<div dir="ltr">Hey Swarup, in order to contribute to Sugar you need to be familiar with PyGObject bindings.<div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Here's a list by James, that you should look at.</div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">New to Sugar Labs? Unlock these achievements in any order;</div> 1. Use Sugar or Sugarizer, <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/how-can-i-help.md</a> * by using Sugar or Sugarizer you will learn how it works, and what can be improved. * mandatory, 2. Read our Code of Conduct, <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md</a> * mandatory, 3. Join the developer mailing list, <a href="https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> * for asking questions and helping others, * don't use digest mode if you plan to post messages or replies, as it breaks threads, and please try to keep discussions public, * mandatory, 4. 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Get a <a href="http://shell.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">shell.sugarlabs.org</a> account, <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Service/shell#Requesting_a_shell_account</a> * requires a justification, * may also provide @<a href="http://sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">sugarlabs.org</a> mail address, * for releasing new versions of Sugar components, test builds, large data sets, or public git hosting, * for limited experimentation with non-root network services, such as bots or IRC proxies, * optional, 10. 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Get a <a href="http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">bugs.sugarlabs.org</a> account, <a href="https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/</a> * only if you must maintain old bug reports, * new issues may be reported via GitHub, * optional, 12. Join Sugar on Fedora live system mailing list, <a href="https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a> * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package, * share your experience with others who focus on this distribution, * optional, 13. Join Sugar on Debian mailing lists, <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/blob/master/docs/debian.md#packaging</a> * download, test, report bugs, fix bugs, package, * share your experience with others who focus on this distribution, * optional, 14. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar irc://<a href="http://irc.freenode.net/#sugar" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net/#sugar</a> * for synchronous chat with others, * requires registration with <a href="http://freenode.net/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">freenode.net</a>, * optional, 15. Join the Internet Relay Chat channel #sugar-meeting irc://<a href="http://irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net/#sugar-meeting</a> <a href="http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/</a> * for meetings, but keep your own transcripts and minutes, * requires registration with <a href="http://freenode.net/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">freenode.net</a>, * optional, 16. Maintain an Activity <a href="https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md#checklist---maintainer</a> * many learner focused activities (apps) need simple maintenance, * adopt an activity you like as your focus. Hope that helps! </div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">Looking forward to your contributions<div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU"><div id="gmail-:17s" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(46,52,54);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px">-- </pre><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch">Ibiam Chihurumnaya </div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"><a href="mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(42,118,198)" target="_blank">ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com</a></div><div style="color:rgb(46,52,54);font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;width:71ch"> </div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 5:38 PM Swarup N <<a href="mailto:nswarup14@gmail.com">nswarup14@gmail.com</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello,</pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">My name is Swarup N and I'm a pre-final year student from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, pursuing B.E (Hons) in Computer Science. I code regularly and like try out new projects, building widgets and games that help in automation.</pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I mostly work in python and I'm well versed with C and Java alongside. I have worked on several python modules including PyQt4, sklearn and so on. I am also a huge data science enthusiast. I have begun to pickup other relevant skills and frameworks and right now am trying my hands on Django and other publicly available API's.</pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I believe in the concept of open source and am very much interested in contributing to it and helping the open source community. I find the projects available at Sugar Labs deeply impactful and relevant and thus would like to start contributing right away. </pre><pre><pre> Kindly guide me as to where can I start contributing, to work with the community on the project.</pre></pre><div>Thanks.</div><div> </div><pre>Github link: <a href="https://github.com/nswarup14" target="_blank">https://github.com/nswarup14</a></pre><pre> </pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </pre> </div></div></div></div></div></div> _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> </blockquote></div>