I don't think we should teach users how to program , that would take to long, maybe have a special learn-Python-or-Perl-or-Bash for an afternoon sometime but learning a language is time consuming and I would think that people learn at different speeds and there are heaps of tutorials on the net.
I agree with Nick Rout, 20 mins may be better than 5 and a summery of the rest would be good. I could probably talk for 1/2 hour (maybe more) on Python but I would bore anyone who hasn't ever programmed before. I propose that 10 - 15 mins is spend on the overview of the languages eg. for Python - modules available, functionality, 3rd party modules, documentation, speed, ease of use, portability etc. and 5 -10 mins on the technical aspects such as OOP, JPython, syntax, extensions, aimed at those who already know a programming language, but not to long so that newbies get bored. On Friday 22 November 2002 09:42 am, Paul wrote: > Hi, > > I have an idea for a CLUG meeting. I would be a great help to people who > have just started linux to get an brief overview of the different scripting > languages, the advantages and disadvantages. I would be more than happy to > talk on python. Maybe others could talk on Shell Scripting, Perl, Ruby, > Awk, Tcl/Tk and any others. > > When I started Linux I had to do quite a bit of research till I decided to > learn perl, then I decided that it was was probably about as easy to > decrypt DES (in your head) than to read a lot of the perl scripts I found > on the net. I then learnt python. > > Just an idea, > > -Paul
