Edited by David Pennington, Tuesday, 27 Sep 2016, 17:34
Well, the web site opened and we got a glimpse of the future. TM352 has a new, updated, format on the web which is much clearer and accessible. I like the list of forums with unread messages as I am a forum hog, in that I read everything and check very regularly. I post infrequently and often throw a post away when I get too involved in a discussion - especially after 11pm at night. I should stick to the old maxims that I had when last employed - never post after 11pm - never post after wine - never send a "strong" missive until it has been in the outbox for at least 4 hours - and only send it then when you have reconsidered your position!
Now to the course - so far I have enjoyed what I have seen. I was interested that the module text is really keen on Windows but all of the NetBean examples are carried out on a Mac - guess which I use NetBeans installed perfectly, the first time that I tried it. I was a bit upset at using Chrome as it is not my favourite browser but so far the plug-in has worked and I am happy with how it is going. I have rattled through the first real block as it is all about HTTP - TCP/IP etc. and it was only recently that I was building a REST interface from my beloved Smalltalk into my Riak NoSQL database running on Amazon AWS.
As you can guess from the above statement, I expect to be able to manage this course reasonably easily - except for Java which I have studiously ignored for years as, against Smalltalk, it looks hopelessly complicated. However, needs must and so on, so I have completed the first examples without too much trouble and I can't see it getting out of hand so I am not so worried.
I have the web site for TM470 opening in mid-October which will get me progressing on my ideas for my project - which includes NoSQL, AWS, iOS/Android and HTML so it should fit in wonderfully with this course (and TM351, of course).
I have my results for TM351 to come in mid-October as well. I keep wavering from being sure that I have done enough to get a 2 pass to hoping, with fingers crossed, that I get a simple pass for a grade 4. I will keep busy and maybe I won't get into too much of a spin.
Currently, I am busy building a nice 1/24th scale BMW 635CSi from the 1980s which is keeping my mind off the results.
TM352 is now underway at Pennington Towers!
Well, the web site opened and we got a glimpse of the future. TM352 has a new, updated, format on the web which is much clearer and accessible. I like the list of forums with unread messages as I am a forum hog, in that I read everything and check very regularly. I post infrequently and often throw a post away when I get too involved in a discussion - especially after 11pm at night. I should stick to the old maxims that I had when last employed - never post after 11pm - never post after wine - never send a "strong" missive until it has been in the outbox for at least 4 hours - and only send it then when you have reconsidered your position!
Now to the course - so far I have enjoyed what I have seen. I was interested that the module text is really keen on Windows but all of the NetBean examples are carried out on a Mac - guess which I use
NetBeans installed perfectly, the first time that I tried it. I was a bit upset at using Chrome as it is not my favourite browser but so far the plug-in has worked and I am happy with how it is going. I have rattled through the first real block as it is all about HTTP - TCP/IP etc. and it was only recently that I was building a REST interface from my beloved Smalltalk into my Riak NoSQL database running on Amazon AWS.
As you can guess from the above statement, I expect to be able to manage this course reasonably easily - except for Java which I have studiously ignored for years as, against Smalltalk, it looks hopelessly complicated. However, needs must and so on, so I have completed the first examples without too much trouble and I can't see it getting out of hand so I am not so worried.
I have the web site for TM470 opening in mid-October which will get me progressing on my ideas for my project - which includes NoSQL, AWS, iOS/Android and HTML so it should fit in wonderfully with this course (and TM351, of course).
I have my results for TM351 to come in mid-October as well. I keep wavering from being sure that I have done enough to get a 2 pass to hoping, with fingers crossed, that I get a simple pass for a grade 4. I will keep busy and maybe I won't get into too much of a spin.
Currently, I am busy building a nice 1/24th scale BMW 635CSi from the 1980s which is keeping my mind off the results.