The last time I did programming was in the 1980's when I did dos basic. Dos basic doesn't even compare with the programming languages of today. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 18:24, der.hans wrote: > Am 08. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Harold Hartley so: > > moin moin Harold, > > Helping with accessability is awesome! > > If you're not already familiar with programming I suggest a book that uses > a language to teach programming concepts and branch out from there. > > I've been reading Practical Programming to re-familiarize myself with > Python. It seems to be a decent book for learning to program. While I > haven't done much development in years, I used to do a lot. As such, I'm > not a beginning programmer, so my evaluation might be biased. > > https://pragprog.com/book/gwpy2/practical-programming > > The e-book is DRM free. > > Lots of software is written in Python, so there are many opportunities > with it. > > A complaint that has come up on this list is KDE's lack of an > accessability API. I know KDE wants to have one, but it hasn't yet > happened. > > KDE work would likely be in C++, so you could target that language instead > if you want to work on KDE. > > ciao, > > der.hans > > > I’m interested in open source projects. I would like to help those with disabilities to use a computer for anything. But the software isn’t out there to help those with disabilities. I know because I’m disabled and deaf. > > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, at 11:57, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote: > >> Hi Harold, > >> > >> Start with the end in mind. What is your goal? Web? Working on Open > >> source projects? > >> > >> Knowing that will help us give you feedback. > >> > >> Keith > >> > >> > >> On 2019-02-08 10:33, Harold Hartley wrote: > >>> I am interested in learning to write code and not sure where to start. > >>> I'm looking for anyone that can steer me in the right direction for > >>> books or web site that can help me get started. > >>> > >>> I currently run Fedora 29, with 1 TB drive, i3-7100 processor and > >>> currently 4 GB ram but will be upgrading to 16 GB ram and with dual > >>> monitors. > >>> > >>> So hopefully someone can point me in the right direction for info. > >>> -- > >>> Harold Hartley > >>> 17632 N. 5th place > >>> Phoenix, AZ 85022 > >>> wheelie207@ownmail.net > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > > Harold Hartley > > 17632 N. 5th place > > Phoenix, AZ 85022 > > wheelie207@ownmail.net > > > > > > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > # "The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its own > # reason for existing." -- Albert Einstein > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Harold Hartley 17632 N. 5th place Phoenix, AZ 85022 wheelie207@ownmail.net --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss