Programming for beginers

[Dean Sas]

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shahul.stilldead wrote:
> i've some across lot of people who want to learn programming but are
> not able to do so because they have limited access to learning tools.
> i think we should start up a new unit of ubuntu(like MIT OCW, iTunes
> U) which teaches the basics like C,C++,C#,java & basic computer
> structure & of course a forum where people can chat & get there
> doubts/problems cleared. it must be easy to understand & learn.
> we have seen a lot of initiatives like : http://www.cprogramming.com/.
> but these are hard to understand & not exactly aimed at the "dummies"
> categories. alos no forum support. i think this will also help to
> bring the community together. many developers like myself do not
> exactly have the time to actually develop but we can help i the
> forums.

Ubuntu is probably not the best place to be doing this, I'm sure the
upstream GNOME/PyGTK/Mono communities would love a hand. I think the
Ubuntu Documentation is better off introducing and pointing to these
resources and perhaps could be done better. If you want to help out on
this then great :)

We do already have some development resources:
There is Ubuntu development information on the wiki at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment which contains information
relevant to Ubuntu development in general (mainly packaging)

Ubuntu Forums already have a programming forum at
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=39

Some resources are already installed by default such as the dive into
python guide, others are installable from the repositories.

Dean




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