Dan Kegel wrote:
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:11 PM, jingo811 wineforum-user@winehq.org wrote:
So I was wondering can you give me an ordered to-do-list in becoming a Code Monkey for WineHQ?
Like do I have to know both C and C++ to code for Wine.Nope, just C. Go through "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, and do all the exercizes.
If you can make it through the book, you are very good and will work well for the Wine project.
BTW, anyone want a spare copy of this book?
James
"James McKenzie" jjmckenzie51@sprintpcs.com wrote:
Dan Kegel wrote:
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:11 PM, jingo811 wineforum-user@winehq.org wrote:
So I was wondering can you give me an ordered to-do-list in becoming a Code Monkey for WineHQ?
Like do I have to know both C and C++ to code for Wine.Nope, just C. Go through "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, and do all the exercizes.
If you can make it through the book, you are very good and will work well for the Wine project.
BTW, anyone want a spare copy of this book?
Unfortunately that's not that simple. Wine programming requires Windows API programming skills as well, one needs an experience of using at least APIs for the component(s) of Wine he/she is going to write the code for, and a good knowledge how it's supposed to work/operate internally. One should be prepared to write lots of tests to investigate/clarify behaviour described/missing in MSDN.
Dmitry Timoshkov wrote:
"James McKenzie" jjmckenzie51@sprintpcs.com wrote:
Dan Kegel wrote:
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:11 PM, jingo811 wineforum-user@winehq.org wrote:
So I was wondering can you give me an ordered to-do-list in becoming a Code Monkey for WineHQ?
Like do I have to know both C and C++ to code for Wine.Nope, just C. Go through "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, and do all the exercizes.
If you can make it through the book, you are very good and will work well for the Wine project.
BTW, anyone want a spare copy of this book?
Unfortunately that's not that simple. Wine programming requires Windows API programming skills as well, one needs an experience of using at least APIs for the component(s) of Wine he/she is going to write the code for, and a good knowledge how it's supposed to work/operate internally. One should be prepared to write lots of tests to investigate/clarify behaviour described/missing in MSDN.
Agreed. However, for the basics, K&R will do. They teach how to write excellent code rather than passable code.
Also, knowledge on programming best practices is good to have as well.
James
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