1 - What concepts/tools/languages do I need to know besides the QlikView Scripting Language to contribute ?
You only need to know scripting to contribute. If you want to use the full project development & testing environment, using SVN is required.
2 - Are there any scenarios for which scripts are to be created or do we create our own ?
You can develop your own ideas, There are also a number of enhancement requests waiting in the issue tracker queue if you are looking for tasks to tackle.
3 - Can I contribute if I only have the free version of qlikview ?
You can contribute code and use the library, but you can't use the existing examples and documentation which require a licensed version.
4 - How do we know which versions our script will work with ?
QVC is tested against the latest SRs of V10 and V11.20. That should be added to the release notes.
5 - Is there any manual to learn QV scripting in detail ?
There are a couple of books from Packt Publishing. "Qlikview 11 for Developers" and "Qlikview Scripting".
6 - Is Qlikview involved in this project in anyway ?
No.
7 - What is the dev and testing process like ?
There is a dev guide available in the source repository. It discusses code structure, naming conventions and testing procedures. Another library -- Qvc.Tests -- is used as the unit testing framework.
Each Qvc routine is edited in a separate qvs file and combined by a build script into the runtime qvc.qvs. Unit tests are created for new function or to surface reported bugs.
Individual unit tests can be run by reloading the the testing script. There is also a test driver that runs all tests. The distribution build process runs all tests against multiple versions. The build scripts are written in ANT.
All the development and testing artifacts are available for SVN checkout from the source repository. The entire source tree is also available from the download site as the "source distribution". Just select "all downloads" as the download filter.
8 - How many developers have worked on this so far ? How many are active ?
I am currently the only committer on the project. I occasionally get code contributed others.
-Rob
