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Designing a program that runs scripts on multiple computers (Java)
I've been trying to design a program in Java (because I might need to create an app that does the controlling part) with GUI that can run scripts on a few local computers.
It should do the following:
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Is it unreasonable to implement a small domain specific scripting language?
At my new job, they are currently spending scores of labor hours that we don't have to do manual QA testing after every build. Nothing is automated at all. (We can only afford three developers, and ...
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Dynamic Code Evaluation in Java - Clever or Sloppy?
I am trying to create a flexible ACL framework in Java for my application.
Many ACL frameworks are built on a whitelist of rules, where a rule is in the form of owner:action:resource. For example,
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Recreating files from shell script or java?
I have java application which takes a file, which is created by a process running on terminal. I start the process using a small shell script. Then run the Java application and it reads the file ...
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Using Python/Ruby/Lua for Java startup scripts
I have a number of distinct Java utilities that are shipped together. Currently there are two startup scripts for each utility: a .sh one for Linux and a .bat for Windows.
I'm thinking of rewriting ...
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May non-GPL-compatible scripts be linked at runtime to a GPLv3 library, by that (GPL) library itself?
First of all, pardon the title, as it's not very clear. I have an application I am writing that is GPLv3, and is in Java, which means that classfiles are generated and linked to for general operation. ...
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Could I have a real-world example of using the Spring scripting module in your Java application?
The Spring framework supports the use of scripting languages (specifically JRuby, Groovy and BeanShell) whereby a script in any of these can call Java code and vice versa.
I have read that a possible ...
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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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Is programming in Python faster than in C, C++ or Java? [closed]
There's a widespread belief among programmers that the more dynamic and loosely typed the language, the more productive the programmer will be in it. Guido van Rossum wrote about programming ...
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