Re: software engineering foundations?

2008-07-23 Thread Fredrik Lundh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my work I have from time-to-time had to pick up and maintain scripts (generally shell/Python stuff) which non-professional programmers have written. It's never what you would call a pleasant task. And yes, for the specific art of writing code that others might

Re: software engineering foundations?

2008-07-23 Thread Aahz
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are software construction skills which are entirely distinct from the language in which you are programming. We can tout object-oriented, structured programming, test-driven development or other software engineering techniques, but

software engineering foundations?

2008-07-22 Thread skip
Sorry for the off-topic-ish post. My son (a fairly junior sysadmin type) mentioned to me today that he was looking for online courses for Perl. (I don't hold that against him. Perl is still a lingua franca in the sysadmin realm.) In my work I have from time-to-time had to pick up and maintain

Re: software engineering foundations?

2008-07-22 Thread Fredrik Lundh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for the off-topic-ish post. My son (a fairly junior sysadmin type) mentioned to me today that he was looking for online courses for Perl. (I don't hold that against him. Perl is still a lingua franca in the sysadmin realm.) In my work I have from time-to-time

Re: software engineering foundations?

2008-07-22 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Fredrik Lundh wrote: just get McDonnell's Code Complete: http://www.cc2e.com/ McConnell, that is. McConnell. sorry. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: software engineering foundations?

2008-07-22 Thread Paddy
On Jul 22, 7:52 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for the off-topic-ish post.  My son (a fairly junior sysadmin type) mentioned to me today that he was looking for online courses for Perl.  (I don't hold that against him.  Perl is still a lingua franca in the sysadmin realm.)  In my work I

Re: software engineering foundations?

2008-07-22 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Paddy wrote: This course is an intensive introduction to basic software development practices for scientists and engineers that can reduce the time they spend programming by 20-25%. Judging from the table of contents and a quick sampling of a few lectures, that's mostly about programming

Re: software engineering foundations?

2008-07-22 Thread Skip Montanaro
just get McConnell's Code Complete: http://www.cc2e.com/ Thanks Fredrik. It looks interesting. I just bought a copy online and will skim it myself before passing it along to Chris. Skip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list