Getting started developing

[Kevin Funk]

> Hello,
> 
> So I've been using Amarok for a couple years now, and I really want to
>  start doing some development. The problem is that I don't really know
>  where to begin. I have a decent amount of C++ experience from school, and
>  I've done some PyQT programming on my own, so I feel like I should have
>  the skills to make some contributions. I just don't understand how to do
>  it. I managed to use git clone to get a copy of the source code, but it's
>  really
> overwhelming. I don't know where to begin. I seem to remember Lydia posting
> on a blog about junior jobs, but I'm not sure what the status of those jobs
> are. Does anyone have a recommendation on a smallish piece of code that
> needs work? My idea would be to get a fairly small piece (maybe 5-6 files)
> and study it for a few days, then try to make some minor tweaks to it.
> I'm also not really sure how to use git/gitorious. I signed up for an
> account and added a ssh key. How do I go about making commits? Should I be
> asking these questions somewhere else?
> 
> Thanks for the replies.
> Justin Brown
> justin.brown1.1 at gmail.com

Try to fix some minor bugs to get familiar with the code. Gitorious is a nice 
way to contribute to Amarok. The most comfortable way is to issue so called 
"Merge requests" right from gitorious.org
A much easier way is to call `git format-patch` and send the result to amarok-
devel at kde.org.
Please read some Git tutorials to get started. It's hard at the beginning, we 
all know ;)

-- 
Kevin Funk