FeetWetCoding: Trying to make learning C++ a little more fun!

[Robert Holder]

Thanks Tomaz for taking a look at it, and for your comments!

Where you say "try to move your app to KDE-Edu", I'm afraid I don't 
really understand what that entails.  Maybe I should explain how I got 
to this list.  I met Alexandra Weisse at Qt Dev Days last year, and 
described our project to her, and she suggested I might come here and 
mention my project, since you guys are involved in educational 
software.  However I didn't want to mention our project here while it 
was in such bad shape--if you think it is confusing now, you should have 
seen it before!  :-D

So, I'm a little embarrassed to have to admit that I don't really 
understand KDE-Edu very well, in terms of how apps are structured here.  
Also, we have only done straight Qt development, and have not used the 
KDE libraries before.  Finally, one of our priority goals is to try to 
make FeetWetCoding run on every platform: Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, 
which the Qt SDK allows us to do. KDE would limit us to Linux only, 
although ensuring that our project runs well on Linux is definitely a 
priority for us.

We also get the sense that our project is confusing for people who are 
trying to get into it, and we've tried to make the documentation as 
complete as we can, but that sort of ends up being even more 
overwhelming!  We're not really sure how to fix it... neither of us are 
technical writers by trade!  :-(  We'd be happy to hear any specific 
observations you might have about what was confusing for you if you have 
time.  We've been so close to this code and documentation for so long 
that we can't really see it objectively anymore!  :-)

Thanks again very much for taking the time to look at our humble little 
project!

Best Regards,
Robert

On 8/22/2012 7:44 AM, Tomaz Canabrava wrote:
> Robert,
>
> I spend quite a good time at your website today trying to understand
> how to use the WetFeet app, and it's a bit confusing, In KDE-Edu we
> have two apps that helps learning of programming languages, but a
> specific for C++/Qt could be awesome. I ask you to not stop working on
> it in your freetime, instead try to move your app to KDE-Edu when you
> feel that it is ready for general use ( I understand that it's ready
> for use right now, but right now it seems a bit confusing to use.  )
>
> We have in KDE the KTurtle, that helps learning basics of programming
> and Rocs, that helps learning DataStructure. There's an App named
> GreenFoot written in Java, that helps learning ObjectOrientation - and
> your app seems a bit like this one, correct me if I'm wrong - this one
> is not KDE nor ever will be, it's java based, written in swing. it
> could be awesome to have something-like-this at KDE.
>
> Tomaz
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