Re: Programming as a hobby
- From: Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:24:08 -0500
Thanks, if we're really really lucky, we'll have an alpha release within 2
months. It's still up in the air though, we are still getting the inner guts
of our compiler synced up with the auditory system and the auditory watch
window is currently undergoing a substantial redesign --- well a complete
rethinking from scratch is more like it.
I've been meaning to write up a progress report for this list. Maybe I
should do that today.
Stefik
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Chris Hallsworth <
christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oh, this sounds interesting! Please let me know when you have it ready, and
> I'm willing to give it a try. Thanks and good luck with the project.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Stefik
> Sent: 24 September 2009 10:16 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Programming as a hobby
>
> I'm a computer science professor, but I mostly write compilers, debuggers,
> and IDE's for fun. My current project is Sodbeans, which is a program to
> make netbeans more accessible to the blind.
>
> Stefik
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Chris Hallsworth
> <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> That's fine. I just want to do it as a hobby really. Not looking for
> a job
> in programming. Thanks for your thoughts. Good luck with the
> project.
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> RicksPlace
> Sent: 24 September 2009 3:14 PM
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> Subject: Re: Programming as a hobby
>
> You should take classes in the field and get a degree from someplace
> if you
> want to go Professional. It is not often a company will hire a
> hobbiest to
> work on their Production systems.
> As for applications, I am working on a StarTrek Fan Website using
> VWD, Vb
> and Sql Server Express 2008. We use many technicals to do the same
> thing on
> diferent pages to demonstrate how they work. I have found that to be
> a good
> way to learn. For example, we access a Sql Server Database using the
> native
> SqlCommand object, a SqlDataAdapter, a SqlDataSource bound to a
> ListView and
> upcoming: A Strongly Typed DataSet using TableAdapters, and LINQ
> based
> technical routines.These are the major technicals involved in
> accessing a
> Database from Visual Studio. Learning them by Googling articles has
> taken a
> very, very long time. Learning a language syntax is not too bad but,
> again,
> I do not think most companies will hire you without a degree of some
> sort
> related to the work you plan on doing.
> Rick USA
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