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If someone is interested in contributing and not sure where to start, here's a list of issues tagged as easy: https://github.com/servo/servo/labels/E-easy https

by gedrap 11y ago

If someone is interested in contributing and not sure where to start, here's a list of issues tagged as easy: https://github.com/servo/servo/labels/E-easy https://github.com/servo/servo/labels/E-easy Not sure if it is still true but a few months back (6 maybe?), there was a post on HN about contributing to Servo where OP said that he found it easy to contribute despite the fact that he didn't have prior experience in rust. As this post mentions, the code base is relatively small and a lot of simple features were still missing, at least back then. Bugs Ahoy is a handy tool for finding easy issues in Mozilla projects but seems to be down at the moment http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/?servo=1 http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/?servo=1

natural219 11y ago
Thank you for this! I'm just not getting acquainted with Servo and starting to get interested. This is a great place to start.
lastontheboat 11y ago
Whoops! I merged a PR earlier today that broke searching Github issues; thanks for pointing that out!
pikzen 11y ago
OP is referring to http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2015/03/24/contributing-to-servo.html http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2015/03/24/contributing-to-servo.ht...
- gedrap 11y ago
  Nope, in the blog post I was referring to the author went to some event (in France, I believe) where some of core contributors helped him, if my memory serves well. Still this is a good post, thanks for linking it!
kibwen 11y ago
> OP said that he found it easy to contribute despite the > fact that he didn't have prior experience in rust Just yesterday I was talking to the person who contributed WebGL support to Servo (a relatively recent and substantial patch), and they reiterated this sentiment. It was their first time ever using Rust, and although they'd reluctantly done some C++ in the past their primary programming language is Javascript. They were pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to contribute such a large patch, and had bountiful praise for how well-organized the codebase is. The patch actually bounced a few times, and they were also very pleased at how the core contributors continued to work with them over the course of days to track down the breakage and keeps things moving. This person's primary interest is in virtual reality, specifically WebVR (http://webvr.info/ http://webvr.info/), and given Servo's incredible benchmarks so far they're very optimistic about its ability to advance the state of the art of virtual reality on the web. Their biggest complaint was build times. Yeah... we're working on that. :)
- tptacek 11y ago
  How long does a Servo build take?
  - chaoky 11y ago
    It takes around maybe ~15 minutes on my 6 year old laptop.
rifung 11y ago
I guess I'll have to try contributing an easy patch over the weekend. Hopefully it's as easy as you make it sound!

by gedrap 11y ago

natural219 11y ago

Thank you for this! I'm just not getting acquainted with Servo and starting to get interested. This is a great place to start.

lastontheboat 11y ago

Whoops! I merged a PR earlier today that broke searching Github issues; thanks for pointing that out!

pikzen 11y ago

OP is referring to http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2015/03/24/contributing-to-servo.html http://bluishcoder.co.nz/2015/03/24/contributing-to-servo.ht...

gedrap 11y ago
Nope, in the blog post I was referring to the author went to some event (in France, I believe) where some of core contributors helped him, if my memory serves well. Still this is a good post, thanks for linking it!

kibwen 11y ago

> OP said that he found it easy to contribute despite the > fact that he didn't have prior experience in rust Just yesterday I was talking to the person who contributed WebGL support to Servo (a relatively recent and substantial patch), and they reiterated this sentiment. It was their first time ever using Rust, and although they'd reluctantly done some C++ in the past their primary programming language is Javascript. They were pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to contribute such a large patch, and had bountiful praise for how well-organized the codebase is. The patch actually bounced a few times, and they were also very pleased at how the core contributors continued to work with them over the course of days to track down the breakage and keeps things moving. This person's primary interest is in virtual reality, specifically WebVR (http://webvr.info/ http://webvr.info/), and given Servo's incredible benchmarks so far they're very optimistic about its ability to advance the state of the art of virtual reality on the web. Their biggest complaint was build times. Yeah... we're working on that. :)

tptacek 11y ago
How long does a Servo build take?
- chaoky 11y ago
  It takes around maybe ~15 minutes on my 6 year old laptop.

rifung 11y ago

I guess I'll have to try contributing an easy patch over the weekend. Hopefully it's as easy as you make it sound!