[Kstars-devel] Suggestions for a newbie

[M.S. Adityan]

Hi,

Thanks Akarsh and Rafal. I intend to apply for GSoC 2015. So is there
something specific towards which I can work? Maybe a 'probable' project
idea you may have? Meanwhile I have been reading the class definitions of
various classes used in KStars and learning Qt. I made a simple notepad
program in Qt that could save and open files and that is available here
https://github.com/DrAwkward2592

One of the tasks listed under the Junior jobs category, regarding adding
constellation art was always on my wishlist. I wanted it in KStars when I
saw it being used in Stellarium. Would there be a way to integrate
Stellarium to KStars, so KStars could have access to constellation arts?

I would love to get to know some ideas for small patches or code samples i
could write for KStars.

Thanks and regards,
Adityan

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Rafal Kulaga <rl.kulaga at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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