Dear dev-team, I just wanted to introduce myself to the team, as I want to contribute to the plc4x project in near future. Previously I was in contact with Chris which told me that I should share my plans with you all here in the mailing-list.
At first, a short resume: - Apprenticeship as mechatronic in the machine-manufacturing industry - 7 Years of working as a service engineer world-wide - mostly working on Siemens S5, S7, TIA and Beckhoff TwinCAT 2 and 3 - beside of the work I graduated as B.Eng. - Computer Engineering (Embedded Systems) - 3 Years of working as C# Developer - bringing together automation systems and reporting-systems (e.g. Wonderware Historian, Siemens S7) - 2 Years of working as Software Developer - mostly Siemens S7, Beckhoff TwinCAT 3, Wonderware/Aveva software, Rust and Golang. - Since 2020 I am working as a freelancer with my own company SCITE (software service provider) - mostly using Rust, Golang and various automation systems. TLDR: - Experienced Software-Developer (Rust/Golang) with a strong foundation in the automation industry. About my plans: In the first half of 2023 i mainly want to contribute to OSS Projects. As I see the high potential in PLC4X, i would really love to support you guys. I would focus on the implementation of the plc4rust part where some work was already done in the plc4rs branch. As I don’t know if the code is obsolete I wanted to ask you where I should start from. So my questions: 1. Should I use the code that is already present, or just use parts of it and start „fresh“? 2. Who would be my main contact for the rust part? 3. Chris told me about the Apache Slack chan. Maybe I can get an invitation for that? Thanks and best regards, Tobias
