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Microsoft Embraces Open-source Scripting Language
News Microsoft's support for Python could help the software giant attract Unix developers to the Windows platform, as it is a commonly used scripting language on the Unix platform, according to Salim Fadhley, who develops Python programs for Unix.
[January 4, 2006, 13:05]
A Mobile Agent Service-Oriented Scripting Language Encoded On A Process Calculus
White Papers The paper presents a service-oriented scripting language for programming mobile agents in distributed systems. The main novelty of the language the authors call Mob, is the integration of the service-oriented and mobile agent paradigms.
[March 29, 2007, 0:00]
Jython Essentials: Introduction To Jython
White Papers It is an implementation of the Python scripting language written in 100% pure Java that runs under any compliant Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Jython, then, combines a scripting language of unparalleled ease of development with an operating...
[October 18, 2007, 0:00]
PHP Flaw Threatens Web Servers
News A flaw found in newer versions of the PHP Web server scripting language could allow attackers to crash, and in some cases control, computers over the Internet, an open-source developer group announced on Monday.
[July 23, 2002, 9:31]
Researcher Kicks Off 'Month Of PHP Bugs'
News A security researcher has kicked off a project to put the spotlight on flaws in the widely used PHP scripting language. PHP, which originally stood for Personal Home Page, is a popular scripting language used to create dynamic web pages.
[March 5, 2007, 8:31]
Scripting Flaw Leaves Sites Vulnerable
News A flaw in the common open-source scripting language PHP could allow attackers to crash or compromise a hefty fraction of the nine million servers running the open-source Web software Apache, as well as other Web servers.
[February 28, 2002, 9:48]
PHP Virus Sparks Debate
News Antivirus company Central Command says that a new strain of viruses written in the popular scripting language PHP could be on the way, although other antivirus experts believe the danger is limited. Central Command last week found a "proof of...
[January 8, 2001, 10:10]
Yahoo! Shifts To Open-source Scripting
News has decided to jettison its own proprietary scripting language in favour of the open-source alternative PHP. But as the cost and effort of maintaining the proprietary scripting language rose, and as the quality of the open-source alternative...
[October 31, 2002, 7:53]
PHP Tools Come To The UK
News PHP, a server-side scripting language that supports applications in Web pages, is now the leading Web scripting language, according to Wick Hill. The company is now distributing commercial tools from Zend for UK developers working with the language.
[September 12, 2002, 8:34]
Zend Sharpens PHP's Enterprise Focus
News The company's founders are the creators of PHP, a scripting language that is designed to allow rapid construction of Web applications. Zend Technologies released on Monday a tool set intended to ease the administration of applications written with...
[January 10, 2005, 17:40]
Scripting With Jython Instead Of XML
White Papers XML is often used as the basis of a custom scripting language. This paper shows a few examples from the Java community using XML as a scripting language. The paper also shows those same examples in Jython, in order to demonstrate the usefulness of...
[December 15, 2006, 23:00]
All Windows Systems Vulnerable To Jscript Flaw
News Jscript, the Microsoft object-oriented version of the JavaScript (aka ECMAScript) scripting language, is an interpreted language, so it can run only in the presence of Active Server Pages, IE, or Windows Script Host.
[March 31, 2003, 13:40]
W3C's Latest Standard: Scripting's Swansong?
News Without the DOM, authors would have to code separately for each scripting language to interact with each different browser. From the accessibility perspective, if everything is buried in a scripting language, then it's hard to find an alternative...
[January 10, 2003, 10:53]
Java Update Warms To Scripting Languages
News Walker-Morgan explained that until now, Java developers have had to rely on "language specific" scripting tricks to bind a script language with Java, or use IBM's Bean Scripting Framework. Sun has released a Java development kit that seeks to meld...
[December 12, 2006, 16:22]
Scripting - The Basics
News Each scripting language has a collection of commands or keywords and a set of rules on how to use them. Once you learn the keywords and syntax, you can use a text editor to write the script and then save it with a file extension that is appropriate...
[March 11, 2003, 9:18]
Sun Builds On JavaFX Script
News It's a scripting language designed for creating dynamic user experiences, for creating graphical user interfaces [GUIs] with really rich interaction and dynamic behaviour and lots of artwork. One is a scripting language called JavaFX Script.
[May 14, 2007, 13:43]
Sun To Give StarOffice Java Flavour
News Sun's StarOffice division intends to make Java a scripting language for StarOffice, which will help customers take advantage of Java's security features. Macros in Microsoft's Office, for example, are written with Visual Basic for Applications, a...
[November 28, 2002, 7:55]
Latest PHP Improves XML Integration
News The Web's other popular scripting language, Perl, has had pseudo-object orientation for a while, but a true OO version of the language will only come with Perl 6, which is still in development. PHP is an embedded Web scripting system often employed...
[July 14, 2004, 17:10]
Putting Too Much Trust In Open Source?
News After security researchers found the flaw in the Web scripting language PHP, a group of programmers decided to start auditing that popular project's code. In February, a flaw found in the popular scripting language PHP left as many as nine million...
[March 21, 2002, 6:31]
Demo '97: Narrative Finds Answer To Web Video
News As to the technology behind, it's objects and a scripting language. And a scripting language tells the objects where to move and how to behave. A 20 second download provides enough graphics and audio and scripting for a half-minute animated cartoon...
[February 13, 1997, 11:51]
