CS 498 - General Purpose Scripting Languages

Semester: Spring 2014

• Introduction and Overview (UPDATED: 1/21)

• Introduction to Perl (UPDATED: 1/28)
  • Supplemental reading: 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)

• General
  • Rosetta Code - Solutions by Programming Task

• Perl
  • learn.perl.org
  • Perl.org online library
  • O'Reilly perl.com
  • Picking Up Perl
  • CGI
    • Perl CGI Hello World

• Python
  • Official site
  • The Python Tutorial
  • The Python Standard Library (Useful)
  • The Python Language Reference
  • Dive Into Python
  • Functional Programming in Python

• Ruby
  • Official site
  • Official documentation site
  • Transitioning to Ruby from other languages
  • Repository of open source Ruby projects
  • An interactive shell in a browser
  • An introduction to (Ruby on) Rails
  • Rails tutorials
  • Books:
    • "Programming Ruby"
    • "Ruby Essentials"
    • "The Little Book of Ruby" (PDF)
    • "Humble Little Ruby Book"

• Tcl/Tk/Expect
  • Sample chapters from "Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk" by Welch et al.
  • Online Tcl and Tk Tutorials
  • The Linux Tcl and Tk HOWTO
  • Tk
    • Event Programming
    • Tcl Event Loop

• Lua
  • Official site
  • Reference manual
  • User-created wiki
  • Directory of Lua tutorials
  • Web-based demo
  • Books:
    • "Programming in Lua" (1st Ed.)

• Possible future content:
  • R
  • REXX