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angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:26 PM

I can get education reimbursement through my job and.. It's gonna be job-related, so

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:27 PM

1. That's almost software coding related.
2. Not really art but I don't care
3. They have an office in Toronto

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:27 PM

It was suggested I learn Javascript and xml

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:27 PM

SO

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:28 PM

I'm jumping on this because they want me to be back up someone and I want to know what they know

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:29 PM

XML backs like 1000000% of so many systems so knowing it is A++

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:31 PM

But I will avoid going into a random spilling of information about it.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 6:33 PM

Just like its the basis for configuration files and HTML and ingest files/storing of info so you run into it all the time. XD

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:03 PM

It has a similar structure to HTML, there's that

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:04 PM

I need to learn more about servers and programming languages. I'm totally willing to learn this stuff

I don't know where to start

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:05 PM

I vaguely remember some details of Java at least?

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:05 PM

A good chunk of the software people here are self taught

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:06 PM

I'm open to suggestions

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:40 PM

XD it's the reverse. HTML has the structure of XML

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:41 PM

XML is basically... Free form. Then you make Schema documents that limit what your XML documents should actually contain.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:42 PM

But there's standard syntax.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:42 PM

Like <a href="LINK" target="_blank>STUFF</a>

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:43 PM

Oops forgot the closed " but you know.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:46 PM

Servers and Programming are generally handled by different people to some extent. Programmers use virtual machines to test code but

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:46 PM

System Admins and Database Admins handle a lot of the server stuff.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:47 PM

Because it's just... Such a huge expanse of knowledge needed to do all the stuff.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:47 PM

More than most have. But programmers generally have some high level understanding of databases and servers since we gotta code for them.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:48 PM

The good part is that you can actually dick around with XML using the JAXB library/toolset, and there are things online to teach you that stuff. (YouTube!)

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:48 PM

So you can mess around with Java and XML at the same time.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:50 PM

The book I learned to use XML was Beginning XML by Joe Fawcett, Danny Ayers.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:51 PM

I only went to Chapter 5 to get the basics but it has more stuff about other languages that use it and processing stuff and so on.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:52 PM

JavaScript might have Java in it but they're completely different beasts from what I understand

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:53 PM

Which to learn first Java or javascript?

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:54 PM

XML is something you will need NO MATTER what programming language you work in so that's a definite. Understanding XML will help you with a ton of derivative things.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:55 PM

But generally code will ingest and spit out the XML for you after you set it all up.

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 8:56 PM

Also it looks like XML (or XML derivative) is used by some vector graphics

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 10:25 PM

CricketMomJenn : I think to my understanding he told me I should learn Javascript

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 10:26 PM

Because the system that I work with is gonna be phased out and eventually move onto a different program and server

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 10:26 PM

The conversion is going to be slow but for lack of better words, I want to learn programming to help facilitate that and ensure what we run on machines works

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 10:27 PM

But I meant Javascript so yes

angrbodic

@angrbodic

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 10:27 PM

But tldr I want to learn more programming to be a valuable addition to this company

CricketMomJenn

@icelightning

Wed, Jan 25, 2017 10:34 PM

/nod