Added New Contributor info
diff --git a/contributorinfo.php b/contributorinfo.php
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<div class="homeitem3col">
<h3>Photran Developer Resources</h3>
<ul>
- <li><a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.photran/?cvsroot=Technology_Project">View
- Current Sources in CVS (Web Interface)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="newcontributors.php">Suggestions for New Contributors</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.photran/org.eclipse.photran-dev-docs/dev-guide/cvs-instructions.pdf?cvsroot=Technology_Project">How
to Check Out Photran from CVS and Compile It</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.photran/org.eclipse.photran-dev-docs/dev-guide/dev-guide.pdf?cvsroot=Technology_Project">Photran
3.1 Developer's Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/photran-dev">Contributor
Mailing List</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.technology.photran/maillist.html">Archive
- of Now-Defunct Photran Newsgroup</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.photran/?cvsroot=Technology_Project"><font color="#808080">View
+ Current Sources in CVS (Web Interface)</font></a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.technology.photran/maillist.html"><font color="#808080">Archive
+ of Now-Defunct Photran Newsgroup</font></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
<li><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-UI-Guidelines/Index.html">Technology Project Charter</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/newcommitter.php">New Committer Form</a></li>
</ul>
+ </div>
</div>
</div>
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+<?php require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/eclipse.org-common/system/app.class.php"); require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/eclipse.org-common/system/nav.class.php"); require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/eclipse.org-common/system/menu.class.php"); $App = new App(); $Nav = new Nav(); $Menu = new Menu(); include($App->getProjectCommon()); # All on the same line to unclutter the user's desktop'
+
+ $pageTitle = "Suggestions for New Contributors";
+ $pageKeywords = "photran, contributing";
+ $pageAuthor = "Jeffrey Overbey";
+
+ # Paste your HTML content between the EOHTML markers!
+ $html = <<<EOHTML
+
+<div id="maincontent">
+ <div id="midcolumn">
+ <h1>$pageTitle</h1>
+
+ <div class="homeitem3col">
+ <p>New Photran contributors are always welcome. Here are some suggestions for getting started.</p>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li> <b>Java.</b>
+ Photran is built on top of Eclipse and is written in Java. Obviously, this means you need to know Java.
+ If you have programmed in C or C++, learning the basics of Java should only take a few weeks, and you will
+ find that programming in Java is far less painful than programming in C or C++.
+ <li> <b>Eclipse.</b>
+ Photran is essentially Fortran add-on for Eclipse. If you have not used Eclipse before, or if you're not
+ quite sure what "perspectives" and "views" are, you should work through
+ a basic Eclipse tutorial before attempting to learn Photran. Start Eclipse, click on the Help menu,
+ and click Help Contents. Expand the Workbench User's Guide, expand Getting Started, and work through
+ the section labeled Basic Tutorial.
+ <li> <b>CDT.</b>
+ If you have not used Photran before, you should become a fluent Photran user before you try to add a new
+ feature or fix a bug in it. See the Documentation page on the Photran web site. Photran reuses many
+ components of the Eclipse C/C++ Development Tool (CDT), so you will actually want to focus on learning
+ CDT. Once you know how to use CDT, you will know how to use Photran.
+ <li> If you have never developed an Eclipse plug-in before, develop a simple plug-in, perhaps one which
+ adds an item to the menu bar which pops up a "Hello, world!" message box when you click it.
+ For example, work through Chapters 7 through 9 in <i>The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse, 2/e</i>
+ by D'Anjou et al.
+ <li> If you will be working on the Photran editor, read about the JFace Text framework (Chapter 26 in
+ D'Anjou et al.). It may not make sense immediately; that's OK. Use the sample XML editor as a starting
+ point. Try changing the syntax highlighting, or adding auto-indentation, or whatever feature(s) are
+ relevent to the work you want to do. Make sure you can implement them in a simple editor before tackling
+ the Photran editors.
+ <li> Read <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.photran/org.eclipse.photran-dev-docs/dev-guide/cvs-instructions.pdf?cvsroot=Technology_Project">How
+ to Check Out Photran from CVS and Compile It</a></li>, and actually do it. Make sure you can compile
+ Photran.
+ <li> Read the first two chapters of the <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/org.eclipse.photran/org.eclipse.photran-dev-docs/dev-guide/dev-guide.pdf?cvsroot=Technology_Project">Photran
+ Developer's Guide</a></li>, and the remainder if it is relevant to your work.
+ <li> Join the main <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/photran">Photran
+ Mailing List</a></li>. This is where Photran users post questions and get answers.
+ If you have problems or questions about how to <i>use</i> Photran, this is a good place to start.
+ <li> Join the <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/photran-dev">Photran
+ Contributors' Mailing List</a></li>. This is where architectural/design issues are discussed,
+ new releases are planned, etc.
+ </ol>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="homeitem3col">
+ <h3>Projects for New Developers</h3>
+
+ <h2>UI Enhancements</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li> Context-sensitive syntax highlighting
+ <li> Content assist (scope based on line number)
+ <li> Matching parenthesis highlighting
+ <li> Hover tips containing declaration/type
+ <li> Auto-indent
+ <li> Folding
+ <li> Fortran search/find all references
+ <li> Preference page like JDT
+ </ul>
+
+ <h2>Easy Refactorings</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li> Canonicalize Capitalization
+ <li> Eliminate Specification Statements
+ </ul>
+
+ <h2>From LANL</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li> Generate Doxygen stubs
+ <li> Enforcement of naming conventions
+ </ul>
+
+ <h2>Large Test Codes</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li> POP
+ <li> NWChem
+ </ul>
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+</div>
+EOHTML;
+
+ # Generate the web page
+ $App->generatePage($theme, $Menu, $Nav, $pageAuthor, $pageKeywords, $pageTitle, $html);
+?>
