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[[https://codein.withgoogle.com/|Google Code-in]] is an annual contest that introduces pre-university students ages 13 to 17 to the world of open source development. With a wide variety of bite-sized tasks, it’s easy for beginners to jump in and get started no matter what skills they have. | [[https://codein.withgoogle.com/|Google Code-in]] is an annual contest that introduces pre-university students ages 13 to 17 to the world of open source development. With a wide variety of bite-sized tasks, it’s easy for beginners to jump in and get started no matter what skills they have. | ||
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+ | * Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code | ||
+ | * Documentation/Training: Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more | ||
+ | * Outreach/Research: Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing, or studying problems and recommending solutions | ||
+ | * Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality | ||
+ | * Design: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction | ||
We're considering joining this effort in partnership with [[https://metabrainz.org/|The MetaBrainz Foundation]] for the mutual benefits it would provide: sharing of Mixxx users' careful metadata with the wider community (with opt-in) and time savings when Mixxx users add new tracks to their databases that already exists in the MetaBrainz databases. | We're considering joining this effort in partnership with [[https://metabrainz.org/|The MetaBrainz Foundation]] for the mutual benefits it would provide: sharing of Mixxx users' careful metadata with the wider community (with opt-in) and time savings when Mixxx users add new tracks to their databases that already exists in the MetaBrainz databases. |