<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 February 2014 21:09, Jeremy Stanley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fungi@yuggoth.org" target="_blank">fungi@yuggoth.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 2014-02-12 14:42:17 -0600 (-0600), Dolph Mathews wrote:<br>
[...]<br>
> There's a lot of such scenarios where new contributors can<br>
> quickly find things to contribute, or at lest provide incredibly<br>
> valuable feedback to the project in the form of reviews!<br>
[...]<br>
<br>
I heartily second the suggestion. The biggest and best thing I did<br>
as a new contributor was to start reviewing changes first thing. An<br>
initial contributor, if they have any aptitude for software<br>
development at all, will be able to tell a ton about our development<br>
community by how it interacts through code review. The test-centric<br>
methodology, style guidelines and general level of<br>
acceptance/tolerance for various things become immediately apparent.<br>
You also get to test your understanding of the source by watching<br>
all the mistakes other reviewers find that you missed in your<br>
reviewing. Refine and repeat.<br>
<br>
Getting a couple of very simple changes in right away also helps you<br>
pick up the workflow and toolset, but reviewing others changes is a<br>
huge boon to both the project and the would-be contributors doing<br>
the reviewing... much more so than correcting a handful of<br>
typographical errors.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Jeremy Stanley<br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>That is a very good idea Jeremy.</div><div><br></div><div>I started learning and contributing to OpenStack yesterday. I have been writing down all the things I do, read and discover. Planning to blog about and share it. I think it would be valuable to show how to contribute and learn the project from the point of view of a novice to it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Luis</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>