Although bash scripts are regularly maligned, they do have a certain simplicity and ease of creation that makes them hard to resist. But sometimes you really need to do some heavy lifting in another ...

The Python scripting language is gaining widespread acceptance as a tool used in the configuration and maintenance of Linux. Python has been compared to PERL in terms of its applicability, but it has ...

In this article, I survey a clutch of popular programming languages and provide some personal opinions as to when it is appropriate to use each of them. I'll also talk about some of the development ...

They are replacing the required bash course with perl. Students can still take the bash course later as an elective, but by then they will be into their system admin courses where they have to use ...

Every few years something significant happens in the land of computer programming. In my opinion the Ruby computer language is such a landmark. Over the years I have seen programmer productivity go up ...

Developers already have numerous options from the likes of Microsoft and Google for learning how to code in the popular Python programming language. But now budding Python developers can read up on ...