RE: [perl-win32-gui-hackers] an introduction

[Jeremy W. <jez...@ho...>]

Hi,

>I exported the cvs source and began to familiarize myself with it.  Once
>I feel comfortable with that, I will try and work on either some low
>priority bugs or feature requests that no one has taken up yet.  If
>anyone has any suggestions, tips, unstated best practices, advice, or
>whatever, I'd welcome and greatly appreciate it.

If you haven't already done so, create a sourceforge ID, and drop an email 
to Rob May who will give you permissions to check in code.

As for advice...For me the biggest learning curve was perl XS - the perl 
documentation isn't ideal (for a starting point see perlxs and perlapi) - 
the best resource I've found is the book Extending and Embedding Perl by Tim 
Jenness and Simon Conzens. Most of the XS code for win32-GUI is 
straightforward.

Choosing a low priority bug or feature requests is a good way to start - if 
it's just about learning, just play and ask questions:) If you think you'll 
be checking it in at some point, ask the list first as someone else might be 
working on the same thing. Rob is working on some big chunks of 
functionality, and some coordination might be required.

All the best, and welcome to the team.

Regards,

jez.