Bored.

[Necronymouse]

Hello, I am learning python for about 2 years and I am bored. Not with
python but I have a little problem, when i want to write something I
realise that somebody had alredy written it! So i don´t want to make a
copy of something but i wanna get better in python skills. Don´t you
know what I should do?


---sorry for my english, I ´m from czech rep...

 

[MRAB]

Hello, I am learning python for about 2 years and I am bored. Not
with python but I have a little problem, when i want to write
something I realise that somebody had alredy written it! So i don´t
want to make a copy of something but i wanna get better in python
skills. Don´t you know what I should do?

Choose a project that you find interesting. It doesn't matter if someone
has already done something similar because you'll learn more by doing.

When you have something reasonable, compare it to the one that already
exists. Your approach might be better, but if it's not then you can
still see why it isn't and how you could improve.

This way, when you do something that no-one else has done before, you'll
have a better understanding of the language and how best to design and
implement your project.

 

[Jonathan Gardner]

Hello, I am learning python for about 2 years and I am bored. Not with
python but I have a little problem, when i want to write something I
realise that somebody had alredy written it! So i don´t want to make a
copy of something but i wanna get better in python skills. Don´t you
know what I should do?

Generally, lower-level stuff is already written, but the web apps and
desktop apps that use those lower-level apps need to be written.

I suggest you pick up web dev or app dev in Python. There are a
variety of frameworks. Think of an app you'd like to see, find a
framework, and have fun.

 

[Tomasz Rola]

Hello, I am learning python for about 2 years and I am bored. Not
with python but I have a little problem, when i want to write
something I realise that somebody had alredy written it! So i don´t
want to make a copy of something but i wanna get better in python
skills. Don´t you know what I should do?

In other words, you would like to be creative? If this is the case, you
must let your head out of the box. People coding for too long have the
tendency to have a box (say, a cube) on their heads. I think there is
plenty of ideas waiting for someone to turn them into code. Look out the
window. Read a book. Repeat.

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home **
** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... **
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[geremy condra]

Hello, I am learning python for about 2 years and I am bored. Not with
python but I have a little problem, when i want to write something I
realise that somebody had alredy written it! So i don´t want to make a
copy of something but i wanna get better in python skills. Don´t you
know what I should do?


---sorry for my english, I ´m from czech rep...

I'd find a big project and contribute to it. There's a lot more to
being a developer than writing code, and its hard to learn
much about that side of things by working on your own projects
all the time. Plus, it can be very satisfying to make a widely
used piece of software better.

Geremy Condra

 

[Stef Mientki]

Hello, I am learning python for about 2 years and I am bored. Not with
python but I have a little problem, when i want to write something I
realise that somebody had alredy written it! So i don´t want to make a
copy of something but i wanna get better in python skills. Don´t you
know what I should do?


---sorry for my english, I ´m from czech rep...

Well I thought that after 2 years you would know every detail of a
language ;-)

A few ideas ( or better said the things that I'm still missing, and I
guess every one can name a few different ones )
- PyJamas needs a lot of extensions
- Simultanuous recording of camera and sound (and preferable other
signals) is completely missing
- Rich editor or ( embedding of open office)
- a system-wide mind mapper
- graphical design package a la LabView

There's also a Python site, were projects are submitted that needs
something ( some even pay a little),
but I can't remember where it is :-(

cheers,
Stef

 

[John Bokma]

There's also a Python site, were projects are submitted that needs
something ( some even pay a little),
but I can't remember where it is :-(

OP: A Python program to find it

John

 

[Stef Mientki]

OP: A Python program to find it

that was the mind mapper I mentioned

Stef

 

[Jorge Cardona]

Well I thought that after 2 years you would know every detail of a language
;-)

A few ideas ( or better said the things that I'm still missing, and I guess
every one can name a  few different ones )
- PyJamas needs a lot of extensions
- Simultanuous recording of  camera and sound (and preferable other signals)
is completely missing
- Rich editor or ( embedding of open office)
- a system-wide mind mapper
- graphical design package a la LabView

