The audience will be software testing professionals, with a good level of computer literacy, but probably little or no programming experience. There is a general desire among many testers to learn how to program so they can automate their tests. I can't hope to make them programming wizards by the end of one day. I'm thinking I could introduce them to the basics so they'd be more motivated and able to learn more from a book or a longer course.
Alternately, I could specify that participants already know at least one programming language, and I could focus on teaching Perl. I already do a tutorial that does this to some extent, though I currently focus more on testing techniques than systematically teaching Perl.
Any feedback on this before I put together a proposal? -- Danny R. Faught Tejas Software Consulting http://tejasconsulting.com/
