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Languages for Users (page 348)



"Some computer languages are designed with nonprogrammers in mind. They are not as powerful and versatile as professional programming languages, but they meet the modest needs of specific users." The following pages will explore these languages.

 

ScriptWeb.
Collaborative effort to provide a single source of information for Macintosh scripting, primarily for AppleScript and Frontier.

VBScript.
Visual Basic Script is a fast, portable, lightweight interpreter for use in World Wide Web browsers and other applications that use Microsoft® ActiveX® Controls, Automation servers, and Java applets.

PERL.
This is PERL language home page. PERL is a widely used UNIX scripting language, which is very popular among web developers.

The Language List.
The Language List attempts to enumerate all known programming languages. Many links to explore.

The XML Cover Pages: XML and Query Languages.
A paper by Robin Cover regarding query languages.

A Beginner's Guide to JavaScript.
A tutorial and more.

The JavaScript Source.
A source for JavaScript applets.

Sun's Java Home Page.
The source for Java technology.

A Beginner's Guide to HTML.
An excellent guide to learning HTML code.

XML.com.
Information and services for the XML community.






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