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From: mrt7455@evtprp0b (Michael R Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: help getting started in graphics
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Date: 1 Jun 90 16:24:58 GMT
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Organization: Boeing Computer Services Everett Propulsion, Everett WA
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I am new to graphics and graphical user interface programming.  I know that
I am going to have to get some experience if not expertise in writting a GUI
for some of my applications.  I expect to do most of my GUI developement in
X or Motif.  My questions are these:

	1)  I have the first 3 O'Reilly X window system books, what other
	    texts would you suggest as reference and tutorial helps?

	2)  How would you suggest to get started coding graphic applications?
  	    I know to get a good spec from my user and I have a good idea of
            how to lay out my screen.  What I want to know is what kind of 
	    projects would be good to start out on?

My supervisor wants me to become his GUI expert and I'm a bit anxious about
that.  I have to have the right to make mistakes, wander down the wrong path,
and just generally screw up while I try to learn graphics programming.  To
me an expert is not somebody with all the right answers, but somebody what
you did wrong and how to do it right.  To become an expert I've got to make 
mistakes!