On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Michael Cree <mcree(a)orcon.net.nz> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 10:31:27PM +0000, Ian Stewart wrote:
A few years from now and Computer Science graduates won't have seen a console terminal window let alone typed a command on one. Imagine the complexity of getting a computer science student to understand why they would type "ls -l" at a "$" prompt [...]
Well, I can assure that our Engineering graduates (Uni Waikato) are being required to learn scripting and the bash prompt in their first year computing studies. So, even if the computer science graduates can't (and to be honest, I am still bumping into many computer science students who can) the engineering students can.
Yes ENG182 is very cool. Nice that it teaches bash and Python. Shame about the C#. Having to catchup on the C# that they missed out on for future C# papers and no carry on of Python is something to work on. More Python savvy lab assistances/tutors would help also - though I've heard students stepping up to this which is cool, peer tutoring/learning. A sysadmin course similar to what they offer at Otago Polytechnic would be cool. Cheers, Willkam