I'm new

Hi and welcome!
 

I don't know how did you checks the issues, but just in case, you can try with this link:


http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/list?can=2&q=&sort=difficulty&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Summary%20Milestone%20Difficulty

If you look on the top, you will see all the issues that are tagged as easy. Of course, for a new comer, that "easy" may even be difficut, so don't worry ;)
 
But you can help with a lot of things, not only fixing bugs. The first thing I would advice you, is that if you want to collaborate in Pharo development, you should register in "Pharo Development" <[hidden email]>. This mailing list is mostly for people that just want to use Pharo.

In such mailing list, you will see and keep track of all the progress, problems, etc. One of the things to do is to test for example when someone commits a change or a fix and ask for testing/feedback. Just someone to say "it works here" or "it didn't work for me" are perfect. The same when someone creates an issue. Just saying "I could reproduce" is good.

Then, you can help us and make a better documentation: the website, the FAQ, Pharo By Exmple (http://pharobyexample.org/), and the last pharo book:

http://book.seaside.st/

You may want to read, review, give feedback, etc.

Another cool way of learning is writing unit tests. You can collaborate writing unit tests and committing them.

That's all I have in mind. I hope you join!

Cheers

Mariano
 

Hi,

for me a good way to learn as an hobbyist is to contribute to documentation. You can write for HelpSystem. Contribute to pharocasts :) http://pharocasts.blogspot.com/ or write some stuff on the collaborative book http://book.pharo-project.org/

Cheers,

Laurent Laffont