Looking forward to it. Do you have a schedule yet? -tj
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Prof David West <[email protected]>wrote: > > Tom and Nick, > > The GLASS workshop is the first of many - some will be shorter in > duration, but all will be workshops where you have the opportunity to > learn and immediately apply your knowledge to real software, not canned > examples that some instructor wrote. > > Future offerings are dependent, to a degree, on proving that people will > in fact sign-up and pay for the workshops. The GLASS week will be test. > > Re: "why desktop" -- Web delivered software has generally lacked the > sophistication, functionality, efficiency. and "bling" of desktop apps. > To the extent that Web-services and Cloud computing really are the > future, we need to be able to close the perceived gap with desktop apps. > I think that GLASS has promise, but I could be wrong. I am really > curious to see what the limitations might be when people at the Complex > try to do what they do in their day jobs, with GLASS. > > davew > > On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:56:43 -0700, "Tom Johnson" <[email protected]> > said: > > And I, too, would pay to attend such a workshop. > > > > -tj > > > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Nick Frost <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Nicholas S. Frost > > > 7 Avenida Vista Grande #325 > > > Santa Fe, NM 87508 > > > [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ========================================== > > J. T. 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