Missing link to guidelines: [1] http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/GoogleSummerOfCode/Guidelines
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Jack, and welcome to XWiki! > > It`s great to see your interest and enthusiasm! > > As far as I can see, both projects you are interested in are mainly > UI/application projects, so the existing student guidelines [1] should be a > good starting point for you. Basically you need to get acquainted with > developing XWiki applications and packaging/publishing them as extensions. > This means installing XWiki and using it a bit, understanding the data > model, dev practices, web API (velocity, javascript, etc.)... that kind of > stuff. > > Also, remember that you will need to have at least one good (easy/medium) > Pull Request for an existing (or even new) jira issue before the student > application period ends. > > Please feel free to ask us specific project-related of XWiki related > questions that you come across while going through the online > documentation, learning process and even jira issue fixing. > > We`re here to help along the way. > > Thanks, > Eduard > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 4:38 AM, Jack Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> >> My name is Jack Zhang, and I’m enrolled to begin my undergraduate studies >> this September at Harvard University, where I intend to study Computer >> Science. I am currently taking a gap year (time off from academics between >> secondary school and university), and at the moment I spend my days working >> full-time in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and pretty much the rest of my free >> time doing web development at betterworldcollective.com < >> http://betterworldcollective.com/>. >> >> I’ve been wanting to get involved with open source for quite a while now, >> and I’d love to spend time this summer contributing to XWiki! I am >> comfortable with HTML, CSS3/Bootstrap, JavaScript/jQuery, MySQL, and PHP. >> I'm also acquainted with Java OOP. I am particularly excited about two >> projects: >> >> 1. Creating the Blame View UI >> 2. Glossary Application >> >> I understand that both of these projects are still somewhat open-ended, >> so I look forward to delving into XWiki’s use cases and exploring Apps >> Within Minutes to better formulate some details on the implementation and >> UI of either one of these projects. That being said, any pointers or >> suggestions are certainly welcome! >> >> See you all on JIRA :) >> >> Jack >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> > > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
