Hello Christopher, and welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project! replying inline, below.
On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 10:08:21AM -0600, Christopher Han wrote: > Hello to anyone and everyone reading this message! > > By way of introduction, my name is Christopher Han. I graduated nearly a > year ago with my CS Masters and would like to contribute to the development > side of OpenOffice. > > I wanted to volunteer as a way of further developing my skills and > portfolio. I've also used OpenOffice in the past as a poor student, which > is partly the other reason why I wanted to help out this project, even if > only in a small way. There are many ways to contribute to OpenOffice. Working on the source code is one way, but there are many more: web site, documentation, helping users on the forums and mailing lists... > I'm looking to contribute to OpenOffice for an indefinite period of time. > As I am working another job full-time, my contributions will be limited to > the days I get off from work. We are all volunteers, so we know what we are talking about ;-) > I know a bit of C++ and some other languages, but would not consider > myself at a fully professional level. C++ is the language in which most of the source code is written. There is a big part in Java too. The build system is based on Unix shell script, Perl and other domain-specific language (Makefile's etc). > I will, of course, work my way through the volunteer orientation modules > over the holiday. But I wanted to get the ball rolling on getting situated > with this email. I welcome any guidance you have to offer me. If you want to work on the source code, as I understand from your message, the first (very big) step is building it. There are instructions for several operating systems on our Wiki [1]. It is easiest on FreeBSD, easier on Linux, and more... challenging on macOS and Windows. I suggest you start with building the trunk branch, as it is where the development is focused. If you need any help with setting up your build system, just write to our development mailing list. Once you are able to build on your own, we can suggest you some development tasks. References: 1: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO Best regards, -- Arrigo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
