How can I help?

[Nagasitaram Thigulla <na...@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I am Nagasitaram, currently working as a Software Developer at Opentext on
Appworks Platform. Appworks uses TomEE Plus as the Server. As working on
this tool for a long time I got interested in its underlying technology.

I am good at Java and Groovy, and unit testing with JUnit and TestNG. I
have worked on building REST API's using JAX-RS and config sources using
Microprofile API. I am ready to contribute to TomEE.

I am expecting a simple task to start with.

-- 
*Regards*
*Nagasitaram*

Re: How can I help?

[David Blevins <da...@gmail.com>]

Hi Nagasitaram,

Looks like Thiago grabbed that issue over the weekend.  Are you still looking to help?

We've got a few different initiatives going on.  Maybe you have some preference in where we can steer you:

 - Jakarta EE 8 compliance: Immediate: some help getting people to know how to run the TCK. Long-term: help fixing tests

 - Jakarta EE 9 compliance: Immediate: help kicking the tires on the prototype 'jakarta' TomEE server; i.e. writing apps that use jakarta.ws.rs.Post, jakarta.persistence.Entity, etc and report issues.

 - Bug fixing:  We've got 550 open issues.  Hard part is picking one.

 - User list: there might be some questions you know the answers to.  This may seem small, but if "Einstein is mopping the floor" because there is no janitor, getting contributions from either a janitor or another Einstein can change the world. :)  One is easier than the other :)

Let me now what kind of things sound interesting and I'll see what might fit.


-- 
David Blevins
http://twitter.com/dblevins
http://www.tomitribe.com

> On Jun 7, 2020, at 9:44 AM, David Blevins <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Nagasitaram!
> 
> It's very great to from you and it's truly awesome when a user of TomEE decides to contribute.  Big applause to you and OpenText!
> 
> First of all, do not get intimidated by your first ticket.  If it ends up being too hard or just not fun, let's find something else for you.  There is always plenty of do.  People have a way of 1) putting too much pressure on themselves and 2) not asking questions for fear of being seen as "not smart."  Don't let that happen to you.  Be chatty and talk, that's the only way :)
> 
> I created this ticket for you which is an area we're working on now with the javax-to-jakarta namespace change.
> 
> - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMEE-2838
> 
> The short version is "grab the jackson source code and see if you can find where in the code `javax.xml` is being referenced.  Bonus, see if you can figure out at least a little what it's doing"
> 
> I suspect their source is on github somewhere, if it is find the file and post a link to the list.  You can then dig into the source itself with the help of anyone else in the community who is interested.
> 
> There are actually about 2500 of these kind of references we need to investigate, so really even a "I kind of think it might be doing x, but I'm not sure" is super helpful.
> 
> - https://github.com/dblevins/tomee-analysis
> 
> If there are others reading who are interested in helping, I can give you a chunk of references too.  There are plenty!
> 
> -- 
> David Blevins
> http://twitter.com/dblevins
> http://www.tomitribe.com
> 
>> On Jun 6, 2020, at 10:48 PM, Nagasitaram Thigulla <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am Nagasitaram, currently working as a Software Developer at Opentext on
>> Appworks Platform. Appworks uses TomEE Plus as the Server. As working on
>> this tool for a long time I got interested in its underlying technology.
>> 
>> I am good at Java and Groovy, and unit testing with JUnit and TestNG. I
>> have worked on building REST API's using JAX-RS and config sources using
>> Microprofile API. I am ready to contribute to TomEE.
>> 
>> I am expecting a simple task to start with.
>> 
>> -- 
>> *Regards*
>> *Nagasitaram*
> 

Re: How can I help?

[David Blevins <da...@gmail.com>]

Hi Nagasitaram!

It's very great to from you and it's truly awesome when a user of TomEE decides to contribute.  Big applause to you and OpenText!

First of all, do not get intimidated by your first ticket.  If it ends up being too hard or just not fun, let's find something else for you.  There is always plenty of do.  People have a way of 1) putting too much pressure on themselves and 2) not asking questions for fear of being seen as "not smart."  Don't let that happen to you.  Be chatty and talk, that's the only way :)

I created this ticket for you which is an area we're working on now with the javax-to-jakarta namespace change.

 - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOMEE-2838

The short version is "grab the jackson source code and see if you can find where in the code `javax.xml` is being referenced.  Bonus, see if you can figure out at least a little what it's doing"

I suspect their source is on github somewhere, if it is find the file and post a link to the list.  You can then dig into the source itself with the help of anyone else in the community who is interested.

There are actually about 2500 of these kind of references we need to investigate, so really even a "I kind of think it might be doing x, but I'm not sure" is super helpful.

 - https://github.com/dblevins/tomee-analysis

If there are others reading who are interested in helping, I can give you a chunk of references too.  There are plenty!

-- 
David Blevins
http://twitter.com/dblevins
http://www.tomitribe.com

> On Jun 6, 2020, at 10:48 PM, Nagasitaram Thigulla <na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am Nagasitaram, currently working as a Software Developer at Opentext on
> Appworks Platform. Appworks uses TomEE Plus as the Server. As working on
> this tool for a long time I got interested in its underlying technology.
> 
> I am good at Java and Groovy, and unit testing with JUnit and TestNG. I
> have worked on building REST API's using JAX-RS and config sources using
> Microprofile API. I am ready to contribute to TomEE.
> 
> I am expecting a simple task to start with.
> 
> -- 
> *Regards*
> *Nagasitaram*