[Cialug] Linux Classes

[Josh More]

A few points that this exchange leads me to believe that we may have forgotten.

1) Someone who does not know much about shell scripting may not know the difference between sh, bash, ksh, etc.
2) People learn differently.  Some learn best from classes, some learn best on their own.
3) We are a self-selected group that tends to be full of self-learners, as those people tend to gravitate to Linux.


To answer the original question, I do not know of any local classes.  There are some online classes offered by O'Reilly.  They are here:  http://www.oreillyschool.com/courses/ .  It would be easier to learn Perl, Python or Ruby scripting than it would be to learn sh, bash or ksh simply because there is more course-based material for the the former.

Python classes are here:  http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonTraining
Perl classes are here:  http://perltraining.org/country/USA.html
Ruby classes are here:  http://www.developintelligence.com/catalog/ruby-training

There are more classes than these available, and I cannot speak as to the quality of these classes.

Locally, the only training company I know of is Spindustry.  Their classes are here:  http://www.spindustrytraining.com/aspx/training/default.aspx .  My one experience with Spindustry training was, well, let's just say that there was ample room for improvement.  I have strong doubts that they will offer what you want.


That said, if people want the LUG to offer a "class" such that different members go through an online guide in something of a "study group" environment, I would be very interested in exploring that.  I think that we could probably structure a class where different experienced members each take a night to "lead", and people pay a small amount of money to attend.  The money would go into the LUG's bank account and could be used to pay for food at a picnic, marketing for an event, or whatever.

Would folks be up for that idea?


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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of kristau [kristau at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 21:30
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Subject: Re: [Cialug] Linux Classes

Bash or some other shell?

For Bash, you could work through the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide on
your own for no cost at all. First result on Google with the terms
"advanced bash-scripting guide pdf"

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