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Welcome to the orcagsoc wiki!

Please feel free to use this space to facilitate the development of open-source software related to Orcasound and bioacoustics during Google Summer of Code (GSoC). This wiki compliments information in the orcagsoc README and the GSoC page on the Orcasound site.

Advice to future Orcasound contributors from our past GSoC students

Student blog posts that offer advice, tips, and resources for folks who are new to open source and/or the Orcasound community:

• What I learned as a GSoC student working with Orcasound (9/10/2021) by Isabella Macchiavello
• My experience as a Google Summer of Code student with Orcasound (9/10/2021) by Dhananjay Purohit
• GitHub Actions for orcas, month #3 (9/14/2021) by Dmitry Volodin
• Late summer reflections on GSOC participation @Orcasound (9/14/2021) by Jose Giraldo

Advice and resources from mentors

Version control

• Software Carpentry: version control
• Project repository templates: cookie cutter
• Atlassian git tutorials
• Git cheatsheet

Style

• Elements of Programming Style (1974, Fortran): advice still relevant today

History

Each of these wiki pages contains information about a particular year in which Orcasound was a host organization for GSoC. You'll find information about each summer's students, mentors, and meetings, along with technical project details and blog posts from each of the past students.

• 2020
• 2021