Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : Phlip Date : Mon Aug 15 2005 06:08 pm Chris Sonnack wrote: > * What is J2EE? What does it mean? Java 2.0 Enterprise Edition. The payware version of Java, used as the primary programming language on board the Starship Enterprise. It sounds like Majel Barrett, so syntax errors like "exception not handled" sound just stern and condescending enough to make you want to handle all your exceptions. > * What is a Java Bean? Like a bacterial cyst, a dried speck that grows into a functioning bacteria when you add water, this is a dried up portable object that grows into a real, infectious object when you brew it. > * Visual BASIC: What are the two possible starting points in a > VB program (i.e. where are the first lines of code that run)? Either the registered subroutine of a non-class module, or the default form. However, under VBA, the system _might_ run whatever subroutine has the text caret when you tap . (That's not a joke!) > * Is it possible to create a "class" (user-defined object) in > JavaScript? And if so, how? In JavaScript, all lists are objects, all hashes are objects, and all members are hashes. So you write a constructor that creates a new list, then glues all its members on as assignment statements. This one's not a joke either. > * Name some HTML FORM controls. Oh, you meant types that any HTML designer in their right mind would ever use! > * What are three possible sources of style sheet info for an HTML > element? The style= attribute, the inside the body. I can't remember why I know this. > * What is the difference between an http GET and http POST? One's stuffed into the URL and the other is any of several cheap data format vaguely related to either URL formatting, or to e-mail, MIME, etc. For extra credit, pack one string in the POST full of XML and put all the data members in there. And get the nesting among the <> spaces etc. correct. > * Describe XML, XSD and XSLT. XML is the data markup format to end all data markup formats, XSD is some flavor with a D on it, and XSLT is the COBOL of the Naughties. You gotta write about 15 extra characters to get a useful 'if' statement. > I'm less interested in their exact answers than how they field the > question and respond, but obviously the content of the answer does > matter. I've heard that before. > And the technical part is on a piece of the whole. Ability to > work with others, seek out their own answers, network with others, > etc. are equally--if not in some ways more--important than their > technical ability. How about "Ability to spotlight their own biggest process flaws during the interview itself?" I'm not like that on the job! Really!! -- Phlip http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!! .