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in reply to Perl Blogs
++ Excellent idea, admirable enthusiasm! I would love to be a part of both projects, however, I'm not sure how useful I could be, I've only just begun learning Perl this past year, and wouldn't quite call myself proficient as of yet. Nonetheless, newcomer or not, I am a part of Perl culture and I do have time, ability, skill (at least on some level ;) and enthusiasm to offer, so, if you can think of anything, at all, a new Perl Girl such as myself could contribute, please let me know, I would love to donate my time to the advancement of Perl, in any way, small or large. :) |
Re^2: Perl Blogs
by rhesa (Vicar) on Oct 17, 2008 at 14:59 UTC
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The most valuable thing you can do, is to provide documentation -- in whatever form -- of all the difficulties you encounter when learning something new, and how you overcame them. As a beginner, you have a different perspective than the language designer or module developer. And generally, documentation tends to be written by experts, for experts, which can make it hard for a beginner to get started. Since the documentation writer is an expert, it can be hard for them to remember what it was like as a beginner.
This is actually relevant for everyone: no matter how much experience you have with Perl (or programming) in general, you'll try out new modules all the time, and each time, you're a beginner with respect to that module. Keeping a diary of your initial struggles might help the next person trying that module. And someone with writer skills (that could be you!) might actually turn that into proper documentation that could be contributed to the project in question.
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I think your right, modules are indeed very important for you to be more knowlegable if you are a beginner. And also one should always take note on where you are having difficulties so that you can go back to it, check on your module and try to solve it with the help pf the module and also the other people who has more experience and skills than you
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