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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Ed Fallin <ed...@earthlink.net> on 2016/09/03 02:25:10 UTC
Starting Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice Module
Hello there —
Having read an article in Ars about your difficulties keeping a large group on the project, I’d like to join. It looks like you have a C++ code base, whereas my experience is primarily in C#. I have touched on and read upon C++ though. My day job is a dev in a C# base, and I’m doing some of my own stuff in that technology of an evening, primarily web-facing with an emphasis on using abstraction and design to enhance feature sets with fewer lines of code. I’ve been programming professionally for about 5 years, I follow the principles of clean code and TDD in my work.
I’m located in California, SoCal to be specific.
C# notwithstanding, if you’d value my joining your work, I’d like to do a little bit here and there at first to get solid in C++, avoiding memory leaks and so on (if those are still an issue — is there a GC now?), perhaps with let’s say "enhanced review” from a tolerant mentor. As time goes by I could address bigger topics with minimal support.
Is this reasonable? Helpful?
Someone please let me know!
— Ed Fallin
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Re: Starting Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice Module
Posted by Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org>.
> On Sep 3, 2016, at 09:41, Ed Fallin <ed...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hi there Phillip and Patricia —
>
> Thanks for your e-mails. Is now the right time not to send to all? I’m happy to avoid that but, I don’t want to be a lurker.
I have requested creation of a recruitment mailing list. Once created it will be a home for new people to work together on getting started. Meanwhile, dev@ is a good place.
> I have a Mac and I have two Windows boxes, I don’t know the details but if people think it’s worth it, maybe I could install a Linux partition on one of those. I use Visual Studio, now 2015 edition, and I’ve used Xcode with Obj-C and Swift a bit, but if there’s a free/ish version of another IDE you recommend, I can install that.
There is an urgent need for building and testing on Mac. It is our second most popular user platform, after Windows.
> Re where I live, it’s Los Angeles, in Koreatown which is central, near downtown.
>
> I’ll start diving into “how to get started” on the site further, but any brief look-here directions anyone is willing to offer will help, and if anyone is willing to say they’ll provide (very brief) go-here help / a little extra review for C++, that would be great. I always work TDD or test-bound as I call it ( == test before any first use ), but I could miss things.
>
> Otherwise I’ll try to work solely from the join-lists direction and other advice on the site.
>
> PS, Love this: This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM
>
> Proceeding slowly but surely.
> — Ed Fallin
>
>
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Re: Starting Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice Module
Posted by Ed Fallin <ed...@earthlink.net>.
Hi there Phillip and Patricia —
Thanks for your e-mails. Is now the right time not to send to all? I’m happy to avoid that but, I don’t want to be a lurker.
So, it’s interesting that some is C++ and some Java, and Yes I think the Java side will be easy to pick up, but I’ll aim to work on both. My contributions may not be massive, but I will try to at least have a steadyish drip-drip-drip after ramp-up time. Mixed metaphor.
I have a Mac and I have two Windows boxes, I don’t know the details but if people think it’s worth it, maybe I could install a Linux partition on one of those. I use Visual Studio, now 2015 edition, and I’ve used Xcode with Obj-C and Swift a bit, but if there’s a free/ish version of another IDE you recommend, I can install that.
Re where I live, it’s Los Angeles, in Koreatown which is central, near downtown.
I’ll start diving into “how to get started” on the site further, but any brief look-here directions anyone is willing to offer will help, and if anyone is willing to say they’ll provide (very brief) go-here help / a little extra review for C++, that would be great. I always work TDD or test-bound as I call it ( == test before any first use ), but I could miss things.
Otherwise I’ll try to work solely from the join-lists direction and other advice on the site.
PS, Love this: This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM
Proceeding slowly but surely.
— Ed Fallin
Re: Starting Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice Module
Posted by Patricia Shanahan <pa...@acm.org>.
Welcome aboard, Ed.
More comments interleaved.
On 9/2/2016 11:44 PM, Phillip Rhodes wrote:
> Welcome to the project, Ed. Don't sweat the lack of C++ experience. Not
> everything is in C++, and
> you can pick up the C++ knowledge as you go. I'm in a little bit of the
> same boat, as I *was* a C++
> programmer - about 15 years ago. It's been quite a while for me, so I'm
> going to have to basically
> relearn C++ to get into AOO development. But hey, it'll be a fun
> experience in it's own right anyway!
Specifically, some of the code is in Java, which a C# programmer may
pick up even quicker than C++.
>
> As to the rest of your questions, I'll defer to other more experienced
> members of the project to offer
> their commentary.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Phil
>
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> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Ed Fallin <ed...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello there \u2014
>>
>> Having read an article in Ars about your difficulties keeping a large
>> group on the project, I\u2019d like to join. It looks like you have a C++ code
>> base, whereas my experience is primarily in C#. I have touched on and read
>> upon C++ though. My day job is a dev in a C# base, and I\u2019m doing some of
>> my own stuff in that technology of an evening, primarily web-facing with an
>> emphasis on using abstraction and design to enhance feature sets with fewer
>> lines of code. I\u2019ve been programming professionally for about 5 years, I
>> follow the principles of clean code and TDD in my work.
>>
>> I\u2019m located in California, SoCal to be specific.
Where in SoCal? I live in El Cajon, east side of San Diego.
>>
>> C# notwithstanding, if you\u2019d value my joining your work, I\u2019d like to do a
>> little bit here and there at first to get solid in C++, avoiding memory
>> leaks and so on (if those are still an issue \u2014 is there a GC now?), perhaps
>> with let\u2019s say "enhanced review\u201d from a tolerant mentor. As time goes by I
>> could address bigger topics with minimal support.
>>
>> Is this reasonable? Helpful?
Very reasonable. Experience in any C-derived object-orientated language
is likely to be helpful.
What systems do you have available for development? Windows? Mac? Linux? ...
>>
>> Someone please let me know!
>>
>> \u2014 Ed Fallin
>>
>>
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Re: Starting Introduction to Contributing to Apache OpenOffice Module
Posted by Phillip Rhodes <mo...@gmail.com>.
Welcome to the project, Ed. Don't sweat the lack of C++ experience. Not
everything is in C++, and
you can pick up the C++ knowledge as you go. I'm in a little bit of the
same boat, as I *was* a C++
programmer - about 15 years ago. It's been quite a while for me, so I'm
going to have to basically
relearn C++ to get into AOO development. But hey, it'll be a fun
experience in it's own right anyway!
As to the rest of your questions, I'll defer to other more experienced
members of the project to offer
their commentary.
Cheers,
Phil
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Ed Fallin <ed...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hello there —
>
> Having read an article in Ars about your difficulties keeping a large
> group on the project, I’d like to join. It looks like you have a C++ code
> base, whereas my experience is primarily in C#. I have touched on and read
> upon C++ though. My day job is a dev in a C# base, and I’m doing some of
> my own stuff in that technology of an evening, primarily web-facing with an
> emphasis on using abstraction and design to enhance feature sets with fewer
> lines of code. I’ve been programming professionally for about 5 years, I
> follow the principles of clean code and TDD in my work.
>
> I’m located in California, SoCal to be specific.
>
> C# notwithstanding, if you’d value my joining your work, I’d like to do a
> little bit here and there at first to get solid in C++, avoiding memory
> leaks and so on (if those are still an issue — is there a GC now?), perhaps
> with let’s say "enhanced review” from a tolerant mentor. As time goes by I
> could address bigger topics with minimal support.
>
> Is this reasonable? Helpful?
>
> Someone please let me know!
>
> — Ed Fallin
>
>
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