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| czup | Hey guys, thanks for helping out yesterday. I like to think of myself as a pretty proficient in Python and I would love to help you guys out. What is the best way to get started contributing to School Tool? | 17:00 |
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| th1a | hi czup. Just a sec. | 17:13 |
| czup | Sure, no problem | 17:27 |
| th1a | czup: Trying to start by grokking SchoolTool as a whole doesn't really work, unless you happen to already be a Zope developer, which these days is extremely unlikely. | 17:31 |
| th1a | (Zope works for us and basically we're stuck with it now.) | 17:32 |
| th1a | If there are specific things you're interested in -- particularly reports -- we might be able to get you started that way. | 17:33 |
| th1a | Like, focus on one aspect and work your way in that way. | 17:34 |
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| th1a | hi czup. | 17:44 |
| czup | sorry got disconnect and missed if you said anything | 17:44 |
| czup | HI | 17:44 |
| th1a | OK. | 17:44 |
| th1a | czup: Trying to start by grokking SchoolTool as a whole doesn't really work, unless you happen to already be a Zope developer, which these days is extremely unlikely. | 17:44 |
| th1a | (Zope works for us and basically we're stuck with it now.) | 17:44 |
| th1a | If there are specific things you're interested in -- particularly reports -- we might be able to get you started that way. | 17:44 |
| th1a | Like, focus on one aspect and work your way in that way. | 17:44 |
| czup | Well I expected to start out small, and slowly get a feel for the program as a whole. Is using Zope holding you back? | 17:46 |
| th1a | Using Zope is holding holds us back insofar as it holds people like you back from participating. | 17:47 |
| th1a | It is just very abstract. | 17:47 |
| czup | I'm ok with that. Definitely willing to learn new thigs | 17:48 |
| th1a | So I would say poke around SchoolTool and decide what specifically you'd like to try hacking on -- reports would be good -- and we'll try to get you started. | 17:49 |
| th1a | Basically "why don't you read these Zope docs" as step one is a black hole from which no volunteer has ever returned. ;-) | 17:49 |
| czup | Ha, sounds like a plan. Thanks | 17:51 |
| th1a | We've tried to make reports in particular stand apart from the rest of the application, so that's the most obvious entry point. | 17:52 |
| yvl | th1a, short status update: | 17:56 |
| yvl | basically got the reports to render | 17:56 |
| th1a | The CanDo reports? | 17:59 |
| czup | Stand apart in what way? in a "loosely coupled" code sense? | 18:00 |
| th1a | You can write a report and register it with some XML configuration code and it shows up in the interface. | 18:01 |
| th1a | You'll need some help with the not well documented API to get the data out. | 18:01 |
| th1a | For example, we have some reports that are only used in Virginia, and they're contained in a separate .deb package. | 18:02 |
| czup | Ok thanks, I'll be back with questions probably. Is the IRC the best place to ask/discuss? | 18:06 |
| th1a | Probably. Or you can join the schooltool-developers group on Launchpad and use that mailing list. | 18:07 |
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| th1a | yvl: Oh, I thought you were replaceafill above. | 19:24 |
| th1a | That's why my response made no sense. | 19:24 |
| replaceafill | :D | 19:24 |
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