Google Summer of Code : GSoC 2019
Image Source You might have heard of Open Source Projects . I have used this term many times in prior blog posts . Open source projects, as the name suggests are the projects left open by developers, meaning the source code of the project/software is available and you/we can modify that code. Now the question is why to modify the code? And the answer is that sometimes there could be bugs in the code that needs to be debugged or there might be some improvements needed in the functionality of the software and you could add that functionality to improve the software. Essence behind OSPs ( Open Source Projects) Basically everything needs improvement, there might be a time that you have developed some software and your software might not be able to provide certain functionality because of lack of resources (technology, knowledge or money, etc). So you keep your project open for other developers (world), and they contribute to your project to enhance the functionality of it. ...