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

[Adam R. <ad...@ex...>]

I meant to add that the EXPath SQL Module is not linked from their
modules page for some reason, but you can find it here:
http://expath.org/spec/sql

On 14 December 2013 14:07, Adam Retter <ad...@ex...> wrote:
> Hi Francis,
>
> Great to meet you the other evening, and welcome to the project.
>
> I have a couple of ideas for small projects that might be a good
> starting point for you, they would also give you some exposure to the
> XQuery engine in eXist.
>
> I would start by forking our repo to your own GitHub and getting
> GitFlow installed locally, the details of that are here -
> https://github.com/exist-db/exist#readme. You should create a GitFlow
> feature for the feature you are adding.
>
> You need to choose an IDE, eXist provides project files to support
> IntelliJ, Eclipse and NetBeans out of the box, but you may use
> anything you are comfortable with.
>
> In terms of small projects, there are a few EXPath XQuery modules
> (http://expath.org/spec/sql) that it would be nice to have fully
> implemented in eXist. At present we implement just the HTTP Client
> module and have a partial implementation of the Zip module. We also
> implement the Packaging Module, but that is not an XQuery module.
>
> I think it would be interesting to implement one of the SQL, File,
> Binary Data or Zip modules. These are quite nice little projects as
> XQuery modules in eXist are pluggable, and so you can pretty much code
> this as its own little project within the eXist code base. You should
> pick up some Java, JUnit and a little bit of Ant doing this. Not to
> mention some XQuery. These modules are usually just wrappers around
> common Java libraries.
>
> If any of those interest you, in terms of what may be easiest, we
> already have a partial Zip module, it just needs finishing so that it
> meets the EXPath spec I think. Also eXist has it's own SQL module,
> this could be copied and pasted and refactored to create one that
> meets the EXPath spec.
>
> When you have eXist, the modules are in
> $EXIST_HOME/extensions/modules. Of course I would recommend having a
> look at a few of the example apps that come with eXist, and perhaps
> trying to store a few XML documents into eXist and query them with
> XQuery before you start hacking. This may help you get started with
> XQuery - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XQuery
>
>
> p.s. You may also be interested to know that Dmitriy's background is
> in Accounting ;-)
>
> On 13 December 2013 19:04, Frank Mills <fra...@gm...> wrote:
>> Posted to Exist-commits by mistake! Sorry. Please read below.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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