[Kstars-devel] Suggestions for a newbie

[Rafal Kulaga]

Hi!

My nick is rkulaga, but I need to appear more often on the IRC. As it comes
to building KStars in debug mode, you can find Jasem's instructions here:
http://indilib.org/forum/general/210-howto-building-latest-libindi-ekos.html

Junior jobs list is available here:
https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Edu/KStars/JuniorJobs

As Akarsh wrote, I'd advise you to start with something small, like
improvements in existing features, before embarking on anything bigger or
completely new.

BTW: please use "respond to all", so other people at the mailing list can
see and answer too :)

Cheers,
Rafal
<https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Edu/KStars/JuniorJobs>

2015-02-09 18:21 GMT+01:00 M.S. Adityan <msadityan at gmail.com>:

> Hi!,
>
> Thanks for the reply. May I know your IRC nick? How do I compile Stars in
> debug mode? Can you give me a small project towards which I can work? I
> have read the tasks in the junior jobs, and I have no clue about how to go
> about solving them.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Rafal Kulaga <rl.kulaga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> We don't really have an API in KStars, at least not in a traditional
>> sense ;-) As it comes to junior jobs - you're right, they're the best way
>> to start developing KStars. If you're looking for more guidance on how to
>> fix a particular bug, feel free to ask me - it's quite hard to give
>> universal advices. You should certainly compile KStars in debug mode and
>> use a debugger rather than printf()-based debugging ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rafal
>>
>> 2015-02-09 16:25 GMT+01:00 M.S. Adityan <msadityan at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am Adityan and my IRC nick is DrAwkward. I love KStars, and I am an
>>> amateur in astronomy. I have followed the instructions to build KStars from
>>> git, and have been learning Qt for a while. Lately I have begun reading the
>>> KStars API online. Am I heading on the right path? What are the 'must know'
>>> points that as a beginner I should know about the KStar API?
>>>
>>> Also suppose I am attempting to solve one of the junior job bugs, how do
>>> I isolate the code where the bug occurs?
>>>
>>> Thanks! :-)
>>>
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>>
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