Re: [E-devel] Hello!

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> Hello!
>
> I'm a relatively new E user who just love the WM, it's all I've ever
> been looking for; eye-candy, simplicity and speed all in one!
>
> Anyway, I've really wanted to get involved in a open-source project but
> since I lack the programming ability I decided to start learning C. I've
> coded some stuff previously, but using Qbasic (shoot me), ASP, PHP and a
> liiiiittle Python. And nothing visual there, no GUI's. SO! Anyway, to
> get to the point I decided that I wanted to start making tiny E-apps!
> The apps that I have/(will have in the near future) the ability to make
> and that I think people might need/be interested in. So the first thing
> I stumbled on was a calculator! That seems like a perfect first project
> for me, a easy way to learn C (I'm pretty unfamiliar with it, but if
> someone could tell me what the * stands for when declaring functions etc
> I'd be glad), learn to handle widgets (EWL) and do something productive
> that people actually might consider to use more then once.
>
> My goals with this calculator is to make it well intergrated with E,
> GTK-apps look so dull compared to E-apps..
>
>
> So, what do you guys think?
The "The C Programming Language" is the standard book (K&R as you hear it)
that most people learn by. If you havnt picked up a copy, you should, as
it will greatly help you (and it is short, only 200 pages or so). I think
it would be useless to explain what the * before the functions  mean,
because you would then just have more questions (if you really want to
know, its because the function returns a pointer to something). Anyway,
I've seen it on amazon.com for $5 or so. Good luck :) and hope you have
fun.