[Courses] [Python] Welcome

[Jacqueline McNally]

I feel that I have only dipped my toes into programming, and have not 
designed my own programmes for many many years. I know enough to *read* 
most programming languages for technical writing purposes, but only as a 
last resort.

I am comfortable with HTML and JavaScript.

I got interested in Java in order to compose online help cross-platform, 
but have not done much tweaking here as Sun provided a way for me to use 
FrameMaker source and create JavaHelp.

Java introduced me to object-orientated thinking and programming, so I am 
looking to Python now to follow up that interest.

I have great respect for pythons as we would see them regularly when I 
lived in North-West Australia. I still find them fascinating, although have 
grown out of the desire to handle them :)

I look forward to handling some Python of my own making.

All the best
Jacqueline McNally
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/users/zenryaku/

Community Contact, Australia/New Zealand
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
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