Hi Nick, Welcome.
There are a list of starter jira issues (labeled starter), that could help you to get familiar with the code base. Feel free to grab and assign to yourself, and start contributing. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-407?filter= 12315361&jql=project%20%3D%20BEAM%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20starter On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Nick Travers <n.e.trav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh cool. I haven't checked the site in a while. Nice additions! > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Dan Halperin <dhalp...@google.com.invalid > > > wrote: > > > Hey Nick, > > > > Awesome! Welcome. > > > > http://beam.incubator.apache.org/contribute/contribution-guide/ is the > > place to start (have you seen it yet? if so, send more specific > questions?) > > > > Dan > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Nick Travers <n.e.trav...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Beamers, > > > > > > I've been following along the lists for a while now ("long time > listener, > > > first time caller"), and met a few of you at Strata in September. Loved > > all > > > the talks. > > > > > > After using Beam (+ Dataflow runner) for some of my side projects, I'd > > love > > > to jump in and start contributing. Never having worked on libraries > (more > > > application development) or OSS for that matter, it would be good to > pick > > > up some of the smaller tickets as I feel my way around the codebase. > > > > > > Is it possible to be added to the Jira? And is it just a matter of > > picking > > > up unassigned tickets? I see that there are some "newbie" / "starter" > > > tickets that are already assigned but have been open for a while now. > The > > > AutoValue tickets looked like a good place to start. > > > > > > Also, is the Slack channel active? > > > > > > Thanks! Looking forward to getting stuck in! > > > > > > - nick > > > > > > -- Neelesh Srinivas Salian Engineer
