Google-CodeIn/Proposed Tasks

Proposed tasks for Google Code In 2018.

Getting started

• Discover the project (https://world.openfoodfacts.org/discover) and how to contribute (https://world.openfoodfacts.org/contribute)
• Join Open Food Facts on Slack: register on https://slack.openfoodfacts.org
• Star the Open Food Facts repositories of your choice (Server, API, Android and iOS apps) on Github: https://github.com/openfoodfacts
• Read the contributing guidelines https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-androidapp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
• Read the setup guidelines and get your project onto the local machine https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-androidapp/blob/master/SETUP_GUIDELINES.md

Tasks

Documentation/Training Tasks

• Help documenting the WRITE API for Open Food Facts
• Document any five classes in the Android Application
• Document any ten classes in the Android Application
• Fix 5 coding violations
• Fix 10 coding violations

Outreach / Research Tasks

• Write a blog post about how Open Food Facts is working to help the users make a good decision about food
• Write a blog post about why people should contribute to Open Food Facts
• Write a blog post about your experience with Open Food Facts
• Add 10 products to Open Food Facts
  • Install the Android or iOS Open Food Facts app, scan some food products, and upload pictures of the ingredients and nutrition facts table
• Complete the product pages of 10 incomplete products on Open Food Facts
  • Create an account on https://world.openfoodfacts.org and go to the incomplete product page https://world.openfoodfacts.org/state/to-be-completed to edit some products.
• Help translate the Open Food Facts app in your language
• Research and give 2 new ways by which Open Food Facts can get new contributors

Design Tasks

• Generate at least 5 ideas on how new design elements can improve the android app
• Create a introduction slide for Category Search
• Create a introduction slide for History
• Create a introduction slide for Your Contributions
• Create a introduction slide for Products to be completed
• Add at least 5 meaningful transitions and animations in the android application

Coding Tasks

• Create an app or web site that re-uses the Open Food Facts data in any way you like, with the language and technology of your choice

Java tasks

https://github.com/openfoodfacts/OpenFoodFacts-androidApp/issues?page=2&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen

• Fix 5 linting issues from different types

Perl tasks

https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server

• Fix any bug of the Open Food Facts server
  • Pick any issue you like, or start with the issues tagged with the "5 minutes fix" label: https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/labels/5%20minute%20fix
• Calculate Alcohol units in wines and beers https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/241
• Add updated contribution links for logged-in contributors >> https://github.com/openfoodfacts/OpenFoodFacts-androidApp/issues/159
• Add option to return the JSON files in ingredients.pl https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/532
• Create an API method to give a company using the GS1 manufacturer code included in the barcode https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/508
• Create a fix for the Wiki SSO username display bug https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-server/issues/476

PHP API tasks

https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-php

• Create a WRITE call for nutrition data
• Create WRITE calls for product facets
• Create WRITE calls for image addition
• Create WRITE calls for image manipulation
• Create READ calls for OCR JSONs

Translation tasks

https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Translations

• Help translate the Open Food Facts server in your language
• Help translate the Open Food Facts app in your language
• Proofread english strings for mistakes

Python API tasks

https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-python

• Create a WRITE call for nutrition data
• Create WRITE calls for product facets
• Create WRITE calls for image addition
• Create WRITE calls for image manipulation
• Create READ calls for OCR Jsons

• See Student projects for larger tasks / Google Summer of Code
  
• See Student projects/School for School sized projects