[colug-432] Tutorials

[Steve VanSlyck]

speck? thurns?

On May 14, 2015 6:12:22 PM EDT, jep200404 at columbus.rr.com wrote:
>On Thu, 14 May 2015 14:45:33 -0400, Steve VanSlyck
><s.vanslyck at postpro.net> wrote:
>
>> You're willing to teach me but would prefer, 
>> obviously, that I teach myself. 
>> Always better that way.
>
>Good.
>
>You keep bumping into needs for the classic tools. 
>
>For a good tutorial about how to use the classic tools, 
>read "The UNIX Programming Environment" by Kernighan and Pike.
>For a good explanation of the philosophy behind Unix, 
>which is the philosophy behind Linux, read the wikipedia 
>article on "Unix philosophy" and Mike Gancarz' 
>"The UNIX Philosophy".
>
>For more particular stuff, search the web for whatever tool you 
>want to use and "tutorial". Try several. Quickly dispatch the 
>mediocre or confusing ones. If something does not make sense, 
>quickly move on to a different tutorial. Sometimes real work 
>is involved.
>
>For deeper understanding, find and read the manual.
>
>Also, hang out with folks who use the classic tools. 
>The weekly Python dojos are one such place. See cohpy.org.
>Mornings at Grandview Stauf's are good too.
>Coffee, doughnuts, speck, and anything from Thurn's are 
>always welcome.
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