2010/2/3 Bruno Girin <brunogi...@gmail.com>: > 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 it's hard to beat. Add to this that it is also cross-platform and is > one of the most common IDE on Windows and Mac and a large number of > developers used to work in those environments feel at home with Eclipse. > >> >> There are plugins for bzr (whic I use). >> But a little more love from the community would help a lot. > > Some of the things that would be very useful are standard packages for > the pydev plugin, a bzr plugin and a .deb packaging plugin. > > [snip] > >> > I agree with what you're saying, although imho if you're serious about >> > becoming an Ubuntu contributor on any type of technical level you'll >> > probably want to learn packaging. You might not want to do sponsorship >> > work or merges or anything MOTU-specific, but knowing how to provide >> > patches and being able to upload your own code and bug fixes seems >> > very useful. I think they should be pointed to packaging in addition >> > to what you propose above, and also other tools that are used across >> > Ubuntu such as bzr. >> > >> > -Jonathan > > I agree and I think that's an area that needs work. As an experienced > developer on other platforms, I find packaging to be the biggest > challenge to being able to contribute code because it is Ubuntu (or > rather Debian) specific and I can't relate it easily to what I know. > Learning Python when you know other OO languages is not too difficult, > nor is learning bzr when you know svn; but the wheels come off when it > comes to packaging because producing a .deb feels a lot more complicated > than producing a .jar for a Java application to the uninitiated like me. > > Bruno > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > Maybe Ubuntu should endorse a certain development environment and certain approaches to development (e.g.: GConf or Desktopcouch?) in order to make starting with development and starting with developing for Ubuntu easier.
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