I agree with others on the list that *for other purposes* starting at the basics and working up is the way to go. I may have a different view of what "basics" is, given that I *think* I still carry around enough in my head that I could design a functional (if basic) computer from the discrete components up through instruction set, microcode if absolutely required, I/O, OS to applications ;-). I wish all developers could think down to bare metal level, and beyond - it gives a very solid grounding in *why* to code in a particular way. > > - Peter >
Well here I have to agree with you, I spent many happy hours in the compsci labs messing about with a Motorolla 68000 processor. I was lucky enough to be in the last cohort at my university to get a thorough grounding in computer architecture (Course Book 'Structured Computer Organization' by Andrew S Tannenbaum). A fantastic course and absolutely essential IMHO. I think it's been replaced with 'Business and Society' or something now, shame. I totally agree with using and reusing existing components. I use lots of commons components all the time and as for Lucene (http://lucene.apache.org/) well it's the absolute dogs danglers isn't it ? I just think that a framework as a starting point is one layer too far for a beginner to web development. Anyway, let us know how you get on OP. Cheers Lyallex Just my two quids worth --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
