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* The page tells the user to start building the code. The programmer should learn what it is like to develop in the community first. | * The page tells the user to start building the code. The programmer should learn what it is like to develop in the community first. | ||
| − | == | + | == Developer Types == |
* New users | * New users | ||
* Existing users | * Existing users | ||
=== New developers === | === New developers === | ||
| − | * Will start at [contributing.openoffice.org] | + | * Will start at [http://contributing.openoffice.org/ contributing.openoffice.org] |
* Want to know what is required of him/her | * Want to know what is required of him/her | ||
* Want to learn the basics | * Want to learn the basics | ||
| − | * Want to learn ''only'' the things that is required to do the work | + | * Want to learn '''only''' the things that is required to do the work |
=== Existing developers === | === Existing developers === | ||
| − | * Will start directly at [development.openoffice.org | + | * Will start directly at [http://development.openoffice.org/ development.openoffice.org] |
* Want to get reference documentation | * Want to get reference documentation | ||
* Want to have this information close at hand | * Want to have this information close at hand | ||
Revision as of 19:05, 30 June 2009
Contents
Purpose of this initiative
This is an initiative started to make it easier for new developers to start to contribute to the project.
It identifies several issues which together might make contributing harder for interested developers.
The solutions will be applied to the contributing and development websites.
Workplaces
http://development.openoffice.org/tryouts/
http://contributing.openoffice.org/tryouts/
Possible issues
These are the possible problems identified:
- The page has a strange introduction, that begins with a to do list. Maybe the user already has an idea of what he would like to do.
- The page tells the user to start building the code. The programmer should learn what it is like to develop in the community first.
Developer Types
- New users
- Existing users
New developers
- Will start at contributing.openoffice.org
- Want to know what is required of him/her
- Want to learn the basics
- Want to learn only the things that is required to do the work
Existing developers
- Will start directly at development.openoffice.org
- Want to get reference documentation
- Want to have this information close at hand
These pages may be related or interesting to new developers.
- http://contributing.openoffice.org/programming.html
- http://development.openoffice.org/
- http://tools.openoffice.org/
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Getting_It
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Building_OpenOffice.org
- http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html
- http://projects.openoffice.org/accepted.html
- http://api.openoffice.org/docs/DevelopersGuide/DevelopersGuide.pdf
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/To-Dos
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Contributing_Patches
- http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/sca.pdf
- http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#usinglicenses
- http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/To-Dos
- http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html
Contributing Members
Per Eriksson
Martin Hollmichel
Mathias Bauer
