QUESTION

Tomas Radej tradej at redhat.com
Tue Apr 16 14:52:28 UTC 2013


Hi,

On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:41:03 +0000
Abdellah Ben <abdellahbenidder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> ...
> 
>  I toke a look at your ideas list and  I couldn’t understand any of it.

I don't think that summer coding contest is a good place to start for
you since you only have done theory. I think that you should start with
a simple application, a command-line interface (which is much easier to
start with), then you can package it for Fedora or make a graphical
user interface for it (and package it for Fedora).

What that application should be? Think of what you would like to use,
or what you think is lacking, and write it. I, myself, wrote a simple
command-line interface for a currency exchange website that I use
daily. Or an app that visualizes the disk space usage, directory by
directory.

You can also start by reading a simple small program's code, to learn
how other people do it. Then you can contribute to that code by fixing
bugs or adding features, or continuing a project that was abandoned by
its creator.

So I suggest you either come up with a simple idea, pick a language,
and realize that idea, or that you contribute in small bits to an
existing project, which you study a bit first.

> ...

Good luck, and don't be afraid to ask.

TR

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Tomas Radej <tradej at redhat.com>


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