[aclug-L] Re: Linux open source projects

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd say that in my experience, the best way to get started is by writing
your own program.  Just create your own one-man project to get started. 
Perhaps reinvent the wheel--write an IRC client or an e-mail program or
something fairly simple.  Then... start by adding your own features to an
existing program.  Add color to ircII or add random signature support to
pine, etc.

Once you've done that sort of stuff for a while, you'll have a better feel
for what's involved in programming an entire project, and what it's like to
work with other people's source code.  Then, find a project you're
interested in helping with, and join their development team.

That's my 2 cents...


On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 05:44:11PM -0600, Patrick R. Klee wrote:
> Hello fellow ACLUG members,
>     I am currently learning C and C++, along with GTK+ (Gimp Toolkit).
> I was wondering, where I can find a project to join, and get recognized
> as a Linux programmer.  I checked out http://www.linuxlinks.com and all
> of the sites were for advanced level programmers.  I have a basic
> knowledge of C++, but want to learn C.  I am getting some books for
> Christmas, hopefully this will help a lot.  But, I feel if I look at
> some code, I can learn from the code, if of course, they use heavy
> commenting.  :-)
> 
> Patrick
> 

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