User:01tonythomas/GSoC Experience

The Extension::BounceHandler for handling MediaWiki bounces was prepared as part of the Google Summer of Code 2014, and got deployed on May 30, 2015 into the WMF clusters including the many Wikipedia's 8 months later. This short story would go through various stages of the process, which might not only include:
 * 1) The not-so-technical aspects of getting started ( being a strong candidate, devising the plan with mentors etc etc )
 * 2) The technical aspects ( writing an extension, preparing the unit tests, getting things reviewed )
 * 3) The Wikimedia process of architectural, security and performance review along with different stages of deployment in the WMF clusters ( few hurdles faced, how you can get through )
 * 4) Finally rolling out your product in the en-wiki!