Thanks for the warm welcome Kay! Will do as instructed! On Feb 1, 2014 11:14 PM, "Kay Schenk" <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Varun Bezzam <varun.bez...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Everyone!! > > I joined the developer's community yesterday because I > am > > familiar with OpenOffice, and would like to participate in the further > > development of the software. I am from India and I am currently pursuing > my > > Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering from the Anna > University, > > Chennai. I am extremely interested in developing a project for GSOC 2014. > > This is my first experience with any OSS forum, so I would be extremely > > grateful for any guidance on where to start, what project ideas to > > implement and so on. I have worked with C,C++ and I have a working > > knowledge of Java. Any help would be much appreciated. > > Thank You, > > Varun > > > > Hello Varun and welcome to Apache OpenOffice-- > > Usually, we like new volunteers to go through the orientation modules > first: > > http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html > > but you may have already done that. > > After that, to get started with development, it's best to actually build > OpenOffice on your system. See information on the wiki: > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page > > (see lower right hand Documentation area pertaining to Development). > > Let us know how your build experience goes. Once you get through that > process, we can give you more guidance on what to do next. > > It is super that you want to participate in GSOC 14! We have not submitted > any projects to be mentored for that yet -- but stay tuned for more > information about AOO participation in that venture. > > Apache OpenOffice welcomes you, your enthusiasm and skills. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, > for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect." > -- James Mason >
