[Exist-development] Fwd: Newbie to Exist keen to get involved

[Frank M. <fra...@gm...>]

Posted to Exist-commits by mistake! Sorry. Please read below.

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From: Frank Mills <fra...@gm...>
Date: 13 December 2013 18:59
Subject: Newbie to Exist keen to get involved
To: Exi...@li...


Hi,

I attended an LJC event on open source projects the night before last where
Adam (I believe, not very good with names) was describing Exist.  I don't
know, he had a crooked grin and a mad glint in his eye and I was strangely
attracted to what he was talking about, so why not get involved?!

A bit about myself, I'm an accountant in my day job but I've completed an
MSc in Comp. Sci. a number of years back, mainly Java based (Java 2) but my
dissertation was based around comparing the Relational & OO paradigms, or
XML to SQL effectively.  The Exist project, from what Adam described,
seemed very close to this area.  I see a lot of potential to (1) bring my
knowledge and experience of Java up to speed; (2) brush up on what I know
of XML and learn XQuery and XPath (3) a chance to see how a project runs
practically and meeting some good people.

Could someone help out maybe getting me introduced to the project,
understand it and starting off on something small?

Look forward to hearing back.

Thanks,

Francis Mills