Description

Status: Open
Target: $50-100 per document
Writer: Unassigned
Deadline: March, 2009

Documentation is as import as code, if not more. As Haiku is getting closer and closer to R1, the need of documentation is increasing, as new curious developers (who does not know BeOS) wants to have a look at Haiku and it's API, either to start contributing at a kernel level or start developing an application for it (even though there are many (OLD) BeOS R5 applications out there).

The best way to welcome new developers, and to make their development life easier, we (haiku fans) need to provide them good documentation.

Now, since most of dev are already busy coding, the best way (IMHO) is to provide a little incentive (e.g. bounties) to start writing small howto about UI, sockets, FS API, Replicants and much more.

Since we are talking about relative small documents, bounties shouldn't be more than $50-100.

Technical Information

A good place to start collecting information would be the existing documentation in Haiku's SVN, as well as the BeBook.

Communication through the documentation mailing list is advised. Also, check the online resources already available.

Relevant information

Some links to relevant info:

Haiku's Website