The developer's FAQ is a good place to start. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jonathan Gardner wrote: > On Thursday 01 July 2004 01:10 pm, Jaime Casanova wrote: > > > > I'm a young developer with some knowledge in various programming > > languages including C. Nowadays, i'm not capable to contribute to any > > part of the postgresql project but i want seriously learn what i need in > > order to contribute. Can you guys tell me where can i start? > > Where can i find usefull information about Databases programming > > techniques? > > > > First, become intimately familiar with the tool from the user's perspective. > I use PostgreSQL for some major projects, and so I have grown familair with > it. I don't think I could've gotten this familiar without having to > actually use it in a production environment. > > Second, start coding extensions to it. I have written C code for both the > client and server side, and have learned tremendously from that. > > Finally, start reading code around the parts you are interested in. > > I have also found that watching the patches come in will give you a feel for > what is happening. Not only do you see the actual code, but you can watch > the experts talk about it. You can read through the code and then watch as > the server behaves differently. It's pretty amazing. > > -- > Jonathan Gardner > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > > > !DSPAM:40e4b35d139131332413006! > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
