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@2 A WOMAN PROGRAMMERS PERSPECTIVE
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Gina Mears is the lady responsible for most of F1's Educational titles,
such as Through The Red, Tots Time, Rainy Day etc. I asked her if she
could do a small article about how she got started:
Firstly I`d like to thank Steve and Belinda for all their hard work
sending out reviews etc.
I`d also like to say a big hello to any other female programmers out
there trying to cook tea, change the baby and `click buttons' all at the
same time.
My days of programming began when, alas late one night my favorite
dungeon game played up and I nievely thought that if I learnt to program
I could fix it.
My daughter had been complaining that she was bored with the educatioal
disk we had bought her for Christmas and so I set about making her
another.
Unfortunately for my game, the programming bug bit and my game bit the
dust.
@4I looked at as many different programming languages as I could find, but
always found that AMOS had the most to offer and the tutorial support is
marvellous. Phil South`s - Mastering Amiga Amos has been the most
explanitory book in my collection and I`m quite sure I`d be bald by now
if it wasn`t for the AMOS Clubs helpline.
By visiting local schools and collages I have been able to keep in line
with the types of work the children are already doing. If I ever get my
hands on an old BBC computer I hope to be able to write some software for
the special needs unit at the local college, where the youngsters get
such fun from the computers but the funds will not stretch to new
software.
Both of my children are of school age therefore are never any shortage of
testers in our house. You can guarantee that any opinions on my latest
would be masterpiece will be straight to the point from a child.
The Wiggle test is my favorite test, this involves putting my friends
daughter Abigail in front of the computer and watching her feet. If
Abigail likes what is on the screen her feet wiggle around. Loads of
wiggles mean I must have got something right, no wiggle and I usually
have to rethink my idea.....so if Abigail wiggles enough, Steve and
Belinda get another title to add to their fast growing F1 collection. @1
Gina Mears. End.