Warpstock 99 - Atlanta, October 16-17, 1999
         Two fun filled days of OS/2 and YOU!
Registration discount has been extended to October 14th!
   Visit http://www.warpstock.org for full details             
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Source: Dan Casey (dcasey@iquest.net)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com)
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The Warpstock planners are proud to announce that there will
be a wide variety of software development presentations at
this year's Warpstock.  Besides six presentations on a
variety of programming topics, there will also be a session
that introduces software development to people with no
programming experience.

"If you're a programmer or thinking about learning
programming, I guarantee there will be at least one
presentation that will teach you something," says Timur
Tabi, considered by many to be the world's sexiest OS/2
programmer.  "Who can claim that they know Rexx, Object
Rexx, Presentation Manager, Assembly Language, OS/2 device
drivers, TCP/IP programming, and Java? No one I know, not
even me."

The software developer presentations are:

Introduction to Programming: This presentation is intended
for people with no programming experience. Attendees will
learn the basics about software development, such as: the
software development cycle, what tools a programmer uses,
what makes a computer language, how computers work, and
more.

Introduction to REXX Programming: REXX is the built-in
scripting language of OS/2, and everyone who uses OS/2
regularly should know REXX.  It has the ability to control
almost every aspect of OS/2, and it is the most commonly
used language for applications that support scripting.  OS/2
users who know REXX are ten times more productive than those
who don't.  This presentation will cover everything you need
to write basic REXX programs.

Object REXX I and II: Object REXX (OREXX) is REXX on
steroids. OREXX takes the REXX language and adds object
oriented extensions, much like C++ does for C.  Two members
of Aviar, Inc. will lead you through this amazingly powerful
and cross-platform language.  The first session introduces
the language and cover its syntax and use.  The second
session covers advanced OREXX, with a focus on multi-media
and multi-threading.

Introduction to Presentation Manager Programming:
Presentation Manager (PM) is the graphical interface for
OS/2 - every OS/2 application that displays a window on the
desktop needs to use PM.  Why waste your time (and your
users') with bloated software made with the Visual Age class
library or Java?  Learn to write graphical applications
using the PM API, and your software will be small, fast, and
powerful.

Introduction to Assembly language Programming: Think
assembly language is only for gear heads who need to shave
10 microseconds from their code?  Think again - you can't
become a top-notch programmer unless you understand how the
CPU works, and you can't learn that without knowing assembly
language.  This presentation will give you everything you
need to understand assembly language programs.

Introduction to Device Driver Programming: Timur Tabi
continues his long standing tradition of making sure that
every OS/2 user knows how to write a device driver.  Why
wait for IBM or some uncaring hardware vendor to write a
driver for OS/2, when you can write your own?!  And new for
this year, the presentation has been expanded to two parts!
In Part 1, you'll learn all the basics of writing an OS/2
device driver.  In Part 2, Timur will go over an entire OS/2
device driver, line by line.

TCP/IP Programming on OS/2: Paul Hethmon, author of the
Inet.Mail mail server for OS/2, once again teaches TCP/IP
programming for OS/2.  TCP/IP is the backbone of the
Internet and the most popular network technology on the
planet, and OS/2 Warp is best platform for networking.  Let
Paul teach you everything you need to write TCP/IP enabled
applications under OS/2, including differences between OS/2
and other implementations of TCP/IP.

Java Programming: Gordon Roland takes off his Chairperson hat
and puts on his Java hat with two presentations on the Java
programming language.  First, Gordon tells you how you can
migrate your old COBOL applications to Java, using his
experiences as examples.  Then, in "Overview of Java
Technology Today", he talks about design goals of Java and
how well those goals have been met.  He finishes with an
overview of the state of the art today.

More information about Warpstock '99 can be found at the
official Warpstock web site, http://www.warpstock.org.  To
see the list of presentations and when they are scheduled,
click on the item "List of Presentations" on the left side.
 
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