A good way to get familiar with the whole Linux programming thing is to learn "Python", an interpreted language. It will be easier for you to do real stuff in it. Once you are comfortable programming useful stuff in Python, the transition to C will be easier. You can actually then start rewriting just a part of your program in C, and learn a step at a time how to do useful stuff in C. Otherwise, learning C can be frustrating, because you really need to have a well-rounded grasp of C to do anything useful in it. It's sort of a cache-22, because you need to *practice* to gain that well-rounded grasp of C, but for a beginner it takes a *lot* of hard work to write a useful/cool program, and at the beginning it is easy to get discouraged. Learning Python first will make the whole process more rewarding -- if you can't figure out how to do something in C, you can implement it in Python (for the time being). That way, you can get "the job done" without hitting a C roadblock.
I recommend this because of my own personal experience trying to learn C in high school -- It took me a while to get familiar with C, not only the language but how to compile stuff, do file i/o, etc. I ended up programming things that I needed in AREXX (a scripting language for the Amiga). It ran slower, but that way I was able to make useful stuff and it took the pressure off so that I could learn C at my own pace. C can take a while to learn mainly because of the huge number of low-level function calls you need to be intimately familiar with. You can find out more about Python at "www.python.org", and they have excellent online documentation. On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 07:54:42PM -0800, Fook_Sheng Chan wrote: > Hi > > I wish to become a debian developer, but I don't know where to start. > I can program in C, but I must admit that I'm not very good. > > Can someone guide me along? > > chan > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -- Daniel Robbins "IKnowMen;AndITellYouThatJesusChristIsNotAMan.Superf System Administrator icialMindsSeeAResemblanceBetweenChristAndTheFounders Department of OB/GYN OfEmpires,AndTheGodsOfOtherReligions.ThatResemblance University of New Mexico DoesNotExist...BetweenHimAndWhoeverElseInTheWorld [EMAIL PROTECTED] ThereIsNoPossibleTermOfComparison." --Napoleon
