Weekly reports for Task T161568 . Reports also posted on my [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Medhabansal/Outreachy_Round-14_(WikiEduDashboard) | MediaWiki page ]] for Outreachy Round-14.
**Week 1 Report (18th May, 2017): Community Bonding Period**
I have begun the initial work on my bonding period objectives as mentioned in my Outreachy proposal. Here are a few things that I've made progress with:
- Joined the project's Slack channel and Wikimedia's Zulip channel for GSoC/Outreachy. Introduced myself on the WikimediaEd channel
- Started hanging out on the Outreachy IRC channel, set up my MediaWiki user page
- Updated local project setup
- Interacted on project Slack channel to set up meeting timings with mentors and fellow interns
- Picked an issue, which involves creating an auto-complete search component for Wikipedia articles. After some basic discussion with my project mentor regarding the same, I realised that even though the issue is unrelated to my problem statement, picking it was a good idea, as it helped me identify many learning areas:
# Getting proficient working with React.js
# Familiarising myself with the MediaWiki API
# Getting comfortable with the project front-end best practices.
- Started taking my knowledge of React and Redux to the next level, following a Udemy course and also began investigating the MediaWiki API
- Will be taking my learning forward, and discussing project-relevant issues with my mentor and begin working on them