I used to write Java, and in my personal experience. it take my most time to learn APISIX and write plugins.
I thought developers could use vedio and docs to share how to set up a development environment, how to write the first line of code, how to debug, maybe this would be helpful for newbies. *ZhengSong Tu* My GitHub: https://github.com/tzssangglass Apache APISIX: https://github.com/apache/apisix Zhiyuan Ju <juzhiy...@apache.org> 于2021年11月24日周三 下午4:26写道： > > Hi, community members, > > Yesterday, one of Apache APISIX's community users asked me how to involve > in our community, so I hold a webinar and share the information in the > WeChat Group (something like WhatsApp), 20 developers joined in and the > webinar lasts 90min :) > > Here is the summary of this event: > 1. Developer Experience is not good and smooth for newcomers. > 1.1 Some communities will reject PRs that developers submit; > 1.2 Users don't know what or how they can contribute; > 1.3 There has a high bar to develop Apache APISIX and its products: > 1.3.1 There have a lot of Documentations that lack tech details, and > developers need to read and debug from source codes; > 1.3.2 There have a lot of environments and dependencies that need to take > care of or install; > 1.3.3 Developers need to use Test Nginx to program test cases, but Test > Nginx lacks docs either. Also, when developers run test cases locally, it's > hard to pass all test cases because of environmental issues. > 1.4 Chinese attendees often ask the workflow about how to corporate with > others in the community, they need more courage and mentors. > > 2. Documentation > 2.1 We have repos like `apache/apisix`, `apache/apisix-dashboard`, > `apache/apisix-ingress-controller` and others, and only `apache/apisix` > repo's docs are maintained regularly and frequently, attendees complained > about the Docs Quality. > 2.2 Attendees hope our projects could include Production Best Practice > sections, when users use Apache APISIX, they could easily find the > appropriate scenarios instead of just seeing a demo. > > 2.3 Products > 2.3.1 Most attendees complain about Apache APISIX Dashboard is just a demo, > and it lacks many scenario-based functions. We hope it's not only > out-of-box but also reducing the difficulty to use it in production. The > same as Ingress Controller. > > Yes, there have a lot of issues that our developers are facing, but it's > also a great feeling to hold events like this! For the issues above, kindly > share your ideas and thoughts :) > > Best Regards! > @ Zhiyuan Ju <https://github.com/juzhiyuan>
