# My First GSOC Experience and Introduction to ReactOS

DevFeed: [My First GSOC Experience and Introduction to ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-first-ever-gsoc-32871.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/my-first-ever-gsoc/>)

Published: 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [c/c++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-c-plus-plus.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [c-c-plus-plus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-c-plus-plus.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [gsoc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gsoc.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [operating-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operating-systems.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

A personal introduction from a computer science student describing his interest in programming, open-source software, operating systems, and C/C++. The article explains how ReactOS led him toward applying for his first GSOC project and discovering its welcoming community.

## Source excerpt

#Introduction: Hi, I am shriraj (aka sr13), currently pursuing my B.Tech in CSE (Computer Science and Engineering) @ National Institute of Technology Goa, India. I am not just studying CSE but I like to play and experiment with CSE. Programming is just another hobby and I knew that its one of my forte the moment I had felt my first 'Hello World!!' with 'C'. (OK, that might be a little exaggeration XD, but yeah you can tell it when you start enjoying the subject so much that you felt code is better art than a poem.