On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Shrinivasan T <tshriniva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The book "I want 2 do project. tell me wat 2 do." is an excellent guide for
> any student to get into the Free/Open Source Software world.
>
> The students have tons of queries when asked to do a project, themselves.
> Though they know the basics of few programming languages, they usually
> don't do any programs themselves. They just copy/paste from others and
> found it is very difficult, when they have to do some programming
> themselves.
>
> This book encourages the students to self learn new things and make their
> hands dirty with programming.
> This is not a book to teach any language. All the programming books stop
> with teaching programming.
> But this books begins from where they stop.
>
> Students need to learn many stuff after programming. The communication with
> others and self discipline are the key strengths they should have. This
> books explains them well.
>
>
> Shakthi Kannan, explains the following concepts
>
> Mailing list guidelines
> Programming language guidelines
> Contacting mentors
> Logging learning activities
> The problems on continuous learning and how to overcome them
> how to create and do presentations
> how to concentrate on the basics
> Various phases of Computer Science Skills
> The Tools available for project development and contribution
> Keep on growing the projects
> and more.
>
>
> I recommend this book for all the computer science students. Learning does
> not stops with college. If you are working and interested in contributing
> to Free/Open Software, this book is for you. Start with this book, follow
> all the tips and guidelines. You will become a rockstar contributor for
> your favourite Free/Open Source Software.
>
> Teachers are the big inspirations for the students. I recommend this book
> for all the lecturers/professors to read and contribute for any Free/Open
> Source software, ask their students to contribute.
>
>
> The quotes in each chapter are much impressive. They show the hard work
> behind finding them and placing in proper places. The friendly writing
> style makes the book, easy to read and follow.
>
> You can buy the book at the following links.
>
>     Pothi :
> http://pothi.com/pothi/book/shakthi-kannan-i-want-2-do-project-tell-me-wat-2-do
>     Amazon.in : http://www.amazon.in/want-project-tell-wat-do/dp/9351741877
>     Flipkart :
> http://www.flipkart.com/want-2-do-project-tell-me-wat-do-english/p/itmdx7wv2qhn8zvx
>
>
> Thanks Shakthi Kannan for the wonderful book.
>
> --
>

Thanks! Shrini for the review .Placed an order :)
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