Re: Contribution for Newcomers
On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 03:54:27 UTC, Michael wrote: Hello all! I've been programming in D for my school projects for a while and would like to contribute to the community if possible. Can anyone give me any pointers as to where I might be able to start? I tried searching for so-trivial-give-to-new-people tag but didn't find any :o) I don't have much experience with standard libraries or compilers, but I guess we all have to start somewhere! Being here looks like I'll be learning from the best. If you want to help with ApplyYourDLang[0] it would be greatly appreciated. And if you want to have some fun with ASN.1 [1] I would greatly appreciate it, to help implementation of an ldap client. [0] http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3NlrGpjV9NlJAhKJLu_-w [1] https://github.com/rikkimax/asn1
Re: Contribution for Newcomers
On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 04:14:44 UTC, Mike wrote: I'm new to D as well. I'm making pull requests to update some of the neglected documentation [5] as I learn . And I've also taken on my own project, not only to learn D, but to also provide something that hasn't been done before. Certainly more helpful articles, tutorials, etc... on the wiki [5] would be a great way to help others, and would benefit you as well as it would exercise your own programming chops. Yes, contributions to the documentation and wiki would be very helpful.
Contribution for Newcomers
Hello all! I've been programming in D for my school projects for a while and would like to contribute to the community if possible. Can anyone give me any pointers as to where I might be able to start? I tried searching for so-trivial-give-to-new-people tag but didn't find any :o) I don't have much experience with standard libraries or compilers, but I guess we all have to start somewhere! Being here looks like I'll be learning from the best.
Re: Contribution for Newcomers
On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 03:54:27 UTC, Michael wrote: Hello all! I've been programming in D for my school projects for a while and would like to contribute to the community if possible. Can anyone give me any pointers as to where I might be able to start? I tried searching for so-trivial-give-to-new-people tag but didn't find any :o) I don't have much experience with standard libraries or compilers, but I guess we all have to start somewhere! Being here looks like I'll be learning from the best. Coincidentally, see the current discussion taking place on the Announce list[1]. We'll see what comes of that discussion. Maybe nothing. * GDC has a Project Ideas page [2] * LDC has a Contributor's Guide [3] * The bugtracker has 3400 open issues. Take your pick [4] I'm new to D as well. I'm making pull requests to update some of the neglected documentation [5] as I learn . And I've also taken on my own project, not only to learn D, but to also provide something that hasn't been done before. Certainly more helpful articles, tutorials, etc... on the wiki [5] would be a great way to help others, and would benefit you as well as it would exercise your own programming chops. Mike [1] http://forum.dlang.org/post/mailman.8.1393539926.2862.digitalmars-d-annou...@puremagic.com [2] http://wiki.dlang.org/GDC/ProjectIdeas [3] http://wiki.dlang.org/LDC_contributor%27s_guide [4] http://dlang.org/bugstats.php [5] https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org
Re: Contribution for Newcomers
Thanks Mike, I'll give it a shot! On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 04:14:44 UTC, Mike wrote: On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 03:54:27 UTC, Michael wrote: Hello all! I've been programming in D for my school projects for a while and would like to contribute to the community if possible. Can anyone give me any pointers as to where I might be able to start? I tried searching for so-trivial-give-to-new-people tag but didn't find any :o) I don't have much experience with standard libraries or compilers, but I guess we all have to start somewhere! Being here looks like I'll be learning from the best. Coincidentally, see the current discussion taking place on the Announce list[1]. We'll see what comes of that discussion. Maybe nothing. * GDC has a Project Ideas page [2] * LDC has a Contributor's Guide [3] * The bugtracker has 3400 open issues. Take your pick [4] I'm new to D as well. I'm making pull requests to update some of the neglected documentation [5] as I learn . And I've also taken on my own project, not only to learn D, but to also provide something that hasn't been done before. Certainly more helpful articles, tutorials, etc... on the wiki [5] would be a great way to help others, and would benefit you as well as it would exercise your own programming chops. Mike [1] http://forum.dlang.org/post/mailman.8.1393539926.2862.digitalmars-d-annou...@puremagic.com [2] http://wiki.dlang.org/GDC/ProjectIdeas [3] http://wiki.dlang.org/LDC_contributor%27s_guide [4] http://dlang.org/bugstats.php [5] https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org
