On 07/11/2011 12:06 AM, Eric wrote: > My problem is this though... I don't know what to do with this new > found knowledge of these languages. I'm a linux user so availability > of development tools is haaaaaaardly a problem. But I just don't know > what to do with it, I don't have any problems that need to be solved > and unfortunately I'm not familar enough with the languages (except > maybe c++) to help out the big projects like KDE / Gnome.
Open source bug trackers are a great source of problems. Take an open source program you like, ideally one with a sizeable and active user base, written in a programming language you're comfortable with, check out an open bug, and try solving it. This will * Get you reading other people's code. You can learn a lot from this * Provide a challenge * Do good CPython itself is a great project to have a go at. I don't know how familiar you are with C (as opposed to C++), but a large part of the code is written in Python, there's loads of activity on the bug tracker, and, in my experience, the community is very happy to help along new people contributing their first patch. Cheers, Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
