Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 19:31:34 +0530 From: rahul gupta <rkg10100@gmail.com> To: Shivansh Rai <shivansh@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need Help regarding contribution to Free BSD Projects Message-ID: <CANvmR=Yw3kfKt-q2Na%2BE1Knspq3s1jK5oURGwy0A89Xjxhce_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF%2Bp1Hv3-CPi48EubzO%2B4=3NbJ4cQELwRtAwDT5S1MmX1oRKpQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANvmR=bqjOh2xcLR%2B%2Bz_pGpueuswOscKLAeLHYwUU_9q1G6buQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAF%2Bp1Hv3-CPi48EubzO%2B4=3NbJ4cQELwRtAwDT5S1MmX1oRKpQ@mail.gmail.com>
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This is great, thank you! On 09-Aug-2017 7:06 PM, "Shivansh Rai" <shivansh@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi Rahul, > > I can say that your interests greatly match with mine so I'd write here > what I did when I first got introduced to FreeBSD. It is possible that you > might find the following very easy as I'm a beginner :-) > > * I made my first contribution during Google Summer of Code '16. The > project ideas proposed every year are very cool and I'd suggest having a > look at some of the previous years' ideas as not all of them are taken up > (you can also have a look at the previous projects). A good thing about > them is that they have a mention of the difficulty level and the domain > knowledge required to participate, so you can easily filter out the ones > you might be interested in - https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas. > > * Look up the src tree and try to find a piece of code which interests you > (for e.g. it may be a base utility, say ls). Read through the code to see > how it works. It is a fun activity which I occasionally do. It is also > possible that in the process you might come up with an improvement. > > * *Testing* > I have come to realize that testing is a great way to explore and learn a > lot very fast (according to me). Firstly, you get to study how things work. > For e.g. if you want to perform testing of the TCP stack, you might first > start off learning about how TCP works. Since it is very extensive, at a > time you can pick up a single functionality (say, selective > acknowledgements) and study it end to end after which you try to come up > with ways of testing it. So you didn't study the entire theory behind TCP, > but now you know how this specific functionality works very well. Then you > proceed on with other functionalities and in some time you'll cover a lot > of theory. Secondly, the process of coming up with ways to test a specific > functionality proves to be a great (and fun) way to learn. And it is also a > great way of applying what you just learnt. Last (but not the least) you > are in luck if you come across a bug or an unexpected behavior! > If you are interested in testing, I'd suggest having a look at the > documentation of the FreeBSD testsuite: https://wiki.freebsd.org/TestSuite and > also the TCP testsuite: https://github.com/freebsd-net/tcp-testsuite (I > am only familiar with these, other members might add more to the list). > > * To start off contributing right away, I'd suggest having a look at some > of these links: > - https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage > - https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/describecomponents.cgi > - https://wiki.freebsd.org/JuniorJobs > > * Ask questions! The community members are extremely friendly (and highly > experienced, so you get to learn something new everytime you ask). > > * Also, you can have a look at how some of the community members first > started off (it is quite interesting): https://wiki.freebsd.org/ > HowWeGotHere. > > Over time I got to realize that the key is to always keep learning and > enjoying the entire process. In these fields (and any CS field for that > matter) you never get to stop being amazed by something new everyday. I > think I'm starting to go off-topic so I'll stop. > > PS. I am relatively very new to the community (around only 2 years) so I'm > sure the experienced and senior members will have some great and better > advice to share. My apologies in advance if I wrote something wrong above. > > Hope this helps. Thank you for your interest! > With best regards, > Shivansh Rai > https://wiki.freebsd.org/ShivanshRai > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 5:35 PM rahul gupta <rkg10100@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Team, >> >> As I am working in Dell EMC in Isilon Product , >> and i want to contribute in Free BSD Open source projects as i love to do >> codning, >> My Area of interested is Data Structure and Algorithm and i have fond of >> learn system related coding. >> kindly request you help me how i can help in the development of free BSD >> OS >> and >> also help me out that i how can contribute to free BSD and what is >> smallest >> thigh from i can start to contribute. >> >> your valuable help and guidance are awaited.. >> >> -- >> Thanks & Regards >> Rahul Gupta >> Dell EMC Isilon Engineering Team >> +917200744656 <+91%2072007%2044656> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org >> " >> >
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