Thomas, Specific to my objectives RE your skills, I would appreciate a hand with making a kick-butt video for the Wave pitch. Not now, but at the right time.
RE the right tool for some of the project communications, I have to say it, some of these processes might work really well in Wave...just sayin'. John All the best, John Blossom On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Thomas Wrobel <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any suggested way to organize volunteers? > > I know the current method is basically a "todo" list isnt it? which is fine > in itself. > But possibly having a list of commiters together with notes of their > skillset could also help. > > I can, for example do the following; > > * client side GWT coding. > * Android/Java coding > * php > * 3d graphics and animations (possibly to help presentations/diagrams) > * film editing > * html > > I haven't a clue when/if any of these things would be usefull - but I > wouldn't mind being put on a list for anyone to contact if Wave related > help is needed in those areas. > > > > > Forget node.js or any other "world-changer-wannabe" frameworks. As > Michael > > states, most developers don't understand (or are even scared of) this > > project architecture/structure. Fixing this would be a great start! > > > > +1 > > > > I tried to contribute to Wiab, a pretty simple UI modification, and I > found > > myself lost in the code a few hours, nagging poor yuri with questions, > > before I could do anything simple (being new to modern web development, > > gwt, etc was of no help either). > > > > > +1 > I also tried to do the same thing. Despite being very familiar with both > Java and GWT, and a few web-apps behind me, I still struggled. > > I haven't seen the codebase in almost a year now, however. > > Would it benefit from some very simple first steps....like better > commenting? removing redundant/legacy stuff? > > If separating the client is a step too big for anyone to commit too right > now, there might still be more basic messures to help move the existing > codebase to something easier to deal with. >
