Thanks Dave, I always get ahead of myself with spelling, sometimes I forget to double-check my work. (Please be aware that I am travelling at ludicrous speed.) My wife would appreciate your keen eye for detail, while I continue to be a muse d. But, as I tell my wife, Dave, if you understand what I am saying, then I have successfully executed the evolving ability to communicate. Cheerz with beerz.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Dan Coutu <[email protected]> wrote: > Ruok, what language to focus on depends on what you want to do. > > If you want to be able to customize basic Linux things then C and C++ are > probably the best choices. > > If you want to be able to do IT automation then learn shell scripting, > particularly bash, and Perl. > > If you need to be able to transform data then Perl and XSLT are valuable. > > If you plan to deal with real databases (not junk like Access) then SQL is > required. > > If you want to make web applications then you have many choices. Perl, PHP, > Python, Ruby on Rails are all effective languages for this. > > If you want to write things that make Dave happy then English is a good > choice. :-) > > So, what do you want to do? > > Dan > > Ruok Blah wrote: > >> c++, java, vb, asp.net <http://asp.net>, c#, php, postgresSQL, and >> probably a few others that i have forgot about. My ownly quim is that I >> don't get to use them as often as I like. I am fresh out of college and got >> a job doing IT not programming, but in this economy I'm happy to have >> anything. Even if I don't get to use my sk1llz as often as I would want to. >> Also to David. I am horrible at english and not dictionary could ever >> save me. I love the spellcheck, "No suggestions available" message. >> >> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Gary Brown <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Welcome Ruok. >> What languages do you have experience with in Windows? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* ruokblah blah <mailto:[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:36 AM >> *Subject:* New Member >> >> Ello Everyone, >> I just joined the mailing list and figured I would say Hi. >> So, Hi, >> A little about me. I am a computer user from a young age >> installed my first Linux opperating system at about 15 (gentoo >> fully working command prompt, did not make it to GUI) I am >> currently running a ubuntu server (apache2, vsftpd, sshd), >> VMWare ubuntu on my main desktop (it would be windows >> on VMWare but games just dont run the same in VMWare or even >> wine), and am working on install BT3 on to my eeePC. Oh an I >> am working to migrate my computer programming skills from >> windows to linux, not sure if I want to learn GTK or QT or >> both or what language I want to get started in. >> -Ruok >> >> >> -- Chad Avery Montpelier Open Source 802.224.6481 www.montpelieropensource.com
