Getting started?

[Reuben Perelman]

Hey, I know some basic C++, and I thought the reactos project would be a 
great way to learn more about c++ and programing. What's the best way to 
get involved in the reactos project?

[Emanuele Aliberti]

Reuben Perelman wrote:
> Hey, I know some basic C++, and I thought the reactos project would be 
> a great way to learn more about c++ and programing. What's the best 
> way to get involved in the reactos project?

1. get a local replica of the source code repository at 
svn://svn.reactos.com/ (browse it here: http://svn.reactos.com/viewcvs/)

2. find a piece of code you can complete/improve

3. get build tools

4. complete/improve THAT piece of code

5. rebuild ROS

6. test it

7. send a patch to the ros-dev list
-- 
:Emanuele Aliberti

[Reuben Perelman]

I've got a local copy of the reactos svn trunk, I've got xmingw. It's 
just that the only thing I've ever done with C/C++ is extremly simple 
stuff, less than 100 lines. I'd love to work on improving the installer, 
but I don't even know where the files for the installer are.

Emanuele Aliberti wrote:
> Reuben Perelman wrote:
> > Hey, I know some basic C++, and I thought the reactos project would 
> > be a great way to learn more about c++ and programing. What's the 
> > best way to get involved in the reactos project?
> get a local replica of the source code repository at
>
> svn://svn.reactos.com/ (browse it here: http://svn.reactos.com/viewcvs/)
>
> find a piece of code you can complete/improve
>
> get build tools
>
> complete/improve THAT piece of code
>
> rebuild ROS
>
> test it
>
> send a patch to the ros-dev list

[Emanuele Aliberti]

Reuben Perelman wrote:
> I've got a local copy of the reactos svn trunk, I've got xmingw. It's 
> just that the only thing I've ever done with C/C++ is extremly simple 
> stuff, less than 100 lines. I'd love to work on improving the 
> installer, but I don't even know where the files for the installer are.

The stage I installer is here: trunk\reactos\subsys\system\usetup
-- 
:Emanuele Aliberti

[Brandon Turner]

I knew VB pretty well in highschool.  I am at college now and i am 
computer engineering major so i took computer programing 1 and 2(C++) 
and i taught myself C#. I knew a decent amount of both lanuages but 
nothing special really.  I pretty much did what EA said to do with ROS 
and I guess it turned out well.  So dont get discouraged, just read a 
lot of code and try a lot of different things.

Brandon

Reuben Perelman wrote:
> I've got a local copy of the reactos svn trunk, I've got xmingw. It's 
> just that the only thing I've ever done with C/C++ is extremly simple 
> stuff, less than 100 lines. I'd love to work on improving the 
> installer, but I don't even know where the files for the installer are.
>
> Emanuele Aliberti wrote:
> > Reuben Perelman wrote:
> > > Hey, I know some basic C++, and I thought the reactos project would 
> > > be a great way to learn more about c++ and programing. What's the 
> > > best way to get involved in the reactos project?
> > get a local replica of the source code repository at
> >
> > svn://svn.reactos.com/ (browse it here: http://svn.reactos.com/viewcvs/)
> >
> > find a piece of code you can complete/improve
> >
> > get build tools
> >
> > complete/improve THAT piece of code
> >
> > rebuild ROS
> >
> > test it
> >
> > send a patch to the ros-dev list
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Saveliy Tretiakov]

Reuben Perelman wrote:
> I'd love to work on improving the installer, but I don't even know 
> where the files for the installer are.

reactos\subsys\system\usetup