I had have a project in mind for several months, a compiler for
Modelica language in python, there is actually two main approach,
openmodelica and jmodelica, both free ( i don't remember the exactly
licences), openmodelica is written in C++ and jmodelica has a
front-end for python, but its core is java based. I had started a
gtkmodelica project, in code google, with c++ and spirit library( i
didn't find at the moment a good library like spirit in python), but
developing in c++ is quite slow (but is really nice), and recently I
found pyparsing, I think is a good tool for the parser, and i create a
repo in github (is empty right now), i wish i could have the enough
time right now, but i got a lot of work right now.

A project like this has a lot of great challenges: parsing,
differential equation solving, a lot about language semantics, the
graphical tool could be like labview, simulink, or maplesim ( I love
flowcanvas library for gtk in c++, but it is quite old right now),
code generation (to use hardware in the loop), real time plotting,
etc... it could be a great project.

I'm using right now some python classes that works as wrapper for
openmodelica, and i use numpy for optimization purpose, and it works
great, but a more natural mix with a native python tool would be just
fantastic.

http://github.com/jorgeecardona/pymodelica
http://drobilla.net/software/flowcanvas/
http://code.google.com/p/gtkmodelica/
http://www.jmodelica.org/
http://www.ida.liu.se/~pelab/modelica/OpenModelica.html

There's also a Python site, were projects are submitted that needs something
( some even pay a little),
but I can't remember where it is :-(

cheers,
Stef

 

[Bram Mertens]

That's great it means you can learn by example, and also learn the
more important skills of collaborating with other developers.


This is good advice.

I would also say that it can be very satisfying contributing on a
*small* project: there is usually less communication overhead since
there are fewer people that need to communicate (the principles explored
in “The Mythical Man-Monthâ€). On a small project, too, you can often
have a bigger impact which for many people is more satisfying.

So, in general: when you realise someone has already written something
you want to use, then start using it! You will quickly find that it
doesn't quite do everything you want, so that's your opportunity to make
improvements and start working with the existing developers.

How about http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=python ?

Pick a project you like I'd be surprised if you'd be turned down when
offering help to any of these.

 

[Floris Bruynooghe]

Well I thought that after 2 years you would know every detail of a
language ;-)

Ouch, I must be especially stupid then!

;-)


Floris

 

[Necronymouse]

Thanks for reaction, I will prohably choose some project as you
said...

 

[Stef Mientki]

Ouch, I must be especially stupid then!

;-)

Sorry if I insulted you Floris!
btw, I'm too still learning Python after I started 2 years ago.

cheers,
Stef

 

[r0g]

Thanks for reaction, I will prohably choose some project as you
said...

If you want to dip your toe in waters of open source contribution it
looks like Gitso could use a little help pushing out their 0.6 release
(which I just happen to quite want but don't have time to get involved
in right now


Roger.

 

[Anssi Saari]

Hello, I am learning python for about 2 years and I am bored. Not with
python but I have a little problem, when i want to write something I
realise that somebody had alredy written it! So i don´t want to make a
copy of something but i wanna get better in python skills. Don´t you
know what I should do?

If I may propose something, I'm pretty annoyed that it's so hard to
get contact and calendar data out of my Nokia phone. However, there's
Python available for Symbian phones and the implementation is supposed
to have access to that data on the phone... So a calendar and contacts
sync tool would be a nice thing.

 

[Ognjen Bezanov]

If I may propose something, I'm pretty annoyed that it's so hard to
get contact and calendar data out of my Nokia phone. However, there's
Python available for Symbian phones and the implementation is supposed
to have access to that data on the phone... So a calendar and contacts
sync tool would be a nice thing.

Also take into account, a lot of open source projects out there would
not mind help! I host two (public) open source projects, and would love
to have more development help from people interested in them!

Find a project which you would find interesting, then ask them if you
can join. You would not get to do something from scratch, but you would
be able to help further develop the project, perhaps even extend it in
some way you want to.