Am 08. Feb, 2019 schwätzte Harold Hartley so: moin moin, Yeah, I remember going from basic to C. That was different :). Are there any particular types of applications you'd like to work on? Do you have something you'd like to automate for yourself? ciao, der.hans > 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 > > -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # kill telnet, long live ssh - der.hans