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Friday, January 14, 2005
QBasic
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QBasic for Not Yet Techies
The current version of QBasic or QuickBasic is 7.1, still
maintained by Microsoft, but apparently they will not
come out with more versions.
QBasic is sort of a software version of a chimpanzee.
One of its cousins evolved into Visual Basic and
recently into VB.NET. QBasic is still a limited
programming language good for beginners to learn
programming on and to create games with.
Creating games seems to be the main activity of
active QBasic programmers and enthusiasists.
For more information, go to:
QBasic programming language
Prosoft Web Certifications
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Prosoft Web Certifications for Not Yet Techies
On December 31, 2004, for the second time in a row,
Prosoft Training won the CertCities.com reader's choice
award for best Internet certifications, for its
CIW credentials.
Prosoft Training has issued 75,000 CIW certifications
so far. Since Novell dropped its competitive web
certifications, this puts Prosoft's CIW in the lead
for anyone looking to certify their Internet-related
technology skills. It is 7th largest among all
IT certifications and the 3rd largest among
vendor-neutral certifications.
The Prosoft Web Certifications CIW tracks are:
CIW Associate
CIW Professional
Master CIW Designer
Master CIW Administrator
CIW Security Analyst
CIW Web Developer
Master CIW Web Site Manager
Master CIW Enterprise Developer
I. All tracks start at the CIW Associate level. To get
there, you must pass a test on what they call the
Foundations:
CIW v5 Foundations -- CIW exam 1D0-510.
You have 90 minutes to answer 85 questions. You must
get at least 54 correct to pass.
II. The second level of CIW program is the Professional.
1. You must pass the above test to become a CIW Associate.
2. You must pass one of the 8 tests on a specific job role:
CIW Site Designer - CIW Exam 1D0-420
CIW Enterprise Specialist - CIW Exam 1D0-442
CIW Server Administrator - CIW Exam 1D0-450
CIW E-Commerce Designer - CIW Exam 1D0-425
CIW Internetworking Professional - CIW Exam 1D0-460
CIW Security Professional - CIW Exam 1D0-470
CIW Application Developer - CIW Exam 1D0-430
CIW Database Specialist - CIW Exam 1D0-441
Next you can move on the Master level in any of 4
different job roles:
1. Master CIW Designer
2. Master CIW Administrator
3. Master CIW Web Site Manager
4. Master CIW Enterprise Developer
1. Master CIW Designer requires you to pass 3 exams. The
first is the required-for-all Foundations. Then you must
also pass 2 Professional level exams:
CIW Site Designer - CIW Exam 1D0-420
CIW E-Commerce Designer - CIW Exam 1D0-425
2. Master CIW Administrator requires you to pass 3
Professional level exams:
CIW Server Administrator - CIW Exam 1D0-450
CIW Internetworking Professional - CIW Exam 1D0-460
CIW Security Professional - CIW Exam 1D0-470
3. Master CIW Web Site Manager requires you to pass 4
additional exams. Two of them are Professional exams:
CIW SCIW Server Administrator - CIW Exam 1D0-450
Site Designer - CIW Exam 1D0-420
You must also pass these other 2 exams:
CIW JavaScript Fundamentals - CIW Exam 1D0-435
CIW Perl Fundamentals - CIW Exam 1D0-437
4. Master CIW Enterprise Developer requires you to pass 7 exams
beyond the Foundations exam. 3 of them are Professional exams:
CIW Application Developer - CIW Exam 1D0-430
CIW Database Specialist - CIW Exam 1D0-441
CIW Enterprise Specialist - CIW Exam 1D0-442
You must also pass 3 other CIW exams:
CIW JavaScript Fundamentals - CIW Exam 1D0-435
CIW Perl Fundamentals - CIW Exam 1D0-437
CIW Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML - IBM Exam 1D0-538
You must also pass:
Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 - Sun Exam 310-025
or 310-035 so that you are a Sun Certified Java Programmer.
Prosoft Training also has two job role certifications they
don't apply the "Master" label to:
1. CIW Security Analyst
2. CIW Web Developer
1. To get the CIW Security Analyst title, you must:
a. pass the CIW Security Professional CIW exam 1D0-470
b. Obtain one of the following networking certifications:
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 4
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 2000
Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) 4
Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) 5
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Level 2
2. To get the CIW Web Developer title you must pass
CIW Web Developer Exam 1D0-532
For more information, go to:
Prosoft Training web certifications
PowerBuilder Certifications
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PowerBuilder Certifications for Not Yet Techies
Sybase has recently announced the latest version of
its Rapid Application Development / RAD tool
PowerBuilder as 10.0. However, the certifications
it is currently offering are for PowerBuilder
6,7,8 + 9, so the certification department has not yet
caught up with the development and marketing
departments.
The first level of PowerBuilder certifications is:
PowerBuilder Developer Associate
In fact, the test for this one is for PowerBuilder
8. It's exam 510-306. It's 49 multiple choice
questions. You must score at least 70% to pass.
You can test on previous versions but I only mention
the most up to date. Why study an obsolete version
of a program? It's hard enough to keep up. Start out
as far ahead as you can.
The second level of PowerBuilder certifications is:
PowerBuilder Developer Professional
They do have a test at this level for PowerBuilder 9.
It's exam 510-308. It's 60 multiple choice
questions. You must score 70% correct to pass.
There are a number of training courses available to
help you learn the material. Whether you take their
3 or 5 day trainings or not, you better have some
on the job experience.
For more information, go to:
PowerBuilder Certifications
PowerBuilder
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PowerBuilder for Not Yet Techies
PowerBuilder 10 is the latest version, released in August
2004 by Sybase. It is a Rapid Applications
Development / RAD tool for creating software programs.
You can use it to build data-driven applications for large
businesses. PowerBuilder 10.0 supports: Java 2 Enterprise
Edition / J2EE™ and Microsoft® .NET, plus 4GL applications.
Sybase PowerBuilder 10.0 includes Sybase DataWindow .NET for
working with .NET development tools.
Items in PowerBuilder 10.0 include:
Unicode Support
XML Web DataWindow
Support for Microsoft’s Active Accessibility® Interface
Application Refactoring and Object Modeling
PowerDesigner, Sybase’s enterprise modeling tool
For more information, go to:
Sybase PowerBuilder
