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Jean-Marc Meessen

A perpetual and enthusiastic learner, admirative of all the cool stuff out there. Loves to share his discoveries and passions.

[Google Summer of Code 2024] A Call for Mentors

We are happy to announce that Jenkins is preparing to participate in its eighth (8th) year in Google Summer of Code (GSoC). What is Google Summer of Code? Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global, online mentoring program focused on introducing new contributors to open-source software development. GSoC contributors work on a 10-22 weeks-long programming project with the guidance of mentors from...

Kris Stern
Alyssa Tong
Bruno Verachten
Jean-Marc Meessen December 5, 2023
Jenkins Contributor Summit in Brussels

We are happy to announce that we will hold a Jenkins Contributor Summit in Brussels prior to FOSDEM. FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas, and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open-source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. For the 2024 event, FOSDEM will occur between February 3...

Jean-Marc Meessen November 10, 2023
Hacktoberfest 2023

Once again, Hacktoberfest is back! During this October event, everyone can celebrate and support open source by contributing changes. This year’s edition is special because it is Hacktoberfest’s tenth anniversary. Once again, the Jenkins community will participate in the event, and we invite you to contribute to Jenkins projects. We also encourage maintainers to welcome and help newcomers in the project. The event is a...

Jean-Marc Meessen September 20, 2023
Welcome Google Summer of Code 2023 Contributors!

On behalf of the Jenkins GSoC org admin team and mentors, we would like to welcome Harsh Pratap Singh, Jagruti Tiwari, Vandit Singh, and Ashutosh Saxena. They will be working on Google Summer of Code projects in the Jenkins organization, and they have already done some contributions. This year we have the following projects: GitLab Plugin modernisation - Cleaning and modernizing the extensively used GitLab plugin. Contributor: Harsh Pratap Singh from...

Alyssa Tong
Jean-Marc Meessen May 4, 2023
Google Summer of Code 2023… Here We Come!

We are thrilled to announce that Jenkins has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2023! This will be Jenkins' seventh year as a mentoring organization. Congratulations to all 172 accepted open-source organizations! As a mentoring organization for the past six years, Jenkins has mentored 31 GSoC students by 85+ different mentors, bringing together over 107 strangers for a common idea - Jenkins! At...

Alyssa Tong
Jean-Marc Meessen February 23, 2023
Thoughts on FOSDEM 2023

What better way to kick off the new year, than by returning for an in-person event at one of the most popular open source gatherings of all, FOSDEM! On February 4 & 5, contributors from the Jenkins project and thousands of other open-source enthusiasts traveled from around the world to flock to FOSDEM. Located in Brussels, Belgium, FOSDEM is an opportunity to...

Alyssa Tong
Alexander Brandes
Jean-Marc Meessen
Stéphane Merle
Bruno Verachten
Kevin Martens February 21, 2023
"On your marks, get set, ..."

In a couple of days, the Jenkins GSoC 2023 preparation will culminate with our official Organization Application. It is now time to shed some light on what is coming next. Since December 2022, we have actively prepared the Jenkins project for the 2023 edition of Google Summer of Code (GSoC). This entailed collecting and discussing project ideas, setting up a mentoring team, and...

Jean-Marc Meessen February 1, 2023
GSoC 2023: how to get prepared

We are happy to see a lot of questions on how to prepare efficiently to submit a powerful project submission. This is key to be selected and participate in the coming Google Summer of Code (GSoC). This blog post is addressed to those who ask these questions. First of all, welcome to the Jenkins Community! Thank you for your interest in Jenkins in general...

Jean-Marc Meessen November 23, 2022
Google Summer of Code 2023 Call for Project Ideas and Mentors

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global, online mentoring program focused on introducing students and new contributors to open source software development. GSoC contributors work on a 10-22 weeks programming project with the guidance of mentors from their open source organization. During GSoC, participating contributors are paired with mentors from open source organizations, gaining exposure to real-world software development techniques. GSoC contributors...

Alyssa Tong
Jean-Marc Meessen
Kris Stern
Bruno Verachten November 16, 2022