Lesson Zero: Identifying Goals

[misskat]

So, this is lesson zero: figuring out what you want to get out of this experience. I know that for me, personally, I want to be able to hack on DW, And fix bugs that Support encounters. My primary goal is to become familiar enough with Dreamwidth's code base that I can make that happen.

What are your goals for this project? What do you want to accomplish? Will you hack for DW?

How much experience do you have? Are you familiar with other languages, or will the Perl be your first experience? Have you toyed with the command line before? Where is a good baseline for us to start?

Please comment with your responses, and any other relevant information.


( I apologize for any weirdnesses. I am dictating this via my phone. My hands are aliens.)

Comments

[randomling]

I'm already a DW hacker, but I'd like to gain more confidence in tackling some of the Giant Bugs I want to fix, and more confidence in Perl and programming generally.

I'd also like to feel more confidence with the stepping in and learning an existing codebase, as opposed to building my own stuff from scratch, which is a different kind of challenge (though, I'm not doing enough of that, either).

I'm not super-experienced, but I'd also like to tentatively raise my hand as a potential mentor for Perl beginners. I have some idea what's going on, I'm new enough that I know what it's like to be learning (I still am!), and I like detective work and figuring out What's Going On. :D