We have been doing a bunch of research with different languages, and things that come up: How to talk to a database? Conditionals Loops how to package stuff (CPAN for perl, Jar's for Java, Gem's for Ruby) Concatenation <<< Strings especially Variable Declaration & Scope Object Definition and Instantiation Interfaces possible? How to print to Standard Err/Out << for debuggin API for talking web stuff Sessions, Request Response
Then I usually jump into the ORM and the popular Web Framework or Templating Language Config Files and Logging come up quickly as well. ******************************************************************* Todd R. Ellermann Chairman PHXJUG.org Director of I.T. Services IPower.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 602-738-6187 cell ******************************************************************* Does getting an ASU MBA with existing UofA BSCE make me a SunCat? or a WildDevil? ----- Original Message ---- From: Warner Onstine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jug-discussion@tucson-jug.org Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:47:39 PM Subject: [jug-discussion] tasks that developers do when learning a new language? Hi all, I was just curious, when you start learning a new language, what do try and do first? Here are some of the ones that I look at: - looping (how do I do a for loop) - if, then, else - switches (do they exist?) - object and array creation (what types are there and how do I do it) In a sense this goes beyond just syntax and assumes that you (the developer) already have some knowledge of how to program and are familiar with OO. -warner Warner Onstine - Programmer/Author New book! Tapestry 101 available at http://sourcebeat.com/books/ tapestrylive.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://warneronstine.com/blog --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
