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On 06/27/2015 03:33 PM, Jeff Learman wrote:
> Big help!  Thanks to Dims, Steve, and Jay.
>
> Jay, starting with unit tests does seem like a great way to get going
> for the reasons you mentioned, plus limiting damage (though I realize
> messed up tests could be a hassle too, if a foul-up gates patch
> commits.)  I think I'll take some time getting acquainted with Nova, mox
> and mock.  Please point me to any good mock tutorials you happen to know
> (though I can see lots of them plus the official docs), or any other
> resources you think might help me spin up.

Here's one for you:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11N2sStyrKmRe6ubzabz5R-HWMHZDnfUEyULbtkdcSAA/edit#slide=id.i0

 > After this, I'll start a new
> topic with [openstack-dev][nova] regarding this subject (or whatever you
> recommend.)

Sounds good!

> Sorry to sound like someone from last century, but is "#openstack-nova"
> a twitter account?

Nope. Old school IRC on Freenode :) #openstack-nova is the channel.

>  I've yet to use Twitter, but this could be a good
> time to get started.  (I don't text much either.  Old-school.  Yeah, I
> even still use 'vi' a lot!)

No worries at all, I'm a vim user as well :)

> Regards
> Jeff
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Jay Pipes <jaypipes at gmail.com
> <mailto:jaypipes at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 06/27/2015 11:06 AM, Jeff Learman wrote:
>
>         I'm an OpenStack newbie, but a seasoned programmer with decades of
>         experience in data communications (especially IP stack lower
>         layers) and
>         embedded systems.  I'm fluent in Python, C, C++, and Java.
>
>         I'm looking for some pro-bono work to do, and am open to any
>         suggestions, advice, or pleas for help.  I'll need a bit of
>         mentoring,
>         mostly in terms of mentioning terms to study up on.
>
>         I know about as much about OpenStack as I can learn from the
>         Wikipedia
>         entry.  I started setting it up on Ubuntu on Cisco UCS for a project
>         where I worked, but no longer work there.  I don't have any
>         resources
>         other than a Windows laptop and the Internet, but I could
>         wrestle up an
>         x86-based Linux box if necessary (not a rack server, though -- low
>         budget, I'd take an old tower, install a new MOBO, and go from
>         there.)
>
>         I'm willing to do tedious grunt work, as long as I'm learning
>         something
>         in the process (at least, to begin with.)  For example, if there's a
>         desire to convert to Python 3, that'd be a great way to get
>         involved,
>         learn a lot, and make a contribution, with minimal deep knowledge
>         required about OpenStack, and hopefully relatively minimal risk.
>
>
>     Hi Jeff! Welcome to the OpenStack community! :)
>
>     Dims and Steve had some great suggestions. I would add one specific
>     low-hanging fruit item that wasn't on the nova-low-hanging-fruit
>     etherpad until just now when I added it: unit test cleanups.
>
>     There are a ton of unit tests in Nova that use the mox/stubout
>     library instead of the (now-standard in Py3K) mock library. We'd
>     love to get the older test cases slowly converted over time.
>     Converting the test cases can be done in an iterative fashion;
>     allows the submitter to learn new parts of the Nova source code in
>     an slow, metered fashion; and the contributor can feel good about
>     making test code easier to read and rationalize about.
>
>     I'm on #openstack-nova most of the time. Feel free to hit me up with
>     questions. Happy to assist ya :)
>
>     Best,
>     -jay
>
>
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