Hi Adam, Thank you for sending me these links. I will first read FINERACT-2135 to get started, and I am going to set up Fineract locally on my machine this weekend. No problem about the Jira account, I will wait until the portal is fixed.
Thanks, Prince On Thu, 22 Oct 2026 at 16:41, Ádám Sághy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear newcomer, > > we kindly request that you begin your onboarding by reviewing our curated, > helpful information under this link: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-2135 > > Every contribution that enhances the codebase’s safety, effectiveness, or > readability is valuable! :) > > Considering your availability and willingness to contribute, there are > several areas where improvements are needed: > > Bug tickets > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-2492?filter=-1&jql=project%20%3D%20%22Apache%20Fineract%22%20%20AND%20type%20%3D%20Bug%20%20%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20order%20by%20created%20DESC > > Code maintainability / readability > We have a significant number of compilation warnings due to various reasons. > I believe at least half of these warnings could be easily fixed. As we work > on resolving these warnings, the codebase could become safer and easier to > maintain. > > All the rest of the stories > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-2494?filter=-1&jql=project%20%3D%20%22Apache%20Fineract%22%20%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20order%20by%20created%20DESC > > All the rest of the stories that are considered beginner friendly > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-2489?filter=-1&jql=project%20%3D%20%22Apache%20Fineract%22%20and%20labels%20IN%20(beginner-friendly%2C%20beginner%2C%20begineer%2C%20beginners%2C%20Beginner)%20%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20order%20by%20created%20DESC > > Hopefully, this gives you some ideas! > > P.S.: Before you pick up a story that describes a new feature to be > introduced, please send an email to the Fineract DEV email list to discuss > whether it’s something we really want to include in Fineract. > > Regards, > Adam > > P.S.: ASF Self-server portal is facing some issues, I was not able to approve > your JIRA request. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. > > > On Oct 22, 2026, at 12:01 PM, Prince Kumar Saurav > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm Prince Kumar Saurav, a BS Applied AI & Data Science student at IIT > > Jodhpur. I'm learning Java and Spring Boot, and I recently built a > > small console banking app in core Java. That made me curious about how > > a real core banking platform like Fineract is built. > > > > I would like to start contributing. My plan is to: > > - set up Fineract locally and go through the contributor guide > > - pick up a beginner-friendly issue from the FINERACT Jira > > - help with bug fixes, tests or docs where I can > > > > I will be requesting a Jira account shortly. > > > > If anyone can point me to a good first issue or an area that needs > > help, I would be grateful. > > > > Thanks, > > Prince Kumar Saurav >
