From jay at jays.net Mon Jun 2 05:36:52 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:36:52 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: June 3, 7pm-9pm: Seaside! References: <34c74d710806011907wb3e9f41q47663f3f876797a1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4E85B2C7-8666-4399-AAAA-49EC515A6402@jays.net> Come crash ODynUG with me. :) I'm going to try to sneak a cool boolean network (bioinformatics) thing I did in Perl into the meeting - probably 10 minutes. j http://omaha.pm.org Begin forwarded message: > From: "Blaine Buxton" > Date: June 1, 2008 9:07:28 PM CDT > To: odynug > Subject: [odynug] June 3, 7pm-9pm: Seaside! > Reply-To: odynug at googlegroups.com > > Blaine Buxton is the presenter for this month and demanding us to > think different. Why is developing web applications hard? The > inventors of Seaside asked this question and this is their answer. > Dubbed as a heretical web application framework it's built on the > ground breaking language, Smalltalk. Come see why everyone is > talking about this exciting framework. Come see the future! Expect > not your normal presentation. > > This month's meeting is proudly sponsored by TekSystems (http:// > www.teksystems.com). They will be bringing the most delicious pizza > and soda that they can find in the metro Omaha area. You do not > want to miss out on the yummiest pizza and an edge of your seat > presentation. You might need to bring your seat belts. You have > been warned! See everyone there. > > Meeting location is UNO's Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI) building > 1110 South 67th Street > Omaha, NE > > Please bring your opinions and concerns for a possible new meeting > day. All opinions welcome! > -- > Blaine Buxton > Sorcerer Of Digital Construction > http://blog.blainebuxton.com From jay at jays.net Mon Jun 2 14:23:11 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:23:11 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] ChemChains sandbox Message-ID: <484464BF.2070006@jays.net> Here's what I'll be presenting: http://jays.net/wiki/ChemChains_sandbox Knock yourselves out. :) Or, wait until the meeting tomorrow night when I try to explain all this in under 10 minutes. :) j From jay at jays.net Wed Jun 4 07:40:07 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:40:07 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] ChemChains, DLUG, ..etc. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Lawless, Jim wrote: > Hey, Jay. I wish I'd have paid more attention ... I would've > chatted you up while we were waiting for the classroom to open last > night. ( I was about the only other one there ... black shirt and > jeans ... while Blaine and his crew talked . ) Nice to meet you. Sorry we didn't chat. :) > I was briefly a loyal Omaha Perl Monger ... I'd had that Obfuscated > Perl contest 2nd place winner ... which, BTW, is now in the > O'Reilly book Games, Diversions, and Perl Culture ... I'm > immortally indexed on page 498 ( http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ > tpj3/inx.html ). Maybe I'll get to chat with you a the next meeting. > Ahh, cool. You're listed in our history: http://jays.net/wiki/Omaha_Perl_Mongers#2003_and_earlier I have a copy of that book at the med center. I'll have to look up that page. :) > Thanks for your presentation of the ChemChains effort and your > modeling program in Perl. I'm tempted to try a stab at it myself, > but I'm not sure that I undertstand the problem correctly. ( For > some reason, I'm thinking that I would implement the nodes as > function-defintions that I would eval() into the running > interpreter for Perl or Ruby or something and would then just call > these functions ... but that seems too simple.) > Well, I'm not sure I understand the problem either, so you're in "good company." Of course I understand my implementation of my solution according to the way I understand the problem pretty well. - laugh- I'm hoping ideas and questions like yours and the C++ version and others will help me understand the problems better and evolve the software and my ability to wield my computer skills in the advancement of medical research... It's a long journey with many winding side roads. :) I avoid eval() whenever possible, so I wouldn't use that in one of my solutions. Have you looked at the code yet? Do you have specific questions? Or would a longer meeting be good? We could organize a Perl Mongers / Dynamic Languages Users Group ChemChains meeting/hackathon or something and invite whoever wanted to show up. :) http://jays.net/wiki/ChemChains_sandbox