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On 5/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send gnome-love mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gnome-love digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Getting started advice wanted ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 2. Re: Getting started advice wanted (Jonathon Jongsma) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 10:19:03 +1100 > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [gnome-love] Getting started advice wanted > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 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 > Sydney, Australia. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 21:11:31 -0500 > From: "Jonathon Jongsma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [gnome-love] Getting started advice wanted > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > 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 > > > End of gnome-love Digest, Vol 37, Issue 1 > ***************************************** > -- chetan kumar _______________________________________________ gnome-love mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love
