Getting started with GSoC 2019

[Johan Engelen]

On Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 09:56:26 UTC, Shubham Kumar 
wrote:
> Hello everyone. I am Shubham, a final year engineering student 
> from India. I am fairly proficient in C++. I am very new to the 
> world of open source contributions. I am participating in GSoC 
> 2019. I am looking to making contributions to D Language. Can 
> you guys point me in the right direction?

Download the source and build the project you are interested in. 
Go to its bug tracker / wish list and pick a simple task. 
Implement the fix. Submit pull-request, respond to comments, and 
stick with it until it is merged.

Those are the bare minimum steps to be able to join GSoC. Besides 
proving that you are capable of contributing to the project, it 
gives you a better idea of the internals of the project and what 
part of it you'd like to contribute to.

I don't mean to scare you off, but be aware of what you 
communicate.
"I am looking to making contributions to D Language. Can you guys 
point me in the right direction?"
This to me leaves a bad impression (I've been a GSoC mentor (and 
student) several times).
I expect a GSoC student to have an intrinsic interest in the 
project, and be proactive and more self-directed. Searching for 
"dlang gsoc" on Google gives our GSoC Ideas pages as first hits.

-Johan