On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 5:31 AM Calvin Chiang <calvin.chi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> sorry as this is probably obvious to everyone but me. > I'd like to become a contributor to the Apache Airflow R section. > Just to be clear, you do mean Arrow and not Airflow, right? > some quick qs: > > - How do i join? > You're already here. Welcome! - are there any good descriptions of setting up a development > environment for use across C++ and R? > I'd start with https://arrow.apache.org/docs/r/articles/developing.html > - is there any good material for learning the apache arrow code - > blogs/articles etc or is it just to jump in the codebase and start > reading? > I generally find it most effective to contribute to a new project by focusing on the parts of it that I personally use and need because that helps me have context about what's going on. Alternatively, you may want to look through open Jira issues. Feel free to take anything that's not assigned. There are a few issues labeled with "good-first-issue", they could be a good place to start. > > Cheers > > Calvin >