Cheers, j From jay at jays.net Wed Jun 11 04:00:50 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:00:50 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Lightning talks Message-ID: I really like this meeting format: http://www.justanotherperlhacker.org/lightning/index.shtml Any chance we can get 10 volunteers to give a 5 minute talk? On whatever? j ( Or, add your wish / yourself to our presentations wiki: http://jays.net/wiki/ODynUG ) From bkealey at mail.unomaha.edu Wed Jun 11 12:04:09 2008 From: bkealey at mail.unomaha.edu (Burch Kealey) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:04:09 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Burch Kealey is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 05/28/2008 and will not return until 07/16/2008. I will respond to your message when I return. I am traveling and expect to only have intermittent email access while I am gone. Please be patient and I will respond to your message when I am able. From jay at jays.net Fri Jun 13 06:18:30 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:18:30 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] Fwd: Your Lightning Talk in Chicago has been accepted References: <6.2.3.4.2.20080613005931.0305bfa8@mail.JustAnotherPerlHacker.org> Message-ID: <6E7A0439-E733-43F6-B8D3-89687781E80E@jays.net> Uh oh. I guess this means I need to write up a talk and fill 5 minutes without fainting. :) http://conferences.mongueurs.net/yn2008/talk/950 j From jay at jays.net Wed Jun 18 09:24:17 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:24:17 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] MooseX::Getopt Message-ID: Oh, cool. MooseX::Getopt does Getopt::Long automatically for you in Moose objects. :) j From jay at jays.net Wed Jun 18 21:52:40 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:52:40 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] June 3, 7pm-9pm: Seaside! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7EF89BB9-9B36-45D2-8ECB-356FED237BEF@jays.net> On Jun 18, 2008, at 10:04 PM, Ryan Stille wrote: > The latest episode of the Web Dev Radio podcast is an interview > with Randal Schwartz, of all people, (he's the "father" of perl) > all about Seaside. I found it interesting. > http://www.webdevradio.com/index.php?id=77 I'm here at Yet Another Perl Conference in Chicago and talked to Randal about Seaside / Smalltalk a couple of times. He's pretty excited about it. He says just like he was in on the leading edge of Perl 20 years ago, he's now on the leading edge of Seaside. :) His blog: Methods and Messages: Randal Schwartz on Smalltalk http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ BTW, my lighting talk was well received. I posted my slides under 'Links': http://jays.net/wiki/ChemChains_sandbox Cheers, j catching a 6am flight back... in 6 hours. :) From pbaker at omnihotels.com Thu Jun 19 00:02:01 2008 From: pbaker at omnihotels.com (Sean Baker) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:02:01 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] June 3, 7pm-9pm: Seaside! References: <7EF89BB9-9B36-45D2-8ECB-356FED237BEF@jays.net> Message-ID: <396CEDAA86B38646ACE2FEAA22C3FBF10A824A@l3exchange.omnihotels.net> > BTW, my lighting talk was well received. I posted my slides under > 'Links': > http://jays.net/wiki/ChemChains_sandbox I'm glad it went good! You should have warned us, I'm not feeling to well already and got to slide 7. :) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Laugh, j From andy at petdance.com Mon Jun 23 08:58:19 2008 From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:58:19 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] explode gt split In-Reply-To: <5AB0F575-8949-4EE5-B4FB-F2B3BC4445C4@jays.net> References: <5AB0F575-8949-4EE5-B4FB-F2B3BC4445C4@jays.net> Message-ID: <7E1B2C58-0D40-4508-AAB0-750296B1E2F1@petdance.com> On Jun 23, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Jay Hannah wrote: > Wow. PHP's explode() is a much cooler name than Perl's boring old > split(). > > $expFileNames = `ls -t output/`; > $expFileNames = explode("\n",$expFileNames); > ?