Programming and scripting languages: general

Cryptography, the science of secret writing, is the biggest, baddest security tool in the application programmer's arsenal.

The popular open source KDE desktop environment for Unix was built with Qt, a C++ class library for writing GUI applications that run on Unix, Linux, Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT platforms.

SQL Server 2005, Microsoft's next-generation data management and analysis solution, represents a huge leap forward.

Perl is a very powerful tool for Oracle database administrators, but too few DBAs realize how helpful Perl can be in managing, monitoring, and tuning Oracle databases.

Historically, programming hasn't been considered a critical skill for biologists.

Anyone who interacts with today's modern databases needs to know SQL (Structured Query Language), the standard language for generating, manipulating, and retrieving database information.

All of Java's Input/Output (I/O) facilities are based on streams, which provide simple ways to read and write data of different types.

Multi-core chips from Intel and AMD offer a dramatic boost in speed and responsiveness, and plenty of opportunities for multiprocessing on ordinary desktop computers.

Concise but thorough, this second edition of C# Essentials introduces the Microsoft C# programming language, including the Microsoft .

Mathematica Cookbook helps you master the application's core principles by walking you through real-world problems.

What if you could condense Java down to its very best features and build better applications with that simpler version?

If you need a reliable tool for technical documentation, this clear and concise reference will help you take advantage of DocBook, the popular XML schema originally developed to document computer and hardware projects.

Servlets are an exciting and important technology that ties Java to the Web, allowing programmers to write Java programs that create dynamic web content.

Cryptography, the science of secret writing, is the biggest, baddest security tool in the application programmer's arsenal.

In its first five years of existence, The Perl Journal ran 247 articles by over 120 authors.

In its first five years of existence, The Perl Journal ran 247 articles by over 120 authors.

The Korn shell is an interactive command and scripting language for accessing Unix and other computer systems.

The Korn shell is an interactive command and scripting language for accessing Unix and other computer systems.

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Looking for a reliable way to learn how to program on your own, without being overwhelmed by confusing concepts?

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What do Ford Financial, IBM, and Victoria's Secret have in common?

With a new name and a new focus on CORBA, database drivers, and Microsoft Back Office applications, Inprise/Borland Delphi is enjoying a resurgence, with a growing user base of programmers who use Delphi for rapid development of enterprise computing applications.

All of todays mainstream database products support the SQL language, and relational theory is what SQL is supposed to be based on.

"e;Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design is a refreshing look at subject of OOAD.

Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail -- often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't know how to use the software you developed.

Powerful, flexible, and easy to use, Python is an ideal language for building software tools and applications for life science research and development.

This book is for busy programmers who want a succinct and yet readable guide to C# 3.

ASP in a Nutshell provides the high-quality reference documentation that web application developers really need to create effective Active Server Pages.

If you need to parse or process text data in Linux or Unix, this useful book explains how to use flex and bison to solve your problems quickly.

Mac users everywhere--even those who know nothing about programming--are discovering the value of the latest version of AppleScript, Apple's vastly improved scripting language for Mac OS X Tiger.

Now installed on more than 20 million Internet domains around the world, PHP is an undisputed leader in web programming languages.

MySQL is the world's most popular open source database.

PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language, has been the cornerstone of Oracle application development for nearly 15 years.

JavaServer Faces, or JSF, brings a component-based model to web application development that's similar to the model that's been used in standalone GUI applications for years.

SQL in a Nutshell applies the eminently useful "e;Nutshell"e; format to Structured Query Language (SQL), the elegant--but complex--descriptive language that is used to create and manipulate large stores of data.

Regular expressions are such a powerful tool for manipulating text and data that anyone who uses a computer can benefit from them.

The Perl Pocket Reference is an invaluable reference for those who find themselves frequently searching for a quick answer to a question or reminder of a syntax rule.

To-the-point, authoritative, no-nonsense solutions have always been a trademark of O'Reilly books.

This complete guide to the Perl programming language ranges widely through the Perl programmer's universe, gathering together in a convenient form a wealth of information about Perl itself and its application to CGI scripts, XML processing, network programming, database interaction, and graphical user interfaces.

The implementation of stored procedures in MySQL 5.

Why program Excel?

With a worldwide community of users and more than a million dedicated programmers, Perl has proven to be the most effective language for the latest trends in computing and business.

Architects of buildings and architects of software have more in common than most people think.

Ruby is an absolutely pure object-oriented scripting language written in C and designed with Perl and Python capabilities in mind.

Powerful, flexible, and easy to use, Python is an ideal language for building software tools and applications for life science research and development.

Looking for a reliable way to learn how to program on your own, without being overwhelmed by confusing concepts?

Concise but thorough, this second edition of C# Essentials introduces the Microsoft C# programming language, including the Microsoft .

Avoid misunderstandings that can affect the design, programming, and use of database systems.