[kwlug-disc] Topics for future meetings

[Bob Jonkman]

Unsolicted wrote:
> Heck, even in a bash context it would be useful. 

OK, in that vein I wouldn't mind seeing a presentation on bash shell 
programming for recovering DOS batch file writers. There are all kinds 
of things I  used to do, so I know they're possible, but I lack the 
syntax to do it well in Linux.  Yes, I could RTFM, but it's so much 
nicer with a presentation buddy.

--Bob.


unsolicited wrote:
> Raul Suarez wrote, On 11/04/2009 8:57 PM:
>>
>> If people are interested I could also give a presentation in
>> programing for Linux for people that want to get into programming,
>> or who are already programmers but haven't done it in Linux.
>>
>> It would be an overview and practical comparison. When is it better
>> to use one over the other, pros and cons of each language/toolkit.
>> etc.
>>
>> I would go over a manageable subset and would be time for people to
>> add their input on languages that I'm not including.
>
> I, for one, would certainly like to see something like this.
>
> Particularly with an emphasis on (setting up) the development 
> environment (ide?), and things before (pseudocode?, segmenting / 
> development file / directory structure, particularly in a group 
> context), during (editing, pulling in libraries / packages / whatever 
> the heck else is needed), after (debugging / testing / deployment ).
>
> I'm not suggesting a comparison of cvs' here, but there is an element 
> of using a repository (fetch, submit) in the flow. Somewhere. Somehow.
>
> I'm also not suggesting depths of testing / debugging, as I expect 
> much of it will be programming language specific. But, again, it's 
> somewhere in the flow. Even, e.g. making a web (.html) page.
>
> I'm an old time C programmer, and have used make quite a bit. (QNX2) 
> So cpp, cc1, cc2, lint, make, etc., ok, but I look at today's 
> development elements, objects, ide's, automake, versioning, and so on 
> and so forth, and quickly feel like I'm drinking from a firehose. 
> Java? Ruby? Python? Pearl? and on and on and on ...
>
> A presentation that gave a high-level overview as to the nature of the 
> beastie would sure be appreciated.
>
> Heck, even in a bash context it would be useful.
>
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