Thank you James about this point because some candidates their PRs didn't fully pass from tests and others don't rely on contribution at fineract. I will announce this point at the GSOC channel (most of the candidates not involved in the mailing list).
Regards, Ahmed Adel On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 at 03:47, James Dailey <jdai...@apache.org> wrote: > Specific ask of GSOC candidates - If you are coming to the Fineract Dev > list for the first time, it is appropriate to have one or two sentences > explaining your area of interest. > > If you are trying to figure out how to set up Fineract in your > environment, we ask that you try to follow the tutorials and examples > provided in many places before you ask questions. > > From our home page https://fineract.apache.org, there are several > resources listed. Please read them and search the listserv archives.... it > could be that your question was already answered. > > We also link to Adam's useful fineract-academy ... which is really useful > for onboarding someone new to the project. > > https://fineract-academy.com/how-to-build-fineract-with-intellij-idea.html > > Please also review fully the steps required for any submission or PR (pull > request). I would say that even draft PRs or reference to your code fork > is a useful demonstration of learning, even if the PRs don't fully pass our > tests and don't make it into the dev branch. Afterall, the GSOC program is > about learning first and foremost. > > Finally, if after you have perhaps solved a deployment issue on your > environment and think there may be useful insights please bring that back > to the listserv. That could be a new set of instructions or advice for a > new contributor. > > Best of luck. > > James > >
