[Bradford] Re-learning coding

[John R. Hudson]

Hi Bernard

Great to hear from you - I was prompted to look up my notes of your
presentation way back in 2009 by this thread.

John
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On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 10:23 +0000, Bernard Czenkusz wrote:
> Hi there -
> 
> As a general purpose language I'd suggest Python - it's easy to learn,
> and has a huge library of support modules, for example see
> http://docs.python.org/3.2/library/markup.html for its documentation
> on parsing xml.  
> 
> Python can initially be learned without using objects, but as soon as
> you do anything serious, then an understanding of objects is necessary
> - though they're not particularly difficult.  The language has both
> simple constructs - conditional loops etc., as you say, and also
> advanced features that can be used as you improve - glance at
> http://scipy-lectures.github.io/advanced/advanced_python/
> 
> I'm biased though - I'm a total Python fan, been programming in it for
> a long time, and it fits my brain.  To be fair to other languages -
> they all have their strengths.  I used to go to Bradford LUG, but
> haven't been for a while due to moving to Sheffield, but remain
> lurking here. I could do a talk on Python in the new year if there's a
> demand,  either an intro to the language -  or perhaps on the more
> advanced topics such as using objects.
> 
> Cheers
> 
>     - Bernard Czenkusz
> 
> 
> On 16/11/13 10:38, Andrew Coulson wrote:
> 
> > Good morning everyone, 
> > 
> > It's been a while since I made it over to a meeting, but hopefully I
> > will manage to get over again in the New Year. In the meantime I've
> > got a few ideas I'm working on that convince me I need to get back
> > in to doing some coding.  Mostly I'll be tinkering around at the
> > command line to try out different algorithms or ways of dealing with
> > data (eg parsing XML in various ways).  I know I could use shell
> > scripts for some of that, and may well do so, but want to think
> > about taking it further and perhaps using a browser to present the
> > results of whatever I'm doing so I can stay as platform (and OS)
> > agnostic as possible. 
> > 
> > My programming experience stems from the eighties - BBC Basic,
> > Pascal, some C, but mostly coding in 8 bit microcontrollers based
> > around the 6802.  So I have the fundamentals of conditional loops
> > and such like, but entirely missed out on object orientation and
> > graphical interfaces. 
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest a good language to update myself with, that could
> > be applied to the ideas above? Also any suggestions of good
> > resources to support the gaps in my knowledge? 
> > 
> > Thanks for your suggestions, and hopefully see you all after
> > Christmas 
> > 
> > Andrew Coulson
> > email: coulson.andy at gmail.com | tel: 07834 269850
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> > 
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> > 
> > 
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