Help regarding mentoring program

[Keshan Sodimana | කේෂාන් සෝදිමාන <ke...@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I am Keshan Sodimana an undergraduate from University of Colombo school of
computing, Sri Lanka. i am a big FOSS enthusiast and i have been working on
several open source projects but i am a newbie to Apache Software
Foundation. though i have use it products i haven't been able to contribute
to ASF. once i found this mentoring program i was inspired by it so, i
decided to get some advise and help to find a project for me to contribute.

i am interested in Java, basically it is my mother tongue in computing. i am
a SCJP, SCMAD and have a lot of experience in Java EE as well. i am also
very familiar with Flex, Ruby on Rails as well as mobile technologies like
Java ME, Android and i am a full time Linux user so have a good knowledge
about linux as well but i am not that much familiar and interested in C/C++.
so, i think if someone propose me a good project for me to work on it will
be a great help.

Thanks,
regards,
Keshan Sanjaya Sodimana.

Re: Help regarding mentoring program

[Keshan Sodimana | කේෂාන් සෝදිමාන <ke...@gmail.com>]

Thank you very much once again i will get my hands wet with Derby asap and
let you know via derby mailing list if i have any other questions

cheers,
Keshan

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Kathey Marsden
<km...@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Thanks Kathey for your quick reply and the warm welcome. yes i have done a
>
>> coursework in database but i am not going to do this as a coursework
>> instead
>> i would like to interact with a mentor from ASF(better i can find a mentor
>> from Sri lanka then there will be no time issues and we can even meet in a
>> coffee shop rather than only in mailing lists or IRCs but i am ok with
>> anyone). as for time commitment, usually i committed 5-6 hours a day for
>> blogging and for other open source projects so i can commit 1-2 hours per
>> day for ASF but within exam days(that will come in mid of July) i won't be
>> able to commit that much . i have heard of Derby but never used so, i will
>> learn it before doing anything and i like if you can suggest me any other
>> resources to learn about Derby which will be important for
>> developing rather than using it.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Please first join the Derby  mailing lists:
> http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_mail.html
>
> I always first suggest starting with the tutorial
> http://db.apache.org/derby/quick_start.html and then download the source
> and build Derby and run regression tests,
> http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_comm.html.  One of our students made a
> great screencast for  how to get set up.http://www.vimeo.com/5376690
>
> Once you have accomplished these tasks or if you have any troubles along
> the way, send an email to derby-dev and introduce yourself.  Once we
> understand your area of interest, we can better recruit a a mentor. We have
> a student working on Derby now from Sri Lanka and hopefully you can get
> together, but  most of the Derby commiters are in  Europe and the US. Check
> out http://community.apache.org/localmentors.html for possible local
> mentors for Apache general issues.
>
> Kathey
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Help regarding mentoring program

[Kathey Marsden <km...@sbcglobal.net>]

Thanks Kathey for your quick reply and the warm welcome. yes i have done a
> coursework in database but i am not going to do this as a coursework instead
> i would like to interact with a mentor from ASF(better i can find a mentor
> from Sri lanka then there will be no time issues and we can even meet in a
> coffee shop rather than only in mailing lists or IRCs but i am ok with
> anyone). as for time commitment, usually i committed 5-6 hours a day for
> blogging and for other open source projects so i can commit 1-2 hours per
> day for ASF but within exam days(that will come in mid of July) i won't be
> able to commit that much . i have heard of Derby but never used so, i will
> learn it before doing anything and i like if you can suggest me any other
> resources to learn about Derby which will be important for
> developing rather than using it.
>
>    

Please first join the Derby  mailing lists:
http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_mail.html

I always first suggest starting with the tutorial 
http://db.apache.org/derby/quick_start.html and then download the source 
and build Derby and run regression tests, 
http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_comm.html.  One of our students made a 
great screencast for  how to get set up.http://www.vimeo.com/5376690

Once you have accomplished these tasks or if you have any troubles along 
the way, send an email to derby-dev and introduce yourself.  Once we 
understand your area of interest, we can better recruit a a mentor. We 
have a student working on Derby now from Sri Lanka and hopefully you can 
get together, but  most of the Derby commiters are in  Europe and the 
US. Check out http://community.apache.org/localmentors.html for possible 
local mentors for Apache general issues.

Kathey

Re: Help regarding mentoring program

[Keshan Sodimana | කේෂාන් සෝදිමාන <ke...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Kathey for your quick reply and the warm welcome. yes i have done a
coursework in database but i am not going to do this as a coursework instead
i would like to interact with a mentor from ASF(better i can find a mentor
from Sri lanka then there will be no time issues and we can even meet in a
coffee shop rather than only in mailing lists or IRCs but i am ok with
anyone). as for time commitment, usually i committed 5-6 hours a day for
blogging and for other open source projects so i can commit 1-2 hours per
day for ASF but within exam days(that will come in mid of July) i won't be
able to commit that much . i have heard of Derby but never used so, i will
learn it before doing anything and i like if you can suggest me any other
resources to learn about Derby which will be important for
developing rather than using it.

Thanks in advance,
cheers,
Keshan

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Kathey Marsden <kmarsdenderby@sbcglobal.net
> wrote:

> On 5/5/2010 11:21 AM, Keshan Sodimana | කේෂාන් සෝදිමාන wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am Keshan Sodimana an undergraduate from University of Colombo school of
>> computing, Sri Lanka. i am a big FOSS enthusiast and i have been working
>> on
>> several open source projects but i am a newbie to Apache Software
>> Foundation. though i have use it products i haven't been able to
>> contribute
>> to ASF. once i found this mentoring program i was inspired by it so, i
>> decided to get some advise and help to find a project for me to
>> contribute.
>>
>> i am interested in Java, basically it is my mother tongue in computing. i
>> am
>> a SCJP, SCMAD and have a lot of experience in Java EE as well. i am also
>> very familiar with Flex, Ruby on Rails as well as mobile technologies like
>> Java ME, Android and i am a full time Linux user so have a good knowledge
>> about linux as well but i am not that much familiar and interested in
>> C/C++.
>> so, i think if someone propose me a good project for me to work on it will
>> be a great help.
>>
>>
>>
> Welcome Keshan to Apache. I wonder if you have any background or have done
> coursework in database. If so and even if not, you would be most welcome in
> the Derby community http://db.apache.org/derby/. I wonder with regard to
> mentoring are you interested in completing a project directly related to
> your coursework and how formal of a relationship you are looking for. Is
> there a professor at your University that would be involved or would you be
> the only one interacting with the community and mentor. Also what kind of
> time commitment are you interested in investing in the next three months.
> For Derby, usually I suggest new developers start with fixing bugs and our
> seemingly endless task of converting our tests to JUnit. That project can be
> easily tailored to skill levels and time commitments.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kathey
>
>
>
>

Re: Help regarding mentoring program

[Kathey Marsden <km...@sbcglobal.net>]

On 5/5/2010 11:21 AM, Keshan Sodimana | කේෂාන් සෝදිමාන wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am Keshan Sodimana an undergraduate from University of Colombo school of
> computing, Sri Lanka. i am a big FOSS enthusiast and i have been working on
> several open source projects but i am a newbie to Apache Software
> Foundation. though i have use it products i haven't been able to contribute
> to ASF. once i found this mentoring program i was inspired by it so, i
> decided to get some advise and help to find a project for me to contribute.
>
> i am interested in Java, basically it is my mother tongue in computing. i am
> a SCJP, SCMAD and have a lot of experience in Java EE as well. i am also
> very familiar with Flex, Ruby on Rails as well as mobile technologies like
> Java ME, Android and i am a full time Linux user so have a good knowledge
> about linux as well but i am not that much familiar and interested in C/C++.
> so, i think if someone propose me a good project for me to work on it will
> be a great help.
>
>    
Welcome Keshan to Apache. I wonder if you have any background or have 
done coursework in database. If so and even if not, you would be most 
welcome in the Derby community http://db.apache.org/derby/. I wonder 
with regard to mentoring are you interested in completing a project 
directly related to your coursework and how formal of a relationship you 
are looking for. Is there a professor at your University that would be 
involved or would you be the only one interacting with the community and 
mentor. Also what kind of time commitment are you interested in 
investing in the next three months. For Derby, usually I suggest new 
developers start with fixing bugs and our seemingly endless task of 
converting our tests to JUnit. That project can be easily tailored to 
skill levels and time commitments.

Thanks

Kathey