[chirp_devel] Introduction

[Eric Poole]

Good morning all, from a new CHIRP user and new member of the 
developer's reflector.

(Incidentally, is it CHIRP or Chirp or chirp?  I've seen all three 
used.  What is the proper way to refer to the product?)

I've joined the developer's reflector because I would like to contribute 
to CHIRP by writing drivers for the Icom IC-746PRO and IC-706MKIIG.

I'm a retired software developer with 40+ years experience, mostly in C 
with some assembly language and C++.  I have almost no experience with 
Python, have just done some minor modifications on existing programs.  I 
do understand object-oriented design and programming.

I have only limited experience with Git, having used it on only two 
projects, mostly used Subversion on past projects.

I'm wondering if any of you have any recommendations for a good 
tutorial, available on the net, for someone like me who wants to learn 
enough Python to be effective in writing drivers for CHIRP.  I know 
there are many such tutorials out there and wanted to find out if you 
have any recommendations for one over the others.

I'd appreciate any suggestions, and meanwhile I'll be around the 
reflector as I go about figuring out how to do this correctly.

Thanks...

Rick WA1RKT
Londonderry, NH
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