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How to find duration of a video using perl scripts. Is use of FFMPEG and other modules necessary for this ? [closed]
I am a novice to perl hence any help will be much appreciated
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Is bash “finished”? [closed]
Should bash be expected to change in ways that break non-trivial amounts of existing scripts at some point in the (near/<5y) future? How much change has it gone trough in the last ten years ...
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When would using a scripting language within a larger program be useful?
I have heard of several situations of people using say, JavaScript or Python (or something), inside a program written in C#. When would using a language like JavaScript to do something in a C# program ...
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Is there any windows installer maker with decent scripting capabilities? [closed]
I need to do complex dependency processing during the installation of our solution, install a few related programs from their own installers and also probably run a few simple tests to determine ...
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What is a good script language for writing server administration tasks? [closed]
I am administering hundreds of RHEL servers. There are many daily tasks to perform. Right now I am working with bash scripting and python. I was wondering if other languages such as Erlang, Lua, Ruby, ...
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client side scripting and server side scripting [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are the difference between server-side and client-side programming?
Most of the websites in the internet are coded in both server side scripting language and client ...
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Should code completion be a consideration when choosing a programming language for a project? [closed]
For high level RAD,
Java / C# is stronger typed than python / ruby looser typed.
So Java / C# can provide more accurate code completion which boost productivity.
We don't want to do meaningless ...
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How did Python become popular as a scripting language? [closed]
I looked at it in my field of work, which is film and pretty much every software we use comes with python as a scripting language: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Python_software That made me ...
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REST efficiency on count and sum methods
For example, if I have a Customer Transactions Table and I create a REST for it. The fields are: date, description, and total_amount.
I am trying to figure out which one is much more efficient when ...
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What is the standard term for my role?
I'm doing work that involves writing code and managing developers in a "special projects" division of a large company. I'd like to define my role better and figure out if there's an industry standard ...
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Is JScript dying? And if so, what is Microsoft pushing for in its stead? [closed]
I specifically became interested in JScript because of its sheer similarity to Javascript (yes, I know, they're "the same thing"). My uses for it are console apps, the kind that can receive standard ...
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Requiring multithreading/concurrency for implementation of scripting language
Here's the deal: I'm looking at designing my own scripting/interpreted language for fun. I'm only in the planning stages right now; I want to make sure I have a very strong hold on exactly how I will ...
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Should extension scripts be run in a sandbox?
In particular, this is about game extensions written in lua (luajit-2.0). I was contemplating whether I should restrict what these scripts can do, and arrived at the conclusion that I probably ...
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Create device receive SMS parse to text ( SMS Gateway ) [closed]
I want to have a setup to where a text message containing a command in the body with parameters, will be sent to a script on server space to to be parsed, with a parser I will write. It would look ...
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Scripting custom drawing in Delphi application with IF/THEN/ELSE statements?
I'm building a Delphi application which displays a blueprint of a building, including doors, windows, wiring, lighting, outlets, switches, etc. I have implemented a very lightweight script of my own ...
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Where should I define constants in scripts?
When writing scripts using a modern scripting language, e.g. Powershell or JavaScript, where should I define constants? Should I make all constants global for readability and ease of use, or does it ...
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Automated deployment/installation of development tools [closed]
My team is looking to automate installation/deployment of all of our development tools.
The main driver for this is to ensure that everyone in the team has a consistent development environment setup ...
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What does (Lua) game scripting mean?
I've read that Lua is often used for embedded scripting and in particular game for scripting. I find it hard to picture how it is used exactly.
Can you describe why and for which features and for ...
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What scripting languages can be embedded within HTML?
Most of scripting languages (like Pythong, Perl, etc) generates the whole HTMLfile. However, PHP code can be embedded within html codes. PHP will process only code between <?php ?> tags and ...
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Should I use a heredoc or an external template file in my bash script?
I realise that this question may be down to personal preference but I'm pretty new to bash/shell scripting so thought it'd be worth some research to see if there's some sort of standard/best practise ...
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Is it possible to call an ASPX from UNIX shell script
I want to call an ASPX page from a UNIX script running on a separate server from the ASP Web Server and send the ASPX page information in the URL. Is this possible? If so, what is the script command ...
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What software models are appropriate for daily builds and continuous integration?
On reading the joel test and about daily builds, a discussion with a few tech-lead friends of mine in various companies revealed that they never did daily builds or continuous integration because ...
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Scripting language for filling out web form
I have a job as an intern at a technology company, I was given the unfortunate job of performing some data entry into our web management system. The information entered into the web form is stored in ...
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Is it a good idea to write an OS in a scripting language? [closed]
Is it a good idea to create an OS that's written in a scripting language?
For example, how about creating an OS using Python?
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What defines a language as a scripting language? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the main difference between Scripting Languages and Programming Languages?
I'd like to know what defines a language as a scripting language compared against ...
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Is there any officially recognized, specific determinants that make a language programming/scripting? [duplicate]
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What is the main difference between Scripting Languages and Programming Languages?
I remember when I was first learning web-based programming everyone was intent on ...
