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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 04/03/2015 10.03 skrev "Marc Jacobi" <obiwanjacobi@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am Marc Jacobi from the Netherlands and I want to get involved.
> I have found the source code but its rather overwhelming.
>
> Is there any documentation on the code architecture and/or patterns used?

I am not sure about architecture, but for patterns... there is the coding
style policy [1], although I am not sure that is what you mean.

> Or anything on concepts and interaction?

I hope other devs has better answers than me, but there is also the KIWAY
stuff with an overview on [2].

> What would be a good place to start...?

A good place to start is fixing bugs reported on the bug tracker, that
leaves you with a starting point for exploration. It is very often better
to have to have some goal, like a new feature to add or a problem to solve
when digging into new stuff.

>
> Thanx,
> Marc
>

[1]
http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-doxygen/ws/Documentation/doxygen/html/md_Documentation_development_coding-style-policy.html

[2]
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/wiki/Modular-KiCad-with-Alternate-Top-Level-Launchers