Excellent writeup, Sergi. May I also add that apart from examples, it also helps to look at the unit tests for the parts of the system you are trying to grasp or focus on (with debugging enabled to walk through the code).
Regards, *Raúl Kripalani* Apache Camel PMC Member & Committer | Enterprise Architect, Open Source Integration specialist http://about.me/raulkripalani | http://www.linkedin.com/in/raulkripalani http://blog.raulkr.net | twitter: @raulvk On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Sergi Vladykin <sergi.vlady...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > The approach I'll suggest you will be quite common for fairly any code base > you will work on. > > 1. Get familiar with current features, usage scenarios and respective > public APIs of the product. > > You can look at http://ignite.apache.org/features.html and > http://ignite.apache.org/usecases.html > More extensive docs are here https://apacheignite.readme.io/docs > Usage examples are here > https://github.com/apache/ignite/tree/master/examples > > 2. Setup project from Github or Apache git repo. With Github it is easier > to work in my experience. > Links are here http://ignite.apache.org/community/resources.html#git > > Apache Ignite is just a usual Maven project. It is preferable to use IDEA > from JetBrains https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ > (the project is complex, has many Maven profiles, I'm not sure if other > IDEs will work out for you). > > 3. Edit and run examples under Java debugger to see what happens internally > in Ignite. > > 4. When you have some understanding of how things work, you can take one of > Jira issues to work on > here http://ignite.apache.org/community/contribute.html#contribute > > or directly from Jira > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-1226?jql=project%20%3D%20IGNITE%20AND%20component%20in%20%28newbie%29 > > Have fun! > > Sergi > > > > > 2015-09-08 14:25 GMT+03:00 Murthy Kakarlamudi <ksa...@gmail.com>: > > > Absolutely, that makes sense. As a newbie, I am trying to understand > where > > I should start from to understand the framework. Probably anyone in here > > can share that perspective, to get a handle of the different classes and > > their purpose. > > > > Thanks, > > Murthy. > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 7:18 AM, chandresh pancholi < > > chandreshpancholi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Murthy/Sudhanshu, > > > IMO Please use ignite dev list for further discussion or communication > > your > > > discussion might help new contributors to early ramp up. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Murthy Kakarlamudi <ksa...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Sudhanshu, > > > > My name is Murthy. I also joined Ignite Dev group recently and am > > > > trying to understand it. Probably we can share our understandings > > before > > > we > > > > can contribute to issues. My id is ksa...@gmail.com. Please share > your > > > id > > > > too. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Murthy. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:06 AM, Sudhanshu < > sudhanshu97gu...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello Developers, > > > > > > > > > > I am Sudhanshu Gupta, software engineer working in Bangalore, > India. > > > > > > > > > > I am willing to contribute to the project. I have forked and cloned > > the > > > > > repo in my local. I want to get start on it. It would be great if > > > anyone > > > > > from the community can help to understand the codebase and let me > fix > > > > some > > > > > issues. > > > > > > > > > > My Jira id: sudhanshu-gupta > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Sudhanshu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Chandresh Pancholi > > > Senior Software Engineer > > > Flipkart.com > > > Email-id:chandresh.panch...@flipkart.com > > > Contact:08951803660 > > > > > >