On Feb 15, 2013, at 8:22 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Jason Griffey <grif...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The vast, vast, vast, vast majority of people have absolutely no clue how >> code translates into instructions for the magic glowing screen they look at >> all day. Even a tiny bit of empowerment in that arena can make huge >> differences in productivity and communication abilities >> > > This is what it boils down to. > > C4l is dominated by linux based web apps. For people in a typical office > setting, the technologies these involve are a lousy place to start learning > to program. What most of them need is very different than what is discussed > here and it depends heavily on their use case and environment. > > A bit of VBA, vbs, or some proprietary scripting language that interfaces > with an app they use all the time to help with a small problem is a more > realistic entry point for most people. However, discussion of such things > is practically nonexistent here.
Well, as you mention that ... I'm one of the organizers of the DC-Baltimore Perl Workshop : http://dcbpw.org/dcbpw2013/ Last year, we targeted the beginner's track as a sort of 'Perl as a second language', assuming that you already knew the basic concepts of programming (what's a variable, an array, a function, etc.) Would it be worth us aiming for an even lower level of expertise? -Joe ps. Students & the unemployed are free ... $25 before March 1st, $50 after; will be April 20th at U. Baltimore. We're also in talks with a training company to have either another track of paid training or a separate day (likely Sunday); they wouldn't necessarily be Perl-specific.