Get Stoked - End Poverty. One Line of Code at a Time.

2014 Google Code-In - Get to Know Mifos

After participating in Google Summer of Code in four different summers, we look forward to the opportunity to work with pre-university students through Google Code-In. As both a 501(c)3 non-profit and an open source project, our global community has a diverse range of tasks (both technical and non-tecnhnical) that will be a valuable experience for the students. Students will gain exposure to an active open source project, a widespread global community, and expand upon a wide range of discipline as they use technology to help alleviate global poverty.

• How is the Mifos software used?

• What is Mifos X?

• Watch how Mifos technology is helping end world poverty

• What is it like interning for Mifos?

Get Excited!

Watch the following videos to learn about our gigantic mission and the game-changing platform we've built to achieve it. 

http://youtu.be/co5cK2cYVU0

Guidelines

• Getting started Read about setting up the code and understand the basic concepts around MifosX.

Expectations

Students working on Mifos X will be expected to:

• Use the mifos-developer mailing list

• provide patches

• follow the Mifos coding standards

• document their work

• have access to reasonable bandwidth, ie: have a fast, reliable Internet connection

• track and report on progress daily

Prerequisite Skills

Basics

• Quick learner

• Troubleshooting and analytical skills

• Passion for writing clean code

• Excellent communication skills

• Knowledge of developer tools

  • such as: a text editor, source control, how to build software

  • experience with specific tools will also help, such as: Eclipse IDE, Git

Mifos includes wide variety of technologies, we do not expect a student to be expert on all of these. But it will be helpful if you have some experience in some of these. Helpful skills (specific technology requirements vary with project chosen):

• MySQL,Jersey, Hibernate, Spring,

• HTML, CSS,  JavaScript (JQuery), AngularJS

• JUnit, REST

• Java

• Gradle

• Android SDK

• Git

Hints

• When you need help, ask for help! Do some searches before asking, please. We are very excited for you to join us, but we need to know that you're willing to put in the time and effort required to do your part. When you do ask, ask well.

• Not sure if you are qualified? Download and build the code, then run the Platform and the reference user interface. Instructions for doing so are available at Getting started - Contributing to MifosX.

• Email the mifos-developer mailing list with your questions and project ideas.

• Install Skype for (generally infrequent) video calls. You'll need a headset for Skype, too.

Mentoring

Mifos folks are constantly working remotely (mainly using Skype), especially in supporting remote contributors. We often do video calls and desktop sharing If possible, we'd love to meet you in person! Specific mentors for each project will be listed below.