Introduction - GSoC 2025 aspirant

Hello everyone my name is Mahesh, and I am excited to participate in Google Summer of Code 2025 with Plone!

I have a strong interest in frontend development with React and want to learn python. I am particularly interested in contributing to:
Volto Themes
Keyword Manager for Volto

I am currently exploring Plone and Volto by going through the documentation and setup guides. I would love to learn from the community, engage in discussions, and start making meaningful contributions.

Could you please guide me on:

  • How I can get started with Volto development?
  • Any resources or existing discussions related to these projects?
  • How best to prepare for my GSoC application?

Looking forward to collaborating and learning from you all!
will keep updating as I get to know more about plone,

Thank you.

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I am also new , Waiting for any reply on same topic .. :grinning:

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same here...

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Did you setup plone locally??

not yet but for that going through the documentation

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Now done with local setup of plone..

me to, even I was going through documentation..
Bhai will you guide me how to set it up locally??

yes why not.. but even though after setup the thing is where area we have to focus is unclear. who are the mentor to reach out its still not figure out? so its like a big question where to start ?..
And for local setup of plone.. use this-> Install Plone with cookiecutter-plone-starter (deprecated) — Plone Documentation v6
if any error occurred feel free to ask me ..

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Yes dude, still in a confused state. By the way thank you for the help!

Dude I have now setup Plone locally, but I am unable to understand for the volto themes which directory I need to check.. or experiment with, can you help me with it..
I have understood that this path /core/packages/volto/theme/themes/pastanaga will get me to the theme named pastanaga but I how to twek with its components.

Is it a correct approach to understand or what thing I should do?