Hi Lyle, Two things.
It's noughts not naughts (or perhaps zeroes) and maybe you could mention where the term moungers originates. cheers Greg Lyle wrote: > Hi All, > I'm about to send this document out to some local schools I've made > contact with. I was hoping I could get a little feedback on the content > before it the first one goes out (later today). After all, as you > already know my unglish eint grate :) > > > Software Programming > > A local programming group is offering schools and colleges, a free > evening software programming course for their students. Details of which > follow:- > > > What is software programming? > > It is the art of designing and writing computer programs, such as games, > desktop applications and internet services. All the programs you see and > use on your computer have been designed and coded by a programmer or > team of programmers. > > > What is Perl? > > Perl is a programming language. There are lots of different programming > languages, some suited to making specific pieces of software, others can > be applied to a broad range of applications. A programming language is > designed to be human readable and writeable, it gets translated into the > ones and naughts of machine code by a compiler. Perl is what's known as > a high level language, meaning it's far away from coding in ones and > naughts. > > > Why is Perl a good first language? > > Perl borrows syntax and ways of doing things from older, lower level > languages such as C, C++, Pascal and LISP. It has also greatly > influenced newer languages such as PHP, Python, Ruby and JavaScript. > This makes Perl an excellent entrance point into programming. Learning > Perl makes it much easier to learn other languages in the future. > Although many people find Perl is the only programming language they need. > > > Some Perl examples > > The popular network game Frozen Bubble is made in Perl. > http://www.frozen-bubble.org/ > > The most popular spam filtering software for internet servers is coded > in Perl. > http://spamassassin.apache.org/ > > The webs most popular film and movie site is powered by Perl > http://www.imdb.com/ > > > Jobs as programmers > > Programming isn't easy, it requires a lot of practice and skill. > Employers seeking software developers most often test a programmers > ability to write code and solve problems. Practical skills and > experience are commonly valued more than computing qualifications. For > many programming languages, such as Perl, there is no official > certification. > > > What does the course provide? > > The course teaches the basics of computer programming. How to create > small programs in Perl that read input from the user and save things to > disk. Most importantly, the course aims to show students how they can > teach themselves further programming skills. > > > How much do courses like this usually cost? > > Typical beginning Perl programming courses are 5 days long at a cost of > around £2,000 per student. A google for "Perl programming course" brings > up examples. > > > Why is this course offered for free? > > Perl itself is open source and free to download. It's not a commercial > product like Microsoft Windows. The local Perl moungers group wants to > promote Perl as a programming language and bring new blood to the > language. After all the beginners of today are the gurus of tomorrow. > The course is only available to teenagers (ages 13 to 19). Considering > the usually high cost of attending such a course, we hope this kind of > scheme will be picked up all around the country. Giving students of all > financial backgrounds the chance to catch the programming bug. > > > Who are Perl Moungers? > > Perl moungers are social groups of Perl programmers. The local group is > Bristol and Bath Perl Moungers ran by Lyle Hopkins. They hold regular > meetings with conversations orientated around programming in general. > Their web site can be found at http://perl.bristolbath.org > > > Who is Lyle? > > Lyle is a self employed computer programmer, who has been developing > Perl based internet applications for 10 years. He is the current > Managing Director of Cosmic Networks Ltd, a software development > company. He has a current enhanced disclosure CRB check. > > > > Lyle > > _______________________________________________ > BristolBathPM mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm > > > This incoming email to UWE has been independently scanned for viruses by > McAfee anti-virus software and none were detected This email was independently scanned for viruses by McAfee anti-virus software and none were found _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
