Need help regarding GSOC...

2013-02-22 Thread Sujay m 
I want to contribute to open source software world through GSOC - 2013 and
want to contribute to libreoffice... I am not an amazing programmer but
want learn more in this field... I am having an idea but not sure where or
with whom i must discuss it with... I would like to discuss it with the
libreoffice mentors but not sure which is right portal..so if you could
guide me it'll be really helpfull..Thank you..
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Re: Need help regarding GSOC...

2013-02-22 Thread Fridrich Strba 
A student has much higher chance to be considered as a viable GSoC
candidate if (s)he is part of the community. The canonical way to start
to contribute to LibreOffice is to pick some of the easy and not-so-easy
hacks referenced on this page
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks and start to
work on them. It does not mean that you will be automatically chosen for
GSoC, but it is a great way to start to contribute to LibreOffice.

Fridrich

On 22/02/13 13:35, Sujay m wrote:
 I want to contribute to open source software world through GSOC - 2013
 and want to contribute to libreoffice... I am not an amazing programmer
 but want learn more in this field... I am having an idea but not sure
 where or with whom i must discuss it with... I would like to discuss it
 with the libreoffice mentors but not sure which is right portal..so if
 you could guide me it'll be really helpfull..Thank you..
 
 
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Re: Need help regarding GSOC...

2013-02-22 Thread Daniel Bankston 

On 02/22/2013 06:35 AM, Sujay m wrote:
I want to contribute to open source software world through GSOC - 2013 
and want to contribute to libreoffice... I am not an amazing 
programmer but want learn more in this field... I am having an idea 
but not sure where or with whom i must discuss it with... I would like 
to discuss it with the libreoffice mentors but not sure which is right 
portal..so if you could guide me it'll be really helpfull..Thank you.. 


Hi, Sujay,

Read the LibreOffice GSOC page if you haven't already (link below). I 
recommend hanging around on #libreoffice-dev on irc.freenode.net and 
browsing the mailing list traffic to help get a feel for the community.  
Don't be afraid to ask questions on #libreoffice-dev or mailing list.  
(Just be patient and polite.)

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GSoc
http://freenode.net

Like Fridrich said, check out the EasyHacks and submit a patch. This 
will help get you familiar with things like obtaining, building, and 
navigating the source code and also with using git.

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Native_Build
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development

There are some GSOC project ideas along with associated mentor(s) on the 
GSOC ideas page.  Find an area that interests you and contact that mentor.

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Gsoc/Ideas

I was a GSOC student last summer and had a great experience.  The 
community is very welcoming and helpful to newcomers who seriously want 
to contribute.  While working on LibreOffice, I learned a lot of 
relevant software development lessons, met some great people, and had fun.


Good luck!
--Daniel Bankston
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