Re: Gsoc request for guidance

Thanks, I'll check them out.

On Feb 28, 2018 10:11 AM, "Heiko Tietze" <tietze.heiko@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Fady,
>
> Welcome to LibreOffice! "Download" is a quite unspecific description of
> what you did before things went wrong (please don't *download* sources via
> zip). We have guides on our wiki [1] how to set-up the environment and a
> recent blog post [2] that recaps everything. Once you can build, you should
> read the GSoC intro [3] and find some easy hacks [4] to prove your coding
> skills. Ideally those patches show your expertise in an area where your
> want to contribute later. For ideas take a look at this page [5].
>
> Hope you enjoy the time with LibreOffice,
> Heiko (UX mentor)
>
> [1a] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingOnLinux
> [1b] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingOnWindows
> [2] https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2018/02/22/easyhacking-set-
> environment/
> [3] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GSoC
> [4] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/EasyHacks
> [5] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GSoC/Ideas
>
> On 28.02.2018 08:58, fady esam wrote:
> > Hi I am Fady Essam 3rd year student at faculty of computer engineering
> ASU university, i have been using libre office for so long on my linux
> machine and i would like to contribute to that awesome open source project
> but i have run into sone problems
> > - I downloaded the source code (the tar file) but it told me that it was
> a corrupted file
> > -i am really good at c/c++ and java and have done many projects with
> them.. What should i do now to make myself good enough for a gsoc
> application?
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