[Buffalo-pm] help

[Jim Brandt]

One of the issues Mike was having was the simple problem of getting Perl 
actually installed on the lab computers. Since this is somewhat 
important for teaching Perl, maybe we could help by finding details on 
running Perl from a CD or a thumb drive?

I found this:

http://www.perlmonks.org/?node=Portable%20perl%3A%20usb%20thumbdrive

Maybe someone with a windows box could confirm if it works? Or find some 
other solutions? Basically, is there a way to provide perl without 
having admin access on the machines?

According to this:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl-5.6/install.html#installing%20activeperl%20on%20windows%20(x86)

you can install without admin rights, but there are some limitations.


Dan Magnuszewski wrote:
> Mike,
> 
> I have talked to some people who are very interested to hear how things 
> are going. If you would like any assistance with setting up the 
> curriculum, etc, let us know.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> On 10/11/07, *Jim Brandt* <cbrandt at buffalo.edu 
> <mailto:cbrandt at buffalo.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Any update on your impromptu perl class? How'd it go, or haven't you
>     done it yet?
> 
>     Any questions we can answer on the list?
> 
>     Jim
> 
>     Kevin Eye wrote:
>      > Holy crap! They teach perl in high school now? Awesome. Sounds
>     like more fun
>      > than Pascal.
>      >
>      > I've never taught a perl class or a high school class, so take
>     any of this
>      > with a grain of salt, but I think following the Learning Perl
>     book is a
>      > pretty standard way to do it. brian d foy mentioned once that
>     there were
>      > classroom-oriented workbooks from O'Reilly for it, I think. Not
>     sure where
>      > to find more info on that.
>      >
>      > Oh wait - here's some for sale on Amazon -- 5 left, order soon :-)
>      >
>     http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Perl-Student-Workbook-brian/dp/0596009968
>      > Probably not affordable for a whole class, but might help structure a
>      > course.
>      >
>      > For what it's worth, if this is a student's first exposure to any
>      > programming language, there are various opinions on whether Perl
>     is a good
>      > choice at PerlMonks:
>      > http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=187006
>      >
>      >  - Kevin
>      >
>      >
>      > On 9/20/07 1:35 PM, "MBluman at buffaloschools.org
>     <mailto:MBluman at buffaloschools.org>"
>      > <MBluman at buffaloschools.org <mailto:MBluman at buffaloschools.org>>
>     wrote:
>      >
>      >> Help!!!!
>      >>
>      >> I've been selected to teach a beginning perl class in my inner
>     city high
>      >> school, and I don't know where to start. I am not a programmer,
>     but I have
>      >> been thrown into this position and could use help from anyone in
>     the know.
>      >>
>      >> Please help
>      >>
>      >> mike
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