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len
Hello All
I am looking to learn java to impove my chances of landing a new job.
I have been unemployed for about 6 month and doing contract work to
bring money in. I do not anticipate getting re-employed for several
more
months with my current skill set and due to my age. So I am looking
to update my skill set.
Current skill set;
Have coded in cobol, assembler, MSAccess, and for the last several
years in a language called Topspeed by Clarion (its dying now). I
have
played with Ruby and more recently in Python. At one time I was
an IMS DB/DC database administrator and have used SQL with
MS SQL, PostgresSQL, and MySQL.
I understand the concepts of OOP although I have done very little
coding using classes and objects.
My initial goals would be the following;
1. Learn to write business applications using GUI.
2. Then the ability to write Web applications.
My current learning environment is Linux Ubuntu. Funds are tight
but I'm sure I can manage a book or two if needed.
I have looked through this group at the other learning requests and
I have started going through the Sun Java tutorials as a starting
point.
My current contract work gives me the freedom to use what ever
I need to get the work done so I would hope to use these new Java
skill to build up a portfolio of work both application and web.
I know you can't learn a language in a day or even a month but
urgency is always a great motivator.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank
Len
I am looking to learn java to impove my chances of landing a new job.
I have been unemployed for about 6 month and doing contract work to
bring money in. I do not anticipate getting re-employed for several
more
months with my current skill set and due to my age. So I am looking
to update my skill set.
Current skill set;
Have coded in cobol, assembler, MSAccess, and for the last several
years in a language called Topspeed by Clarion (its dying now). I
have
played with Ruby and more recently in Python. At one time I was
an IMS DB/DC database administrator and have used SQL with
MS SQL, PostgresSQL, and MySQL.
I understand the concepts of OOP although I have done very little
coding using classes and objects.
My initial goals would be the following;
1. Learn to write business applications using GUI.
2. Then the ability to write Web applications.
My current learning environment is Linux Ubuntu. Funds are tight
but I'm sure I can manage a book or two if needed.
I have looked through this group at the other learning requests and
I have started going through the Sun Java tutorials as a starting
point.
My current contract work gives me the freedom to use what ever
I need to get the work done so I would hope to use these new Java
skill to build up a portfolio of work both application and web.
I know you can't learn a language in a day or even a month but
urgency is always a great motivator.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank
Len