Welcome and yes that book will definitely give you the big picture. What kind of contributions would you like to focus on?
Thanks, Gj On Monday, February 19, 2018, Thomas Hubschman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Netbeans Community, > > I hit send by accident, before I was going to change the subject line to > something like "How to Onboard as a NetBeans Contributor." > > I'd like to become an active contributor on the NetBeans project, but I am > not sure how to proceed. > > *I generally like to understand architectures and big pictures before I > dive into something (I enjoy reading Java specs). * > > I have seen Geertjan mention this book: > > https://leanpub.com/nbp4beginners > > I would be fine with reading that book as a prerequisite to contributing. > Does that make sense? Here is some information about me: > > - Three-time Swing Developer (2-3 years total dev time) > - I actually have the somewhat rare SCJD > - Was a big fan and implementor of some of the Filthy Rich Clients > stuff > - 10+ years using NetBeans (Also have used Eclipse & IntelliJ) > - I have the even-rarer SCSNB > - Java + JavaEE Experience > - JS experience > - Architecture/Management experience > > Thanks for any guidance. I am thankful for everything NB has done for me > professionally and I'd like to give back to the community. > > Regards, > > Tom >
