On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 11:01 AM Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Mua,
>
> > On 2 May 2019, at 11:55, Mua Rachmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there xwiki devs,
> >
> > I am Mua from Cameroon. I study computer engineering where i offer as
> major
> > software engineering. I am a lover of open source and would love to
> > contribute to xwiki. Here is my github link
> https://github.com/muarachmann
> >
> > I have been around open source for a year now and familiar to the way it
> > works. I am kind of lost with xwiki to my suprise (lol).
>
> Why are you lost compared to other open source software development?
>
I really don't know but it was difficult for me to walk my way around and
build the platform.

>
> > I would really
> > love to contribute to this organization and help increase my skills.
> >
> > My skill set is python, C, html, css , php, javascript and a little of
> > java.
>
> XWiki is coded mostly in Java and javascript/html/Css for the front end
> part.
>
Cool i guess i am comfortable with those

>
> > I have a few questions with regards to xwiki.
> >
> > 1. Does it works like wiki.
>
> It’s a wiki yes. See https://xwiki.org.
>
> > 2. How can i setup a dev environment for xwiki. I am on MacOS
>
> See https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Building/

Didn't see this before thanks

>
>
> The trick to find information is to google. If you do you should find
> plenty of information.
>
> > 3. I forked this repo https://github.com/muarachmann/xwiki-platform to
> > begin contributions but i am lost
>
> Did you google ‘xwiki contribute’ for ex?
>
> If you do, you’ll find
> https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Contributing
>
> And https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Onboarding/
>
> Welcome to the XWiki community! :)
>
Thank you very much i will consider this next time. Thanks for the warm
welcome. Looking forward to working with you all.

Regards,
Mua

>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mua
>
>

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