[Java-sig] where to go - perhaps participate in a open sourceproject

[Emerson, Tom]

> -----Original Message----- Of Jason Riker
> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 22:54 -0500, Robert Leyva wrote:
> > Once "Hello world." is mastered, perhaps  volunteering for an open 
> > source project that uses Java might be a good next course of action?
> 
> I think that's and great idea.  Where and how would I go 
> about doing that?

Wow, and here I was thinking revamping a 40-year-old "BASIC" program
might be too ambitious...

But, if that's the goal, I'd suggest going to sourceforge.net and
applying filters "language=Java" and "license=open", then pick a
category...

Hmmm... Going under my favorite category -- games/poker/etc..., I see
there is a project called "corner-pocket poker", currently in the
planning stage (perfect for beginners -- get to suggest all sorts of bad
programming practices up front, which either get shot down w/explanation
and everyone learns, or left in and later everyone learns why they were
bad programming practices... ;) )

Seriously, though, this is WAY to "planning" stage -- just checked the
repository and there are NO source files, and at best two "test case"
files -- one to calculate hand odds, and another to determine the "high
hand" -- the thing is, these are dated 20+ months old...

[though I might personally jump in on this, I don't really recommend it
to the group...]

Hmmm... "show all topics", with those filters in place, returns 110 hits
-- we should be able to find something...