[haiku-development] Re: Google Code-In task ideas
- From: Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:14:37 +0000
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 09:22, "Jürgen Wall" <x-otic@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Make a step by step walktrough of steps to start developing for HAIKU.
>> From svn checkout to locating a task, how to make changes to the code
>> and rebuild HAIKU and test your changes. Maybe do this with a real
>> system running HAIKU vs running HAIKU inside Virtualbox.
>> Then while performing the steps make a video while doing so.
>> (Effectively splitting "make a video" up in parts.)
>
> That's what I was looking for in vain when I got in touch with Haiku for the
> first time. I believe it to be extremely helpful for interested developers
> coming from the Windows world to have a hands-on step-by-step introduction.
> Making success experiences easier to achieve and with less frustration could
> make the potential devs feel more comfortable with Haiku development and
> prevent them from throwing in the towel. In my opinion an additional part of
> the mentioned walthrough should be debugging along with hints on where and
> how to find relevant logfiles.
These documents could help to serve as a starting point:
* http://dev.haiku-os.org/browser/haiku/trunk/ReadMe
* http://dev.haiku-os.org/browser/haiku/trunk/ReadMe.IntroductionToHaiku
The ReadMe.IntroductionToHaiku was a quick brain dump and is missing a
good deal. Additions are appreciated.
--mmadia
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