=== r is now known as Guest75972 [12:08] Hello, I am a beginner when it comes to programming, but I'm willing to learn. Is there an offline/downloadable beginners guide available? === jordan is now known as jordsan === jordsan is now known as jordan [15:13] EiriksUbuntu, several exists in epub/pdf versions [15:13] the dive into * serie for exemple [15:14] ? [15:15] EiriksUbuntu, which language do you want to learn ? [15:16] I don't even know, I would like to be able to help fix bugs and such === idleone_ is now known as io [15:25] http://www.examiner.com/article/10-free-bash-scripting-ebooks || http://www.noobslab.com/2014/05/two-free-ebooks-can-help-you-to-become.html <-- bash (command line stuff, init scrit, configuration script, packaging, etc...) [15:26] http://www.onlineprogrammingbooks.com/cplusplus/ || http://cplus.about.com/od/freeebookscprogrammin1/ <-- C++ (programs, tools, etc...) [15:26] EiriksUbuntu, did you study math / logic / algorithms at school/uni/whatever ? [15:27] I have studied math, and linguistics [15:27] formal languages/grammars then ? [15:27] but nothing college level [15:27] yes [15:28] otherwise, you can help with something else than programming too [15:28] I know documentation isn't always as much maintained as the software itself [15:29] translations aren't always done to all languages [15:30] sometimes, API/tool/whatever documentation is there, but there's no quickstart/tutorial in it [15:30] I understand, but i think my heart is in wanting to help fix problems [15:34] do you have a specific thing you want to help with ? [15:34] also, you said "fix bugs and such" [15:35] for open source software, you often have issue tracking software, either externally (bugzilla/others), either internally to the version control system (sourceforge, github, googlecode, etc...) [15:35] there's known "issue" you can help with [15:36] they don't all have big time requirement, sometimes it's just a matter of number and priorities [15:37] ok, so thats what I should be looking into right? Get familiar with the code, then i can help more. === meetingology` is now known as meetingology