Re: DISCUSSION: Need *LoRiskHiReward* Keyword for beginner or casual/occasional contributers

[Håkan Waara]

Asa Dotzler wrote:
> Andrew MacDonald wrote:
>>
>> I'll check out IRC when I get a chance - never really learned to use 
>> that before (dunno how hard it is or even any good OSX IRC clients?). 
>> I'm more interested in working on the backend stuff, but the learning 
>> curve looks very steep, and I might be interested in moving into some 
>> frontend stuff just to get my feet wet and see how it all works. Right 
>> now I'm working on getting my build environment setup... where do you 
>> recommend I start?

> Hope this help some. I'm sure some others can add useful info that I've 
> left off. (I surely left off the names of some very helpful people who 
> might chime in [sorry folks] or who you will find as you get to know 
> people.)
> 
> --Asa
> 

About hacking backend... Usually, people start with the frontend to 
become familiar with it. As they dig deeper, they also get to know the 
backend.

Starting out with the backend immediately may be a little rough.

Our backend is built up using XP (cross-platform) frameworks such as: 
XPCONNECT, XPCOM and XPIDL. There are a few good documents on each of 
these technologies up on mozilla.org, but the most valuable source is of 
course the actual code (lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey) and for specific 
questions #mozilla.

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Håkan Waara ([EMAIL PROTECTED])