[AG-TECH] RE: Perl Workshop

[Terry Disz]

Elaine,

I am wondering about this comment from your announcement:

>METHOD OF DELIVERY:
> Lecture with hands-on exercises. Due to the extensive hands-on nature
> of this workshop, we will not use the Access Grid for this event.


If this is the case, it would be interesting to know exactly what stands in
the way of doing a hands-on tutorial on the AG. Would you or someone
involved in this effort or anyone who's already tried it like to try and
collect a set of requirements, or just write down reasons it is hard to do
on the AG today, so perhaps these requirements can be addressed by the AG
community?

I recall that there was a GLOBUS tutorial in 01 that involved some hands-on
work and seemed to go ok. Was that sponsored by PACS? Does anyone remember
that? I also believe there are some lessons learned on teaching and the AG
from Montana, New Mexico, Alaska and other folks who have run AG courses.

Terry





> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pacs at ncsa.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-pacs at ncsa.uiuc.edu]On
> Behalf Of Elaine Landwehr
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:53 AM
> To: pacs at ncsa.uiuc.edu
> Cc: sts at osc.edu
> Subject: Perl Workshop
>
>
> OSC is hosting a two-day workshop, Introduction to Perl, March 5
> & 6, 2003,
> 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, at OSC.  Workshop details follow:
>
> DESCRIPTION:
> Perl is a general-purpose interpreted language that is optimized for text
> and file manipulation, I/O, and system tasks. It provides a simple and
> efficient way to do many jobs, and acts as a complement to traditional
> programming languages (C/C++) or shell scripting languages and editors.
> Perl is available for most computing environments and can be
> downloaded and installed free of charge.  This course will cover a broad
> range of features of the Perl programming language, including the language
> syntax, functions, library modules, regular expressions, and some
> object-oriented features. The course also explores invocation options,
> debugging, common mistakes, and much more.
>
> PREREQUISITES:
> Some prior programming experience (particularly in C/C++) will be helpful,
> but is not essential.
>
> TARGET AUDIENCE:
> Persons interested in learning the fundamentals (or expanding their
> knowledge) of Perl.
>
> INSTRUCTOR:
> Dr. Dave Ennis, OSC
>
> METHOD OF DELIVERY:
> Lecture with hands-on exercises. Due to the extensive hands-on nature
> of this workshop, we will not use the Access Grid for this event.
>
> COURSE DURATION:
> 2 days
>
> DATE:
> March 5 & 6, 2003
>
> TIME:
> 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
>
> LOCATION:
> The workshop will be held in the BALE Theatre at OSC. OSC is
> located at 1224
> Kinnear Road. Directions to OSC are available at the following URL:
> http://www.osc.edu/aboutOSC/visitOSC.shtml
>
> REGISTRATION:
> Registration is limited. To register, please send the following
> information to
> the training coordinator at OSC, trn-contact at osc.edu:
> 	- Your name
>    	- E-mail address
>    	- Daytime phone number
>    	- The name and dates of this workshop
>    	- Your institution and department
>
> If you have questions, please contact trn-contact at osc.edu or see
> http://oscinfo.osc.edu/notices for more notices.
>