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An Introduction to the Boo Programming Language

In: Computer Programming Languages

Boo is an object oriented programming with the ease of use of Python and the advantage of type inference. Why make programming harder than it need be? more...

An Introduction to a Nice Programming Language

In: Computer Programming Languages

Nice is a programming language that extends Java and Java classes, but it is very simple to use. It can even add methods to a class without touching the source code. more...

Taking Control with the PC Command Line

In: Command Line Programming

The Linux command line is a powerful place to be, and that power is available to a Windows user as well. Now everyone can take complete control of their own computers. more...

How to Determine a File Type on Linux

In: Linux Programming

The Linux find command can be used to identify file types and, as part of a script, it can process those files. For example, to add images to a web page. more...

Working with the Greek Alphabet and C#

In: Computer Programming Tutorials

The Greek alphabet cannot be displayed directly as part of a C# application. Instead ASCII codes must be used. Fortunatley that is not very difficult. more...

VBScript and the ASCII Greek Alphabet

In: Computer Programming Languages

Greek letters cannot be added directly to a web page - they need ASCII codes. And a little VBScript code makes life a lot easier. more...

Display the Greek Alphabet with VBScript

In: Computer Programming Tutorials

The Greek alphabet cannot typed directly into a web page. Instead ASCII codes must be used. So, intead of having to remember 48 separate codes just use VBScript code. more...

A Brief Introduction to Lua Scripting

In: Computer Programming Languages

Lua (portuguese for "Moon") is the scripting language used for World of Warcraft's interface customization. It's light, fast, portable, embeddable and very easy to learn more...

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