On 5/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > First time post. I'm looking to get involved in some gnome > development. I've read through a lot of the > live.gnome.org/GnomeLove site but I am looking for a few > pointers in the right direction to get started. > > I have extensive experience in C++ on Windows platforms, but > I want to get some linux experience. I have been developing > more client/server based systems (mainly using RPC) rather > than UI work. I am currently running Ubuntu Feisty. > > I would like to work on a project so please advise what may > be suitable for me to get started with. I don't mind what it > is, I just want to get my feet wet :) I can provide more > specific details regarding my experience if it is required. > > Thanks, > Jason
Hi Jason, There's no "GNOME coordinator", so nobody's going to be able to point you to a project that you should work on, so it basically comes down to what you're interested in. Some people find it helpful to just start triaging and fixing bugs in bugzilla until they get up to speed with GNOME development (see http://live.gnome.org/Bugsquad). I see you've visited the gnome-love wiki page already, but this section is also quite good in describing different ways to get involved in GNOME: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove#head-232c77e5a2e879cdf207655ade56c90144d2d4dc Basically it comes down to contacting a project that you're interested in helping and jumping in. Most of GNOME is in C, so if you're interested in contributing to a core module, you'll probably be working in C. If you want to continue using C++ within GNOME, there are still quite a few projects to choose from, and I'd encourage you to join the gtkmm list (see gtkmm.org) and/or hang out in #c++ on gimpnet (irc.gnome.org). Just a quick plug for a project that I'm involved with that could use help (which project couldn't?): if you're interested in helping write a good standalone debugger for GNOME, feel free to join us at http://home.gna.org/nemiver/. It's written in C++ and uses gtkmm. If that doesn't interest you, there are many others to choose from as well. Have fun! -- jonner _______________________________________________ gnome-love mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love
