How can I help?

[Joshua Christopher]

Thomas,

Thank you for the response. Unfortunately I don't have a MS Windows or
Mac OSX computer, I only have my linux computer. I don't know if I can
be of much use for porting to an OS I don't have.

One thing that has been bothering me is the difficulty of doing online
stock quote updates. I understand that since Yahoo shut down its
service finding online stock quotes has been a moving target. In this
forum thread: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=142713&start=15#p396187
there are instructions to create a new source that is working for me.
Additionally I know the Robinhood app has an undocumented API that
returns JSON. I'm not sure what the etiquette is on the Robinhood API.
Is there any interest in chasing these or other quote sources and
providing them as built in sources? It might be a good beginner
project.

Thanks,
Joshua

On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 1:32 PM, Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de> wrote:
> Hi Joshua,
>
> On Sonntag, 27. Mai 2018 19:21:59 CEST Joshua Christopher wrote:
>
>> Hi developers,
>>
>> I've been using KMM for a couple years now and want to start giving
>> back. I am a C++ developer at my job but only have a hobbyist
>> understanding of Qt and QML. I'm not sure if I would be capable of
>> fixing bugs just yet due to my unfamiliarity with the KMM code base
>> and Qt.
>
> Certainly, KMyMoney has quite a long history and its code base has grown over time but once you have an itch you can scratch it and we will help you to get started. Throw your patches against phabricator (https://phabricator.kde.org/project/view/167/) and we (the devs with enough background) will take a look at them and provide advise.
>
> At the moment, I think we could use some help on getting the application running in MS-Windows and Mac OSX environments (installable versions that run out-of-the-box). Depending on your preferences this might be another area where we could use help. Lukasz may have some more information on this one.
>
>> Would you be interested in me helping to triage bugs? It seems there
>> are a quite a few unconfirmed or stalled bugs on the tracker right
>> now.
>
> It would be nice to have instructions on how to duplicate a bug. Sometimes this information is missing but vital to fix the problem.
>
>> It also looks like there may be a need to update documentation, e.g.:
>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340244
>> I'm assuming this is user facing documentation, would you like help
>> with that and if so how can I get started?
>
> Jack already answered this one.
>
>> Is there anyway I could get helping out with developer docs? That is
>> usually a good way to get familiar with a new code base!
>
> That is an interesting idea. We certainly could use some help here. I just don't have an idea what to ask for and what would be needed by a new contributor.
>
> Hope this helps as a first step to get you started. If you have more questions please let us know.
>
>> Thanks,
>> Joshua
>
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>
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