Anno domini 2023 Sat, 1 Jul 12:41:50 -0500 Michael via tde-users scripsit: > On Friday 30 June 2023 06:55:03 pm Mike Bird via tde-users wrote: > > On Fri June 30 2023 16:37:26 Alex Cornwell via tde-users wrote: > > > Hi, all! I love TDE and want to see it thrive for ages > > > to come. Problem is I don't know where to start online education wise. I > > > know I can use places like Linux Foundation and Udemy but what classes > > > does one take? Should I try learning C++? Learn what TQt actually is and > > > does? I just haven't a clue where to start. Thank you for any help you > > > guys can provide. > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > TDE is mostly written in C++ so you would indeed need to know C++ if you > > wished to fix bugs or add new features. > > > > But first of all do you have a good grounding in computer science? > > > > It's fairly easy to learn a new computer language but understanding the > > science behind it all is difficult without a few years of college study. > > What Mike said, but... > > I have 8 years college (2 CS, 4 MIS, 2 MBA) and have written code in over a > hundred different languages from the low level of assembler to the high level > of CASE tools. > > You do need a good grounding in computer science (well logic really), but you > don’t have to get that from a college per se. A decent online course in a > beginner language will give you about 70-80% of the foundation you need to > write okay code in most any language. Writing ‘great’ code above and beyond > that is either a) mostly up to the individual’s commitment to learn and > follow the specific language’s, or organization's, coding standards or b) > being really good at picking up those standards from code you’re editing or > patching. > > As to C++, which you’ll need an answer to this from Mike and/or the other TDE > devs: > > If the TDE code base uses any Object Oriented type structure, you will need to > do some learning on OO. OO is significantly different enough from procedural > based languages, that it is hard to write in if you only have a procedural > foundation. > > The dev’s can also give recommendations as to what editor to use to make ‘life > easier’ in relation to writing code for TDE. (I use Kwrite for > everyday ‘stuff,’ but I don’t recommend it for any OO language.) I add my 2¢: OO did not solve any of the problems it was said it would. I use "kate" or "joe" for anything that has no dedicated IDE - which is almost anything language I use but "racket". TDE uses OO (QT framework) a lot and it's been cool on a Sharp Zaurus in days long gone. Nowadays it's hard to get the boilerplate templates that tdevelop emits compiled at all from within the IDE - you're better off using a editor + konsole. Anyway, you'd need basic knowledge on C/C++. Get a good book on C basics (e.g. Kernigham Richie 2nd Edition), the basics of C++ (don't know a good book on that, Stroustrup was a PITA), Then I'd recommend you to start somewhere about there and try the exampes: https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Category:Developers#C.2B.2B_GUI_Programming_with_Qt_3 Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
