Week 15 | Presentations

This week each team delivered their project presentations, showcasing progress, challenges, and next steps on our open‑source contributions. Below is a recap of what was covered:

Team AutoGen

  • Project: Microsoft/AutoGen
  • Highlights:
    • Completed and rehearsed our group presentation on the AutoGen framework.
    • Successfully merged PRs for Issue #6090 (Lulu & Andrea) and closed Issue #6161 (Andrea).
    • David’s first PR on Issue #5345 is in review; Andrea & Lulu fixed two sub‑issues within #6090.
  • Blockers: None currently—maintainers have been responsive.
  • Next Steps: Identify and claim new beginner‑friendly issues to continue building momentum.

Team Lucide

  • Project: Lucide icon library
  • Highlights:
    • Finalized slides covering over 20 icon contributions (cupcake, peace sign, drumstick, etc.).
    • Demonstrated recent PR merges for website bug fixes, documentation updates, and new icon proposals.
  • Blockers: Structuring flow for our slides to make the story more cohesive.
  • Next Steps: Polish slide transitions, rehearse delivery, and begin tackling a larger code task together.

Team Oppia (Group 1)

  • Project: Oppia translations & front‑end
  • Highlights:
    • Merged multiple language translation PRs (Spanish & Chinese).
    • Setup and diagnosed Docker environment issues for front‑end bug fixes.
  • Blockers: Occasional environment setup hiccups; balancing workload with other classes.
  • Next Steps: Finish outstanding code fixes, resume translation contributions, and engage with maintainers for guidance.

Team Oppia (Group 3)

  • Project: Oppia community lessons & explorations
  • Highlights:
    • Published two community explorations with lesson content.
    • Submitted voice‑over audition forms and received acknowledgement.
  • Blockers: Awaiting feedback on voice recordings; planning next lesson outline.
  • Next Steps: Publish first exploration, iterate with voice‑over, and draft slides for the final demo.

Team Mattermost

  • Project: Mattermost web & mobile repos
  • Highlights:
    • Merged several PRs for broken‑link fixes and added translation suggestions in Russian & Spanish.
    • Demonstrated unit tests added to the Confluence plugin.
  • Blockers: None critical—team thesis defenses and family visits wrapped up smoothly.
  • Next Steps: Finalize slides, close out remaining PRs, and transition to a larger collaborative feature.

The Odin Project

  • Project: Odin curriculum & website
  • Highlights:
    • Merged key curriculum PRs (weather app typo fix, Flexbox resource additions, SQL curriculum).
    • Set up and tested local development for both curriculum and website repos.
  • Blockers: Waiting on maintainers to assign larger website issues.
  • Next Steps: Claim and resolve new issues in the website repo, continue full‑stack learning path, and prepare for our final showcase.

Overall, Week 15 was a success—every team practiced and refined their presentations, demonstrated genuine progress on open‑source projects, and laid out clear plans for Week 16. Great work, everyone!

Written before or on May 4, 2025