Programming

Author and instructor of mainframe-related courses (including a 3-day REXX programming course).

Mostly in Rexx. Includes HTML preprocessor PPWIZARD.

Editorial with description and code; resulting forum comments and discussion of mostly positive opinion. [freshmeat.net]

Forum comments and discussion, with wide diversity of opinion, much of it positive. [Slashdot.org]

Provides a list of hosting companies for ruby on rails applications.

A next generation virtual machine VM for Ruby, uses best VM and dynamic language implementation research and technology of last 30 years; core libraries are in Ruby, makes system more accessible, easier to develop and extend. Open source, BSD.

Hosts over 1,000 open source projects, over 700 owners.

Provides a list of applications written and running with Ruby GTK.

Information on Ruby, powered by his XML module. Modules: XMLParser, Uconv, Oracle, VFlib3, Perl, Multibyte Extension for String class, Syslog; Libraries: Unicode, Susie Plugin, DirectDraw for Ruby, MDN.

Interfaces the Simple Directmedia Library to Ruby, giving it high speed graphics, sound, and input abilities. Links to related projects. [Open source, LGPL]

Program to encrypt/decrypt streams of data using Rijndael and Cipher Block Feedback mode (CFB-128), for shell scripts and Ruby. Description, downloads.

Provides tips and tutorials based on the problems the author encounters.

Hartford, CT area SAS user group dedicated to sharing information and quarterly meetings with interested SAS users from Mass, CT and NY.

Gives a comparison of various database management systems, including features, query syntax, functions and operators.

A blog with various entries on syntax, functions and table manipulation, ranging from basic to advanced.

A collection of tutorials on various aspects of SQL and databases, submitted by experts in the field.

High-performance, strongly typed language, support for SGML and XML document standards, part of Structured Information Manager (SIM) product range. Free Download.

Smalltalk variant that runs atop any Java virtual machine (VM) conforming to Sun Java specifications; has some Java features to better support integrating the two languages, declarative language model. [Open Source, BSD-like]

Nik Boyd paper considers criteria to assess language neutrality of a software development platform. Response to Roger Sessions.

By David M. Ungar; dissertation sponsored by DARPA; read online or download PDF. [UC Berkeley SUNSITE, Online]

Brief article related to developers, announcements, and programming; many forum comments. [Slashdot]

Language independent (Ada, C++, COBOL, Java, Smalltalk) reverse engineering tool, combines metrics, software visualization; based on Moose implementation of FAMIX metamodel, coded in VisualWorks Smalltalk. [free non-commercial use]

Weblog on Squeak, Smalltalk, and related topics: Croquet, Plopp, Seaside, some Java, T-shirts. By Torsten Bergmann.

A loadable shared library widget implemented in C that interprets HTML.

A project to create a framework for working with Tcl projects.

Tcl-based web servers, applets, and other assorted tools.

Official home page. Information, history, source and binary downloads, publications.

Online book. Reviews.

A development tool that allows to create large comments that can be pasted into Visual Basic code. It's a Visual Basic Add-In that integrates seamlessly into the development environment.

Offers forums for discussion, an integrated directory, daily news, and services geared towards Visual Basic professionals and users of Visual Basic products.

A turn-based strategy game based on the boardgame of the same name. All missions from the 2nd edition Space Hulk game are included. The VB6 source code is available.

This book specific site offers a review of the first chapter and contains downloadable source code for all of the applications used in the book.

Links and information related to Visual Basic programming.

If you are new to Visual Basic, click on the links on the left and right of the screen, otherwise, visit the forum page. Download author programs/OCXs.

QBASIC and Quick BASIC downloads, Visual Basic controls, and Windows applications.

Have programs made in visual basic, for free download.

Source codes, tips and tricks.

Code tricks and tips for faster, more versatile applications, with screenshots and step by step directions.

Several functions including how to convert numbers between bases, check to see if a year is a leap year, and how to create threads.

Includes Space Invaders and a Netbus clone.

The standard "Hello World" application for beginners.

Sample code for manipulating AOL. Also has other interesting API calls.

This site contains various code samples including how to write 3D graphics applications in Visual Basic and DirectX.

Visual Basic games and projects.

A tool for protecting client-side and server-side VBScript code from reverse engineering and illegal reuse, with support for ensuring licensing (expiration, hostname binding, custom). [Commercial]

FoxPro consultancy, development and training. Developer of database systems and interfaces for other Microsoft applications.

FoxPro for Linux and Java-enable. Accessing FoxPro data from Java servlets.

Visual FoxPro application developer.

J. Mike Spivey; Prentice Hall, International Series in Computer Science, 1988, 1992, 2001, ISBN 0139785299. Standard reference work for Z. Description, free downloads: PostScript, PDF, LaTeX. [University of Oxford]

Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]