On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 01:37:05 pm Thomas Jollans wrote: > On 13/09/11 22:25, Tim Hanson wrote: > > I have been a desktop Linux user for better than eleven years, as a > > hobby. Back when we still did most of our computing on desktops I even > > set up a rudimentary server setup in my home. Nothing fancy or > > anything, but I was proud of it and of the fact that it was built > > Microsoft free. I have no formal education in IT nor programming. > > Retired now, my career was finance; I was an IRS field agent. > > > > Since retiring two years ago, I have renewed my interest in software. I > > know some C and lately decided to learn Python. I have worked through a > > couple of the introductory texts and have a feeling for the OOP model, > > although I won't be able to call myself an experienced practitioner > > anytime soon. > > > > I am looking for an open source project that will allow me to develop my > > skills further. > > > > Financially, I'm set; I'm not looking for a job. I'm looking for some > > drudge work, where I can look at other peoples' code and make a > > contribution. Naturally I do not want to do this forever; I'm hoping to > > get up to speed with my skill set so I can work to more complexity > > later. > > > > Does anyone have some ideas that would help me? > > This is becoming something of an FAQ - I don't suppose there's a canned > response link somewhere ? ;-) > > I like to recommend CPython itself — which is a bit hypocritical, as I > haven't touched it in quite a while. It has a constantly overflowing bug > tracker where I'm sure you can find a lot of fascinating problems that > need solving. The community, I have found, is welcoming and friendly. > Much of the standard library is written in Python, but if you know C, > you can have a go at the C code as well. > > Thomas
That's not a bad idea. From the past I know that bug fixing is a great way to learn a language. If you know a specific site to key in on, feel free to send me there. Otherwise I'll poke around the Python site and find it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
