Give feedback to the maintainer of what you struggled with or misunderstood when you first discover the project. This is super valuable! It's very hard for us to see our projects with the perspective of beginner's mind!
That's so true. I contributed toElastic Search and I found it to be a little challenging to set up the environment especially when it comes to configuring different versions of java, and knowing how to run specific build tasks. In comparison, spring-boot another huge project but, they provide eclipse installer which makes it very easy to get started.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
That's so true. I contributed to
Elastic Search
and I found it to be a little challenging to set up the environment especially when it comes to configuringdifferent versions of java
, and knowing how to runspecific build tasks
. In comparison,spring-boot
another huge project but, they provideeclipse
installer which makes it very easy to get started.Great article Jean! π
Ah ah so true, java is suprisingly hard to install. I had to post this internally to explain it: