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[Gnewsense-dev] Something I want to ask
Isai Ruiz
2014-07-26 07:34:09 UTC
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In the page about joining the gnewsense Dev team in the part that reads,
skills you possess or want to learn, what does the want to learn part mean?
You guys help people interested to learn that? I know things like HTML,
HTML 5, CSS, CSS 3, JavaScript through lots of books and self study. And I
have designed websites for many people but that isn't something I enjoy
doing anymore and I have learned the basic syntax for java and python also
through lots of books and self study but didn't really know what to do with
it. So by now I probably don't remember most of the syntax anymore but I am
really, really interested in programming and I was wondering if you guys
teach that, or if you guys don't, then at least point me in the direction
you guys think I should do some more self study as a beginner.
Quiliro Ordóñez Baca
2014-07-26 19:07:37 UTC
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Post by Isai Ruiz
In the page about joining the gnewsense Dev team in the part that
reads, skills you possess or want to learn, what does the want to
learn part mean? You guys help people interested to learn that? I know
things like HTML, HTML 5, CSS, CSS 3, JavaScript through lots of books
and self study. And I have designed websites for many people but that
isn't something I enjoy doing anymore and I have learned the basic
syntax for java and python also through lots of books and self study
but didn't really know what to do with it. So by now I probably don't
remember most of the syntax anymore but I am really, really interested
in programming and I was wondering if you guys teach that, or if you
guys don't, then at least point me in the direction you guys think I
should do some more self study as a beginner.
"skills you possess or want to learn" means the skills needed to
contribute in that area. If you enjoy working with those skills or want
to learn them or practice them, then contribute to that area. Perhaps
someone else will guide you or will need your guidance in that team.
Post by Isai Ruiz
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Sam Geeraerts
2014-07-26 20:06:48 UTC
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Op Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:34:09 -0700
I have learned the basic syntax for java and python also through
lots of books and self study but didn't really know what to do with
it. So by now I probably don't remember most of the syntax anymore
but I am really, really interested in programming and I was wondering
if you guys teach that, or if you guys don't, then at least point me
in the direction you guys think I should do some more self study as a
beginner.
We don't teach a programming course as such. The "want to learn" bit is
about studying the code we have (e.g. debderiver [1]) and asking
questions about the parts you don't understand or contributing bug
fixes or feature enhancements.

If you already have some programming experience and want to learn from
existing code then look at some bigger projects. I've heard good things
about code quality at Trac, Django and GNU MediaGoblin, though I
haven't studied them much myself.

Scratching an itch is always a good way to get better at programming.
Try to solve bugs that annoy you in software programmed in a language
you know or look at bug reports at the project's (or Debian's) website
to help other people.

[1] http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/gnewsense/debderiver/files

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