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How to stay up to date as a programmer and developer [duplicate]

So I am going to college right now for computer science, and I am reading a lot of books on different languages that have nothing to do with my courses in school, and I found out that I am completely ...
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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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Teaching programming (languages) in central/northern Europe

I hope this question is not going to be off-topic; in case you think there'd be a better place to ask it, please let me know. Anyway, I'm currently doing my PhD working in bioinformatics. I would, ...
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increasing productivity - mastering a language vs. selecting efficient tools

I'm looking for advice from experienced developers on this question. In my work there's a need for a lot of one-off code. It's tempting to just dip into the right python/perl library calls to do ...
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Is it possible to deploy Perl or Python scripts in the same way as PHP scripts?

PHP's deployment model is uber simple: upload and run. This is especially ideal for web applications that are intended to be installed on shared hosting by end users (think: Wordpress). Compare this ...
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Java API vs. Other APIs

I'm more at the novice end of the software developer spectrum, but nevertheless I've had exposure to quite a few programming languages and frameworks. From all the technologies I've used, I haven't ...
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What language to use for prototyping and creating quick scripts?

Right now, I use Python for my quick scripts and prototypes (e.g. algorithms, my pseudocode is very Python-like as well). The oher languages that I am familiar with include Java, C, x86 Assembly and ...
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Feedback On Choosing A Language For A Project?

Without starting a religious war, I'd like feedback on languages I'm considering for a project. I've done a lot of research, but I have a lot of gaps still and am hoping to narrow my research ...
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Is there any good reason for someone who knows Python to learn Perl? [closed]

Reading the answers to Python vs. Perl in ten years time here on SE, most people seem to say go with Python. I agree (sorry Perl fans ;-) ). I already know Python, and I think it is a very good ...
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What makes Python more used as an implementation language than the others?

Perl and Python are often compared to each other (let's not forget Ruby), and almost always those discussions will come to the conclusion pretty much anything you can do in one or the other. Without ...
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How is the development of languages like Python and Perl funded? [closed]

The title pretty much gives you the gist of the question, but allow me elaborate a bit nevertheless. Apart from Google's involvement on Python, and Activestate's on Perl development (Strawberry AFAIK ...
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Why such popularity with Python? [closed]

Other than being annoyed at whitespace as syntax, I'm not a hater, I just don't get the fascination with Python. I appreciate the poetry of Perl, and have programmed beautiful web services in bash ...