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Where should I start?
« on: October 23, 2012, 07:20:32 AM »
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I am not a programmer, but I have been working in the software development space for the last year.  I am interested in devoting some of my "free reading" time to developing my technical skills. I took classes in Basic, Fortran and Pascal 20 years ago, but that is the extent of my formal training. I think I would like to start learning about the coding languages we are using for the project I am working on and wonder if anyone can recommend some reading. 

My guess is that I can handle either 50,000 foot overview/theory material or manual type material if its not so dry as to be unreadable. The areas I want to learn about include:

Java script
Jnode
JQuery
SQL
Server structure/architecture
Cloud architecture
Drupal

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks!
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Re: Where should I start?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 07:23:29 AM »
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Where are you wanting to direct your mental fire hose after your absorption?  Might drive the intellectual spongification....
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Re: Where should I start?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 01:59:58 PM »
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My motivation is to develop the tools to understand the advantages and limitations of different tools and be able to think about potential breakdown points, bottle-necks, and incremental costs associated with our software products. 
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Re: Where should I start?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2012, 12:40:23 PM »
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Quote from: Paulonius on October 23, 2012, 01:59:58 PM
My motivation is to develop the tools to understand the advantages and limitations of different tools and be able to think about potential breakdown points, bottle-necks, and incremental costs associated with our software products. 

Just my 2 cents but the majority of the afore mentioned thoughts tend to lean towards hardware instead of software related IMHO. Might want to pick up a few digital engineerig books :)
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Re: Where should I start?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2012, 12:13:04 PM »
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Our solution is SaS, web based with companion mobile application. Its all cloud server based on the functional side. I guess your point is well taken from an internet traffic perspective. I could devote some effort into understanding the nuts and bolts of that...
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