Profile Information
Name: Jayanth Vikash S
Email: jayanthvikashs@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/JayanthVikashS
Location: Tamil Nadu, India (IN).
Mentors: @Yaron_Koren and @Bawolff
Typical working hours: 18:00 IST - 01:00 IST (UTC +5:30)
Synopsis
Improve InlineComments extension
InlineComments (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InlineComments) is a relatively new MediaWiki extension that provides a long-missing feature for MediaWiki: the ability to do inline annotation on pages, in the manner of Google Docs, Confluence and other content-management systems.
Deliverables
- Add user mentions, i.e. selecting a user or users to "ping" about the current discussion by typing "@" and then selecting a username from the dropdown (T355942)
- Make sidebar creation more skin-neutral - currently, the "sidebar" in which comments are displayed is created on somewhat of a skin-by-skin basis; it would be good to have the code handle all skins in a standard way, via CSS and/or JavaScript (T355948)
- Add correct display of correctly-linked username, on comment creation - currently, it is only displayed correctly for comments created before the page was loaded (T355943)
About Me
I'm Jayanth Vikash S, a graduate student pursuing my Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore,India. I'm a person inclined towards full stack development and looking forward to getting started with my open source journey. I have participated in around 10 international hackathons organized by companies like Amazon, Rapyd, MLH, etc., and won prizes in 3 of them. I worked on a project called Credible which is an integrated platform for enabling the companies to analyse the standard aspects of business model such as Resume Analysis, Customer review analysis, Sentiment analysis on write-ups and consolidated tweet analysis using expert.ai Natural Language API. I have also worked on a project called Product Score which is a one-stop web application for analysing the public reviews of apps in Atlassian Marketplace, Google Play Store and App Store.
Technical participation
- Monday.com Climate Change App Challenge
Project: Helps companies in providing bonus payments to employees based on the carbon emission of their vehicles.
- Hack the North 2021
Project: To keep social networks safe from computer generated/morphed images
- Runner in Global Yaadhum Oore Conclave Hackathon
Project: Android app which fills digital forms for uneducated people by interacting with them through voice using the Google TTS engine.
Relevant skills
- PHP
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- Python
- Django
- HTML
- CSS
- Java
Availability
1. Are you eligible for Google Summer of Code?
Yes. I’m eligible according to the terms described.
2. Do you plan to submit any other proposal apart from this one?
No. This is my only go.
3. Do you have any other plans during the period of GSoC?
No. I will be available for the entire term of GSoC.
4. How many hours per week can you dedicate to this?
I can dedicate 30 hours per week and even more if necessary.
5. Have you been accepted to GSoC before?
No. This is my first attempt.
Wikimedia Contribution
| Title | Status | Link |
| Fix PHP 8.1 deprecation errors for fields being null | Merged | https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cargo/+/1008073 |
| Parse description as wikitext in feed format | Merged | https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cargo/+/1009392 |
Timeline
| Timeframe | Task |
| Community bonding period | Getting in touch with the mentors |
| (May 02, 2024 - May 27, 2024) | Interacting with the mentors and discuss on the project |
| Understand the codebase and architecture of the extension | |
| First week | Define the project requirements and features to be developed |
| (May 27, 2024 - June 03 , 2024) | Develop the code strategy and decide on the potential deadlines for each feature development and testing |
| Second week | Set up the development environment |
| (June 03, 2024 - June 10, 2024) | Discuss and finalize the approach for each feature with the mentors |
| Third week | Implementation of correction in correctly-linked username, on comment creation |
| (June 10, 2024 - June 17, 2024) | Test the implemented display correction for correctly-linked username |
| Refactor and prepare the code for check-in | |
| Fourth week | Meeting with the mentors for suggestions |
| (June 17, 2024 - June 24, 2024) | Refactoring work according to suggestions |
| Fifth week | Commence development of skin-neutral sidebar creation |
| (June 24, 2024 - July 01, 2024) | Test the sidebar behavior with various skins |
| Verify the user interface in different screen sizes and scenarios | |
| Sixth week | Writing the first blog post |
| (July 01, 2024 - July 08, 2024) | Documentation update for the implemented features |
| Seventh week | Mid-term evaluation |
| (July 08, 2024 - July 15, 2024) | Testing and bug fixing |
| Eighth week | Implement user-mentions in annotation style referred by the appropriate usernames |
| (July 15, 2024 - July 22, 2024) | Cover the edge cases like anonymous users and permission handling |
| Ninth week | Meeting with mentors for suggestions on the proposed implementation of user mentions |
| (July 22, 2024 - July 29, 2024) | Refactoring the code and testing according to the suggestions |
| Tenth week | Develop additional features if any desired deliverables are agreed upon |
| (July 29, 2024 - August 05, 2024) | Documentation for the user-mentions feature |
| Final blog post publication | |