There is this book on Amazon (I read it when I started working on CloudStack, but - as Wido says - CloudStack development moves fast, so not all details in this book are still accurate, but the high-level areas generally still apply):
http://www.amazon.com/Apache-CloudStack-Cloud-Computing-Sabharwal/dp/1782160108 On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: > Hi Abhinav! > > On 12/23/2013 05:27 PM, Abhinav Koppula wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am Abhinav Koppula, a senior undergraduate student pursuing my Bachelors >> in India. I am interested in contributing towards the Apache CloudStack >> project. I would be really glad if anyone could guide me on how I can get >> started. >> Also, I wanted to know if there are any pre-requisites(in terms of >> computer >> science concepts) which I need to cover before starting off. >> >> > Well, we don't require anything. You can start contributing right away if > you want to. > > I am skilled in Java but however I do not have prior experience of working >> on cloud computing platforms. What books/resources should I refer which >> would help me in understanding the code-base easily? >> >> > There are no real books on CloudStack and how to code for it. This is > impossible to write at this moment since a lot changes in CloudStack. > > I recommend you start with cloning the source and you start to understand > the code. > > Are there any particular things you want to work on? If so, we can point > you in to the right direction to where to look. > > Wido > > Thanks, >> Abhinav Koppula >> >> -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> *™*
