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@Siedlerchr sir
Hello everyone,
I'm a 3rd-year Computer Science student and passionate about Open Source. I have good knowledge of Java and JavaFX. Can anyone tell me how to start contributing to Jabref?
My GitHub account:
https://github.com/Abanoub-Asaad
Hello everyone,
Me and my colleague @gliargovas are 3rd-year Computer Science students and on this semester, during our Applied Software Enginneering Course we have an assignment to contribute to an open source project. We have seen Jabref and we are really intrested in contributing to it. We are willing to devote time and effort to help resolve issues and be part of this project. This is our first time we are contributing to an open source project. We both have a good knwoledge of Java and Object-Oriented Programming in general, and we are also familiar with LaTeX. Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
George Drosos
Mail: drosos007@gmail.com
Github: gdrosos
Me and my colleague @gliargovas are 3rd-year Computer Science students and on this semester, during our Applied Software Enginneering Course we have an assignment to contribute to an open source project. We have seen Jabref and we are really intrested in contributing to it. We are willing to devote time and effort to help resolve issues and be part of this project. This is our first time we are contributing to an open source project. We both have a good knwoledge of Java and Object-Oriented Programming in general, and we are also familiar with LaTeX. Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
George Drosos
Mail: drosos007@gmail.com
Github: gdrosos
@gdrosos Welcome to JabRef! Check out our contribution guide to set up your workspace correctly. Depending on your time you can take a look at our project list for university projects https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/projects/9 or take a look at our issues in general.
If you have any questions, just ask
I am interested to contribute to JabRef as a part of the Adelaide university group. I am wondering if somebody can please provide a link for the code of conducts because I can see contribution guidelines but no link for the code of conduct. Thanks
Hi, we don't have an official code of conduct. Just be nice to each other. If you have a complaint drop a note at developers@jabref.org
😉
But seriously, not to my knowledge.
I think, keep it simple but precise, describe your vision of your solution and stay close to the guidelines for the proposal. https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5278426606338048/
Hi, thanks for your interest, like we mentioned before, please try to solve a good first issue before before preparing a gsoc proposal to get somewhat familiar with the jabref source. Please make sure you set up your workspace according to our guide to keep code style consistent. Please check our developer docs and also the official contribution guide.
Last link might be interesting especially for the mindmap project, since it had some of the ideas already implemented, but sadly staled a few years ago.
Instead try to define a proposal, define some goals or target you plan to archive with your changes and we discuss the proposal with you, if it seems realistic or if it's not enough or if it's too much.
*achieve
or if we are submitting PRs during application review period.
We'd like to see at least one PR being submitted before application review, because we'd like too see that you already have set up the coding environment correctly, that you got at least a little bit familiar with the codebase, know where to find what, learned a bit about our review process, are able to adapt the code style jabref uses and o would say it's also important for you to see, if you can work with our contribution guidelines.
Just pick one simple 'good first issue' and solve it, those should not last long to solve.
Respected mentors,
Please review my first GSoC proposal for the project: Mindmaps for JabRef,
The link to my proposal is: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1df2qWxYV751-zvmJn9sWH7N4u404V1b_/view?usp=sharing
Please help me in making this proposal better. Please leave suggestions and your thoughts.
maybe you also find another existing one
Important thing is right now to submit the proposal to GSOC, because tomorrow the applications are closed.
We will review all the proposals in the next few weeks and maybe discuss them with you and the other applicants. We cannot yet promise anything, as our final decision, who gets selected, depends very much on all the proposals also in comparison, it depends on if we believe that this feature can be successfully implemented based on the proposal etc. So please don't expect too much now, the decision will be surely not easy.
We will review all the proposals in the next few weeks and maybe discuss them with you and the other applicants. We cannot yet promise anything, as our final decision, who gets selected, depends very much on all the proposals also in comparison, it depends on if we believe that this feature can be successfully implemented based on the proposal etc. So please don't expect too much now, the decision will be surely not easy.