I would also be interested in this too. ; )
-- Seulkiro Park ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux User: #341737 GnuPG Fingerprint: B6AA 1322 9E0B 9ECB 567C DB92 E846 BE58 BC4D D838 http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~spark/ "Code Poet." Shawn wrote: > After last night's meeting, a few of us were chatting over beer and > wings > about getting together to discuss programming in a generalized manner. > More > to share knowledge and thoughts about common issues and methods/routines > used in coding. It was then brought up that this would make a good > topic > for a special interest group (SIG). > > So, I'm proposing a monthly meeting be held that will be programming > specific, but language agnostic (no preference for any given language). > I > know of at least three of us who are interested, and if these three are > the > only ones interested, then I'd be willing to host a meeting at my place, > or > maybe at my office (will have to check with management first, of > course). > If you would be interested, please respond to the list so we all know > how > much interest there is. If there is a great deal of interest, then > we'll > have to find some place to host the meeting - maybe Nexus if they're > willing? > > I would picture the first few meetings to be very informal, and cover a > number of topics in a general manner. However, as interest grows, I > think > we would need to do presentations on a specific topic, then open the > floor > for free discussion. Maybe plan on two hour meetings - an hour for the > presentation, and an hour to talk freely about coding. > > Some of the topics that were hinted at last night would be along the > lines > of the following: > > 1) Error handling methods - pros and cons > 2) Good database design, maybe for different database platforms > 3) Project Management - how do you properly plan a project, and ensure > you'll meet the milestones and deadlines. > 4) XML, XSLT, and XML DTDs > 5) How to recognize troublesome clients and/or a project going bad, and > how > to deal with them. > > As well, I'd like to see presentations on specific languages like Ruby, > or > Lisp, and also presentations on specific types of coding - like > artificial > intelligence, graphics programming, and common business logic. > > The presentations should try to cover open source topics, or put a > different > way "proprietary languages and systems should be avoided if possible". > However, we all work with at least some proprietary software, so I'd > doubt > we'd be able to avoid this entirely. > > And finally, I'd like to propose that the SIG meetings be held a week > prior > to the monthly CLUG meeting, but not on a Wednesday - maybe a tuesday or > thurday evening? or during the day on the weekend? This way, a quick > summary can be given at the regular CLUG meeting about what's going on > with > the SIG, and maybe highlight issues/solutions that were discussed. The > end > result would be that EVERYONE in CLUG would benefit - even those who > don't > write software. > > So, I'm looking for all who are insterested, and any comments/concerns > about > the idea. > > Shawn > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
