The book "I want 2 do project. tell me wat 2 do." is an excellent guide for
any student to get into the Free/Open Source Software world.
The students have tons of queries when asked to do a project, themselves.
Though they know the basics of few programming languages, they usually
don't do any programs themselves. They just copy/paste from others and
found it is very difficult, when they have to do some programming
themselves.
This book encourages the students to self learn new things and make their
hands dirty with programming.
This is not a book to teach any language. All the programming books stop
with teaching programming.
But this books begins from where they stop.
Students need to learn many stuff after programming. The communication with
others and self discipline are the key strengths they should have. This
books explains them well.
Shakthi Kannan, explains the following concepts
Mailing list guidelines
Programming language guidelines
Contacting mentors
Logging learning activities
The problems on continuous learning and how to overcome them
how to create and do presentations
how to concentrate on the basics
Various phases of Computer Science Skills
The Tools available for project development and contribution
Keep on growing the projects
and more.
I recommend this book for all the computer science students. Learning does
not stops with college. If you are working and interested in contributing
to Free/Open Software, this book is for you. Start with this book, follow
all the tips and guidelines. You will become a rockstar contributor for
your favourite Free/Open Source Software.
Teachers are the big inspirations for the students. I recommend this book
for all the lecturers/professors to read and contribute for any Free/Open
Source software, ask their students to contribute.
The quotes in each chapter are much impressive. They show the hard work
behind finding them and placing in proper places. The friendly writing
style makes the book, easy to read and follow.
You can buy the book at the following links.
Pothi :
http://pothi.com/pothi/book/shakthi-kannan-i-want-2-do-project-tell-me-wat-2-do
Amazon.in : http://www.amazon.in/want-project-tell-wat-do/dp/9351741877
Flipkart :
http://www.flipkart.com/want-2-do-project-tell-me-wat-do-english/p/itmdx7wv2qhn8zvx
Thanks Shakthi Kannan for the wonderful book.
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Regards,
T.Shrinivasan
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