From 3f86602e00a98ef07490ea2496dc7b5cab3e2c7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: christopherdumas Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:21:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added useful links section --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 048cdc08fb5e..fd02b1e34c04 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ links to the major sections: * [Writing Documentation](#writing-documentation) * [Issue Triage](#issue-triage) * [Out-of-tree Contributions](#out-of-tree-contributions) +* [Helpful Links and Information](#helpful-links-and-information) If you have questions, please make a post on [internals.rust-lang.org][internals] or hop on [#rust-internals][pound-rust-internals]. @@ -210,3 +211,24 @@ valuable! [users]: https://users.rust-lang.org/ [so]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust [community-library]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/labels/A-community-library + +## Helpful Links and Information + +For people new to Rust, and just starting to contribute, or even for +more seasoned developers, some useful places to look for information +are: + +* The [Rust Internals forum][rif], a place to ask questions and + discuss Rust's internals +* The [generated documentation for rust's compiler][gdfrustc] +* The [rust referance][rr], even though it doesn't specifically talk about Rust's internals, its a great reasource nontheless +* Although out of date, [Tom Lee's great blog article][tlgba] is very helpful +* [rustaceans.org][ro] is helpful, but mostly dedicated to IRC +* **Google**! +* Don't be afraid to ask! The Rust community is friendly and helpful. + +[gdfrustc]: http://manishearth.github.io/rust-internals-docs/rustc/ +[rif]: http://internals.rust-lang.org +[rr]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/README.html +[tlgba]: http://tomlee.co/2014/04/03/a-more-detailed-tour-of-the-rust-compiler/ +[ro]: http://www.rustaceans.org/