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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: python developer?
From:       Stefan Majewsky <stefan.majewsky () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2012-02-20 19:40:27
Message-ID: CACoMYZbi+7N1mZ7PjyKgkWmkwPFS=-oFmO-_-aHhFenJ9GuPwg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Claudio Desideri
<happy.snizzo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to contribute to KDE even using python?

Of course it's possible to contribute; there are KDE apps written in
Python using PyQt and PyKDE (e.g. the Mahjongg game Kajongg, or
Kubuntu's printer-applet).

However, you might run into problems when your task includes work on
libraries and existing applications. All KDE libraries and most apps
are written in C++. This realistically limits your choice of tasks to
either creating a new completely Python-based application, or hacking
on an existing Python application.

That is, unless you invest time to learn C++. This language is indeed
quite complex and has its "scary" places, but Qt and KDE advocate a
C++ coding style that avoids many of these shallows. It also helps
that you are already comfortable in Python and thus know concepts like
object-oriented programming already.

Greetings
Stefan

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