Introduction

This week in our Open Source Software Development class, our team presented our final work on Oppia. It was a great way to reflect on everything we’ve built this semester and share how we incorporated feedback from Professor Joanna throughout the project.

Oppia Project Wrap-Up

Even after

Introduction

This week in Open Source Software Development, we’ve been tying up the last loose ends on our Oppia project and shifting focus to our final presentations. With our contribution work nearly done, a lot of the class time has been about reflection—both on our team’s journey and on

Introduction

In this week of Open Source Software Development, I made some major progress on our group project contributing to Oppia. Alongside that, we focused on the business side of open source—how companies engage with it, support it, and even profit from it. It was cool to shift gears

This week in our Open Source Software Development class, I continued working with my group on Oppia and also reflected on some bigger ideas in open source after watching Claude Warren’s talk “The Cathedral, the Bazaar, and the Coffeehouse” and reading Eric Raymond’s essay. I also spent some time learning

Overview

This week marked our return after spring break, and it was a refreshing change of pace. I spent part of my break soaking up the sun in Miami—an amazing escape that recharged my batteries with its vibrant energy and laid-back atmosphere. Now, with classes back, we dove right

Introduction

In this week’s session of our Open Source Software Development class, we were fortunate to have Nick Vidal from OSI present his insights on the Open Source AI Definition. Although the second presentation was cancelled, Vidal’s talk provided a wealth of information that challenged many of my preconceptions

Getting Started

Our exploration into open source development has been an eye-opening experience so far. My team and I have spent time understanding the broader landscape of open source projects and what we want to achieve. Through brainstorming sessions and research, we collectively discovered the project we want to

Contributing to open source has been an interesting and rewarding experience. While my contributions have been small, they’ve given me a new perspective on how collaborative efforts shape public resources. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been focused on improving OpenStreetMap by adding locations to help enhance the accuracy of

Thoughts about different projects I have looked at so far

This week, I explored different open-source projects, with my primary focus being Python, as that was the project my group analyzed in class. Python is an incredibly well-established language with a vast, active community, which makes it an interesting

The Project

This week in class, all ten groups presented their browser extensions. It was exciting to see the wide range of ideas and the level of creativity that went into each project. Throughout the process of working on my own extension, my understanding of what was possible within

Idea

For this week’s project, we created Quick Notes, a browser extension for Firefox that functions as a simple notepad. It allows users to quickly jot down and save notes without leaving their browser, making it a convenient tool for productivity.

Group Members

• Alvaro Martinez
• Lu Haocheng

Open-source communities thrive on collaboration, but with large and diverse contributor bases, maintaining a welcoming and inclusive environment requires structure. This is where a well-defined Code of Conduct (CoC) comes into play. In this blog post, I’ll explore the role of a CoC in open-source projects, compare different implementations, and

What is Open Source?

When I hear the term “open source,” I immediately think of collaboration, transparency, and community-driven innovation. Open source software (OSS) is developed with publicly accessible source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance. Unlike closed-source software, where the code is proprietary and locked away,