[Numpy-discussion] Introducing Myself

[Matti Picus]

On 25/3/19 4:08 pm, Vrinda Narayan wrote:
> Heyy,
> My name is Vrinda Narayan and I'm an Outreachy Applicant. I'm a CSE 
> undergraduate and I know python, C, JavaScript and git. I am 
> interested in contributing to the Numpy project Improve C API 
> documentation for Numpy.
> I have used Numpy for various projects in my college and I really look 
> forward to working with Numpy and contributing more to this community.
> Warm regards
> Vrinda Narayan
>

Hi Vrinda Narayan


To get you started it would be great if you can try to work on an issue
in numpy and create a pull request (PR) to fix it. That way we can get
to know you a bit and you get to know numpy and our workflow.

New contributors might find it easiest to work on the documentation tag/label,
you can see them via:
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+doc+label%3A%2204+-+Documentation%22

Some relevant issues (note some of these may already have someone
interested in them):

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/13013  which probably someone
is already working on

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/13114  which can be broken into a
number of smaller PRs

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12632

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/12385

and

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/12097  which is a wip to add a
version selector. This is not really connected with python or numpy,
and is a pure javascript issue.

Our workflow is based on github, for an introduction see
http://www.numpy.org/devdocs/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html.

For instructions on building the documentation, which uses sphinx, see,
http://www.numpy.org/devdocs/docs/index.html?highlight=documentation  

I hope you can find something to get you started.

Try to work through the process and reach out when you get stuck with
specific questions: "I tried X, expected Y, but got Z".

Feel free to reach out to Sebastian Berg (cc`ed on this mail) or me directly if you have any
questions. The issues themselves are also a good place to ask if you
wish to work on one.

Best Regards,
Matti