<p style="font-family: arial narrow,sans-serif;"> <font size="2">Hi,</font></p><p style="font-family: arial narrow,sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" size="2">My name is Harini Sirisena (IRC: hasilk) and I would like to contribute to Bugzilla development. </font><font style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" size="2">I am also planning on
applying for the 'Better Bugzilla Helper' project of BMO
(<a href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org">bugzilla.mozilla.org</a>) for GSoC this year. This is my first time
applying for GSoC. </font><font style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" size="2"> I am currently in my final year of study at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (UTC +5.5). I am new to Perl and Template Toolkit but I have experience in web programming using PHP, ASP.net, AJAX and Javascript. The other programming languages I have worked with are Java, C# and C++. </font><font style="font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;" size="2">Web programming
is one of my biggest areas of interest. In addition to web development I
have experience working with UI design and content management using
Joomla and OpenCMS.</font> <font style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;" size="2"><br></font></p><p style="font-family: arial narrow,sans-serif;">I have been trying out the new extension mechanism of Bugzilla and find it a very easy and useful method to add new features to Bugzilla installations. I would especially like to build and contribute new extensions to Bugzilla to extend its UI or to add new functionality. I am currently studying the Bugzilla code and looking for methods in which I can contribute to Bugzilla and I would greatly appreciate any advice from developers in the community.<br>
</p><p style="font-family: arial narrow,sans-serif;">I would also like to thank Bugzilla developers for the great documentation they have provided on <a href="http://bugzilla.org">bugzilla.org</a> and <a href="http://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla">wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla</a> which makes it easier for newcomers to learn Bugzilla code and development process:)<br>
</p><font style="font-family: arial narrow,sans-serif;" size="2">best regards<br>Harini</font>