Tim,
One addendum to what I said - I am totally not opposed to classes in general
- I think that getting some direct programming education is a plus for
almost anyone. I'm just saying that if there's a class in one of the
languages you're going to be working with, it might be more directly
helpful.
- Dave
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Cowles, Esme <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tim-
>
> As someone who learned to program by myself, I found taking a similar class
> very helpful (my circumstances sound the same as yours, except in my case
> the language was Java). It gave me a good foundation to learn new
> languages, new technologies, etc. The general approach and concepts will be
> transferable across languages, though of course the syntax and such will
> vary quite a bit.
>
> -Esme
> --
> Esme Cowles <[log in to unmask]>
>
> "Information wants to be anthropomorphized." -- /. sig
>
> On 07/26/2011, at 2:54 PM, Lepczyk, Timothy wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I work in a digital library and am transitioning to something more like a
> programmer and less like a librarian. My strengths are in xslt and unix,
> but I've been working some with php and ruby on rails. I'm trying to learn
> as much as I can, and am considering enrolling in an intro to C programming
> class (free through my university's night school).
> >
> > Is this worthwhile, or should I focus my attention elsewhere?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tim Lepczyk
>
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