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'''Project Description:''' | '''Project Description:''' | ||
Servo is a new, experimental web browser engine written in the Rust programming language (http://www.rust-lang.org/). It also has lots of bugs in its implementation of CSS layout. Some of these bugs are filed in the issue tracker with minimized test cases (https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/14947), while others have not been investigated yet (https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/15432). We’re looking for someone who is: | Servo is a new, experimental web browser engine written in the Rust programming language (http://www.rust-lang.org/). It also has lots of bugs in its implementation of CSS layout. Some of these bugs are filed in the issue tracker with minimized test cases (https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/14947), while others have not been investigated yet (https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/15432). We’re looking for someone who is: | ||
* comfortable writing code in any programming language | |||
* experienced in reading and understanding the effects of CSS | |||
We want to teach you how to write Rust code so you can channel that experience into squashing CSS layout implementation bugs in Servo. You will gain experience in: | We want to teach you how to write Rust code so you can channel that experience into squashing CSS layout implementation bugs in Servo. You will gain experience in: | ||
* reducing problems into minimal test cases | |||
* developing in a low-level programming language | |||
* using debugging strategies to determine the cause of problems in complex code | |||
* contributing to a large open-source project as part of a distributed team | |||
To get involved: | To get involved: | ||
* clone and build the code (https://github.com/servo/servo/) | |||
* find an issue that looks interesting (https://starters.servo.org) | |||
* leave a comment stating that you're working on it, and ask any questions necessary to make progress | |||
* introduce yourself on IRC (https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC in #servo) or on the mailing list (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla.dev.servo) | |||
====Automate web accessibility testing==== | ====Automate web accessibility testing==== | ||