Hi Lars, Lars Behrens wrote: > IMO it's part of the game: I use free (in both meanings) software, so I > consider bugreporting or feature requesting as my contribution as I'm no > programmer.
Good point of view that I subscribe too. Lars Behrens wrote: I'm no coder myself, not everybody can be. I fully agree, you need to have a kind of very systematic and logical mindflow to be a really good programmer. When I took my "IT" courses, there were basically three kinds of people: - Those who would never get the logic of programming. These people would already struggle with the most basic of programming tasks, like grasping the concept of If-Then-Else constructs, and the difference between something basic as a "While" or "For" loop. These kind of people were just suitable for programming - Those who would get it "half". These people would be able to do basic programming tasks, but would generally not be able to do the more complicated ones without a lot of struggle. They would get stuck. - Those who "got-it" and could perform high level programming and had absolutely no difficulty understanding the logic of programming. Luckily, I was in the last group... but that doesn't mean the third group by default creates "good" software. Being a good programmer from a "usability" stand-point also requires you to be able to communicate and especially LISTEN. I think I was reasonably good at those points as well. Marco
