I'm Saumya Kushwaha, a Computer Science undergraduate student at the Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi (BHU) pursuing a Bachelor of Technology and currently in my third year. I am a full-stack MEVN developer and open-source enthusiast who loves watching anime.
<aside> 💡 My mentor for the GSoC 2022 project: Lionel Laské
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Sugarizer is an open-source project. It is a free/libre learning platform for children. The Sugarizer UI uses ergonomic principles from the Sugar platform, developed for the One Laptop per Child project. Sugarizer is used every day by thousands of users around the world.
It includes more than 50 activities to play, create, simulate and learn. It is specifically for learners between 6 and 12 years. The unique Sugarizer UI is discoverable, wholly intuitive, and uses metaphors even non-readers can understand.
The best thing about this project is it's ads free. 95% of apps market for children in stores contain advertising! With Sugarizer you're guaranteed to have 0 advertisements and 0 tracking tools included. Also, one can set up Sugarizer and use it freely on any platform, as it has totally responsive UI.
Sugarizer web app
As UI is a very important part of Sugarizer, it should work smoothly with maintaining similarity. It’s currently based on enyoJs framework, it’s old and documents are also not maintained. So, it’s become difficult for new developers to contribute. Also as it’s not updating timely, many UI components start breaking.
The tasks of this project are: