Beginner-friendly projects

Nate Graham nate at kde.org
Fri May 29 17:15:08 BST 2020


I agree that it's not very useful right now. I would recommend expanding 
it, because some projects truly are more beginner-friendly than others, 
just due to the nature of the code itself. However in the absence of 
that effort, removing it would probably make sense.

Nate


On 5/29/20 9:54 AM, Christoph Feck wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved says:
> 
>     "Beginner-friendly projects
> 
>      Here are some beginner-friendly projects with
>      a variety of opportunities to contribute:
> 
>      * Elisa, a KDE music player
>      * Krita, a KDE digital painting suite
>      * KDE Connect, a tool to connect and integrate your mobile device
>     "
> 
> Does this list make any sense? If the list should express the idea that
> developers of these projects welcome newcomers, does it mean that our
> other projects are not? If the list is supposed to state that the source
> code is easy to understand for beginners, shouldn't we add much simpler
> projects, such as KDE games, utilities, or simple QtQuick widgets?
> 
> Right now, I would suggest to just remove this section. Someone who is
> really new to coding seems misguided.
> 




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