Re: Focus of the introduction for programmers

2010-02-02 Thread Sense Hofstede
2010/2/3 Bruno Girin : > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 19:56 -0300, Brian Vidal Castillo wrote: >> It could sound like a fanboy, but using a powerful IDE is the best >> choice for programers new to Ubuntu. >> And I think Eclipse is the right for this tasks. > > I'd agree to that. Eclipse is very powerful.

Re: Focus of the introduction for programmers

2010-02-02 Thread Bruno Girin
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 19:56 -0300, Brian Vidal Castillo wrote: > It could sound like a fanboy, but using a powerful IDE is the best > choice for programers new to Ubuntu. > And I think Eclipse is the right for this tasks. I'd agree to that. Eclipse is very powerful. I've used it extensively and i

Re: Focus of the introduction for programmers

2010-02-02 Thread Brian Vidal Castillo
It could sound like a fanboy, but using a powerful IDE is the best choice for programers new to Ubuntu. And I think Eclipse is the right for this tasks. There are plugins for bzr (whic I use). But a little more love from the community would help a lot. What I mean is centralize all the work on t

Re: Focus of the introduction for programmers

2010-01-30 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Hi Sense On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Sense Hofstede wrote: > Maybe then we should add pointers to information about contributing to > upstream projects. > However, the Ubuntu Website, Ubuntu Drupal, Lernid, Apport, > Desktopcouch, *Indicator, Jockey and many other projects could also be > l

Re: Focus of the introduction for programmers

2010-01-29 Thread Sense Hofstede
2010/1/29 Martin Owens : > Hey Sense, > > Perhaps the problem is that inside the Ubuntu project there aren't a > great number of development projects that new users can just dive right > into. Basically anything to do with bzr, launchpad, ubiquity or the > handful of other little extras that help t

Re: Focus of the introduction for programmers

2010-01-29 Thread Martin Owens
Hey Sense, Perhaps the problem is that inside the Ubuntu project there aren't a great number of development projects that new users can just dive right into. Basically anything to do with bzr, launchpad, ubiquity or the handful of other little extras that help the Ubuntu distribution. Most progra

Focus of the introduction for programmers

2010-01-29 Thread Sense Hofstede
Hello, Often there's someone who knows some programming and asks how (s)he can help Ubuntu. Currently those people are mostly referred to the MOTU: packaging. However, I'm not so sure if directing all programmers to packaging is the best solution. Some people just want to write code and the MOTU i