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[marcalff]

This issue lists areas that are good entry points to start contributing to opentelemetry-cpp.

For each issue, see the issue comments for details.

Functional

Typically, features touching a functional area requires to dive into the code, but do not need changes in the infrastructure, like CI, workflows, compilers, platforms, makefiles ...
This is a good opportunity to learn the C++ code itself. The size of the code affected varies by feature.

All signals

Typically, changes affecting all signals at once are using the same pattern, applied everywhere.
The change is limited in scope, but touches multiple parts.
This is a good opportunity to learn how to apply design or coding pattern to an existing code base.

• [SDK] Add simple scope configuration to Tracer, Meter, Logger #2641

Metrics signal

Typically, changes affecting the metrics signal are more involved on the functional part (time series, aggregation).
This is a good opportunity to understand in depth a component, with clear boundaries.

• [Metrics SDK] Add support for Exponential Histogram Aggregation #1391

Specific areas

Typically, features touching a specific area do not require to understand the whole code base, but only a well defined subset.
This is a good opportunity to learn the development process (git, PR, review, merge) as well as the affected code.

• [EXPORTER] optimize OTLP HTTP compression #2570
• [EXPORTER] Add optional configuration for prometheus exporter #2453
• Log SSL Connection Information #2250
• Support handling Retryable error for OTLP exporter (OTLP/gRPC and OTLP/HTTP) #2049
• W3C TraceContext compliance #74

Code health

This area requires to change CI/CD scripts to improve the build process.
This is a very good opportunity to learn the github CI workflow, to implement new tooling.

Include-what-you-use

Iterative changes, to expand coverage to the entire code base.

• [Code health] include-what-you-use cleanup #2054

Clang-tidy

Iterative changes, to expand coverage to the entire code base.

• [Code health] clang-tidy cleanup #2053

Cpp-check

• [CI] Add a C++ static code analyser in the build #2297

Doxygen

• [CI] Add a doxygen build #1647

Test coverage

This area is a very good opportunity to learn docker to execute tests in a container environment.

• [TEST] Functional tests for OTLP GRPC MTLS export #2208
• Test example code in CI #454

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