Thanks to feedback from Sam when he got started with Beam, and helpful suggestions from Thomas and Scott, the beam contribute <https://beam.apache.org/contribute/> [1] page has been updated to hopefully make contributions easier, and the beam wiki <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BEAM/Development+Environment+FAQ> [2] has been updated with an FAQ and tips for Java, Python, Go, Gradle, Jenkins and website contributions.
The tips pages are a little light, so if you have ideas for developers, please sign up for the wiki and ask for wiki access on dev@, and add in your favorite tips. Alan [1] https://beam.apache.org/contribute/ [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BEAM/Development+Environment+FAQ
