On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 07:48:34PM +0200, Richard Fussenegger, BSc wrote:
> I'd like to start working on the nginx source. I know my way around in C
> (although I'm not a crack at all) but I'm totally new to nginx. Do you
> have some starting points that would help a new developer to understand
> how things work?
>
> - Coding standards (already noticed an 80 character hard limit)?

http://nginx.org/en/docs/contributing_changes.html

> - Preferred OS (FreeBSD, or is Debian good enough)?

Any supported OS of your choice:
http://nginx.org/en/#tested_os_and_platforms

> - Any other good tips or articles to help one get started?

http://nginx.org/en/links.html
http://nginx.org/en/books.html

HTH

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