david wrote: > My son-in-law is learning java and is sick of make-believe practice > projects. > > Can anyone suggest a project that needs help? (debugging, features, etc) > Is this a dumb question?
This is definitely not a dumb question. While there are a large number of FOSS projects using Java, joining one of them and making any worthwhile contibution would probably be rather difficult for someone who is still learning java (I'm assuming java is a first programming language). Most FOSS programmers hone their skill on their own projects before they have enough skills to actually contribute to something larger. Quite honestly, I would suggest your java beginner start hacking away at their own projects. The choice of their own projects of course depends on their interests. For me it was an interest in audio and music that got me started. Hope this helps. Cheers, Erik -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea; massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." -- Gene Spafford (1992) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
