Revision of Chat logs Class 1 from Sat, 2010-09-18 19:25

== hemanth changed the topic of #p2pu-webcraft/scripting-101 to: Welcome to scripting 101

<hemanth> Hello hacker, welcome to scripting 101.

<hemanth> As per the poll we are kicking off with the course now.

<hemanth> I appreciate you all from sparing your valuable time for this course.

<hemanth> Totally 32 members were accepted for this course.

<hemanth> Lets have a small intro

== hemanth changed the topic of #p2pu-webcraft/scripting-101 to: Who am i?

<hemanth> So,go ahead and tell each of your peers about yourselves

<hemanth> Starting with jmuniz

<@jmuniz> I'm an academic turned minor wordPress guy in New York

<@jmuniz> I teach philosophy mostly

<hemanth> That's nice :) Welcome jmuniz

<@jmuniz> thanks

<hemanth> next yup is CSSDevMonkey :)

<CSSDevMonkey> My name is, I am a CSS/HTML dev type, trying to expand my skillset to javascript, Ruby/Rails and PHP.

<CSSDevMonkey> *Patrick

<CSSDevMonkey> currently i reside in Alabama

<hemanth> Nice nick Patrick :)

<hemanth> next, Laks

<Laks> Hi I am Java J2EE developer based in London

<hemanth> Kool, welcome to the course

<hemanth> now its lifengjie turn

<hemanth> lifengjie: there?

<hemanth> okies, lets move on to the next person, its vibha6bhat

<hemanth> nice, so we know about each other now :)

<@jmuniz> sweet

<CSSDevMonkey> :-)

<adam_collado> hello everybody!

<hemanth> Hey adam_collado as you joined us now, we are giving intros

<hemanth> its your turn adam_collado

<adam_collado> what should the intro consist of?

<adam_collado> just who am I'm, why I joined the class, etc?

<hemanth> adam_collado: yes :)

<adam_collado> okay :)

<hemanth> A small check on what step are you in the ladder of scripting, which includes coding in bash,py,rb. say 0 if a newbee, 1 if intermediate and 2 if expert

* hemanth waiting for adam_collado to type his intro

<adam_collado> so, basically, i'm a computer service tech for a small art school in brooklyn new york. i've been into technology since i was a wee lad. i came to know about p2pu and mozilla webcraft when I attended a mozilla drumbeat that was held in new york. I want to say it was in August.

<@jmuniz> .5

<hemanth> nice :)

<adam_collado> when i learned about the site, I was excited, and got on to check the course listings and such. had a wait for a month for the actual webcraft stuff to pop up :P

<hemanth> vibha1bhat: you might introduce yourself

<hemanth> adam_collado: ya, its been a long way :o)

<adam_collado> yeah xD

<vibha1bhat> I am a .NET developer from India

<hemanth> welcome vibha1bhat

<hemanth> ok guys moving on can u tell the values, like jmuniz did

<Laks> 1

<adam_collado> thankfully it did, and luckily this course happened to be offered, because i want to learn more about scripting. in regards to my level, i would say it's it's somewhere between 0 and 1

<adam_collado> i've worked with python before, and some bash

<lifengjie> i'm somewhere around 1

<vibha1bhat> I would say 0.5

<hemanth> lifengjie: you missed your intro :)

<CSSDevMonkey> o

<lifengjie> yeah sorry i got a network error

<adam_collado> i know enough that i could sit down, read a script, make some adjustments, etc

<CSSDevMonkey> *0

<adam_collado> but not enough to be dangerous

<adam_collado> and i want to be dangerous o.o

<CSSDevMonkey> *0.5

<CSSDevMonkey> lol

<hemanth> adam_collado: then u are > 1 ;)

<hemanth> CSSDevMonkey: ha ha ok

<adam_collado> yeah, definitely less then one

<lifengjie> I'm from Italy, almost bachelor degree in computer science

<lifengjie> for my thesis i worked mainly in python

<CSSDevMonkey> i've looked at some script

<lifengjie> and some bash script

<CSSDevMonkey> but i've never dabbled in it

<hemanth> lifengjie: that's good

<hemanth> okies now moving on

== hemanth changed the topic of #p2pu-webcraft/scripting-101 to: What is this all about?!!