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Differentiating between user script input formats
I have a .NET project at work that provides a couple of (Iron)Python scripts to the customers, to allow them to customize the output of the program. The application generates code for certain ...
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What are my choices for server side sandboxed scripting?
I'm building a public website where users share data and scripts to run over some data. The scripts are run serverside in some sort of sandbox without other interaction this cycle:
my Perl program ...
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Adding scripting capability to a .NET application
I already have a working implementation that adds scripting to an application. The application currently generates and compiles scripts from C# snippets (taken from different user provides ...
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When are scripts inside HTML not considered a bad practice?
I am new to web development. While studying the Play framework and JSP, I noticed that they both give an option to place script (in jsp scriptlet) inside HTML, but in both books I am reading they both ...
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Lua-type Java integration with C++
So I'm curious:
I've implemented Lua within C++ a few times before, and while it was relatively simple, it still didn't harness the power that I would have liked.
I love how eclipse works, ...
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Help understanding server-side scripting
As far as I understand, there are basically 3 options for doing server-side scripting these days:
Using scripting languages that can be directly interpreted/executed by the web server (e.g., PHP and ...
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Can JavaScript be used as a general scripting language?
I've used JavaScript and some frameworks (jQuery, Prototype, some node.js) for client-side web programming, but never on the desktop, where I do most of my scripting work in either Python or Bash.
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LUA vs Shell scripting vs C for cgi-scripting on embedded devices
I am going to try CGI scripting for implementing a web based Graphical User Interface on an embedded device. What advantages does LUA scripting have over shell scripting or C for implementing dynamic ...
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Storing One-liners [closed]
As programmers, we all have a slew of complex shell/vim/emacs commands that we use over and over again. What's the most efficient way of storing and retrieving these one-liners, so as not to ...
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Can I use Ruby to automate everything?
I face various types of applications (web-based, GUI-based, command-line, etc.) on various platforms (Windows, Linux, etc.) to operate everyday. There is a great opportunity for me to automate tasks ...
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Migration strategies for deprecating in-house scripting language
We have a scripting language that we use internally for many things. It began as a simple evaluation statements for dynamic labels to become a Turing complete language used pervasively throughout our ...
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How do I add another script engine to web browsers under Linux / Windows / Mac?
In my ample (NOT!) spare time, I'm fiddling with Lhogho and wondering how to go about morphing it into a script engine for web browsers, viz
<h1>My First Web Page</h1>
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A good tool for browser automation/client-side Web scripting [closed]
I'm interested in adopting a tool/scripting language to automate some daily tasks connected with fighting forum spammers. A brief overview of these tasks: analyze new registrations and posts on a ...
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What is a good way to familiarize myself with PHP, coming from an ASP.NET background?
Currently, I'm very comfortable with building tools/web apps in an ASP.NET environment. I'm not really looking to leave tbh, as I really like C#, ASP.NET, MVC 3, Visual Studio, etc.
However, right ...
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PowerShell guide or reference for .Net Framework?
I'm a java dev that is new to powershell. I know that it's built on the .Net Framework, but I don't have much knowledge with that framework.
Is there a reference guide of some sort that shows what ...
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Why is $ in identifier names for so many languages?
A lot of scripting languages like Perl, Awk, Bash, PHP, etc. use a $ sign before identifier names. I've tried to look up why but never had a satisfactory answer.
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Virtual Machine as development environment [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Reasons to Use a VM For Development
Thoughts on Development using Virtual Machines
I'm currently toying with the idea of using Virtual Machines as my development ...
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What scripting language to use for large file transfers on windows xp client machines
I'm a java developer that is tasked with creating some scripts that will handle large xml document file transfers by hitting some web service api's from windows xp client machines. There may be other ...
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Should we embed virtual machines rather than languages
Ok, so I am trying to learn front-end programming. Trying to figure out how javascript is a pain, and various projects (GWT, Coffeescript, Capuccino's objective/j...) are trying to fix this with ...
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In a 4 hour Powershell 101 class should I skip for/while/do and just teach ForEach-Object
I'm making a syllabus to teach non-programmer co-workers PowerShell. The first non-pilot group I will run the course with will be a team that deploys and configures one of our software products. They ...
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PHP as a scripting language
I have reasonable knowledge of PHP, Perl, and Bash. I use Perl for most text processing on my system (find, replace, filter output, etc). I use PHP for web development, allowing a user to view and ...
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Which language and GUI toolkit would you use for a prototype program?
Suppose, I have an idea and I have to put it into code quickly. And then I am presenting it to someone who is not so computer savvy. Which language should I use for quick and dirty coding? And which ...
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Is a partially familiar scripting language desirable?
Given that a program (under development) needs a scripting language, and that for various reasons it's not possible to use an off-the-shelf one as is, I'm considering basing it on the syntax and some ...
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What's better right now: IronRuby or IronPython? [closed]
I have plenty of experience with both Ruby and Python, and I'm looking to embed either one of these on a C# application I'm developing. I don't really care which, but I'd like to know which one ...
