Thanks a lot for the warm welcome and the pointers, David, Romain and Karan. I must say that this is the nicest group of folks to be working with. Started peeking into the examples beginning with simple-*; will fan out from there.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Karan Malhi <[email protected]> wrote: > And some useful links: > http://openejb.apache.org/dev/contribution-tips.html > http://openejb.apache.org/dev/tips-and-suggestions.html > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENEJB > http://openejb.apache.org/support.html > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:25 PM, David Blevins <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi Gaurav! Welcome aboard! > > > > Before I list some suggestions understand none of them are orders and the > > most important thing is to find something you like doing. That usually > > takes a bit of trial and error, so don't feel obligated to get married to > > the first task you pick. Feel free to date a few tasks for a while :) > > > > We don't expect any certain amount of contribution or level of knowledge > > -- whatever and whenever is fine and welcome. Have as much fun as > > possible, because, really, we just love having new people around :) If > > you're able to contribute much, that's just a bonus. > > > > To add to what Romain suggests, the examples are definitely a fantastic > > place to contribute and usually lead to other work. It sounds boring, > but > > is definitely one of those things that has a large impact on the > community. > > > > To put it in perspective, the youtube video of the TomEE interview with > > O'Reilly looks impressive but actually has only gotten 2000 hits since > > October. This one little example which isn't even documented gets that > > every month: > > > > - > > > http://openejb.apache.org/examples-trunk/injection-of-entitymanager/README.html > > > > Any help on the examples would be outstanding. That could be documenting > > them, reworking them so they feel cleaner or are simpler or anything you > > might enjoy. Sky is the limit. > > > > And if you don't know what to write on some of those undocumented > > examples. Feel free to hop on IRC and ask as many questions you want as > > often as you want on how things work. It sounds like just as much work > as > > just documenting something in the first place, but believe me it's way > > easier to tell one person how something works than it is to document it > in > > a way that's understandable by anyone. The second one is far harder and > > greatly appreciated even if you have to bug people constantly to get the > > info you need. We are at your disposal! :) > > > > And of course, we're happy to help with any other topic you might find > > interesting. Feel free to list some things you like doing and odds are > we > > need some of it. > > > > Welcome again, Gauray! > > > > > > -David > > > > > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Gaurav Sharma wrote: > > > > > Thanks Karan and Romain.. very excited to be getting involved with the > > > project. I cloned/built the source and have been looking around various > > > modules. Amazed at the test coverage/volume. Presently, I am not sure > > what > > > topics are available to work on and open to suggestions. Romain - do > you > > > have any suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Gaurav > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Welcome Gaurav, any specific topic you want to work on? > > >> > > >> - Romain > > >> > > >> > > >> 2012/4/10 Karan Malhi <[email protected]> > > >> > > >>> Hi guys, > > >>> > > >>> Please join me in welcoming Gaurav Sharma to the OpenEJB community. > > >> Gaurav > > >>> is my colleague and is very interested in contributing to OpenEJB. > > >>> > > >>> Welcome Gaurav!! > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> > > >>> Karan Singh Malhi > > >>> twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > -- > > Karan Singh Malhi > twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi >
