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Re: [platform-core-dev] Where to start?

Hi Marius,

I mean no disrespect, but this sounds a bit like saying, "I've just learned how to use Linux and would like to become a kernel developer". You might have hit the wrong mailing list, but the "core" component of the Eclipse platform is all very low level infrastructure code. It is a component that can be very difficult to dip your toes into, for various reasons. If you are familiar with the Eclipse IDE, I suggest a better starting point is code closer to the user interface. I.e., pick a well defined problem that you can readily observe as an end-user of the IDE, and then attempt to fix it. The code changes are likely to be more localized and easier to verify and test. As a starting point, you can search for bugs with the "helpwanted" keyword in the Eclipse IDE component:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?keywords=helpwanted&keywords_type=allwords&list_id=4132538&classification=Eclipse&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&component=IDE&product=Platform

Here is a wiki page with some pointers on how to get started:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/How_to_Contribute

You can reach out on #eclipse-dev IRC channel on freenode for help if you get blocked, although it is now late Friday so you might get better response on Monday.

Hope that helps you get going...

John




From:        Marius Coțofană <cmarius02@xxxxxxxxx>
To:        "Eclipse Platform Core component developers list." <platform-core-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date:        01/17/2013 02:24 AM
Subject:        Re: [platform-core-dev] Where to start?
Sent by:        platform-core-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx




Well, a big part of what you said contains words that I have never heard in my life.

I am a student who had his first steps in OOP using JAVA and thinks he can move
the world. I do not really no how many things work, but I can and want to learn how
they are built and how I can use them.

I would be grateful if you could head me to a direction where I could start by making
fairly basic things and quickly advance to more elaborate ones and make myself
useful to the community.

Thank you,
Marius C.



On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Marius Coțofană <cmarius02@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,

I want to start helping you guys. Could you give me a hint
on where to begin from ?


What area were you interested in helping in?  i.e. were you writing plugins already and have an itch to scratch?  Were you interested in low-level framework-y stuff, like the extension registry or OSGI framework or OSGi bundles?  In the install engine, p2?

Were you interested in working at the UI level, with SWT and the Workbench use of it?

Or were you using a higher component technology like web tools, jsps, modeling, and you'd like to help out there?


PW

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Paul Webster
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