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Plumbing for the Arduino

  • Q: I'd like to participate. How do I begin?

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      First, you can use our tools to do parallel programming on your Arduino. You can contribute interesting bits you develop to the project, turn them into libraries that we distribute, or even help document the tools we have to make it easier for makers and artists to do interesting things with our tools. If you're keen, you can dive into low-level work on the virtual machine.

      Join our mailing lists (http://concurrency.cc/docs/mailinglists) and drop us a line, or tweet at @concurrencycc to get in touch. We're a supportive group who want to see you do cool stuff with our open software on open hardware like your Arduino.


         — jadudm · 6 years ago
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        Talk about diverse kinds of contributions. Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

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        Here's how to download and patch our codes…

        Read about our death-defying mailing list and momentous IRC channel at http://lobstermag.net.

  • Q: Other than writing code, how can I contribute?

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      Documentation, web work, videos, etc.

      Great documentation defines great projects. People who want to play, experiment, and write about or make videos about their play are, in many ways, the most valuable contributors we could find right now. In other words, push the limits of our tools for parallel programming on the Arduino, and show the world what you're trying to do!

      We do this work with beginning programmers in the arts and computing, so don't be afraid to dive in, give things a try, and ask us questions as you dive in.


         — jadudm · 6 years ago
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        Discuss documentation, testing, webmastering, and/or publicity.

        Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

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        We need people to download version 0.4.5 and make sure the frobulator still frobulates correctly.

  • Q: What's a good bug for a newcomer to tackle?

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      Library and book bugs

      Bugs in our documentation are easy to fix -- tell us what broke, suggest what the documentation should say instead.

      Or, if you think the documentation is good, then you could try and figure out what the code in our libraries should do. There are no "low-level" errors in the project -- so, it's all going to be stuff you can lift the hood on, explore, and puzzle through. But we're here to help.


         — jadudm · 6 years ago
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        Many projects have good small tasks that can teach newcomers how the project works. Now's your chance to share one of them!

        Include URLs if relevant (we'll automatically linkify them).

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        Someone could improve the photo upload dialog box so that it lets you resize the photo before sending it to the web.

  • Q: What is a bug or issue with Plumbing for the Arduino that you've been putting off, neglecting, or just plain avoiding?

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      Video tutorials

      We would love to see a sequence of short video tutorials that show how to do *just one thing* in each video. This takes time, but would probably be immensely valuable. We'd love to see people interested in playing and documenting that play, so this would be incredibly valuable and, we think, fun, productive, and educational as well.


         — jadudm · 6 years ago
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        I don't know how to get started with internationalizing my app.

        Bug 392 about printing was filed five years ago, and I don't even know if printing still works.

        I want help from a C coder writing a Maildir patch for Alpine.

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        If this issue was formally filed on the web, be sure to include the URL.

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A parallel programming library for the Arduino to help make difficult tasks easy for makers and artists.

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