From: Oin Maple <mapleoin@...>
Date: 2007-01-02T21:06:36+09:00
Subject: where to begin?

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Hello!

I would like to start working on a real project. Start "seeing some action"=
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I've been reading through ruby books for half a year now, but i haven't yet=
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started to make real programs. What I would like to do is help an opensourc=
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project somewhere, but i don't really know how or who would need this help=
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and what skills would that require. There are a lot of questions. When am I=
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good enough to enroll in such a project? What do I do? Where do I look?

I tried searching for a project on rubyforge, but I only found 3 requests f=
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a ruby developer and they all looked too complicated. I got put off when=20
seeing so many lines of code. How exactly does a new developer help when=20
joining a big project that has been going on for a very long time. Should I=
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even attempt that?

there are really lots of questions in my mind. I hope someone will point me=
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the right direction.

Thank you!

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