[PLUG] How many of us write small scripts?

wes plug at the-wes.com
Sun Dec 13 21:02:05 UTC 2009


On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 12:39 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:20:35 -0800
> wes <plug at the-wes.com> dijo:
>
> >On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 2:05 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:26:30 -0800
> >> Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> dijo:
> >>
> >> >Perhaps I can help teach some scripting, and learn some GUI hacking
> >> >from others.  The real value of open source systems is that they
> >> >empower us to create, not just consume.
> >>
> >> I would like to know about basic shell scripting. At the moment I know
> next
> >> to
> >> nothing.
> >>
> >> I would attend a class for beginners. Having said that, maybe it would
> be
> >> possible to do a web-based class. Moodle? Exercises for the student to
> do?
> >> A
> >> professor who will check for questions several times a day? Or does this
> >> already exist somewhere on the web? If not, could the creation of such a
> >> web-based instruction program become a PLUG project?
> >>
> >>
> >http://www.freegeek.org/volunteer/classes/
> >
> >"*Bash Scripting:* A six-week course on Tuesday evenings covering basic
> and
> >intermediate scripting in the bash shell. We will examine a file with
> about
> >15 lines of code together each night, modify the code, run it, and come up
> >with our own scripts. We will also get to know the “Advanced Bash
> Scripting
> >Guide” and the Gnu “Bash Reference Manual” in some depth and learn to
> >research and solve our own programming problems. User projects are
> >encouraged."
>
> This sounds great!
>
> However, looking at the Free Geek class calendar I don't see it scheduled.
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guess you'll have to contact them and ask why.

-wes



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