I've been going to some of the meetings of the SyncHerts group for a year or so. It brings together developers, entrepreneurs and other interested parties to enjoy presentations and chat. I enjoy just talking with my fellow geeks.
Last night's talks were about Docker, which I didn't know too much about, and a PHP data access system called Agile Data presented by the guy who developed it. The latter relates to the sort of things I work on and I wish they used something like that. I do a lot of work with databases, mostly Oracle.
I used to go to Herts LUG (Linux User Group), but some of those people come to the SyncHerts meetings too. Nowadays Linux is more mainstream and I know a lot of developers work with it. It's been my main home OS for many years.
Got to love Tux.
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How interesting, again:
My main work area is Oracle Forms 11 with loads of PL/SQL in a 12c database :)
I haven't done forms, but have done a lot of PL/SQL. Still waiting for the company to upgrade from 11 :)
We (OK, our main client) migrated this year straight from 10. We do have some issues with NLS and varchar2(4000) fields, date fields and xml's. Otherwise no problems.
I would rather do APEX but legacy is legacy ...
On the other hand I am researching / learning / taking two paths. First is WordPress - no programming, just setting up, fidgeting with themes, and running. Second is all blockchain (whatever variety) related stuff. The real future.
I'm playing around with Python for fun. Want to try coding stuff around the Steem blockchain, even if it's just for my own interest
Got to love Tux, yep.
I used to be member of SSLUG - Sjælland-Skåne Linux User Group :)
LUGs are fun. I learnt a lot about what is possible. Sometimes you have to actually be there to appreciate it.
By the way - I am starting to learn about docker and work with docker. My first steps include just using it. You know, Synereo alpha node is a docker image ;)