Also I think our conferences in the past have focused way too much on
development to see what the general population really wants. Maybe we need to
have a sub conference for developers afterwards or something.
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On Apr 7, 2016, at 17:43, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Derek and others: could you perhaps lead a session during NVDACon devoted to
this topic?
Cheers,
Joseph
From: nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs
Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 4:41 PM
To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [nvda-addons] Re: Developing Addons - The best way to get started?
Hello,
Try out:
Learn Python the Hard Way
Once you learn python, and are able to develop apps, then you can learn about
WX Python which is what NVDA is programmed in. Then once you understand those
two things, you will be ready to understand the Addon docs.
There should be a python tutorial in regards to developing NVDA Addons.
Thanks,
Brandon Keith Biggs
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Damien Sykes-Pendleton
<damien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi guys,
I’m sure I’ve written about this before but I don’t think anything came of it.
I would love nothing more than to start developing addons for NVDA – there
are many applications that I use that could do with it, and probably even
more that I’d want to use but can’t because of limited or no accessibility
that I’m sure would also benefit from them.
I am facing a rather big problem though, in that the available resources seem
to be very limited and vague on the subject. The developer’s guide, the only
document that has come close to describing addon development, only has two
sections dedicated to the subject and even those seem to assume a good
working knowledge of both Python, and the NVDA source code, neither of which
I have.
I have seen a lot of people, on here and elsewhere, simply request that
someone help them to learn Python, whether that be interactive teaching or
even recommending a comprehensive article. I totally understand that this is
not the job of any one person and can also understand why this may be
irritating. On the other hand, I believe there are frustrations on both sides
and what is difficult is pinpointing the exact issue at hand. For instance,
having read several Python resources I am still unsure as to whether it is
Python I am struggling with, or writing addons or understanding code
specifically for NVDA.
With this in mind, I want to guide you through my thought processes as I read
the appropriate material, but I am thinking that it would exceed the size
limit for the list, so I have created an article and uploaded it to my
website. It is an HTML document in a zip file (it is not publicly linked to
on my site, nor did I want its text to be searchable by a search engine in
case there was a large gaping hole that I missed that makes this article
totally invalid).
Given that there are public archives available for the list, I think it best
not to link to it here. So for now if anyone is interested in reading through
it and perhaps going through things step by step with me, or would be
interested in helping me to create some more meaningful resources, whether it
be a tutorial or a document that points to relevant information etc, please
email me off list.
Thanks.
Damien.
