I am new to the world of open source!From last few days i have been using moodle,reading its documents and all necessary things to get started upon!But i am having confusion in understanding things!
1.For a beginner like me are there some easy bugs to start with?
2.I have created account on moodle org and moodle tracker with different user name?Will it affect anyhow?
3.There are ceratin fields in bug fixing like how is it assigned to person,how are the affected branches field updated?
Hi,
To answer your questions:
1. Well that depends on what your knowledge of PHP, AJAX, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS are. There are some very easy bugs mainly to do with Moodle Themes. Like adding some padding to an element or correcting a typo in a stylesheet
2. Choosing a different username in Moodle & Moodle tracker will not affect anything just as long as your real name is the same in both.
3. To fix any bugs in Moodle Tracker you need to learn how to use GIT which you can do if you read GIT for developers. The 'Assignee' is the person who is allocated the bug to fix by default. This is done automatically when a new tracker issue is created.
Mary
1.I do have an adequate knowledge about php and javascipt.The thing i was confused was on how to start fixing bug.I was finding bug a little difficult to cope,so i asked whether there were some easy bugs to start with.
Hi, it is not clear what you want to do. You say you are new to Modle, then you talk about "bug fixing". You certainly cannot hope to help fixing bugs in Moodle if you are not an experienced user yourself.
Joseph
I am new to open source world! I am keen to help by contributing for moodle and for that i need to understand how to start fixing bug! I know i am a beginner but i can learn only when i start fixing bugs! If you can provide some input it would be very kind of you!
On the Moodle tracker here are some useful filters you can use:
Easy bugs 2.0
https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=10825
Popular: bugs
https://tracker.moodle.org/issues/?filter=10772
You should also read Tim Hunt's article on how to contribute bug fixes: http://tjhunt.blogspot.com/2012/03/fixing-bug-in-moodle-core-mechanics.html
The links you provided were indeed very helpful!
Hi, Jayesh.
I suspect you are looking to be part of the GSoC with Moodle this year. As well as the helpful advice already provided, don't neglect the pointers provided on the following page...
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Applying_to_work_with_Moodle_for_GSOC
Gsoc is secondary thing.I want to contribute to open source as i am on early stage of learning.I want to interact with different kind of people and contribute as much as possible towards open source.Since i am new to this i wanted guidance on how to start with!