What is the Extreme Linux Programming  course?

• a series of 5 lessons - posted online at a rate of approximately 1 per week
• teaches the basics of  Extreme Programming under Linux
• "Open Source" structure
• interaction with other participants via  mailing list
• and scheduled chat room
• course created, facilitated and monitored by an experienced software engineer

Bob Findlay,  Software engineer with over 25 years of software development experience. Active as a custom Linux software developer.

What are the prerequisites?

• iCanProgram: Intro to Linux Programming  or  a working Linux knowledge of Linux C programming
• C programming reference book.     This course is not a C programming course but we will be producing several small programs using the C language.
• desire to learn and have fun doing it

What will you be learning?

• what exactly is Extreme Programming anyway?
• how to build testable code under Linux using very basic tools and the C language
• how to really use encapsulation, interprocess communication and tokenized messaging
• we will apply all this to learning how to program a network appliance live on the Internet

Is there a fee?

• NO
• but in return we expect you to make a voluntary contribution to your local Cancer Research charity
• absolutely no additional software needs to be purchased
• everything you need will be either on your Linux distribution or freely downloadable from the Net

 

When does the course start?

•  on demand with a minimum of 30 students
• each week a new lesson will be posted for 4 weeks

How do we sign up?

• signup online

Need more info?

• feel free to drop us an an email  with any further questions you may have

In case you are looking at a printed copy,  this page is available online at:
    http://www.icanprogram.com/extremelinux.html