The end of GSoC

Google Summer of code is officially coming to an end. This was a fun ride. I’ll summarise everything I did during the summer and what I achieved in terms of my initial objectives.In case you are new here, I’m Vishnu and I worked for SunPy under Google Summer of Code 2018. SunPy is an open source pyt ...READ MORE...

Summer past and GSoC ends

It’s that time of the year when students are supposed to submit their final evaluations. As Google expects students to put up their final reports somewhere in a stable location and as there is always a chance that I might mess up something on my blog, so I also made a Gist wrap up of this blog post ...READ MORE...

It's a wrap - GSoC'18

Bidding Adieu to GSoC’18

It’s here, the end of the final phase of my journey in GSoC 2018 iteration. What an amazing time it was! It was absolutely enlightening and motivating in a lot of sense. I had this great opportunity to be mentored by two marvelous mentors, nifty in their craft. I would like ...READ MORE...

GSoC’18: Wrap up

I am finally back to college. I had a great summer break this year. It was a productive time in which I learned a lot not only by coding, but also by interacting with the astronomy circle. I hope that I get more opportunities like this in future where I can put my skills and abilities in good use. R ...READ MORE...

GSoC Diaries 4.01

Hello World!We are already more than halfway through the third and final coding phase of GSoC 2018. I have managed to successfully integrate the new Astropy tutorials theme with the existing Sphinx build process.How to make the new build?To make the Sphinx build of the Astropy tutorials with the new ...READ MORE...

GSoC Diaries 3.02

Hello World!I have successfully implemented the tags feature for the Astropy tutorials. Now when you visit the tutorials landing page, you will see all the tutorials in placards with the title and an abstract. You can find all the tags in a sidebar on the left-hand side.Each tag has a corresponding ...READ MORE...

Almost There!

A bit of a delay in my blogpost!So, the final evaluation approaches, and barely a week left now! There have been so many changes in the HelioPy in the past two months, from new modules for importing data, to completely removing the dependency of external CDF readers!This has been so much fun, with n ...READ MORE...