Re: Contribution

[Ben Abbott]

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On Jul 3, 2014, at 6:25 AM, Mahyar Abbaspour <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 2, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Mahyar Abbaspour <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi, I'd like to contribute to octave but I have no experience working on 
>> > such projects. Is there anybody that I can work with for learning and 
>> > contribution?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> 
>> Please tell us about your programming skills and experience with 
>> Octave/Matlab.  If you have some topic you are interested in, tell us about 
>> that as well.
>> 
>> Some information about getting involved is at the link below.
>> 
>>         http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/get-involved.html
>> 
>> There's list of ideas for contribution projects at the link below.
>> 
>>         http://wiki.octave.org/Projects
>> 
>> For ideas on small projects, you can browse the list of bugs.
>> 
>>         https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> My programming skills are: C, C++. I can use version control systems. I have 
> good knowledge of numerical analysis and algorithms. I've used both Matlab 
> and Ocatve for implementing some numerical algorithms. My main problem is 
> lack of experience in real projects. I'll be very grateful if I can work with 
> somebody for learning and contribution.
> 
> Thanks

I suggest you start by creating your own local archive and by building Octave.  
If your OS is Linux or MacOS, this is fairly straight forward.  If you are 
using Windows, this is more difficult.  Which OS are you running?

Ben