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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
What software version do we teach?

To go with the very latest - even if the customers don't have it in common use yet, or to stay with older and well loved versions even though there is a new model out? A thorny question and one I'm addressing at the moment for the 2008 brochure. I write ...

"""With a few notable exceptions, Open Source programming languages and operating systems change very little from one release to the next in terms of how the programmer uses them for fundamental tasks. And when you think of it, that's a very good feature as it helps to extend the life cycle of code. It also means that few users are in a rush to upgrade to the very latest release when it come out, and indeed many people take a sensible decision to freeze with a software version for quite long periods.

In general, it's our philosophy to install a recent stable version that's in common use for our delegates to use on each delegate system. Training notes are updated to include information on significant changes in the very latest versions, and in some cases on published plans for enhancements in upcoming releases. Additional demonstration systems/versions are provided where there is a significant new release that isn't yet in common or stable use, or where there is an older version that remains common and may be used by the delegates in their day to day work.

• Perl
Intro - Advanced - Web

Perl version 5 has been around for many years, and forms the core of our Perl training. We have already been talking with delegates about Perl 6, helping them to be prepared to take best advantage of it when it comes into common use - but we don't see that changeover happening at all quickly. As and when stable versions of Perl 6 become available during the life of this brochure, we will provide firstly demonstrations and then both versions on delegate's systems.

Exceptionally, the change from Perl 5 to native Perl 6 will be a big one, and when the time is appropriate we may offer separate courses and "Perl 6 for Perl 5 programmers" days too. Please watch our web site for details

• Apache httpd and Tomcat web servers.
httpd - Tomcat - Linux with httpd - Linux with both

We are mostly training on httpd version 2.2 (to include the new proxy balancer where appropriate) but with some systems on 2.0 and comment back to 1.3; On Tomcat, current version is 6, but with a great deal of 5.5 in use and much reference back to legacy versions. Of all the products on which we provide training, companies are slowest to upgrade their web servers

• Linux / Unix
Basics - Admin - Web Server - Java Deployment

Our Linux and Unix systems run a variety of distributions including Red Hat, SuSE, Ubuntu, Solaris and OSX.

• PHP
Background - Intermediate - Object Orientation

We use version 5 of PHP for our courses, but with a legacy PHP 4 server available (in practice, PHP 4 code usually runs easily on PHP 5). With PHP, there are server configuration issues which effect how the code runs - you may hear people talk about "register globals", "magic quotes" and "short tags" for example. We configure our servers to be forward-looking in how we set them up, bearing in mind that we'll probably be using PHP 6 before the next brochure is printed and so will many of our clients. And we already talk about PHP 6."""

For 2008, you'll also here talk of - and in some cases see production versions of - Python 3000, Tcl 9, MySQL 6, Java, Ruby ....
(written 2007-10-31, updated 2007-11-02)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
S159 - MySQL 5 and PHP 5
  [104] mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect in PHP? - (2004-10-30)
  [494] MySQL - a score of things to remember - (2005-11-12)
  [515] MySQL - an FAQ - (2005-12-03)
  [1131] MySQL - Password security (authentication protocol) - (2007-04-02)
  [1455] Connecting to MySQL 5 from PHP on Mac OSX Leopard - (2007-12-03)
  [1754] Upgrade from PHP 4 to PHP 5 - the TRY issue - (2008-08-15)
  [1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP - (2008-08-22)
  [2172] PHP4 v PHP5 - Object Model Difference - (2009-05-11)
  [3455] MySQL, MySQLi, PDO or something else - how best to talk to databases from PHP - (2011-09-24)

P256 - Perl 6 Look Ahead
  [89] When will Perl 6 be available - (2004-10-15)
  [113] A Parallel for Perl 6 - (2004-11-09)
  [550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure - (2006-01-01)
  [582] DWIM and AWWO - (2006-01-30)
  [995] Ruby's case - no break - (2006-12-17)
  [1215] An update on Perl - where is it going? - (2007-06-03)
  [1721] Perl 6 - When will we have a production release? - (2008-07-26)
  [2559] Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too - (2010-01-01)
  [2815] switch and case, or given and when in Perl - (2010-06-17)
  [2816] Intelligent Matching in Perl - (2010-06-18)
  [2817] Setting a safety net or fallback value in Perl - (2010-06-19)
  [2967] Multiway branches in Perl - the given and when syntax - (2010-09-22)
  [3077] Perl 6 - significantly nearer, and Rakudo looks very good - (2010-12-02)

P254 - Moving Programs from Perl 4 to Perl 5

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This is a page archived from The Horse's Mouth at http://www.wellho.net/horse/ - the diary and writings of Graham Ellis. Every attempt was made to provide current information at the time the page was written, but things do move forward in our business - new software releases, price changes, new techniques. Please check back via our main site for current courses, prices, versions, etc - any mention of a price in "The Horse's Mouth" cannot be taken as an offer to supply at that price.

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