Re: Looking for help?

[Søren Hauberg]

Kelly Boswell skrev:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm a recent graduate of Electronics Engineering and am now a Software
> Engineer for Raytheon.  I decided to take a one-semester break before
> going back for my Masters so maybe I can help put a dent in your very
> large wishlist before I go back? I'd like to someday help develop an IDE
> for Octave (with the wx library) but I think it would be a good idea to
> become familiar with the project first.
>
> I'm still not a highly experienced programmer (despite my job title) but
> I'm getting better and I think I could be of some help.  Perhaps I could
> start with something small such as bug fixes until I become more
> comfortable with the project?
Congratulations on the degree :-)
Usually people aren't assigned projects that needs solving, so I don't 
think anybody will be able to point you to a place where help is needed. 
However, help is needed in quite a few places, so help is appreciated.

If you want to work on an IDE, I know that John Swensen is doing some 
work there. You can see his code at 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/octavede.

Otherwise, I think you should work on topics that interest you. Interest 
is always the best motivation. But if you just want to get your hands 
dirty, feel free to look at this bug:

http://www.nabble.com/cellstr%28%27%27%29-returns-wrong-result-tf4251835.html#a12100942

Cheers,
Søren