Does this describe you?

- Interested in learning about data-driven Web development
- Stuck with a Windows box and no hope of getting something not blessed by IT
- Curious, but a little nervous, about jumping feet first into Linux
- A little nervous about jumping feet first into server setup
- A little nervous about installing all the stuff you need

Since I've taken on the label of journalist-programmer, I've noticed two things: Journalists think programming is a lot more complicated than it is, and the amount of actual programming we use is very, very minimal. Most of the programming I do is really just variations on the same few themes.

If you've been doing CAR for any length of time, this should sound familiar to you. We use a fraction of the tool, and what we do really isn't that hard or complicated.