Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:31:30 +0000 From: <uq@clix.pt> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Three wishes of a wannabe developer Message-ID: <47380.1202383890@clix.pt>
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Hello,
I have been looking for some summer chool type crash course in C
and/or = programming tools and have found that there are several
interesting activit= ies and gatherings for developers. However, I am
not (yet) a developer. I n= eed something for beginners. I am not sure
that the Chemnitz linuxtag= e 2008 is for me, for it definately looks
as if it is for experienced = programmers. Is there a place for
beginner wannabe hackers who want a crash= -course in C, perl, glade
or other programmming tools?
Born to computers for MS-DOS (and, to a lesser extent, to VAX-VMS) ,
in = the early nineties, I have been phasing out Windows and using
FreeBSD (and = others) for some time now. I have programmed with
PASCAL in school (go gues= s why they thing it's pedagogic) and
gw-BASIC after that. That was over 10 = years ago. Quite naturally,
when I read about new developing tools like gla= de or dreamweaver I
simply don't get the concept. I'm lost. As we Portugues= e say it,
=C2=ABlike a donkey looking at a palace=C2=BB.
The free software community offers lots of programs and projects in
many= areas but there are others where freesoftware isn't yet present.
That is t= he case of economics. In the logic of freesoftware I want
make programs to = fill that vacuum. Well, some of it. What I want to
do are economic model ba= sed simulators. I could do it in a
spreadsheet, but I would rather make a n= ice application and make it
available for everyone. For that, both competen= cies in the economics
and computing areas are necessary. That brings me to = my three (free)
wishes:
1. I wish there were free software programming crash courses for
beginners= (beginners in programming) in every free software
community event and gath= eting, providing and entry route for
those who want to contribute for the a= vailability of free
software in all areas of thought and all ciences and al= l
activities and not just be passive users. It could be just at free
softwa= re events or in association with universities through
summer schools, for e= xample.
2. I wish there was a place where I could meet more people in my
academic = and professional area who may also be interested in
doing things and making= things happen. Diversity is important.
3. I wish there was a place for mentoring from programmers and
experienced= free software people.
Please notice that I am not demanding, I am willing to contribute to
all= of my wishes.
If You can help me or know someone that could help me let me know.
Thanks,
Rui Duarte
in Portugal
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