I am quite interested in Joe's project as I come from a procedural oriented background and my attempts to teach myself object oriented programming have usually been disrupted by a requirement at work to accomplish something in the old procedural oriented way. In general I've found O-O to require a "sideways" view of the problem, and I've rarely found the documentation of existing objects to make their reuse realizable (far too many managers actually believe that documentation is a waste of money). Doing little O-O projects for myself have never provided feedback to show me I had actually understood the concepts.
An off topic observation - has anyone else noticed that the mailing-list footer is still announcing that our monthly meeting is still at the Library? Wes On Dec 19, 2011 7:56 PM, "Cranky Frankie" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Joseph Apuzzo <[email protected]> wrote: > <<With a set of Core Java features and functions, I can then start > laying out framework for a study group for people interested in > studying > > Java/Javascript.>> > > Joe, as far as I know, Java and JavaScript are two completely different > things. > > Also, have you considered Python as an area for study? Python > (www.python.org) is an open-source programming language that can be > used fo scripting or to create full-blown stand-alone applications. > The big advantage it has over Java IMHO is that it allows you to > program in different paradigms, like structured, functional, or > object-oriented, whereas Java is only object-oriented. Sometimes you > don't need o-o constructs to get the job done. Plus, Python is > syntactically elegant - there are no semi-colons or braces for program > blocks, just indentation by tabs or spaces. It really makes for > beautiful looking code. > > I'm working on a presentation that I'm planning on giving to my > database administration group called Python for Database > Administrators. In this presentation I'll be covering the history of > Python, some of the basics of it's syntax, and then I'll focus on it's > database and data structure aspects, since this presentation is for > database administrators. This will be a 90 minute PowerPoint > presentation, so in the interest of time I'll have to leave out all > the other stuff that Python does, like network, XML, web-site > development, prototyping, and more. If the group is interested in this > presentation let me know. As you can tell I like Python very much. You > get the power of Unix scripting plus the ability to write stand-alone > applications, that run on any platform, and it's free! > > > > -- > Frank L. "Cranky Frankie" Palmeri > Risible Riding Raconteur & Writer > “How you do anything is how you do everything.” > - from Alabama Crimson Tide training room > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jan 4 - Getting Involved in Open Source > Feb 1 - Home Networking Made Simple with Amahi Home Server >
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