Movin' them doggies on the Cattle Drive

It's where you come to learn Java, and just like the cattle drivers of the old west, you're expected to pull your weight along the way.

The Cattle Drive forum , is where the drivers get together to complain, uh rather, discuss their assignments and encourage each other. Thanks to the enthusiastic initiative of Johannes de Jong , you can keep track of your progress on the drive with the Assignment Log . If you're tough enough to get through the nitpicking, you'll see your name on the Graduation Log .

And a shiny spur goes to...
In December 2001, congratulations went out to a few persistent drivers who made it through the various "schools" of the drive: Joel Cochran and Ronald Schindler collected their first silver spurs after completing the first batch of assignments, Java Fundamentals. A second silver spur goes to Pauline McNamara , who finished the second module, Classes and Objects. Lance Finney collected a golden spur for getting through Servlets, the third stage of the Cattle Drive. You can be sure they're hard workers (with maybe just a touch of masochism?)!

Back from being out on the range...
There are a couple Cattle Drivers worthy of mention, just for dusting off the dirt and saddling up again after being "out on the range". A hearty welcome back to Joel Cochran , Josue Cedeno , Joseph Russell and Christie Xu . Welcome also to Sam Tilley , the newest Driver on the Assignment Log.

Saddle sore...
Keep an eye out for these Cattle Drivers, who are hard at work on the last assignment of a series, so are expected to celebrate a graduation soon: Rajan Chhibber , Terrence Doyle , Christie Xu , Daniel Olsen and Jason Adam . Hang in there, y'all, those saddle sores will soon seem worth it!

Nitpicking is hard work too...
A roundup of Cattle Drive activities wouldn't be complete without mentioning the hard work of the nitpicker, Marilyn deQueiroz , who has guided many a Cattle Driver onto the right trail to clean code. Many thanks Marilyn for the abuse, uh rather, all the help!

Written by Pauline McNamara