Hey Abhinav, You can start here at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+101
It has the basic to start with CloudStack. You can also refer to http://www.slideshare.net/RadhikaNair/cloud-stack-forbeginners Please let us know if you have any queries. -Radhika -----Original Message----- From: Chandan Purushothama [mailto:chandan.purushoth...@citrix.com] Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 5:38 AM To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; CloudStack-Users; users-subscr...@cloudstack.apache.org; issues-subscr...@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: RE: Regarding contribution to CloudStack project Hello Abhinav, There is a wiki page on CloudStack. I refer to it for information on CloudStack. Kindly refer to the wiki at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Home, Thank you, Chandan. -----Original Message----- From: jitendra shelar [mailto:jitendra.shelar...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:06 AM To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; CloudStack-Users; users-subscr...@cloudstack.apache.org; issues-subscr...@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: Regarding contribution to CloudStack project Hi Abhinav, Nice that you have taken interest in cloudstack. It is really excellent. Free ebook is available at below link. http://it-ebooks.info/book/2930/ Thanks, Jitendra On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Mike Tutkowski < mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > There is this book on Amazon (I read it when I started working on > CloudStack, but - as Wido says - CloudStack development moves fast, so > not all details in this book are still accurate, but the high-level > areas generally still apply): > > > http://www.amazon.com/Apache-CloudStack-Cloud-Computing-Sabharwal/dp/1 > 782160108 > > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> > wrote: > > > Hi Abhinav! > > > > On 12/23/2013 05:27 PM, Abhinav Koppula wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I am Abhinav Koppula, a senior undergraduate student pursuing my > Bachelors > >> in India. I am interested in contributing towards the Apache > >> CloudStack project. I would be really glad if anyone could guide me > >> on how I can > get > >> started. > >> Also, I wanted to know if there are any pre-requisites(in terms of > >> computer science concepts) which I need to cover before starting > >> off. > >> > >> > > Well, we don't require anything. You can start contributing right > > away if you want to. > > > > I am skilled in Java but however I do not have prior experience of > working > >> on cloud computing platforms. What books/resources should I refer > >> which would help me in understanding the code-base easily? > >> > >> > > There are no real books on CloudStack and how to code for it. This > > is impossible to write at this moment since a lot changes in CloudStack. > > > > I recommend you start with cloning the source and you start to > > understand the code. > > > > Are there any particular things you want to work on? If so, we can > > point you in to the right direction to where to look. > > > > Wido > > > > Thanks, > >> Abhinav Koppula > >> > >> > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)* >
