[Kstars-devel] Suggestions for a newbie

[Jasem Mutlaq]

Hi Adityan,

I added constellation art to the junior jobs a few days ago, and I just
added the constellation art idea to GSoC 2015 as well but with more
requirements. I might revamp it a bit but most of the idea is there now.
Check it out.

Regards,
Jasem


On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:08 PM, M.S. Adityan <msadityan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq
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