Computer Programming

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Mark Alexander Bain
Oct 10, 2008
Accessing Yahoo! Finance from PHP
In: PHP Programming
Yahoo! Finance is online and free, and when combined with PHP the end result is a web site that will bring people back again and again.
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Oct 9, 2008
An Introduction to Google Finance
In: Computer Programming (general)
Google Finance is still in Beta mode, but it's an excellent source of finacial data. This article shows how programmers and analysts can access that on-line and free data
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Oct 7, 2008
An Introduction to AWK
In: Linux Programming
This article looks at AWK - a powerful Linux tool that can be used to analyse and format data such as CSV files containing stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance.
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Oct 5, 2008
Using Yahoo! Financial Stock Quotes
In: Computer Programming (general)
Yahoo! Financial stock quotes are free, on-line and can be accessed either via the Yahoo! web site or downloaded into Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc
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Oct 1, 2008
Using Javascript to Validate Forms
In: Javascript/Java Programming
HTML forms are on many web pages - this article shows how use Javascript code to validate the data entered into the forms
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Sep 30, 2008
MySQL Stored Procedures and Triggers
In: Database Programming
MySQL stored procedures and triggers are a powerful tool in the hands of a database developer. This articles looks at how to use them to automate tasks on a database.
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Sep 29, 2008
What is PHP?
In: Computer Programming Languages
PHP forms the backbone of many web sites - this article has a look at what PHP is and how to start using it.
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Sep 26, 2008
Using Batch Files to Create MySQL Databases
In: Command Line Programming
A batch file provides an historical record when creating MySQL databases and the objects in them (tables, views and stored procedures)
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