student Perl code, head-desk injuries, and you
By Kevin Metcalf (profmetcalf)
Date: Tuesday, 24 June 2014 13:30
Duration: 50 minutes
Target audience: Beginner
Language: English
Tags: college fail headdesk learn p5 perl student
Last year's hilarious talk - update with this year's mistakes, too! Beginning students make beginner mistakes, just like the rest of us. Sometimes comical, sometimes painful, bad code can teach us as much as good code - sometimes more. From eq vs == to fork() while fork(), learn what not to do - preferably before you do it.
(Kevin Metcalf teaches Perl at De Anza College in Cupertino, CA, where he also works as a system administrator.)
