Introduction: JD Wilson

[JD Wilson]

Hello, world!

Who
My name is JD Wilson. I am in the USA, Eastern Time Zone. I am a database
developer/DBA with prior experience in both web and desktop development. My
main focus these days is SQL, though most of my past work experience has
been full stack web development. I've worked with the following web
languages: PHP, Java (Apache Wicket), Coldfusion, HTML, CSS,
Javascript/JQuery, Bootstrap, and Materialize CSS. I've played around with
NodeJS, Spring, React, and C#. My web skills are admittedly a bit rusty, so
I'll be best suited with some of the easier fixes.

What
I would like to contribute to the Fedora website development. Something I
immediately noticed while creating my account was the outdated look and
feel of the Fedora admin page (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/). I think
there are a lot of easy fixes to make that section of the site look more
modern, and to make the pages mobile-first. I'm assuming this area has
higher access rights since I did not get the code to it when following
these instructions (
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_fix_bugs_on_the_Fedora_Project_website).
I also realize that a redesign of the site like that would require
collaboration with the more senior members and would not be a
solo-decision. It's just something that I thought would be a fun area to
start contributing!

Why
I've wanted to contribute to Linux since I first began using it years ago,
I just never knew how. The openness of the Fedora project to volunteers is
what made me choose it over Ubuntu years ago. I knew that one day I would
be writing an email like this, and to be honest it feels weird that I'm
finally here. Time flies! I feel I am useful enough as a professional to
make a difference in the Fedora community. I love the idea of open source
software and I am ready to "walk the walk", to contribute to the success of
Fedora rather than just stand on the shoulders of others. I don't just want
to use Fedora, I want to help build it!

I can pretty easily contribute 2-4 hours a week to start, and I would be
willing to ramp it up as I get more involved with the team. My IRC handle
is wilsonj. I am still trying to figure out exactly how all of this works,
so I welcome any and all onboarding assistance.


Look forward to meeting you all,
JD

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi JD!

Are you working with anyone yet? Ww can definitely use your help!!!

Cheers,
~m

On August 19, 2018 9:06:59 PM EDT, JD Wilson <thejdwilson(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> Hello, world!
>
> Who
> My name is JD Wilson. I am in the USA, Eastern Time Zone. I am a
> database
> developer/DBA with prior experience in both web and desktop
> development. My
> main focus these days is SQL, though most of my past work experience
> has
> been full stack web development. I've worked with the following web
> languages: PHP, Java (Apache Wicket), Coldfusion, HTML, CSS,
> Javascript/JQuery, Bootstrap, and Materialize CSS. I've played around
> with
> NodeJS, Spring, React, and C#. My web skills are admittedly a bit
> rusty, so
> I'll be best suited with some of the easier fixes.
>
> What
> I would like to contribute to the Fedora website development. Something
> I
> immediately noticed while creating my account was the outdated look and
> feel of the Fedora admin page (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/). I
> think
> there are a lot of easy fixes to make that section of the site look
> more
> modern, and to make the pages mobile-first. I'm assuming this area has
> higher access rights since I did not get the code to it when following
> these instructions (
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_fix_bugs_on_the_Fedora_Project_website).
> I also realize that a redesign of the site like that would require
> collaboration with the more senior members and would not be a
> solo-decision. It's just something that I thought would be a fun area
> to
> start contributing!
>
> Why
> I've wanted to contribute to Linux since I first began using it years
> ago,
> I just never knew how. The openness of the Fedora project to volunteers
> is
> what made me choose it over Ubuntu years ago. I knew that one day I
> would
> be writing an email like this, and to be honest it feels weird that I'm
> finally here. Time flies! I feel I am useful enough as a professional
> to
> make a difference in the Fedora community. I love the idea of open
> source
> software and I am ready to "walk the walk", to contribute to the
> success of
> Fedora rather than just stand on the shoulders of others. I don't just
> want
> to use Fedora, I want to help build it!
>
> I can pretty easily contribute 2-4 hours a week to start, and I would
> be
> willing to ramp it up as I get more involved with the team. My IRC
> handle
> is wilsonj. I am still trying to figure out exactly how all of this
> works,
> so I welcome any and all onboarding assistance.
>
>
> Look forward to meeting you all,
> JD 
-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

[Gleb Vassiljev]

Hi!

I also have joined Fedora Project recently. As a fellow new community member I would like
to welcome you! 
Being open source enthusiast I mainly used Debian/Ubuntu for over 12 years and always felt
a bit guilty not contributing to the Linux popularization. Mostly it was that running
"Debian Testing" didn't really fit into my workflow. Also since at least a
few years ago their system had some artificial hurdles that kept me from contributing but
I heard that it's been changing fast and I still have great respect for the Deb camp.


I've been using Fedora for a couple of years on one machine without  actually
realizing how powerful the system was and how friction free and encouraging the community
was to get the new people to share and contribute. 

----

>  I would like to contribute to the Fedora website development.
> Something I
>  immediately noticed while creating my account was the outdated look and
>  feel of the Fedora admin page (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/). I think
>  there are a lot of easy fixes to make that section of the site look more
>  modern, and to make the pages mobile-first. I'm assuming this area has
>  higher access rights since I did not get the code to it when following
>  these instructions (
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_fix_bugs_on_the_Fedora_Project_website).
>  I also realize that a redesign of the site like that would require
>  collaboration with the more senior members and would not be a
>  solo-decision. It's just something that I thought would be a fun area to
>  start contributing! 
As I understand and I might be wrong, but you would need to go through infra-teams
on-boarding process 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted

My guess is that you should talk to them in IRC and mailing lists to be a part of this. 

Then maybe you could submit an issue or find anyone else who might be working on it: 
https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issues

It's great to see such experienced developers like you joining Fedora community! 

Cheers!
//ojn

[JD Wilson]

Hey!

Sorry for the delay. I've been talking to the Infrastructure team for the
last couple of weeks and they got me started on an easy-fix ticket:
https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/5316

I did some testing of the proposed patch for that ticket and found some
cases where it wasn't quite right. I have a decent idea of what it's
missing but haven't had the time to sit down and work through it yet.
Hopefully soon!


Thanks,
JD

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:06 AM Gleb Vassiljev <gleb(a)netkom.se&gt; wrote:

>  Hi!
>
>  I also have joined Fedora Project recently. As a fellow new community
>  member I would like to welcome you!
>  Being open source enthusiast I mainly used Debian/Ubuntu for over 12 years
>  and always felt a bit guilty not contributing to the Linux popularization.
>  Mostly it was that running "Debian Testing" didn't really fit into my
>  workflow. Also since at least a few years ago their system had some
>  artificial hurdles that kept me from contributing but I heard that it's
>  been changing fast and I still have great respect for the Deb camp.
>
>  I've been using Fedora for a couple of years on one machine without
>  actually realizing how powerful the system was and how friction free and
>  encouraging the community was to get the new people to share and
>  contribute.
>
>  ----
>
>  > I would like to contribute to the Fedora website development. Something I
>  > immediately noticed while creating my account was the outdated look and
>  > feel of the Fedora admin page (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/). I
>  think
>  > there are a lot of easy fixes to make that section of the site look more
>  > modern, and to make the pages mobile-first. I'm assuming this area has
>  > higher access rights since I did not get the code to it when following
>  > these instructions (
>  >
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_fix_bugs_on_the_Fedora_Project_website
>  ).
>  > I also realize that a redesign of the site like that would require
>  > collaboration with the more senior members and would not be a
>  > solo-decision. It's just something that I thought would be a fun area to
>  > start contributing!
>
>  As I understand and I might be wrong, but you would need to go through
>  infra-teams on-boarding process
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted
>
>  My guess is that you should talk to them in IRC and mailing lists to be a
>  part of this.
>
>  Then maybe you could submit an issue or find anyone else who might be
>  working on it:
>  https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issues
>
>  It's great to see such experienced developers like you joining Fedora
>  community!
>
>  Cheers!
>  //ojn
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