On Feb 15, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
That's a hard google: GLASS = Gemstone Linux Apache Seaside
Smalltalk = http://seaside.gemstone.com which didn't appear on the
first page of any search until I knew to include gemstone in the
search terms.
Why for desktop applications? It's presenting itself as a
refactored LAMP (Linux Apache Mysql Php) stack? If you want infidel
participation in a 4-1/2 day workshop you really need to make more
of a case.
I'm thankful to Roger for helping me strike yet one more book off my
wish list (Ruby Programming) as that will save a few pennies.
Speaking from the neophyte point-of-view of someone who wouldn't dare
call himself a programmer but as one who writes simple programs
(mostly in BASH, PERL, and Python) I'm interested in the GLASS
workshop merely for what more I might learn about programming in
general. Most of what I've written over the years is for systems
administration (mostly in BASH) and I doubt I've written anything in
my career or amateur experimentation over 500 lines. I don't know if
there's a workshop series planned, but think it's safe to say I know
more than one person who would be willing to pay for a 1-4 day
computer programming workshop that covered coding topics (GLASS,
Python, C, PERL, etc.). I'd like to learn more about Python
programming. I don't know if there are enough like-minded people to
make running such a workshop or series at the sfComplex worthwhile?
For me my interest is as much in learning about the process and
fundamentals than the language. I just wonder how many people there
are who, instead of plugging along blindly with O'Reilly books and
writing small programs for specific projects, might like to take a
class for a few days to learn from an expert or two. I'm willing to
wager that a few people on the NMLUG and/or NMGLUG lists might be
interested as well. Maybe the constituency is already being served by
the CSF curriculum, but I think there might be working people who
haven't time for a class but who would have time for a programming
workshop.
-Nick
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