GSoC 2021 Project Ideas

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Jenkins GSoC This page aggregates project ideas for Google Summer of Code 2021. See more information about this project and applications on the Jenkins Google Summer of Code page.

Below you can find project ideas which have been proposed for this year. New ideas may be proposed by interested mentors or students (e.g. new features in the core, "write a plugin for MY_TOOL_OR_SERVICE", etc.). Project ideas without potential mentors will be considered though applicants may need to work with the community and GSoC org admins to find mentors. To add a new project idea, see: proposing project ideas.

Accepted ideas

Below you can see the list of project ideas that fully match the Jenkins' project idea standard. The scope of these ideas is well known and we don’t normally expect deep changes. All ideas have quick start guidelines and newbie-friendly issues referenced. We welcome contributors to join the mentor teams, and we invite students to submit project proposal applications in relation to these ideas.

Project

Category

Skills to study/improve

Automatic git cache maintenance on the controller

Automate the maintenance of cached git repositories on the Jenkins controller.

Potential Mentor(s): * markewaite Mark Waite * rishabhbudhouliya Rishabh Budhouliya

Kris Stern

Tools

Java

Automatic Specification Generator for Jenkins REST API

Find and implement the extraction of the REST APIs from the sources and generate and publish the REST APIs respective documentation.

Potential Mentor(s): Kristin Whetstone Abhyudaya Sharma

Plugins

Java, REST API, OpenAPI / Swagger

Jenkinsfile Runner Action for GitHub Actions

Implement a (near) feature-complete version of Jenkinsfile Runner Action for GitHub Actions.

Potential Mentor(s): Kris Stern Shubham Kumar Oleg Nenashev

Tools

Java, Jenkinsfile Runner, Docker, GitHub Actions

Pipeline Step Documentation Generator improvements

Enhance the Jenkins Pipeline documentation generator to produce better documentation for thousands of Pipeline developers.

Potential Mentor(s): Kristin Whetstone Harshit Chopra Mark Waite Tasneem Koushar

Dev Tools

Java, Jenkins Pipeline, HTML, CSS, Asciidoc, JavaScript

Plugin Health Scoring system - how should it work

Provide a 'plugin health indicator' for plugin maintainers and Jenkins administrators.

Potential Mentor(s): Adrien Lecharpentier Mark Waite Jake Leon

Tools

Java, Data Analysis, Data Presentation

Plugin Installation Manager Tool Improvements

Introduce new features and improvements in the plugin installation manager.

Potential Mentor(s): Mark Waite Abhyudaya Sharma

Tools

Java, YAML, Command line tools, Package management tool theory

Draft project ideas

Below you can see draft project ideas, which are currently under review. The scope of such ideas may change during the discussions, but the idea is accepted in principle. You are welcome to comment on the draft and to join the project as a mentor. If you are a student, it is also fine to explore and to apply to the draft project ideas.

Project

Category

Skills to study/improve

Building iOS Apps with Jenkins

Describe best practices and provide architectural templates for building iOS applications with Jenkins.

Potential Mentor(s): Bruno Verachten

Tools

Java, YAML, iOS development, Command line tools, Package management tool theory

Ongoing discussion

These are proposals in the mailing lists which have not been published as project ideas yet. The feasibility is yet to be defined, and the idea may be dismissed depending on the feedback. Everyone is welcome to participate in the discussion and to join as a potential mentor.

Project

Category