# Getting Selected for Google Summer of Code 2019

Today is a very special day for me. On my very first try, I cracked the Google Summer of Code. I am very delighted to have been given an opportunity to work for the GNOME Foundation.

My task is to rebuild the [GTK website](https://gtk.org). For those interested in the technicalities of the project, the current website is made in PHP which is a great web language, but not so useful for creating static websites. So my job is to build a new website from scratch which uses the concept of a Content Management System. I will be using Jekyll for this purpose and the website would be deployed using Gitlab’s Continuous Integration.

It’s going to be a great challenging summer but I am really happy to be handed over this opportunity. This summer is going to enhance my knowledge about Web Designing and its future.

A huge thanks to all those people from GNOME, who selected me for this job. **Emmanuele Bassi** will be my mentor for this summer and I am very happy as I will learn a lot of new things from this man.

For future GSoCers, here is my [proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1naeFyYH0dLJ30_KcvQes7H4tWI165Xeb5t-Qqfo67NE/edit?usp=sharing) for the project: **Rework the GTK website**. If you need any kind of help or want me to handle your next project, you can reach me at my [email](mailto:ravgeetdhillon@gmail.com) or DM me on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/ravd_ravgeet/).

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