[ubuntu-us-in] Time for a change

[Nate Dobbs]

I agree, I have a friend that is taking a python course at IU.

On Nov 19, 2007 8:27 AM, Robert Freeman-Day <presgas at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Dave,
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> I believe their non-major programming course is now taught in python,
> though.
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> http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a201/
>
> there is also a Grad level non-major class.
>
> Robert
>
> Dave Cooley wrote:
> > I'm not a programmer by trade, I'm a sysadmin; that's just a disclosure,
> > in case it colors my suggestions.  I do, however, work with several
> > programmers (who are my users).
> >
> > I suggest Python.  It's what we mostly use at our software house.  I can
> > actually understand the programmers' code, which is nice.  It's also a
> > no-brainer when I need to move websites and/or applications between
> > Windows and Linux (yeah, I use Ubuntu in our racks) servers.  We use
> > python because we can produce working (mostly web-based) applications
> > much faster than our competitors can, whenever our clients ask for
> > custom applications (which is often).
> >
> > Also:
> > I was speaking with an IU Comp. Sci. prof awhile back (don't remember
> > his name) who was telling me how much he loves python, but (so far)
> > hasn't been able to get the university to change to teaching their
> > first-year CS students python instead of java.
> >
> > Cooley
> >
> > Dave Cooley
> > dcooley at kiva.net
> >
> >
> >
> > Daniel Dunn wrote:
> >> In my busy schedule of work, being a father, being a husband, and
> >> trying to let people know about Ubuntu, I have decided to learn a
> >> programming language. I learned VB in highschool, and i have dabbled
> >> with different languages since then, but not hing serious. I was
> >> wondering from the "Experts" what language would be a good start? I
> >> would love to give back to the Ubuntu community by helping to code and
> >> debug projects. I had been thinking about C#, but any recommendations
> >> would be helpful.
> >>
> >>
> >
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Cheers,

Nate Dobbs
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