If you are writing a program that has a technical user base, it is a nice touch to make the program scriptable. In fact, you might want to do the hard work in a programming language and then use your ...

For some reason, I’m often asked this question: is scripting programming or just systems administration? Oddly enough, we briefly addressed this within the firstPowerShell Unleashed book. But, because ...

I often see this term get tossed around like salad such as "Im running a SCRIPT to do this.. that..". What does this term really mean? Could someone please give me a definition of what this is? Whats ...

The former second-class citizens of the programming world have leaped to the fore, changing the face of enterprise software development. With the rise of Web 2.0, scripting languages (also called ...

Here's a secret you might not have known: you don't need advanced programming skills to write basic code, and learning how can make a massive difference in the way you use your computer. Anyone can do ...

Some Java applications’ requirements make integration with a scripting language necessary. For example, your users may need to write scripts that drive the application, extend it, or contain loops and ...

Scripting used to be a quick fix or a spare-time hobby; today it's become a must-have for even the Java-based developer's toolkit. Get perspective on what's next for dynamic languages, from leading ...

So my programming skills are rudimentary at best. I have a basic but somewhat rusty (it's been about 3 years) working knowledge of C and C++.<BR><BR>I'm doing some work that I would like to automate ...