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KStars on Windows

Project Name: KStars on Windows

A Brief Description: Even though KStars is one of the best planetarium software, until now it had a major drawback: it lacked a fully working Windows version. The actual Windows installing process of KStars was slightly troublesome, especially for a user with no programming background. Therefore, developing a Windows version of KStars was crucial in the further development of KStars as it is one of the main astronomy software out there. KStars on Windows project aimed to develop a single KStars installer, which is able to solve any required dependency and successfully install KStars on an Windows machine.

Status: Completed (yet there are some minor things that need to be fixed under Windows)

Screenshots:

KStars on Windows main view:
KStars on Windows startup wizard:
KStars on Windows configure window:
KStars on Windows Altitude vs Time window:
KStars on Windows calculator:

IRC Nick: raphael29

IRC Channels: #kde-kstars, #kde-windows

Blog: https://raphaelcojocaru.wordpress.com/

This is awesome about GSoC: Google Summer of Code has a lot of awesome things. Firstly, you have a huge opportunity to develop yourself and improve your overall skills. During these months, thanks to my mentor, I learned a lot of new things which will help me in the near future. Another important experience that GSoC brings is the chance to work on a real life project. It is a satisfying feeling to know that your work will matter and will change some people's life. This means a lot for me and I am very glad about it.

This is what I learned during GSoC:

C++
Qt
CMake
Git
Build systems
how to use emerge tool
how to write and test a QA list
how to write a documentation
how to package and distribute an application

Work report

Documentation: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kdeedu/kstars/index.html

QA: https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Edu/KStars/QA_List_2.6.0

Repositories:

Git commits on KStars master branch: https://github.com/KDE/kstars/commits/master?author=RaphaelCojocaru
Git commits on KStars on Windows project branch: https://github.com/KDE/kstars/commits/gsoc2016-windows?author=RaphaelCojocaru
KDE QuickGit on master branch: https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kstars.git&a=search&h=d8442c5a55f9771c209a1e1f05c078e7ae1c71a2&st=author&s=Raphael
KDE QuickGit on KStars on Windows project branch: https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kstars.git&a=search&h=18c041bf78d9ce248db492143a26876487e2f530&st=author&s=Raphael

Blog posts: