Offer my services

[Andy the destroyer <an...@gmail.com>]

Hello,

My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would like
to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if they
are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have worked
with.

Regards,
Andrew Headrick
andythedestroyer@gmail.com

Re: Offer my services

[Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Richard Hirsch<hi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...Ideally, he should submit an iCLA which would make things easier....

Yes, it's good to submit an iCLA [1] early - people should do that as
soon as their contributions are "substantial", and that makes things
faster if they become committers later on.

-Bertrand

[1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt

Re: Offer my services

[Richard Hirsch <hi...@gmail.com>]

If he posts patches (code) via jiran - which I expect, then there is a
checkbox where you must deal with the attachment license. You either
have the option "Attachment not intended for inclusion " or "Grant
license to ASF for inclusion in ASF works (as per the Apache License
§5)
Contributions intended for inclusion in ASF products (eg. patches,
code) must be licensed to ASF under the terms of the Apache License.
Other attachments (eg. log dumps, test cases) need not be. "

Ideally, he should submit an iCLA which would make things easier.

D.


On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM, David
Pollak<fe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> How are we handling the IP for Andy's contributions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Richard Hirsch <hi...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Andy,
>>
>> Before I forget: If you register for the Apache Jira, then you can
>> assign yourself the tasks on which you want to work.
>>
>> D.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Andy the
>> destroyer<an...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Darren,
>> >
>> > I have built the code from the trunk from subversion and got it running (
>> > for the most part; getting a bunch of js exceptions). Anyways, I went
>> > through the unassigned tasks on JIRA and found that most of them were
>> vague
>> > suggestions and did not give a clear starting point. That said I have
>> worked
>> > with JMX a good amount and could add a statistics MBean. What sort of
>> stats
>> > would your want. I was thinking..
>> >
>> > Attributes
>> > # messages sent
>> > # groups
>> > uptime
>> > # messages sent last X minutes ( or other metric for general load )
>> > # users total
>> > # users logged in
>> >
>> > Operations
>> > # messages sent by group / tag etc.
>> > # messages sent my user
>> > # follows by user
>> > reset
>> >
>> > What do you think.  could also work on code documentation. I did notice
>> an
>> > unassigned ticket for that however usually need to work with the code for
>> a
>> > while to understand it in order to document it correctly.
>> >
>> > -Andy
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Andy the destroyer <
>> > andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Darren,
>> >>
>> >> I will have a go at it this weekend. Thanks for the response everyone.
>> >>
>> >> -Andy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Darren Hague <dhague@fortybeans.com
>> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Andrew,
>> >>>
>> >>> Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the
>> wiki
>> >>> and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having
>> a go
>> >>> at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit a
>> patch
>> >>> with your code.
>> >>>
>> >>> After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely
>> have
>> >>> a vote and formally
>> >>> welcome you as a committer to the project.
>> >>>
>> >>> Welcome aboard!
>> >>>
>> >>> All the best,
>> >>> Darren
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Andy the destroyer wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hello,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
>> >>>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I
>> would
>> >>>> like
>> >>>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I
>> may
>> >>>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if
>> >>>> they
>> >>>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
>> >>>> worked
>> >>>> with.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards,
>> >>>> Andrew Headrick
>> >>>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
> Git some: http://github.com/dpp
>

Re: Offer my services

[David Pollak <fe...@gmail.com>]

Folks,

How are we handling the IP for Andy's contributions?

Thanks,

David

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Richard Hirsch <hi...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Andy,
>
> Before I forget: If you register for the Apache Jira, then you can
> assign yourself the tasks on which you want to work.
>
> D.
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Andy the
> destroyer<an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Darren,
> >
> > I have built the code from the trunk from subversion and got it running (
> > for the most part; getting a bunch of js exceptions). Anyways, I went
> > through the unassigned tasks on JIRA and found that most of them were
> vague
> > suggestions and did not give a clear starting point. That said I have
> worked
> > with JMX a good amount and could add a statistics MBean. What sort of
> stats
> > would your want. I was thinking..
> >
> > Attributes
> > # messages sent
> > # groups
> > uptime
> > # messages sent last X minutes ( or other metric for general load )
> > # users total
> > # users logged in
> >
> > Operations
> > # messages sent by group / tag etc.
> > # messages sent my user
> > # follows by user
> > reset
> >
> > What do you think.  could also work on code documentation. I did notice
> an
> > unassigned ticket for that however usually need to work with the code for
> a
> > while to understand it in order to document it correctly.
> >
> > -Andy
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Andy the destroyer <
> > andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Darren,
> >>
> >> I will have a go at it this weekend. Thanks for the response everyone.
> >>
> >> -Andy
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Darren Hague <dhague@fortybeans.com
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Andrew,
> >>>
> >>> Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the
> wiki
> >>> and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having
> a go
> >>> at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit a
> patch
> >>> with your code.
> >>>
> >>> After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely
> have
> >>> a vote and formally
> >>> welcome you as a committer to the project.
> >>>
> >>> Welcome aboard!
> >>>
> >>> All the best,
> >>> Darren
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Andy the destroyer wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
> >>>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I
> would
> >>>> like
> >>>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I
> may
> >>>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if
> >>>> they
> >>>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
> >>>> worked
> >>>> with.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Andrew Headrick
> >>>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>



-- 
Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
Git some: http://github.com/dpp

Re: Offer my services

[Richard Hirsch <hi...@gmail.com>]

Andy,

Before I forget: If you register for the Apache Jira, then you can
assign yourself the tasks on which you want to work.

D.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Andy the
destroyer<an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Darren,
>
> I have built the code from the trunk from subversion and got it running (
> for the most part; getting a bunch of js exceptions). Anyways, I went
> through the unassigned tasks on JIRA and found that most of them were vague
> suggestions and did not give a clear starting point. That said I have worked
> with JMX a good amount and could add a statistics MBean. What sort of stats
> would your want. I was thinking..
>
> Attributes
> # messages sent
> # groups
> uptime
> # messages sent last X minutes ( or other metric for general load )
> # users total
> # users logged in
>
> Operations
> # messages sent by group / tag etc.
> # messages sent my user
> # follows by user
> reset
>
> What do you think.  could also work on code documentation. I did notice an
> unassigned ticket for that however usually need to work with the code for a
> while to understand it in order to document it correctly.
>
> -Andy
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Andy the destroyer <
> andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Darren,
>>
>> I will have a go at it this weekend. Thanks for the response everyone.
>>
>> -Andy
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Darren Hague <dh...@fortybeans.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>
>>> Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the wiki
>>> and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having a go
>>> at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit a patch
>>> with your code.
>>>
>>> After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely have
>>> a vote and formally
>>> welcome you as a committer to the project.
>>>
>>> Welcome aboard!
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Darren
>>>
>>>
>>> Andy the destroyer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
>>>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would
>>>> like
>>>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
>>>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if
>>>> they
>>>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
>>>> worked
>>>> with.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Andrew Headrick
>>>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: Offer my services

[Richard Hirsch <hi...@gmail.com>]

Hi Andy,

I took a look at the Jira list and found some other items that might
be good places to start

* ESME-25  Ability to set proxy user and proxy password from property file
* ESME-72   Add other attributes to the AccessPool object
* ESME-26  The message parser should ignore # in urls
D.

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 6:01 AM, Richard Hirsch<hi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The JMX interface sounds like a good place to start and will give you
> a chance to play with the code. It also something which is important
> for success in the Enterprise arena. Once we have an initial version
> of the code deployed on stax (in the cloud), I'll try and use an
> off-the-shelf tool to access it.
>
> I like your suggestions as well about possible stats.
>
> Sorry about the vague JIRA items, I'll work on that.
>
> If you want I could add an JIRA item to finish the java wrapper for
> the REST-API which is still unfinished. This would also give you a
> chance to test ESME's functionality and get familiar with it. While
> you are working on that we will work on making the Scala-based JIRA
> items more concrete.
>
> Thanks for getting involved.
>
> D.
>
> ue Jira On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Andy the
> destroyer<an...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Darren,
>>
>> I have built the code from the trunk from subversion and got it running (
>> for the most part; getting a bunch of js exceptions). Anyways, I went
>> through the unassigned tasks on JIRA and found that most of them were vague
>> suggestions and did not give a clear starting point. That said I have worked
>> with JMX a good amount and could add a statistics MBean. What sort of stats
>> would your want. I was thinking..
>>
>> Attributes
>> # messages sent
>> # groups
>> uptime
>> # messages sent last X minutes ( or other metric for general load )
>> # users total
>> # users logged in
>>
>> Operations
>> # messages sent by group / tag etc.
>> # messages sent my user
>> # follows by user
>> reset
>>
>> What do you think.  could also work on code documentation. I did notice an
>> unassigned ticket for that however usually need to work with the code for a
>> while to understand it in order to document it correctly.
>>
>> -Andy
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Andy the destroyer <
>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Darren,
>>>
>>> I will have a go at it this weekend. Thanks for the response everyone.
>>>
>>> -Andy
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Darren Hague <dh...@fortybeans.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>>
>>>> Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the wiki
>>>> and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having a go
>>>> at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit a patch
>>>> with your code.
>>>>
>>>> After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely have
>>>> a vote and formally
>>>> welcome you as a committer to the project.
>>>>
>>>> Welcome aboard!
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Darren
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andy the destroyer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
>>>>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would
>>>>> like
>>>>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
>>>>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if
>>>>> they
>>>>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
>>>>> worked
>>>>> with.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Andrew Headrick
>>>>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: Offer my services

[Richard Hirsch <hi...@gmail.com>]

The JMX interface sounds like a good place to start and will give you
a chance to play with the code. It also something which is important
for success in the Enterprise arena. Once we have an initial version
of the code deployed on stax (in the cloud), I'll try and use an
off-the-shelf tool to access it.

I like your suggestions as well about possible stats.

Sorry about the vague JIRA items, I'll work on that.

If you want I could add an JIRA item to finish the java wrapper for
the REST-API which is still unfinished. This would also give you a
chance to test ESME's functionality and get familiar with it. While
you are working on that we will work on making the Scala-based JIRA
items more concrete.

Thanks for getting involved.

D.

ue Jira On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Andy the
destroyer<an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Darren,
>
> I have built the code from the trunk from subversion and got it running (
> for the most part; getting a bunch of js exceptions). Anyways, I went
> through the unassigned tasks on JIRA and found that most of them were vague
> suggestions and did not give a clear starting point. That said I have worked
> with JMX a good amount and could add a statistics MBean. What sort of stats
> would your want. I was thinking..
>
> Attributes
> # messages sent
> # groups
> uptime
> # messages sent last X minutes ( or other metric for general load )
> # users total
> # users logged in
>
> Operations
> # messages sent by group / tag etc.
> # messages sent my user
> # follows by user
> reset
>
> What do you think.  could also work on code documentation. I did notice an
> unassigned ticket for that however usually need to work with the code for a
> while to understand it in order to document it correctly.
>
> -Andy
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Andy the destroyer <
> andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Darren,
>>
>> I will have a go at it this weekend. Thanks for the response everyone.
>>
>> -Andy
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Darren Hague <dh...@fortybeans.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andrew,
>>>
>>> Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the wiki
>>> and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having a go
>>> at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit a patch
>>> with your code.
>>>
>>> After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely have
>>> a vote and formally
>>> welcome you as a committer to the project.
>>>
>>> Welcome aboard!
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Darren
>>>
>>>
>>> Andy the destroyer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
>>>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would
>>>> like
>>>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
>>>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if
>>>> they
>>>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
>>>> worked
>>>> with.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Andrew Headrick
>>>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: Offer my services

[Andy the destroyer <an...@gmail.com>]

Darren,

I have built the code from the trunk from subversion and got it running (
for the most part; getting a bunch of js exceptions). Anyways, I went
through the unassigned tasks on JIRA and found that most of them were vague
suggestions and did not give a clear starting point. That said I have worked
with JMX a good amount and could add a statistics MBean. What sort of stats
would your want. I was thinking..

Attributes
# messages sent
# groups
uptime
# messages sent last X minutes ( or other metric for general load )
# users total
# users logged in

Operations
# messages sent by group / tag etc.
# messages sent my user
# follows by user
reset

What do you think.  could also work on code documentation. I did notice an
unassigned ticket for that however usually need to work with the code for a
while to understand it in order to document it correctly.

-Andy

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Andy the destroyer <
andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Darren,
>
> I will have a go at it this weekend. Thanks for the response everyone.
>
> -Andy
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Darren Hague <dh...@fortybeans.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the wiki
>> and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having a go
>> at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit a patch
>> with your code.
>>
>> After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely have
>> a vote and formally
>> welcome you as a committer to the project.
>>
>> Welcome aboard!
>>
>> All the best,
>> Darren
>>
>>
>> Andy the destroyer wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
>>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would
>>> like
>>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
>>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if
>>> they
>>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
>>> worked
>>> with.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andrew Headrick
>>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Offer my services

[Andy the destroyer <an...@gmail.com>]

Hi Darren,

I will have a go at it this weekend. Thanks for the response everyone.

-Andy

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Darren Hague <dh...@fortybeans.com> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the wiki
> and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having a go
> at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit a patch
> with your code.
>
> After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely have a
> vote and formally
> welcome you as a committer to the project.
>
> Welcome aboard!
>
> All the best,
> Darren
>
>
> Andy the destroyer wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would
>> like
>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if they
>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have worked
>> with.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrew Headrick
>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: Offer my services

[Darren Hague <dh...@fortybeans.com>]

Hi Andrew,

Check out the source code, try building it, then have a look at the wiki 
and the list of JIRA tickets. Find a JIRA you're comfortable in having a 
go at, ask here if you have any questions or need any help, then submit 
a patch with your code.

After a few patches (if you stick around that long ;-), we'll likely 
have a vote and formally
welcome you as a committer to the project.

Welcome aboard!

All the best,
Darren

Andy the destroyer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would like
> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if they
> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have worked
> with.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Headrick
> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>
>   

Re: Offer my services

[Anne Kathrine Petteroe <yo...@gmail.com>]

A big +1 from me.
Would be great to have him on board!

/Anne

Sent from my iPhone

On 1. juli 2009, at 22.12, Mrinal Wadhwa <mr...@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> That would be great !
>
> +1 from me
>
> _
> Mrinal
> http://www.mrinalwadhwa.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:39 AM, David Pollak
> <fe...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I met Andy at some local SF user group meetings and he came to the  
>> Scala
>> Lift Off.  I'd love to put him to work on ESME.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Andy the destroyer <
>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and  
>>> am
>>> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I  
>>> would
>>> like
>>> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code  
>>> so I may
>>> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references  
>>> if
>> they
>>> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
>> worked
>>> with.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andrew Headrick
>>> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
>> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
>> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
>> Git some: http://github.com/dpp
>>

Re: Offer my services

[Mrinal Wadhwa <mr...@gmail.com>]

That would be great !

+1 from me

_
Mrinal
http://www.mrinalwadhwa.com



On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:39 AM, David Pollak
<fe...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I met Andy at some local SF user group meetings and he came to the Scala
> Lift Off.  I'd love to put him to work on ESME.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Andy the destroyer <
> andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
> > learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would
> > like
> > to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
> > gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if
> they
> > are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have
> worked
> > with.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrew Headrick
> > andythedestroyer@gmail.com
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net
> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890
> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp
> Git some: http://github.com/dpp
>

Re: Offer my services

[David Pollak <fe...@gmail.com>]

Folks,

I met Andy at some local SF user group meetings and he came to the Scala
Lift Off.  I'd love to put him to work on ESME.

Thanks,

David

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Andy the destroyer <
andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name is Andrew Headrick. I am an experienced Java developer and am
> learning Scala but have no professional experience with it yet. I would
> like
> to contribute to this project in anyway I can that involves code so I may
> gain more experience and help the community. I can give references if they
> are needed and a detailed list of technologies and languages I have worked
> with.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Headrick
> andythedestroyer@gmail.com
>



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Re: Offer my services

[Vassil Dichev <vd...@apache.org>]

Hi Andy,

> What sort of JMX operations do you have in mind? Reset? Query stats?

Mostly querying stats, but I haven't spent time thinking about it. I
was mostly reflecting on the idea that text-based interfaces are
increasingly popular as a sort of command interface- take quicksilver,
ubiquity, twitter bots, wolphram alpha, to name but a few. So if ESME
revolves around text messages, it makes a lot of sense to me that we
can use messages as a command interface. I'm experimenting with
different ideas (not all are good, mind you).

> I went through the code base this weekend and so far I think I have a pretty
> good idea of how things are working. I am a little confused with one thing
> however.
>
> What exactly does the scala.actors.Actor.link method do? What does it mean
> to "link" an actor to another? No books ( Programming in Scala, Beginning
> Scala, Definitive Guide to LIFT), scaladocs or blogs I have found give an
> explanation, but I see it peppered through the ESME and LIFT codebase.

I couldn't provide a better answer than Erik, who is deeply involved
with Scala actors.

There was a sort of boom of Scala books during last year, but
unfortunately the best way to learn about some of the tricky stuff in
detail is the source... For me, it was very instructive reading the
source especially of Lift and was the main source of information
before the excellent Lift book got out.

I suggest that you write down all questions you have and ask, this way
someone can document it, blog about it, etc. It will certainly be
useful to the next people coming to Scala.

> Also, the touch method on the Distributor, MessagePullActor and
> ScedulerActor is used to load the class like an empty init method, am I
> correct in this? After the touch method is called in Boot.scala the class is
> initialized which ends with a StartMeUp message sent to the loading Actor (
> loading users in the case of the Distributor ). Correct?

Even without calling the empty touch method the code will run, but in
this way initialization is triggered at ESME startup rather than when
the first message is sent. I think that's the only purpose "touch"
serves. Actually that's how David has done it with Distributor and
UserActor and I have followed this pattern for MessagePullActor and
SchedulerActor.

> I just want to make sure I understand things correctly before I go coding
> wildly and blindly.

Good idea, but don't be too afraid to experiment, too- it's the best
way to learn. At first you will not be committing directly, so use the
fact that your code will be reviewed to your advantage.

> I should be able to start throwing some code together in the next few days.

Great to know you're having fun!

Vassil

Re: Offer my services

[Erik Engbrecht <er...@gmail.com>]

re: Linking ActorsWhen two actors are linked, it makes it so that they
notify each other on exit.  So if you have actors A and B, they are linked,
and B exists, then as part of the shutdown process A will notified.  The
default behavior is for A to exit when it receives this notification,
however if you set the trapExit variable on the actor to true the
notification will be done via an Exit message instead (
http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/api/scala/actors/Exit.html )

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Andy the destroyer <
andythedestroyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Vassil,
>
> What sort of JMX operations do you have in mind? Reset? Query stats?
>
> I went through the code base this weekend and so far I think I have a
> pretty
> good idea of how things are working. I am a little confused with one thing
> however.
>
> What exactly does the scala.actors.Actor.link method do? What does it mean
> to "link" an actor to another? No books ( Programming in Scala, Beginning
> Scala, Definitive Guide to LIFT), scaladocs or blogs I have found give an
> explanation, but I see it peppered through the ESME and LIFT codebase.
>
> Also, the touch method on the Distributor, MessagePullActor and
> ScedulerActor is used to load the class like an empty init method, am I
> correct in this? After the touch method is called in Boot.scala the class
> is
> initialized which ends with a StartMeUp message sent to the loading Actor (
> loading users in the case of the Distributor ). Correct?
>
> I just want to make sure I understand things correctly before I go coding
> wildly and blindly.
>
> I should be able to start throwing some code together in the next few days.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Vassil Dichev <vd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > Hey Andy,
> >
> > Welcome aboard, I hope you have lots of fun with ESME- and Scala!
> >
> > Regarding JMX, one of the ideas of ESME is that text messages could be
> > used as a control interface to different types of services. It would
> > be great if we eat our own dog food and have a bot that executes
> > JMX-related commands when sent to it in the form of a message.
> >
> > A fun part of ESME where it makes a difference from other messaging
> > platforms is actions. You can take some time to research about actions
> > from the wiki (http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ESME/Actions).
> > There are a number of small things to do to get one started with
> > actions, e.g. issue ESME-29 (Add new tags to Actions). Another related
> > feature would be to create a message when someone has been added to an
> > access pool (a functionality we are now implementing).
> >
> > Let us know what you're interested in and don't hesitate to ask if you
> > have questions.
> >
> > Happy hacking,
> > Vassil
> >
>



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Re: Offer my services

[Andy the destroyer <an...@gmail.com>]

Hi Vassil,

What sort of JMX operations do you have in mind? Reset? Query stats?

I went through the code base this weekend and so far I think I have a pretty
good idea of how things are working. I am a little confused with one thing
however.

What exactly does the scala.actors.Actor.link method do? What does it mean
to "link" an actor to another? No books ( Programming in Scala, Beginning
Scala, Definitive Guide to LIFT), scaladocs or blogs I have found give an
explanation, but I see it peppered through the ESME and LIFT codebase.

Also, the touch method on the Distributor, MessagePullActor and
ScedulerActor is used to load the class like an empty init method, am I
correct in this? After the touch method is called in Boot.scala the class is
initialized which ends with a StartMeUp message sent to the loading Actor (
loading users in the case of the Distributor ). Correct?

I just want to make sure I understand things correctly before I go coding
wildly and blindly.

I should be able to start throwing some code together in the next few days.

Thanks,
Andy



On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Vassil Dichev <vd...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hey Andy,
>
> Welcome aboard, I hope you have lots of fun with ESME- and Scala!
>
> Regarding JMX, one of the ideas of ESME is that text messages could be
> used as a control interface to different types of services. It would
> be great if we eat our own dog food and have a bot that executes
> JMX-related commands when sent to it in the form of a message.
>
> A fun part of ESME where it makes a difference from other messaging
> platforms is actions. You can take some time to research about actions
> from the wiki (http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ESME/Actions).
> There are a number of small things to do to get one started with
> actions, e.g. issue ESME-29 (Add new tags to Actions). Another related
> feature would be to create a message when someone has been added to an
> access pool (a functionality we are now implementing).
>
> Let us know what you're interested in and don't hesitate to ask if you
> have questions.
>
> Happy hacking,
> Vassil
>

Re: Offer my services

[Vassil Dichev <vd...@apache.org>]

Hey Andy,

Welcome aboard, I hope you have lots of fun with ESME- and Scala!

Regarding JMX, one of the ideas of ESME is that text messages could be
used as a control interface to different types of services. It would
be great if we eat our own dog food and have a bot that executes
JMX-related commands when sent to it in the form of a message.

A fun part of ESME where it makes a difference from other messaging
platforms is actions. You can take some time to research about actions
from the wiki (http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ESME/Actions).
There are a number of small things to do to get one started with
actions, e.g. issue ESME-29 (Add new tags to Actions). Another related
feature would be to create a message when someone has been added to an
access pool (a functionality we are now implementing).

Let us know what you're interested in and don't hesitate to ask if you
have questions.

Happy hacking,
Vassil