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, 08:13, 27 September 2008New page: ==Bill Kerr's questions (and some answers)== * Where do you find things (Python files, source code)? :The source code for Sugar Activities are found in /home/olpc/Activities. Each Activity...
==Bill Kerr's questions (and some answers)==
* Where do you find things (Python files, source code)?
:The source code for Sugar Activities are found in /home/olpc/Activities. Each Activity is in a subdirectory, e.g., /home/olpc/Activities/TurtleArt.activity. The source code (Python files) are in these subdirectories.
* Which things do what? How does Walter know which Python files have to be tweaked?
:I started reading through the code, looking for sections that were relevant to problem I was trying to solve. For example, since I was adding a new math function, I looked in the code for where the other math functions were defined. I found the code for "+", "-", "*", "/", "random", etc. in talogo.py and I found code for generating blocks in taturtle.py. It was an iterative process. I proceeded by trial and error and made lots of mistakes along the way. In the process, I learned a lot about the overall structure of the code.
* Who do you communicate with? (I didn't know that Brian Silverman was the maintainer and didn't know his email)
:Many Activities has an Authors file. Most Activities have additional author information on their respective wiki pages, e.g., [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Turtle_Art]. Most Activities have a maintainer in the trac system [http://dev/laptop.org/query]. TurtleArt tickets are "Owned by: bss".
* How do you program more advanced stuff in Python, eg. using lambda?
:There are a number of freely available guides to programming in Python, including:
:* The Byte of Python (www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python)
:* How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python, 2nd edition (openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python2e.php)
:* Python for Fun (www.openbookproject.net/py4fun/)
:* Python Bibliotheca (www.openbookproject.net/pybiblio/)
:* Dive into Python (diveintopython.org/)
* What is FOSS etiquette, how do you go about learning to be a member of this community?
:Start by asking questions... welcome to the community!
--[[User:Walter|Walter]] 13:13, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
* Where do you find things (Python files, source code)?
:The source code for Sugar Activities are found in /home/olpc/Activities. Each Activity is in a subdirectory, e.g., /home/olpc/Activities/TurtleArt.activity. The source code (Python files) are in these subdirectories.
* Which things do what? How does Walter know which Python files have to be tweaked?
:I started reading through the code, looking for sections that were relevant to problem I was trying to solve. For example, since I was adding a new math function, I looked in the code for where the other math functions were defined. I found the code for "+", "-", "*", "/", "random", etc. in talogo.py and I found code for generating blocks in taturtle.py. It was an iterative process. I proceeded by trial and error and made lots of mistakes along the way. In the process, I learned a lot about the overall structure of the code.
* Who do you communicate with? (I didn't know that Brian Silverman was the maintainer and didn't know his email)
:Many Activities has an Authors file. Most Activities have additional author information on their respective wiki pages, e.g., [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Turtle_Art]. Most Activities have a maintainer in the trac system [http://dev/laptop.org/query]. TurtleArt tickets are "Owned by: bss".
* How do you program more advanced stuff in Python, eg. using lambda?
:There are a number of freely available guides to programming in Python, including:
:* The Byte of Python (www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python)
:* How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python, 2nd edition (openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python2e.php)
:* Python for Fun (www.openbookproject.net/py4fun/)
:* Python Bibliotheca (www.openbookproject.net/pybiblio/)
:* Dive into Python (diveintopython.org/)
* What is FOSS etiquette, how do you go about learning to be a member of this community?
:Start by asking questions... welcome to the community!
--[[User:Walter|Walter]] 13:13, 27 September 2008 (UTC)