Thank you very much once again i will get my hands wet with Derby asap and let you know via derby mailing list if i have any other questions
cheers, Keshan On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Kathey Marsden <kmarsdende...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Thanks Kathey for your quick reply and the warm welcome. yes i have done a > >> coursework in database but i am not going to do this as a coursework >> instead >> i would like to interact with a mentor from ASF(better i can find a mentor >> from Sri lanka then there will be no time issues and we can even meet in a >> coffee shop rather than only in mailing lists or IRCs but i am ok with >> anyone). as for time commitment, usually i committed 5-6 hours a day for >> blogging and for other open source projects so i can commit 1-2 hours per >> day for ASF but within exam days(that will come in mid of July) i won't be >> able to commit that much . i have heard of Derby but never used so, i will >> learn it before doing anything and i like if you can suggest me any other >> resources to learn about Derby which will be important for >> developing rather than using it. >> >> >> > > Please first join the Derby mailing lists: > http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_mail.html > > I always first suggest starting with the tutorial > http://db.apache.org/derby/quick_start.html and then download the source > and build Derby and run regression tests, > http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_comm.html. One of our students made a > great screencast for how to get set up.http://www.vimeo.com/5376690 > > Once you have accomplished these tasks or if you have any troubles along > the way, send an email to derby-dev and introduce yourself. Once we > understand your area of interest, we can better recruit a a mentor. We have > a student working on Derby now from Sri Lanka and hopefully you can get > together, but most of the Derby commiters are in Europe and the US. Check > out http://community.apache.org/localmentors.html for possible local > mentors for Apache general issues. > > Kathey > > > > > > > >
