Re: Bugs 38840+39596: Coverage analysis and static analysis: Whats next ?

On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 14:23 +0200, John Smith wrote:
> Well I did just order O'Reilly's 'Head First Programming: A Learner's
> Guide to Programming Using the Python Language', so perhaps Ill
> finally get myself to learn how to code now.

        Heh - really, enough thinking and trial and error focused on a single
problem will solve it regardless of skill IMHO, and the next similar
problem will be much easier to solve. I would recommend learning
programming by reading existing code and tweaking it - rather than
writing noddy and uninteresting examples :-) it really is a 'better way'
IMHO. eg. learning to write compelling novels by a succession of writing
our own small novelets (without feedback) seems an un-promising way to
learn to program, though sadly commonplace in programming books &
courses.

> >         https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39439
> >
> >         That is a webby / scripty / build-a-database-from-the-code type
> > scripting task that would really help people get stuck into coding more
> > quickly I think - any bites ? :-)
> Oof... You call that one an 'EasyHack' ? Surely there must be some
> software out there already that enables you to efficiently
> search/browse a codebase and/or API / etc ? For example, doesnt
> 'doxygen' do what you want here ?

        Nope; the way the UI resources couple to the code is reasonably
peculiar to LibreOffice and requires custom tooling.

        :-)

                Michael.

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