Welcome Mike,
I am Peter aka Petko. I am the first contact on recruiter list and try
to explain how we do work and trying to help among others to get every
one who is interested into the project.
We have a tradition of self driven interest. We help you when you get
stuck, but the desicion of what you and how much you want to do is up to
you. :)
The biggest challenge we have is code development. And we always
appreciate everyone who want to try. If you want to do the contribution
in this area we do offer a first entry challenge: Building OpenOffice at
your home. (Guide: [1]) If you get stuck, the most valueable advise is
to ask on the lists.
The most important list for developers is the dev mailing [2] list, but
you are welcome to ask on this list, too. Kepp in mind to mention if you
are not subscribed. Sometimes we miss this. Also if you have other
questions, or do not understand something ask them openly in the most
direct form.
After a successfull build I suggest we talk what you can do next. I have
a list on wiki with fun topics, plus we have some other fun stuff in
reserve that focus on code enhancing. You pick then the next challenge
to take. Step by step. I hope that sounds fine to you.
We do use SVN for versioning, but we offer a github repo, where you can
pull from, but not push to.
all the best
Peter
[1] https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO
[2] mailto: d...@openoffice.apache.org
On 09.04.2018 03:57, Michael Sterling wrote:
Hello and Salutations,
I have gone by many monikers over the years, but introduce myself here under
the one which netted me the most financial and educational gains, 10-Key.
Backstory:
Introduced to the concept of computing at a very young age with a Turing
Machine on pen and paper, I fell in love with the simplicity and purity that is
programming. From there it has been a rather spotty history I’m afraid.
Beginning with GW BASIC and that banana chucking gorilla, I enjoyed sifting
through other developers code and making small modifications to learn how
things worked. Stepped up to Web Design for a small car dealership in my
preteen years. Went to a technical college for a C.E.T., and got sidetracked
from pure programming with the beauty of even more knowledge of how it all
works. Went on to create a database system for a family owned video rental
store -Anyone here remember those?- shortly thereafter, and then got my first
introduction to C++.
Thanks to GameInstitute.com, I wrote a 3D rendering engine during my time as
a robotics specialist in the field. Thanks to the long hours and massive Red
Bull and Coffee marathons on that project, a mistaken install of Java -The
steamy liquid kind, not advisable btw- and my overall paranoia of integrating
with society at large, 5 years of development were scrapped. Learning from that
lesson, I now use Git and am in the process of setting up a file server for
home use while scrambling to recover -RECREATE- those lessons. Other previous
projects include a Management Reporting Suite that imported flat file data for
easier consumption in MS-Excel via VBA, a real time touchscreen data
acquisition project for manufacturing, and a point and click MS-Access GUI in
VB6, among others. More recent endeavors include the PHP/MySQL stack, the MEAN
stack, p5.js data visualizations, The classic GoF Design Patterns, Neural Net
exploration, and Game Development in Unity.
Having a family, while amazing, does make my efforts at coding less
concentrated than desired, however, approaching the big Four-Oh I find a need
to dig in again and make a contribution. I am unsure where my skills will come
in the most beneficial to the Apache OpenOffice project, but do have a sense of
excitement to be joining a community working on a piece of software that I have
come to adore.
Thank You All
for such an amazing suite, and for the opportunity for this old man to
feel useful once more.
Mike S. [10-key]
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