<hemanth> This course as mentioned, will cover Why scripting? Getting Started. The Variables. Conditional Execution. The Loops. Redirections. Pipes and Filters. Traps. Functions. Interactive Scripts.

<hemanth> for scripting languages listed, that is bash,python,ruby and perl

<hemanth> So, hope all are on a GNU/Linux machine

<vibha1bhat> yup

<lifengjie> i am

<hemanth> or at-least have a GNU/Linux terminal emulator

<@jmuniz> yep

<Laks> yes

<CSSDevMonkey> Ubuntu on Virtual Box ftw!!!

<hemanth> some might be on MAC, after all it's free BSD base ;)

<CSSDevMonkey> lol as we spec i

<CSSDevMonkey> am building a wordpress theme on my mac

<hemanth> :)

<adam_collado> i'm running a win box, but i have ubuntu loaded in virtual box

<hemanth> I have hosted a piratepad for all you hacker over the could

<hemanth> before i say about that

<hemanth> how many of you have a github account ? and i hope u have used git atleast once

<CSSDevMonkey> i do

<@jmuniz> I have one

<adam_collado> i have

<hemanth> kool

<hemanth> the link u all need to bookmark is http://h3manth.piratenpad.de/3 that is the piratepad

<hemanth> as you can see

<hemanth> you would have to clone http://github.com/hemanth/p2pu

<hemanth> or fork it over your github accounts

<hemanth> All the guys who are there, change ur names from unnamed to your names please

<hemanth> All editing of the document is instantly visible on the screens of all participating users.

<hemanth> SourRust: would please introduce yourself to the group :)

<SourRust> ah yes... I'm Jeremy

<SourRust> srry i missed the class today I'm guessing

<SourRust> over slept

<hemanth> SourRust: now u have made it bit late, but you made it at the right time :) !

<SourRust> oh ok cool

<hemanth> nice, now moving on

<hemanth> as you all might be seeing the p2pu repo in github

<hemanth> the tree is also provided in http://h3manth.piratenpad.de/3

<hemanth> the structure has, all the things that will be covered in the course, as mentioned earlier

<hemanth> so each folder has a README file to make things more clear

<Laks> good

<hemanth> take your time, to fork/clone and read the README and tell me once don, it might take about 5 mins, as it's just a skeleton as of now

<hemanth> tell me once done, will tell about the next phase

<lifengjie> i'm done

<hemanth> nice, i already notice 4 forks and 4 watchers

<CSSDevMonkey> i'm not a savy github user though i have used it before

<CSSDevMonkey> i'm trying to clone the repo, but i'm getting an error

<hemanth> CSSDevMonkey: what error?

<CSSDevMonkey> pm

<hemanth> for all those who are very new to this, i suggest you go through http://help.github.com/

<@jmuniz> done

<hemanth> CSSDevMonkey: would you mind sharing it here, cos this log will be shared to the group, rather than a pm

<CSSDevMonkey> trying to rmember how to pm

<hemanth> CSSDevMonkey: ha ha, ok, i will pm u

<SourRust> done

<hemanth> nice, see for those who had accounts, it was just a click away, lets wait for 3 more mins for those who might be getting there accounts now

<adam_collado> i'm done

<@jmuniz> haha, cool

<vibha1bhat> very precise definitions :)

<hemanth> thanks

<hemanth> credits to wiki, so in ""

<hemanth> people who got there accounts freshly, please look at http://help.github.com/forking/ for now, then you can read http://help.github.com

<hemanth> So, is it fine now to move on? Already ?

<adam_collado> sure :)

<SourRust> i guess so

<@jmuniz> go w/ me

<@jmuniz> *good

<hemanth> Okies, nice, now that most of you have forks of the repo with you

<hemanth> as you would have went through the readmes also

<hemanth> it would have alluded a lot of things to you all

<hemanth> to make things more lucid, let me explain the course plan

== hemanth changed the topic of #p2pu-webcraft/scripting-101 to: Course Plan

<hemanth> Mentioning again, things that will be covered : Why scripting? Getting Started. The Variables. Conditional Execution. The Loops. Redirections. Pipes and Filters. Traps. Functions. Interactive Scripts.

