Thanks Jurgen, looking forward to clearing the fog and getting involved. Ian.
2012/4/4 Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> > On 4/4/12 2:25 PM, Ian wrote: > >> Hi People, >> >> not sure if this is the correct place to raise my head, but I have been >> lurking here for a week or so now with a view to getting involved. Like >> everyone I am not sure how much time I really have. >> >> My background is that of a software developer for some twenty plus years >> (currently employed by the same institution as Rob, but on the other side >> of the world, in Australia). >> I'll skip the resume etc. I figure people are more interested in getting >> things done. >> >> I have been looking around at the get involved links. They are very >> misleading and take you to places that look like they have not been >> updated >> for many years. >> like ,,, >> http://codesnippets.services.**openoffice.org/index.xml<http://codesnippets.services.openoffice.org/index.xml>which >> is >> from the >> http://www.openoffice.org/**development/<http://www.openoffice.org/development/>page. >> I'm sure I saw >> cobwebs in the corners there. >> (A review of the potential new developers interface may be needed?) >> >> Anyway, I'm sure I will find my way around eventually. All guidance >> gratefully accepted. >> >> I don't understand what if anything someone needs to do to join the gang. >> Are there any weird initiations, gotta get the new logo tatoo? :-) >> >> I am particularly interested in developer testing frameworks (still trying >> to figure out why). >> And langauge parsers/compilers. >> >> I am also a new Master's student (must have lost my mind somewhere) and >> wondered if I could combine helping here and also using some of the >> knowledge gained as part of my thesis. >> Not sure what the rules are re IP etc. >> >> Hope to hear back from someone. Email directly, Don't bother clogging up >> this mail list. >> > > Hi Ian, > > welcome on board and fun here ;-) > > Testing frameworks sounds interesting and there is some work ongoing to > replace our old test automation tool with something new. A Java based > framework to run automated GUI tests etc. > We have also some test framework for running unit tests during the build > process. We would like to cover more and more stuff by unit test but that > is not so easy in such a huge application. Often the context of a running > office is required. But anyway there was work ongoing in the past and we > should continue it to improve the overall quality and to make it easy > detect regressions. > > I think both areas can benefit from some help. > > Juergen >
