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Perl is the most tremendously powerful and fully featured langauge - you've probably seen that from the first set of sample programs from last week's course, which I wrote up over the following weekend to share with a wider audience.
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One of the things that you'll get on a Well House Consultants course is new code written by the tutor in front of your very eyes. We do that because:
• you need to learn not only how code works, but also the though code process behind the code - not only how it is written in a ceratyin way b ....
There are time that I'm editing a file with vi, and I note that my editor says "recording on the bottom of the screen / status bar.
What have I done? Is this useful? Can / should I turn it off?
• If you type "q" followed by another keystroke in command mode, you start recording into a macro b ....
After attending the opening of Dauncey Gardens in Melksham yesterday (the whole world was invited ;-) ), I went on to the Poulshot Village Fete in the afternoon. I'll tell you why as you read on.
Poulshot is one of the smaller villages - nearer to Devizes than Melksham - with the largest village ....
Yesterday was the grand opening of Dauncey Gardens - part of the new housing development to the East of Melksham by Persimmon homes. A big P.R. show by the company - with Town Criers, Carnival Queens, Majorettes, Morris Dancers, Press Photographers, Pimms and a Hog Roast, and of course a show home t ....
I can - and do - share most of the programs we write during training course here with "you" on our web site, where "you" are past delegates, potential customers, and indeed the world as a whole who may find them useful. Potential customers can see the sort of things we get up to, past delegates can ....
Another one for our FAQ, perhaps?
Q: I have a question about the course 'Learning to Program in Ruby - training course'. I would like to know whether this course can be attended by people who don't have any Programming Knowledge or experience, and also whether this course can be helpful for Manual ....
Sharing an answer to a customer enquiry ...
Q: Is the course tailored to Linux operating system?
A: "Yes and no" is probably the best short answer I can give :-/
Perl is an extremely portable language - so your Perl script will run very much the same way if the host operating system is Linux, W ....
The first young lady asked for a pint of Black Rat (the local Melksham cider), and the barman asked her for proof of age. But the second young lady, who asked the for a pint of coke, was served without question.
Typical lazy barman? No - typical efficient barman!
With joined up thinking, so much ....