[openbeos] Re: How can we recruit more programmers ?

i think that settles it then - a basic tutorial fit for students who 
have finished a C++ course.

something to help a person who might be able to write a basic command 
line app get into writing a GUI app (a description that fits myself)

if anyone has any suggestions, email me.  i'll start putting something 
together in my spare time and will post info at 

http://beos.jared.dnsalias.org/

the dummy page that is there now will likely be as pretty as it gets - 
i'm not into html, just c++.  the rest of the content will be 
downloadable GoBe Productive documents, saved to html format using 
GoBe's translator.  unless, of course, there is a quick and reasonable 
consesus for a differnt course of action.

and thank you, Czeslaw, for being a catalyst for me :)

-jared

> Jared, if you do take on that task it would be a boon to the 
> community, I
> think. Good documentation is invaluable. Introductory pieces are 
> often the
> most difficult to write. That may seem counterintuitive, but it's 
> true. I
> suspect the reason is that you cannot make assumptions about the 
> prior
> knowledge of the reader ... or you can assume that it is nil and take 
> on the
> responsibility for making absolutely everything explicit.
> 
> Czeslaw
> 
> 
> 
> > From: "Jared Eldredge" <jared@xxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:36:50 -0400
> > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [openbeos] Re: How can we recruit more programmers ?
> > 
> > 
> >> Good or Bad idea to send emails to university computer science 
> > > departments
> >> asking if they could contribute to the kernel ?  Isn't this the 
> > > linux way ?
> > 
> > 
> > personally i think its a good idea.  i also feel strongly that a 
> > good tutorial
> > still hasn't been produced for students new to programming to dive 
> > into BeOS
> > api goodness.  
> > 
> > i myself would benefit greatly from this.  i was intending to start 
> > my
> > contributions this summer but have since found my time entire 
> > occupied by my
> > new job.  when i finally get to wear my 'BeOS programming hat' i'll 
> > probably
> > take on such a task out of neccesity if it isn't already done by 
> > someone else.
> > 
> > -jared
> > *  
> > i got tired of fixing Windows...
> > now i'm unemployed
> > * 
> > 
> > 
>

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