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====== CS 498 - General Purpose Scripting Languages ======

Semester: Spring 2014

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===== Information / Announcements =====


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===== Content =====

  * [[Introduction and Overview]] (UPDATED: 1/21)

  * [[Introduction to Perl]] (UPDATED: 1/28)
    * Supplemental reading: [[http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/news/importance_0498.html|The Importance Of Perl]], Tim O'Reilly, Ben Smith, 1998

  * [[Introduction to Python]] (UPDATED: 2/21)

  * [[Introduction to Ruby]] (UPDATED: 4/18)
    * [[Sample Ruby on Rails app - mydiary]]

  * [[Introduction to Lua]] (FYI, UPDATED: 4/25)

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===== Links & References =====

  * General
    * [[http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Solutions_by_Programming_Task|Rosetta Code]] - Solutions by Programming Task

  * Perl
    * [[http://learn.perl.org/|learn.perl.org]]
    * [[http://www.perl.org/books/library.html|Perl.org]] online library
    * [[http://www.perl.com|O'Reilly perl.com]]
    * [[http://www.ebb.org/PickingUpPerl/|Picking Up Perl]]
    * CGI
      * [[http://perl.about.com/od/perltutorials/a/hellocgi.htm|Perl CGI Hello World]]

  * Python
    * [[http://www.python.org|Official site]]
    * [[http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html|The Python Tutorial]]
    * [[http://docs.python.org/library/|The Python Standard Library]] (//Useful//)
    * [[http://docs.python.org/reference/index.html|The Python Language Reference]]
    * [[http://diveintopython.org/index.html|Dive Into Python]]
    * [[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-prog/index.html?ca=drs-|Functional Programming in Python]]

  * Ruby
    * [[http://www.ruby-lang.org|Official site]]
    * [[http://www.ruby-doc.org/|Official documentation site]]
    * [[http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/ruby-from-other-languages/|Transitioning to Ruby from other languages]]
    * [[http://rubyforge.org|Repository of open source Ruby projects]]
    * [[http://tryruby.org|An interactive shell in a browser]]
    * [[http://railsforzombies.org|An introduction to (Ruby on) Rails]]
    * [[http://ruby.railstutorial.org|Rails tutorials]]
    * Books:
      * [[http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/|"Programming Ruby"]]
      * [[http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Ruby_Essentials|"Ruby Essentials"]]
      * [[http://www.sapphiresteel.com/The-Little-Book-Of-Ruby|"The Little Book of Ruby"]] (PDF)
      * [[http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/book/|"Humble Little Ruby Book"]]

  * Tcl/Tk/Expect
    * [[http://www.beedub.com/book/|Sample chapters from "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk"]] by Welch et al.
    * [[http://wiki.tcl.tk/1304|Online Tcl and Tk Tutorials]]
    * [[http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TclTk-HOWTO.html|The Linux Tcl and Tk HOWTO]]
    * Tk
      * [[http://wiki.tcl.tk/489|Event Programming]]
      * [[http://wiki.tcl.tk/1527|Tcl Event Loop]]

  * Lua
    * [[http://www.lua.org | Official site]]
    * [[http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1 | Reference manual]]
    * [[http://lua-users.org/wiki | User-created wiki]]
    * [[http://lua-users.org/wiki/TutorialDirectory | Directory of Lua tutorials]]
    * [[http://www.lua.org/cgi-bin/demo | Web-based demo]]
    * Books:
      * [[http://www.lua.org/pil/ | "Programming in Lua"]] (1st Ed.)

  * Possible future content:
    * R
    * REXX

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