Applied Visual, Event-Driven, Distributed, Object-Oriented, (VEDOC) Computing Using X-Window GUI and the Internet

计算技术已经从关注单一工作站迅速发展到关注通过内部网或因特网共享资源。计算机信息系统(CIS)和工程部门正在努力跟上这些计算技术的快速变化。正如咨询小组指出的那样，一个关键需求是培养软件技术人员的技能，使他们能够在需要可视化、事件驱动、分布式、面向对象的计算(VEDOC)解决方案的环境中高效地工作。这方面的教学重点进展相当缓慢，很大程度上受到陈旧或不足的设备的限制。该项目旨在开发必要的计算硬件/软件和课程修订，以培训学生在跨平台硬件和VEDOC环境中的能力。该项目基于X-Window图形用户界面、Linux操作系统和TCL/Tk。这些软件工具是免费提供的，并且已经实施。将开发基础硬件并修订课程以满足项目目标。Java是在课程开发的后期阶段部署的。通过CIS系攻读硕士学位(软件技术员学位)的本科生、攻读A.S.工程计算机科学转学学位的本科生以及学生再培训都将受到该项目的影响。*

Computing technology has rapidly evolved from a focus on the single workstation to a focus on shared resources over an intranet or the Internet. The Computer Information Systems (CIS) and the Engineering Departments are struggling to keep pace with these rapid shifts in computing technology. A critical need, as pointed out by advisory groups, is to develop skills for software technicians such that they can productively function in environments requiring visual, event driven, distributed, object-oriented computing (VEDOC) solutions. Teaching focus toward this end is moving rather slowly, largely inhibited by obsolete or inadequate equipment. This project is designed to develop the computing hardware/software and curricular revisions necessary to train students in cross-platform hardware and VEDOC environments. This project is based upon X-Window GUIs, Linux operating system, and Tcl/Tk. These software tools are freely available and have already been implemented. Underlying hardware is to be developed and curricula revised to meet project objectives. Java is deployed in a later stage of curricula development. Undergraduate students seeking the M.S. degree (a software technicians degree) through the CIS Department, undergraduate students seeking the A.S. Engineering Computer Science transfer degree, and students retraining are affected by this project. *