Hi, I have successfully built okular from the source.I am now familiar with cmake,qt and github and has an intermediate knowledge of c++. I require further guidelines for contributing to okular.
Thanks, Kanchan K On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 8:17 PM Dileep Sankhla <sankhla.dilee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kanchan, > > Welcome to the project Okular! KDE Community greets you :) > > 1. You should have an intermediate programming experience in C++ ranging > from basic variables and iterations to class and objects. If you know about > the basic constructs in C++ including functions then you can begin to > contribute! You can learn about the classes and objects, templates etc by > going through the quick tutorials when required as on the way. I would > suggest you to follow a cpp tutorial online and learn by coding the samples > on the way. Compile and build your code from the terminal using g++ and/or > make. If you want to use an IDE, use eclipse. > > 2. Regarding Qt, the Qt docs are apt. You should only know the mechanism > of signals and slots which you can learn here [0]. This should be done > after gaining some experience in C++. Rest, you can search for the > functions and their signatures and return types on the docs. > Do some sample Qt programming in the latest Qt 5 using QtCreator IDE. > > 3. Use Linux with KDE desktop environment installed. Don't use windows. > The best OS, in my opinion, is kubuntu. Forget the mouse and the GUI and > work on the terminal. Use the commands frequently, don't memorize them and > eventually you will get used to them. You can google for the commands > anytime but also try to notice what and how it is doing. > > 4. Learn git. Install git into your system and learn the basics of > commits, branches, rebase etc. A quick overview of git is here [1]. You > should read the first 3 chapters of this book [2]. > > 5. Learn a bit about cmake and how to build the projects using cmake. The > best tutorial is on its official website [2]. Build a sample Qt project > using cmake. > > 6. Now after going through all of them, which I think would take a couple > of weeks for the absolute beginner, it's your time to build Okular from the > source. This is your first task towards contributing to Okular. Follow [4]. > If stuck, message on #okular channel on IRC freenode or send a quick mail > here. > > 7. After building okular from the source, your next task is to pick up a > junior job. Go to [5], create an account, search for the junior jobs in > Okular and begin with hacking into the codebase. Submit your first patch on > [6]. > > Hope it helps! > > Cheers > Dileep > > > [0] http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/signalsandslots.html > [1] https://try.github.io/ > [2] https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 > [3] https://cmake.org/cmake-tutorial > [4] https://okular.kde.org/download.php#okular > [5] bugs.kde.org > [6] http://phabricator.kde.org > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 7:07 PM Kanchan K <kanchankaripp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> My name is Kanchan.I have been using Okular for a while now.As I'm also a >> developer,I thought I would try my hand on contributing to Okular. >> >> I have mostly been a web developer so far,so I do not have much >> experience with C++ and I have never done any Qt development. >> It would be helpful if someone would suggest some other tasks which I >> could start with. >> >> Thanks, >> Kanchan K >> >
