Good show. I appreciated the segment on Webkinz. I had heard of them but didn't really know what they are. (The company is Canadian and came up once during one of my job searches.)
Bill Loguidice wrote:
it's a darn shame that modern OS's don't come with a default programming language of some type, even if it's a modified click and place language.
Every Windows PC comes ready for you to program it with VBScript (BASIC) and Javascript. Just make a .vbs or .js file with Notepad and run it. Some Windows apps are quite "scriptable" especially Microsoft Office. Visual Studio Express is a free download too.
Every Mac comes with XCode (a full development environment), GCC (C, C++, Objective-C), Java, Python, Ruby, Perl and AppleScript. Plus the Automator tool, which lets you build your own programs by chaining together the inputs & outputs of "actions" provided by applications on your Mac.
Good show. I appreciated the segment on Webkinz. I had heard of them but didn't really know what they are. (The company is Canadian and came up once during one of my job searches.)
it's a darn shame that modern OS's don't come with a default programming language of some type, even if it's a modified click and place language.
Every Windows PC comes ready for you to program it with VBScript (BASIC) and Javascript. Just make a .vbs or .js file with Notepad and run it. Some Windows apps are quite "scriptable" especially Microsoft Office. Visual Studio Express is a free download too.
Every Mac comes with XCode (a full development environment), GCC (C, C++, Objective-C), Java, Python, Ruby, Perl and AppleScript. Plus the Automator tool, which lets you build your own programs by chaining together the inputs & outputs of "actions" provided by applications on your Mac.