Thanks Ajay. Will do and will comment back on the ticket/contrib. Thanks Joe
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Ajay Bhat <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Joe. I've opened a PR [1]. Could you review it? > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-nifi/pull/10 > On Thu Jan 15 2015 at 12:30:40 PM Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Ajay > > > > Happy to hear you'd like to contribute. > > > > I would recommend building some NiFi extensions before working towards > the > > core as that is a good way to learn about the functions and > > responsibilities of the core and the overall design and philosophy of the > > application as a whole. Perhaps there is an open source system you'd > like > > to be able to have NiFi interface with to send or receive data. Here > are a > > handful of currently open tickets to consider but certainly you could add > > something else you're interested in as well: > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-209 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-86 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-25 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-2 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-84 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-101 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-102 > > > > For now it is probably best to stick with Java 7 compatible code. When > > we'll shift to Java 8 will be something we'll need to talk through as a > > community. That said if that is a discussion you'd like to kick off that > > is fine too. I for one tend to lean towards pulling users towards the > > newer JRE/JDK versions but others will certainly have different views on > > this. > > > > One potentially nice way to approach contributing is through pull > requests > > via GitHub. > > > > Feel free to ask questions. We owe the community a thorough developers > > guide to make contributing and learning easier. > > > > Thanks > > Joe > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Ajay Bhat <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I am interested in learning about data flow and network programming. > I'd > > > like to contribute Java 8 code to the Nifi project codebase, preferably > > to > > > the core framework or the configuration. Could anyone in the Nifi > > > community pls act as a mentor and help me with pointing out some > issues I > > > could do as a start? I've already built from source. > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Ajay Bhat > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajayabhat > > > > > >
