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List:       openjdk-openjfx-dev
Subject:    Re: Here to help
From:       John Moxley <jack () moxley ! co ! uk>
Date:       2013-04-30 7:30:45
Message-ID: 29A0F8D9-8F78-4C43-B72F-5C5E7D2F637C () moxley ! co ! uk
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Cheers,

I have added some suggestions to Jira, I hope they are acceptable, I should be able \
to dedicate a few hours a week to help in any way the community wishes.

Jack.

On 29 Apr 2013, at 20:18, Richard Bair <richard.bair@oracle.com> wrote:

> I think using JDK 8 is the right thing now (the gradle builds are based on it, you \
> need JDK 8 anyway for the binary stub, and soon we will have a hard dependency on 8 \
> to build, once the Filtered / Sorted list support goes in). 
> Right now we don't use lambdas, but I think within the next couple weeks it will be \
> time to start experimenting. In particular, what I'm interested in is whether the \
> static footprint is reduced without any performance penalty by converting over all \
> "simple" anonymous inner classes to instead be based on Lambdas. I tried this \
> experiment late last year but lambda's weren't ready yet for prime time. Now they \
> should be. 
> Richard
> 
> On Apr 29, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Sven Reimers <sven.reimers@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > In terms of build warnings - should we use JDK8 builds to build the JavaFX 8 \
> > source code and take all the warnings from there? 
> > Just thinking about the improvements in type inference..
> > 
> > What about usage of lambda syntax?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > -Sven
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Richard Bair <richard.bair@oracle.com> wrote:
> > Hi Jack!
> > 
> > A good place to start is with the OpenJDK "How to Contribute" page[1]. There are \
> > many different ways to get started. I would suggesting starting with some easier \
> > things to get your feet wet and get accustomed to the process of contributing. As \
> > you build up a reputation, it will be easier to do more. A good code-contribution \
> > project would be https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-18937. Another project \
> > that is frequently done in OpenJDK is to remove build warnings (of which we have \
> > plenty!). Another good opportunity is to build using the new Gradle build \
> > support[2] and then report back bugs or submit patches. 
> > Cheers
> > Richard
> > 
> > [1] http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
> > [2] https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX
> > 
> > On Apr 24, 2013, at 9:59 AM, Jack Moxley <jack@moxley.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi guys,
> > > 
> > > I am new to the list, I am a senior java developer with over 10 years \
> > > experience from mobile to server side applications. I have started to use the \
> > > latest version of javafx, mainly because of the opened up CSS property hooks, \
> > > on my personal projects. 
> > > If you need any help from reviews to development to bug reporting, please ask. \
> > > Certainly I have started to write some extension classes to the property \
> > > mechanisms already in place. 
> > > Kind regards
> > > 
> > > Jack
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
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> > 
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