> Too bad you can't just get a list anyway, like in Perl: $file_list_as_string = `ls -t output/`; @file_list = `ls -t output/`; Might as well just go directly to the array, eh? xoa -- Andy Lester => andy at petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance From jay at jays.net Mon Jun 23 11:02:18 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:02:18 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] explode gt split In-Reply-To: <7E1B2C58-0D40-4508-AAB0-750296B1E2F1@petdance.com> References: <5AB0F575-8949-4EE5-B4FB-F2B3BC4445C4@jays.net> <7E1B2C58-0D40-4508-AAB0-750296B1E2F1@petdance.com> Message-ID: <1F22C612-A8F2-4EC0-A3B5-9D4D2B6A1A1C@jays.net> On Jun 23, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Andy Lester wrote: > On Jun 23, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Jay Hannah wrote: >> > $expFileNames = `ls -t output/`; >> $expFileNames = explode("\n",$expFileNames); >> ?> > > Too bad you can't just get a list anyway, like in Perl: > > $file_list_as_string = `ls -t output/`; > > @file_list = `ls -t output/`; > > Might as well just go directly to the array, eh? Ya. But in Perl you got me hooked on glob(), which is even more convenient: my @files = glob("output/*.txt"); :) j From jhannah at mail.unomaha.edu Mon Jun 23 17:23:34 2008 From: jhannah at mail.unomaha.edu (Jay Weston Hannah) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:34 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] UNO course changes Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/omaha-pm/attachments/20080623/2e00d00c/attachment.html From robert.fulkerson at gmail.com Mon Jun 23 17:35:22 2008 From: robert.fulkerson at gmail.com (Robert Fulkerson) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:35:22 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] UNO course changes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6cb6eebc0806231735r42b36c34j4ac2721dd63c97e8@mail.gmail.com> Howdy, Yup, C++ has been tossed to the side for Java instead. I have mixed feelings about that, especially since I'm in charge of coordinating all of the material for people teaching the first intro class, but we'll run with Java for a few years and see how it goes. Adding a required C course (which used to be optional/elective) made me feel a bit better about the whole switch. Perl is still alive and well at UNO. In fact, it's now in two classes: CIST 1300 (Introduction to Web Development) and CSCI 2850 (Programming on the Internet). It's now a one-two punch of Perl and other webby things. I'm restructuring 2850 for the spring 2009 semester and still trying to figure out what to cover. All I know right now is that it's the second in a two-course sequence of Perl-y things. :) So Perl is alive and well at UNO. Python, not so much, since I replaced it in 1300 with Perl. ;) -- b On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Jay Weston Hannah wrote: > Huh. > > Looks like UNO is abandoning C++ (and Perl and Python?) and moving to Java > and C? > > Bob? Perl? > > j > > > -----Forwarded by Jay Weston Hannah/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR on 06/23/2008 > 07:23PM ----- > > From: Farida Majid/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR > Date: 06/16/2008 03:52PM > Subject: FYI (C++ to Java Change in CIST 1400 & CSCI 1620) > > > The following message is being send to all IS&T undergraduate students. If > you have completed CIST 1400 Intro to Computer Programming and CSCI 1620 > Computer Science II then you can ignore this message. > > > The Computer Science undergraduate degree program at the University of > Nebraska at Omaha is implementing the following changes to its courses > starting Fall 2008: > > 1. To be consistent with the high school AP programming requirements > in the region and country, Java is going to be used as the programming > language of instruction in the "CIST 1400 Introduction to Computer > Programming" course, including its laboratory section CIST 1404, and the > "CSCI 1620 Introduction to Computer Science II" course. > > 2. The "CSCI 1840 Advanced Topics in C" course will be changed to > "CSCI 1840 Programming in C." For computer science majors, CSCI 1840 will > be a core requirement to complete the undergraduate degree. This class can > also be used by other programs needing the C language as a foundation for > subsequent coursework. > > 3. For those departments/colleges that still need C++ as a > requirement for subsequent coursework, the computer science program will > continue to offer the "CSCI 2840 C++ and Object Oriented Programming" > course. > > > A transition schedule related to the change in the programming language of > instruction in CIST 1400/1404 and CSCI 1620 is given below: > Semester CS 1 (CIST 1400/1404) > CS 2 (CSCI 1620) > > # Java sections # C++ sections # Java sections # C++ sections Fall 2008 9 > 0 > 0* > 3 > Spring 2009 9 > 0 > 2 > 2 > Fall 2009 9 > 0 > 2 or 3? > 1 or 2? > Spring 2010 9 > 0 > 4 > 0 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha-pm mailing list > Omaha-pm at pm.org > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha-pm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/omaha-pm/attachments/20080623/2343d8f8/attachment.html From dthacker9 at cox.net Tue Jun 24 04:40:54 2008 From: dthacker9 at cox.net (Dave Thacker) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:40:54 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] UNO course changes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200806240640.54982.dthacker9@cox.net> On Monday 23 June 2008 19:23:34 Jay Weston Hannah wrote: > Huh. > > Looks like UNO is abandoning C++ (and Perl and Python?) and moving to Java > and C? > > Bob? Perl? > > j > > > -----Forwarded by Jay Weston Hannah/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR on 06/23/2008 > 07:23PM ----- From: Farida Majid/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR > Date: 06/16/2008 03:52PM > Subject: FYI (C++ to Java Change in CIST 1400 & CSCI 1620) > > > The following message is being send to all IS&T undergraduate students. ?If > you have completed CIST 1400 Intro to Computer Programming and CSCI 1620 > Computer Science II then you can ignore this message. > > > The Computer Science undergraduate degree program at the University of > Nebraska at Omaha is implementing the following changes to its courses > starting Fall 2008: > > 1. ? ? ? ?To be consistent with the high school AP programming requirements > in the region and country, Java is going to be used as the programming > language of instruction in the ?CIST 1400 Introduction to Computer > Programming? course, including its laboratory section CIST 1404, and the > ?CSCI 1620 Introduction to Computer Science II? course. My son is currently attending Omaha North Magnet Center. The intro to programming course was Scheme, next year he'll be taking Java. Does UNO have any AP classes offered at OPS schools? Dave From jay at jays.net Wed Jun 25 13:38:33 2008 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:38:33 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] perl -MCatalyst\ 100 -e0 Message-ID: <7DFD5E99-4362-41B6-9F16-BECE9E93FA64@jays.net> What I learned on IRC today. :) j 15:34 <@rjbs> perl -MCatalyst\ 100 -e0 15:36 < jhannah> what does the \ 100 do? 15:36 <@rjbs> It's like saying "use Catalyst 100" 15:37 <@rjbs> so it tries to require version 100 or newer 15:37 <@mst> perl -e 'use Catalyst 100;' 15:37 <@mst> would also work 15:37 < jhannah> whoah. trippy. :) From hostetlerm at gmail.com Wed Jun 25 20:14:39 2008 From: hostetlerm at gmail.com (Mike Hostetler) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:14:39 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] ack Message-ID: Lately, I just started using Ack instead of grep:http://petdance.com/ack/ I find it magically delicious. And it's written in Perl. anyone else use Ack? -- Mike Hostetler http://mike.hostetlerhome.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/omaha-pm/attachments/20080625/49080ecd/attachment.html From andy at petdance.com Wed Jun 25 20:43:47 2008 From: andy at petdance.com (Andy Lester) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:43:47 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] ack In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <879460BA-5277-44C4-9A75-3F638C7028BA@petdance.com> On Jun 25, 2008, at 10:14 PM, Mike Hostetler wrote: > Lately, I just started using Ack instead of grep: > http://petdance.com/ack/ > > I find it magically delicious. And it's written in Perl. > > anyone else use Ack? I do! I do! xoxo, Andy -- Andy Lester => andy at petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance From robert.fulkerson at gmail.com Thu Jun 26 18:47:01 2008 From: robert.fulkerson at gmail.com (Robert Fulkerson) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:47:01 -0500 Subject: [Omaha.pm] UNO course changes In-Reply-To: <200806240640.54982.dthacker9@cox.net> References: <200806240640.54982.dthacker9@cox.net> Message-ID: <6cb6eebc0806261847w59f98615t3c7427ccf324357b@mail.gmail.com> Hello, My son is currently attending Omaha North Magnet Center. The intro to > programming course was Scheme, next year he'll be taking Java. Does UNO > have any AP classes offered at OPS schools? > To the best of my knowledge, we only offer a dual-enrollment course in CIST 1400 (Java) at Skutt Catholic High School. I still have to look into whether or not we'll be offering credit for successful AP tests taken in high school. I'm sure we will, but I don't think we've ironed out the details yet. 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