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1. Welcome!
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2. A question!
What's the block diagram of a computer?!
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3. Input Process Output
?
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4. No!
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5. It is..
Input Fun! Output
!
Yes, It's fun to code! Let's see how!
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6. What do we need?
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7. What do we need?
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An email ID – Everyone has one!
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8. What do we need?
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An email ID – Everyone has one!
✔
Your favorite programming language!
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9. What do we need?
✔
An email ID – Everyone has one!
✔
Your favorite programming language!
✔
A Text editor or a good IDE
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10. What do we need?
✔
An email ID – Everyone has one!
✔
Your favorite programming language!
✔
A Text editor or a good IDE
✔
Understanding about a Version Control
System
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11. What do we need?
✔
An email ID – Everyone has one!
✔
Your favorite programming language!
✔
A Text editor or a good IDE
✔
Understanding about a Version Control
System
✔
A scripting language – To get things done
quickly
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12. What do we need?
✔
An email ID – Everyone has one!
✔
Your favorite programming language!
✔
A Text editor or a good IDE
✔
Understanding about a Version Control
System
✔
A scripting language – To get things done
quickly
✔
A ready mind!
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13. Why email and not IM?
Because,
– Smart developers prefer email to IM
– They are busy, as you are
– More easy to manage / save and index
For easiness, use an email client, like
– Thunderbird - Easy to use and manage
– Mutt - If you love terminal. More powerful!
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14. Best Programming Language
Believe me, Language doesn't matter!
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15. Should I wait to learn completely?
Big No!
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16. Languages for quick start
Python
– Easy to learn
– Rapid development
– Beautiful code
– Documentations:
• http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
• http://diveintopython.org
• http://learnpythonthehardway.org
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17. Some projects written in python
– Deluge, A BitTorrent client
– Yum, Fedora's package manager
– SMC's Language processing tools
– Bazaar, Version Control System
– Django, Web framework
– PiTiVi, A video editor
– Ubuntu Software centre
– Gwibber
– Google, Youtube and other big companies use
python
– Goolge App Engine
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18. Languages for quick start
C / C++
– We've already started learning languages
– Powerful and fast
– Lots of projects to get involved
– Documentations:
• Think in C++: http://is.gd/P2tZOn
• C Programming Language : K & R
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19. Some projects written in C/C++
– Linux Kernel
– Git, Version Control System
– Gimp
– Mysql
– Apache and many other server software
– GNOME
– KDE
– Webkit, Layout engine to render web pages
– Blender, 3D Animation software
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20. Why Version Control Systems?
✔ Revision control
✔ Easy collaboration
✔ Most of the open source projects use a certain
version control system, such as git, svn, bzr
or cvs
✔ Github – Social coding
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21. How to get involved?
Use Modify Peer review Upload/Share
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22. Why Free Software?
– Student friendly
– More opportunities
– Good community, Good people
– Motivation from like minded people
– Mutual learning
– Interesting projects
– And of course, lots of fun :)
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23. Lots of projects!
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24. SMC and Silpa
http://smc.org.in
http://silpa.org.in
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25. Hands on!
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diff and patch
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cscope
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Downloading source (Geany)
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Configuring
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Installing deps
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Compiling
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Installing
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Modiying
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Recompiling
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26. What we should do
Get involved!
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27. What we should do
Have a blog to
Get involved! write what you
feel
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28. What we should do
Have a blog to
Get involved! write what you Read good books
feel
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29. What we should do
Have a blog to
Get involved! write what you Read good books
feel
Share!
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30. What we should do
Have a blog to
Get involved! write what you Read good books
feel
Let's build it together,
Share!
For fun and to learn!
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31. Questions
?
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32. Thank you!
Ershad K | ershad92@gmail.com | ershadk.wordpress.com | github.com/ershad
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