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Author: ASF GitHub Bot
Created on: 29/Oct/18 21:31
Start Date: 29/Oct/18 21:31
Worklog Time Spent: 10m
Work Description: alanmyrvold commented on a change in pull request
#6857: [BEAM-5735] Contributor guide improvements
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/6857#discussion_r229105949
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File path: website/src/contribute/index.md
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@@ -45,269 +51,180 @@ There are lots of opportunities:
- improve your favorite language SDK (Java, Python, Go, etc)
- improve specific runners (Apache Apex, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Google
Cloud Dataflow, etc)
+ - improve or add IO connectors
- work on the core programming model (what is a Beam pipeline and how does it
run?)
- improve the developer experience on Windows
+ - adding answers to the [contribution FAQ]({{ site.baseurl }}/contribute/FAQ)
+ - organize local meetups of users or contributors to the Apache Beam SDK
Most importantly, if you have an idea of how to contribute, then do it!
-For a list of open starter tasks, check
-[https://s.apache.org/beam-starter-tasks](https://s.apache.org/beam-starter-tasks).
-
-## Finding Help
+## Prerequisites for contributing code
+
+To contribute code, you need
+ - a GitHub account
+ - a Linux, macOS, or Microsoft Windows development environment with Java JDK
8 installed
+ - [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) installed for some tasks including
building worker containers and testing website
+ changes locally
+ - [Go](https://golang.org) 1.10 or later installed for Go SDK development
+ - Python, virtualenv, and tox installed for Python SDK development
+ - for large contributions, a signed [Individual Contributor License
+ Agreement](https://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.pdf) (ICLA) to the Apache
+ Software Foundation (ASF).
+
+## Submitting your first code change
+
+1. Subscribe to the [dev@ mailing list]({{
site.baseurl}}/community/contact-us/).
Review comment:
Made it softer,
Consider subscribing to the dev@ mailing list, especially if you plan to
make more than one change or the change will be large. All decisions happen on
the public dev list.
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Worklog Id: (was: 160210)
Time Spent: 2h 20m (was: 2h 10m)
> Contributor Guide Improvements
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>
> Key: BEAM-5735
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-5735
> Project: Beam
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: website
> Reporter: Scott Wegner
> Assignee: Alan Myrvold
> Priority: Major
> Time Spent: 2h 20m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> This is a wish-list for improvements to the Beam contributor guide.
> Many thanks to [~rohdesam] for the feedback which helped shape this list.
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