<hemanth> So, now the repo, has each of these topics

<hemanth> you notice, that each topic, contains bash,python,ruby,perl

<hemanth> So, what is to done ?

<hemanth> As we proceed, each of you will be adding small code snippets to each of those dir's and once you are done, you will be sending a pull request on new branches of yours

<hemanth> Why so?

<hemanth> 0. Clarity

<hemanth> 1. Makes things easier to maintain, remember, refer, reuse and more

<hemanth> 2. Learn and Let learn :)

<hemanth> So, how would the course proceed on the topics mentioned above ?

<hemanth> Well, on each topic we will have comparative study of each of the languages

<hemanth> say for example, if we are doing about loops, all of you will add small codes to each of the languages of your repo

<hemanth> that would be like how loops work for that language and what you got in the class that day, about loops

<hemanth> Seems fine?

<CSSDevMonkey_> yup

<SourRust> yup

<@jmuniz> Ok. So we work locally then send pull request, right?

<adam_collado> sounds good to me

<vibha2bhat> cool

<hemanth> jmuniz: correct, you work on your branches and send a pull request

<hemanth> Any queries so far?

<hemanth> SourRust: you missed to introduce yourself!

<hemanth> rzo: You also have missed it.

<hemanth> So please go-ahead and introduce yourselves guys

<adam_collado> whats the time frame for us on each topic? or will we be working on multiple topics at a time?

<rzo> sorry for being late guys

<hemanth> adam_collado: nice question, as i said b4, its like each topic will be covered for all languages for one session, so you guys will fill in the code in a linear way

<hemanth> rzo: its ok :)

<adam_collado> okay, i figured it was going to be like that, just wanted to clarify :)

<Laks> so one session per topic?

<hemanth> adam_collado: no problem :)

<adam_collado> that's the only question i have at the moment

<hemanth> SourRust: you there?

<SourRust> yup

<hemanth> SourRust: introduce yourself to the group, please

<SourRust> Hi im my name is Jeremy

<CSSDevMonkey_> what do you do Jeremy?

<hemanth> Laks: yes one session probably!

<SourRust> im a sophomore in college studying computer science

<hemanth> SourRust: nice :) welcome to the course

<SourRust> ty

<hemanth> rzo: its your turn

<rzo> Hi, my name is Renso and i live in colombia

<rzo> i work as a web developer in a digital agency

<hemanth> Ok :) welcome to the course

<rzo> thanks

<hemanth> So, guys with this the first day of the course, that was introduction comes to an end :)

<rzo> ok

<rzo> there is a log of this chat?

<@jmuniz> cool

* hemanth wow! 1:9 mins

<hemanth> rzo: thanks for reminding

<hemanth> Okies, now guys the logs will be shared in the course material section of the course in 2 mins

<vibha2bhat> ok

<rzo> nice

<CSSDevMonkey_> how long will these sessions normally be? so that I can be sure to dedicate the appropriate amount of time for it.

<hemanth> CSSDevMonkey_: 1hr is the expected time, O(n) may be > 1 but hopefully less than 1.30 :)

<@jmuniz> great

<CSSDevMonkey_> okay, sounds good

<hemanth> O.K hacker, thanks for coming to the class one of the course, so we will be meeting tomorrow are UTC 15:30 as we did today, Happy hacking and GN's,GM's and GE's to you :)

<@jmuniz> cool.

<@jmuniz> later everyone

<SourRust> cya

<adam_collado> awesome

<adam_collado> later guys! :D

<rzo> bye

<lifengjie> bye!

<Laks> thanks for today. Ciao

<hemanth> :)

<vibha2bhat> Thanks Hemanth; Bye;

<CSSDevMonkey_> have a good one all

Scripting 101

Revision of Chat logs Class 1 from Sat, 2010-09-18 19:25