Re: OT: The Geek defense


"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You mean no-one may pay you to develop Web Applications. But, with the
right applications, you can generate enough to cover the cost of running
them, even if you don't cover the cost of development hours. And it can be
real fun. There is a camaraderie and helpfulness amongst Web developers
that is quite commendable. I've taken to attending a .NET user group here
where I find I can learn much, contribute a little, and the people who
attend are generally positive and interested. MicroSoft sponsor it and
provide pizza and coffee, but the speakers are mainly from a local
software house who house it on their premises. If you have an interest in
doing Web development, seek out other like minded individuals who are
local to you and you may find it amusing and rewarding.

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Well I think that I could develop a web app based on what I have read. In
fact they seem somewhat easier in many respects than a desktop app, at least
in Java. The user interface part is HTML versus Swing in Java, which I find
tedious and ocassionally frustrating as far having everything controlled as
you want when the window is resized. Settting up Tomcat though can be a
challenge. I still need to learn more about Java webstart and I don't know
much about creating a web service in Java.

I have finished reading Head First Design Patterns and I have had some aha!
moments similar to when I learned structured programming. I think I see now
why people like OO programming and how they use it. I must admit though that
I still don't love it. I think one of the reasons is that in OO there is
often a big difference between the source code structure and the run time
call structure and I am just not as used to that as I am with COBOL ways.
With COBOL I often drew structure diagrams especially when analzing code
that I was unfamiliar with and trying to learn. But I don't find that
technique very helpful with OO.


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