[ale] Searching for C exp.

[Chris Fowler]

Awesome question.  My father is a good example.  He wanted to get into
woodworking and needed some projects to get into.  He built us a
changing table.  Looks awesome.

To learn something you really need a project.  Reading helps but it
wasn't until I dived into it headfirst did I learn it.

Options:

1) Think of a tool you need that does not exist and create it as
   and OSS proggie.
2) Instead of recreating a program that exists, jump on a OSS project.
3) I may have some C code for you to write.  I ahve a couple of projects
   that are OSS.
   a) FireDisk.
      Single floppy firewall.  Chuck Huber has been working on this  
      recently.  He has made great progress. The idea is to create a
      firewall that works like a network applicance.
   b) SetiDisk.
      Single disk seti at home client that reports back via UDP to a 
      SetiDisk server. Chuck & I run many clients and found it   
      difficult to manage it all. We wrote SetiDisk to help that 
   c) G-Palm & G-PC.
      This is an OSS project that I'm writing for my father that sends 
      and receives G-Code to CNC type machines.  G-Palm is for the Palm 
      G-PC is for the PC.  G-Palm is 100% C.  G-PC is 95% Java and 5%
      C via JNI.

Chris
 
On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 15:50, John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> While I have over a year of professional C experience, most of that was
> spent debugging/rewriting/enhancing a very large, complex, non-standard
> application I had no part in designing.  This was also a little over three
> years ago, so my C skills are a little rusty.
> 
> Aside from a few large school projects and a few modules developed for
> that job, I have no experience in designing a (large) application in C. 
> While I have a very good understanding of most of the
> teach-yourself-in-24-days parts of C, I've never delved into the nether
> regions and never really taken part in designing/developing a professional
> quality C app.
> 
> I'd like to gain some experience in that respect, but not sure where to
> start...
> 
> What would you recommend?  Should I start by joining an os project in C
> and get involved?  I'd consider working on my own, but I'd like to learn
> the intricacies of designing in C, the tricks of the trade, the gotchas,
> common practices, etc., and I don't think a project of my own would
> provide as much insight in that way.
> 
> Any suggestions?  Anyone have any C work (volunteer)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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