Thanks Kathey for your quick reply and the warm welcome. yes i have done a coursework in database but i am not going to do this as a coursework instead i would like to interact with a mentor from ASF(better i can find a mentor from Sri lanka then there will be no time issues and we can even meet in a coffee shop rather than only in mailing lists or IRCs but i am ok with anyone). as for time commitment, usually i committed 5-6 hours a day for blogging and for other open source projects so i can commit 1-2 hours per day for ASF but within exam days(that will come in mid of July) i won't be able to commit that much . i have heard of Derby but never used so, i will learn it before doing anything and i like if you can suggest me any other resources to learn about Derby which will be important for developing rather than using it.
Thanks in advance, cheers, Keshan On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Kathey Marsden <kmarsdende...@sbcglobal.net > wrote: > On 5/5/2010 11:21 AM, Keshan Sodimana | කේෂාන් සෝදිමාන wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am Keshan Sodimana an undergraduate from University of Colombo school of >> computing, Sri Lanka. i am a big FOSS enthusiast and i have been working >> on >> several open source projects but i am a newbie to Apache Software >> Foundation. though i have use it products i haven't been able to >> contribute >> to ASF. once i found this mentoring program i was inspired by it so, i >> decided to get some advise and help to find a project for me to >> contribute. >> >> i am interested in Java, basically it is my mother tongue in computing. i >> am >> a SCJP, SCMAD and have a lot of experience in Java EE as well. i am also >> very familiar with Flex, Ruby on Rails as well as mobile technologies like >> Java ME, Android and i am a full time Linux user so have a good knowledge >> about linux as well but i am not that much familiar and interested in >> C/C++. >> so, i think if someone propose me a good project for me to work on it will >> be a great help. >> >> >> > Welcome Keshan to Apache. I wonder if you have any background or have done > coursework in database. If so and even if not, you would be most welcome in > the Derby community http://db.apache.org/derby/. I wonder with regard to > mentoring are you interested in completing a project directly related to > your coursework and how formal of a relationship you are looking for. Is > there a professor at your University that would be involved or would you be > the only one interacting with the community and mentor. Also what kind of > time commitment are you interested in investing in the next three months. > For Derby, usually I suggest new developers start with fixing bugs and our > seemingly endless task of converting our tests to JUnit. That project can be > easily tailored to skill levels and time commitments. > > Thanks > > Kathey > > > >
