[ale] [ANNC] ALE-NW @ SPSU MTG. for Thurs., Feb. 9, 7:30pm

[JD]

As reminder that tomorrow evening, Thursday, ALE-NW is proud to have Michael
Potter presenting:
   SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS FOR BASH

Everyone is welcome!  Details below.


On 01/29/2012 06:10 PM, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
> The next ALE-NW at SPSU meeting is being held
> Thursday,  Feb. 9th, 2012 at 7:30pm in room 131
> of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus.
> 
> The feature presentation will be Michael Potter's
> most excellent presentation on:
>    SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS FOR BASH.
> 
> Abstract:
> - bash (and scripting languages in general) act as the glue that
> hold other system components together.  This presentation will
> focus on the underutilized features of bash that are critical to
> building production quality scripts, Demos will show you how to
> turn on options that expose the hidden timebombs in the code.
> - Turning these features on should be considered a requirement
> much like turning on strict and warnings are considered a
> requirement for Perl.
> -Much of the bash syntax is redundant; I will also explain which
> syntax to use and which syntax to avoid.
> - Knowledge of any of the common UNIX scripting languages
> will be sufficient to attend this meeting.  Scripters at all proficiency
> levels will get value from attending this presentation.  Although I
> do not address differences between Korn shell and bash, much
> of what I talk about also applies to Korn shell.
> - I developed this presentation after getting frustrated with bash's
> default behavior of continuing to process after an error occurred.
> I was determined to find a way to make bash a more reliable
> language.
> ---------
> 
> Bio:
> - Michael has been working in IT since 1989 when he switched
> from programming automotive embedded systems. Since that
> time he has been involved in projects related to moving mainframe
> applications to UNIX and Linux using open-source technologies.
> - Recently Michael incorporated Tapp Solutions, LLC.  A company
> dedicated to serving the insurance industry with mobile, desktop
> and web applications.  Including handheld quote calculators and
> scanned document handling.
> 
> You can reach Michael at michael at potter.name
> 
> =======
> For a campus map and a link to directions please see
> <http ://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm>
> or visit the ALE NW wiki page at
> <http://tomshiro.org/twiki/view/ALE/AleNwOrg>
> Parking in non reserved spaces in the P60 deck is best.
> building J, the Atrium building, is a short distance east
> of the parking deck.
> ======
> ALE-NW at SPSU meetings are open events and we hope
> you will join us!  Also remember that topic suggestions
> and presentation offers the meetings can be emailed to
> [ jdp (at) algoloma ]
> 
> ======
> Thanks to JD for preparing this notice. As always, the
> info is also available to the public on our sit:
> <http://ale.org>
>