New person, ready to help with some QA!

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Welcome Ben! Jackson gave you a great overview of what's going on. Since 
you know python, might I suggest playing around with autopilot and try 
your hand at writing some autopilot tests? Start with this video and 
give it a whirl, when you are ready, we'll point you at some tests that 
need to be written :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD_e_xqlBbg

The video is indepth, and there are certainly text guides as well, which 
can also work. Have a look at these as well

http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/cookbook/mobile/how-to-write-autopilot-tests/
http://unity.ubuntu.com/autopilot/tutorial/tutorial.html

I look forward to working with you!

Nicholas

On 09/17/2013 05:17 PM, Jackson Doak wrote:
> Welcome ben.
> A few things you could do:
> Run ISO tests and report the results on iso.qa.ubuntu.com
> Run the daily on your PC, then report all bugs you find and
> occasionally run the stuff on packages.qa.ubuntu.com
> Write autopilot tests. These are either C++/QML or Python.
> Help develop the different apps that testers use. e.g. launchpad.net/testdrive
> Help with fixing and triaging bugs. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu
>
> More things you can do are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Ben Blankley <ben.blankley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> My name is Ben Blankley, and I've been using Ubuntu off-and-on since 2005,
>> and Linux off-and-on since around 2000. I now use Ubuntu full-time on two
>> laptops at home, and I figured it was about time to give back what I can. I
>> know a little Python, a little C, and a little Fortran 90 (Thanks, undergrad
>> degree). I'd love to help test bleeding edge software, and already use the
>> xorg-edgers PPA on one of my laptops.
>>
>> Other things about me: My day job is an aircraft structural engineer, and
>> I'm also the president of the local community theater.
>>
>> I look forward to working with you all.
>>
>> Ben Blankley
>> President - WCT, Board of Directors - WSC
>>
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