Re: DISCUSSION: Need *LoRiskHiReward* Keyword for beginner or casual/occasional contributers

[Andrew MacDonald]

H�kan Waara wrote:

> About hacking backend... Usually, people start with the frontend to 
> become familiar with it. As they dig deeper, they also get to know the 
> backend.
> 
> Starting out with the backend immediately may be a little rough.
> 
> Our backend is built up using XP (cross-platform) frameworks such as: 
> XPCONNECT, XPCOM and XPIDL. There are a few good documents on each of 
> these technologies up on mozilla.org, but the most valuable source is of 
> course the actual code (lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey) and for specific 
> questions #mozilla.
> 

Thanks - yeah, that's basically what I figured :) I've been checking 
over some of the documents you mentioned, and just kind of browsing the 
code, looking for a good entry point.

/andrew