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Revision as of 22:21, 13 March 2013
Many of the tools of open source development are primarily used via the command line. Let's get some practice with navigating the computer from the command line.
Goal #2: install a text editor
We need a good text editor (not a word processor!) for editing Python code.
If you already have a preferred text editor, skip this step.
Goal #3: install an IRC client
IRC is a real-time chat protocol that open source projects often use to talk about the project and as a medium for users and developers to help each other.
Goal #4: more IRC
- Join #pycon
- Check out channels like #python and #django
Bonus material
- You can get a full list of Freenode's channels here. What are some other interesting channels?
- Read through http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html