@Jay @Tanish Ranjan @Sidhaarth SR For the next week's presentations, I created a logistics document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bEd3MPTZPhP_8z37WyA986RwHHtHGFgCRumhBR_LlnA/edit?usp=sharing If you plan to do slides (I would recommend a few - self-intro, project overview, status and learnings), it would be niceif you do slides co-branded between your Mentoring org (Kotlin Foundation / Eclipse Foundation) and Gradle. I am on vacation and still in COVID recovery, but I will do my best to help with the reviews/comments if needed

Facing connectivity issues. Joining again

Connectivity is still low. Will it be okay if I record and share my video right now? While others are presenting their demo?

I think we will be wrapping up, but we can share the video later

Okay. It will take me a while to upload the video as well.

yup

@Jay @Tanish Ranjan @Sidhaarth SR I plan the publish the final versions of the recordings on Monday. Given the stream, it will be the new video. If you want to share the recordings and the slight decks, please do it by Monday so that I can incorporate it

Hey all! Just wanted to inform you that I may not be that productive this week as I need to attend the wedding of two of my cousins.

Post-processed GSoC mid-term demos video is live:

I’ve talked to @Oleg Nenashev, and it turns out he has his own calendarly sub. @Oleg Nenashev, the idea would be that we would attempt re-scheduling the weekly GSoC meetup. Could you send out a new poll please, so we can see where it would be fitting for everybody?

@here @Donát Csikós @Sheng Chen @Bálint Hegyi @Oleg Nenashev @Tanish Ranjan To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/yrv-igei-wfp Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +43 1 22781906 and enter this PIN: 279 579 642# To view more phone numbers, click this link: https://tel.meet/yrv-igei-wfp?hs=5

GSoC pages update https://github.com/gradle/community/pull/54

@Tanish Ranjan just to plan, how are your project page and videos are going? As far as I can tell I haven't received the videos yet, but I still can get them processed/published today if I have something by 11am UTC

I've read the project page. In general I'm fine with the content.

Hi everyone,I’m very interested in applying for Google Summer of Code 2025. The Gradle Build Server project from GSoC 2024 caught my attention. I’m eager to contribute and learn more about improving Android development workflows.I’d love to hear any advice on how to increase my chances of getting accepted. How can I start engaging with the community and making meaningful contributions before the application period? Any recommended resources or first steps would be greatly appreciated! Looking forward to your insights. Thanks in advance!

Pinning the update here so that it does not get wiped: https://gradle-community.slack.com/archives/CRA9GTYBH/p1736343415463679

📢 First GSoC project ideas are live! More project ideas are welcome 😉 https://community.gradle.org/events/gsoc/#project-ideas • 📦 Maven Central publishing plugin for Gradle with new APIs • 🚅 Improving Configuration Cache and lock contention in key Gradle plugins • 🔌 Gradle Convention plugin for developing Jenkins Plugins • 📓 Kotlin DSL documentation samples test framework

And the full list on the Kotlin Foundation site: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/gsoc-2025.html#project-ideas

Hi everyone! 👋 I’m really passionate about contributing to Gradle and have been exploring the "Improving Configuration Cache and Lock Contention in Key Gradle Plugins" project for GSoC. I’ve been diving deep into Gradle performance optimization and making small contributions to prepare for this journey. To help beginners who are also interested in contributing to Gradle, I’ve written a blog post covering everything from setting up your environment to finding beginner-friendly issues and writing a strong GSoC proposal. Check it out here: 🔗 Getting Started with Gradle Contributions for GSoC I’d love to hear your thoughts and any feedback!

I hope everyone is doing well. My name is Saif Ali Khan, and I am interested in contributing to the "Kotlin DSL and Declarative Gradle documentation samples test framework" project for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025 with the Kotlin Foundation. I am currently learning Kotlin and Gradle and have little experience with Java, and backend development. While I am still a beginner in Kotlin and Gradle, I am actively working on improving my skills and understanding of Gradle’s Kotlin DSL. My goal is to contribute meaningfully to this project by building a robust test framework for Kotlin DSL and Declarative Gradle samples. I would appreciate any guidance on: • The expected workflow and key challenges for this project. • Recommended resources or prior discussions related to this idea. • Whether a small prototype or proof-of-concept before the proposal deadline would be helpful.

Hello 👋🏽 I'm Hermes and I'm interested in contributing to the "*Clean and actionable reporting for Gradle code quality plugins for Kotlin*" I made a draft of my proposal https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C7-A-iPZp77TPRt-euoOwtEsRnhoDqYBLSH1tYwB_FA/edit?usp=sharing @Oleg Nenashev Currently I'm mostly looking forward to Problems API support in the gradle console and intellij IDEs, it seems it's in progress

Hi, I would like to send my application for the project: Clean and actionable reporting for Gradle code quality plugins for Kotlin, how do I send it and where do I send it?

Hi @Oleg Nenashev, could you please review my proposal ? Thank you in advance

@Nouran @Vanessa Johnson @Aarav Mahajan @Yongjun Hong @Victoria Alajemba 👋 This is a generic GSoC channel for coordination and discussion of Gradle-specific matters. For the most of the organizational topics, we will be working the Kotlin Foundation Slack, but you can use this one for any logistics matters, too

Hi @Yongjun Hong @Vanessa Johnson Just a quick update on our side - I am about publishing the newsletter and the welcome blog next week. It would be nice if you could initialize your project pages before it goes live

If any of GSoC contributors needs an IDEA Enterprise licesnse for a few months, let me know.

<!channel> Hi all! During the mid-term evaluations, we will do a live stream to report on the projects and their progress. Each contributor will have 10 minutes to present on the project (summary, delivered changes, plans for the next phase + mainly live demos), and then we will have 5 minutes for Q&A and mentor feedback. While this presentation is not mandatory (discuss it with your mentors), everyone is welcome to join. Each contributor is welcome to either present live or submit a prerecorded video, and we would love to have mentors on the call, too. Please vote for the stream time slots here - https://calendly.com/d/cv2n-htr-px9/gsoc-2025-kotlin-fndn-project-demos-mid-term-eval. We will likely have 2-3 streams, depending on the feedback

@Nouran @Vanessa Johnson @Aarav Mahajan @Yongjun Hong @Victoria Alajemba FYI, in addition to the existing resource, I have created an organization on https://dev.to/gradle-community . If you are interested in doing short posts as a part of the project updates, ready to add you to the organization

Sure, that would be great 👍👍 Thanks!