How to contribute to core code inserting native functions (SurrealQL)?

[HackTales]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to contribute the core code inserting (simple) native functions for SurrealQL. I've read the contribution guide, but it is limited on the setup of the dev environment. Unfortunately I'm unable to find any guide on how to do it. Do you have any experience/guide/tutorial that one can follow to accomplish it or there is a simple PR to take inspiration with actually all the steps required to add it (eg .parser, testing, implementation, benchmark, documentation, etc.)?

If a guide is currenly non-existent, writing a step-by-step public article could be nice because the community can potentially alleviate the core team from implementing basic stuff.

[naisofly]

Hey @HackTales ! Do checkout our recent stream about contributing to the core library.

Hope this helps!

[HackTales]

Thank you @naisofly. I followed the live and that was useful to get general understanding of the project structure. I miss the opportunity to ask that directly during the stream :(

I am able to make some edits on the code base and run the modified project, but I think that the code working is not enough.. If you are good with it, I can submit a simple PR with a new simple (useful) function to SurrealQL to setup a positive feedback loop with the core devs, not just to insert that feature, but to generalize how to properly make changes to code.

I think I can take inspiration from this PR as a good starting point with the things that have to be edited to insert new SurrealQL native functions.

[naisofly]

@HackTales, it's better to create or link any existing issues for the problem you're trying to solve so there can be some discussion with the core devs before progressing this to a useful PR. We also have regular Developer Office Hours with this team, so please join us for the next one here!