Thanks Awasum for the reply I have already set up my environment with Mifos X and am going through the user manual on the mifos wiki page to understand how the web UI works
Regards Lydiane On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 10:27 AM Awasum Yannick < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Lydiane, > > Aspiring GSoC and Outreachy Interns. > > Welcome to the Community. > > Here are a few steps you can use to get start in any Open Source project. I > wrote these so that i dont keep answering them in private: > > Step 0: Read About the Project Objectives, Goals and Setup your Dev and > Production Environments > > Read the Developer docs and the website of the project and understand the > problem which the Open Source project is solving, understand their > motivations, objectives and use cases. Set up your Dev environment. A dev > environment is a work space which programmers use to write code for > projects. This include and IDE, System software, browsers, dependencies > etc. Google these things and learn about them. > > Step 1: Learn how to use the Open Source Software as an End User > > You need to look at the user manual, follow it and learn how to use the > OOS. This is the best way to understand the problem which the software > solves. This way you will know how to test the system and how to identify > bugs. You will also be able to replicate bugs. If you cannot replay a bug > and see how the problem occurs, you cannot solve it easily. Learn how to > use the software like an End user please. > > Step 3: Run Unit test or Write Unit test for the project. > > If the project has unit test, run them, modify and run them to understand > how the system function. A unit test ensures that a feature works the right > way. This will be a chance to see how the system operates without really > running the whole system. Use break points, debuggers and print lines to > check the code and understand everything. If unit tests are lacking, please > write them and get help when you are blocked. > > Step 4: Pick Issues and Fix them > > Pick issues from the backlog or Issue or bug tracker and fix them. > > Step 5: Communicate with the Open Source Org and Community As often as you > need. > > When you have a problem or an idea, Google it first and try to solve or > refine it. When you have checked and you cannot solve the problem after a > few hours. Write to the communication channel of your org and get help. Ask > about new ideas you want to implement before going ahead to code them. > > Step 6: Write Documentation > > Write End User and Developer Documentation. Correct English in the docs and > correct grammar. Translate documentations if you know multiple human > languages. > > Mua and the other aspiring interns. Follow some of these principles and you > will make impact in this community. You can follow these steps in any > other. > > We value your contributions. Keep asking questions as you find more > problems. > > Thanks > Awasum Yannick > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 7:59 AM Kengne Lydiane <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am Massabe Kengne Lydiane, a beginner developer from Buea, Cameroon. > > I am an opensource enthusiast and I see opensource as a platform to > > improve and polish my skills. > > Going through the Outreachy site, I came across the Mifos Initiative and > > am so interested in this organisation because of its vision in > eradicating > > poverty which is a common problem in the world especially in my > community. > > I am interested in contributing to Mifos X during and after this upcoming > > session of Outreachy 2019. > > I have started setting up my environment with Mifos X. > > I look forward to interacting with you all and contributing to this great > > community. > > > > Regards, > > Lydiane > > >
