Very often when encountering an open source codebase you are left on your own to figure it out. Documentation is often limited to installation / compilation instructions.
With the following video I am trying to ease the onboarding process for new developers. I assume you already know Python, HTML and CSS. I start with a brief introduction to Flask and then move on to how forms work, routes, database interaction, frontend, background tasks and more.
This video will compliment the written documentation (still to come – very soon!).
In this video I create some new functionality that demonstrates more of how PieFed is put together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11GPUnOYOnU
In this screencast I code some basic moderation features for #PieFed – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3MQIcoix0. Hopefully it’ll help new contributors get familiar with the codebase.