User:Cellzawy/GSoC2024Proposal

Contact Information

• Name: Ahmed A. Elhossieny
• E-mail address: ahmedamrelhossieny@gmail.com
• IRC: Cellz
• GitHub: https://github.com/cellzawy
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aelhossieny
• Timezone: UTC+2

Background

My name is Ahmed A. Elhossieny. I'm a dedicated student from Egypt, pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science at Ain Shams University, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, and I expect to graduate in 2026. I am passionate about CSS and general web design, my skill set also includes: OOP, Data Structures, C++, Javascript, Java, React and Python.

Why is it that you are interested in Apertium?

• Apertium has a decent and interesting community.
• Apertium seems like a good place to boost my open source/technical skills.

Why should Google and Apertium sponsor it?

• The current UI feels a bit outdated, a new UI will make good improvement to the user experience.
• A translation suggestions feature will make it easier to contribute to the platform, which will increase the overall quality.

Proposal

Website Improvements: Misc - Suggestions

The project aims to add some enhancements to Apertium’s website, specifically focusing on the Apertium-html-tools repository. By addressing open issues and implementing new features which include:

• Upgrading to Bootstrap v5
• Creating a new UI for Apertium

The project also aims to entail finishing the suggestions interface for Apertium's web infrastructure:

• Users can submit their suggestions for corrected translations through a form on the website. This form could include fields for the original text, the current translation, and the suggested correction.
• Users could also provide context or explanations for their suggestions to help the team understand the reasoning behind the correction.
• The suggestions would be sent to the backend (apertium-apy) and stored in a database. This would allow the team to review the suggestions and decide which ones to implement.

Work plan

Time Period	Goal	Deliverable
Community bonding period (May 1 - May 26)	Discuss more about the project and define more details.
Week 1/2 (May 27 - June 9)	Upgrading to Bootstrap v5	PR with the upgrade
Week 3/4 (June 10 - June 23)	Working on the new UI for mobile views	PR with the finished UI (mobile views) on apertium-html-tools
Week 5 (June 24 - June 30)	Making the UI responsive for computer views	PR with the finished UI (computer views) on apertium-html-tools
Week 6 (July 15 - July 21)	Testing and bug fixing for the new UI	PR with bug fixes (if any) on apertium-html-tools
Week 7/8 (July 1 - July 14)	Working on the suggestions interface	PR with the finished interface on apertium-html-tools
Week 9 (July 22 - July 28)	Testing and bug fixing for the suggestions interface	PR with bug fixes (if any)
Week 10 (July 29 - August 4)	Documentation and finalizing the project
Week 11 (August 5 - August 11)	Buffer week for any unexpected delays
Week 12 (August 12 - August 18)	Project submission

Non-Summer of Code Plans

• I am willing to dedicate +30 hours a week for the project.
• I will be having my university final exams in June so I will be working 10 hours a week until I finish my exams.
• I am not applying for any internships for the moment.