The world of scripting languages
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TextPublication details: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c2000Description: xii, 492 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0471998869 (alk. paper); 9780471998860Subject(s): Scripting languages (Computer science) | CGI (Computer network protocol) | World Wide WebDDC classification: 005.13 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Included Index.
Part 1 Big Picture 1 --
1 Introduction to scripts and scripting 3 --
1.1 Scripts and programs 3 --
1.2 Origins of scripting 4 --
1.3 Scripting today 5 --
1.4 Characteristics of scripting languages 5 --
1.5 Uses for scripting languages 7 --
1.6 Web scripting 12 --
1.7 Java 13 --
1.8 Universe of scripting languages 13 --
Part 2 Languages 15 --
2 Getting the job done in Perl 17 --
2.1 Perl phenomenon 17 --
2.2 Introducing Perl 18 --
2.3 Names and values in Perl 24 --
2.4 Variables and assignment 28 --
2.5 Scalar expressions 29 --
2.6 Control structures 32 --
2.7 Built-in functions 36 --
2.8 Collections of data 37 --
2.9 Working with arrays and lists 41 --
2.10 Working with hashes 45 --
2.11 Simple input and output 47 --
2.12 Strings, patterns and regular expressions 48 --
2.13 Subroutines 58 --
2.14 Scripts with arguments 61 --
2.16 Reference: operators and precedence 63 --
3 Advanced Perl 64 --
3.1 Finer points of looping 64 --
3.2 Finer points of subroutines 65 --
3.3 Using pack and unpack 68 --
3.4 Working with files 69 --
3.5 Navigating the file system 74 --
3.6 Typeglobs 76 --
3.7 eval 78 --
3.9 Data structures 86 --
3.10 Packages 88 --
3.11 Libraries and modules 89 --
3.12 Objects 92 --
3.13 Objects and modules in action 97 --
3.14 Tied variables 100 --
3.15 Interfacing to the operating system 103 --
3.16 Creating 'Internet-aware' applications 109 --
3.17 'Dirty hands' Internet programming 112 --
3.18 Security issues 116 --
4 Tcl 118 --
4.1 Tcl phenomenon 118 --
4.2 Tcl philosophy 118 --
4.3 Tcl structure 119 --
4.4 Tcl syntax 120 --
4.5 Understanding Tcl: the parser 120 --
4.6 Variables and data in Tcl 124 --
4.7 Control flow 126 --
4.8 Data structures 127 --
4.9 Simple input/output 130 --
4.10 Procedures 132 --
4.11 Working with strings 135 --
4.12 Working with patterns 136 --
4.13 Working with files and pipes 140 --
4.14 Putting it all together: some example code 142 --
4.15 Reference material 144 --
5 Advanced Tcl 148 --
5.1 Eval, source, exec and uplevel commands 148 --
5.2 Libraries and packages 149 --
5.3 Namespaces 152 --
5.4 Trapping errors 155 --
5.5 Event-driven programs 156 --
5.6 Making applications 'Internet-aware' 159 --
5.7 'Nuts-and-bolts' Internet programming 161 --
5.8 Security issues: running untrusted code 166 --
5.9 C interface 169 --
5.10 Java interface 173 --
6 Tk 176 --
6.1 Visual toolkits 176 --
6.2 Fundamental concepts of Tk 177 --
6.3 Tk by example 182 --
6.4 Events and bindings 198 --
6.5 Geometry managers 202 --
6.6 Perl-Tk 207 --
7 Visual Basic and VBA 210 --
7.1 Visual Basic family 210 --
7.2 Visual Basic: the core language 213 --
7.3 Visual Basic way of objects 230 --
7.4 Object models and type libraries 231 --
7.5 Working with objects 232 --
7.6 System objects 241 --
7.7 Event-driven programming 245 --
7.8 Working with Visual Basic (the application) 247 --
7.9 Reference: operators and operator precedence 255 --
8 Advanced Visual Basic 257 --
8.1 Developing Internet-aware applications 257 --
8.2 COM objects 262 --
8.3 Visual Basic event model 264 --
8.4 Class modules 267 --
8.5 Drag-and-drop 276 --
8.6 Creating ActiveX controls 285 --
8.7 Interfacing to the Windows API 286 --
8.8 Accessing external databases 288 --
Part 3 Scripting Web Clients and Servers 293 --
9 JavaScript 295 --
9.1 What is JavaScript? 295 --
9.2 Object models 296 --
9.3 Design philosophy 297 --
9.4 Versions of JavaScript 297 --
9.5 JavaScript core language 298 --
9.6 System objects 313 --
9.7 Advanced facilities 322 --
9.8 JavaScript and Java 324 --
9.9 JavaScript operators and precedence 325 --
10 VBScript 326 --
10.1 What is VBScript? 326 --
10.2 VBScript core language 327 --
10.3y Objects in VBScript 335 --
10.4 New features in VBScript 5 338 --
11 Scripting Web clients and servers 344 --
11.1 Client-side Web scripting 344 --
11.2 Active Server Pages 362 --
12 Dynamic HTML and the DOM 368 --
12.1 From HTML to Dynamic HTML 368 --
12.2 Dynamic HTML 369 --
12.3 Document object models 369 --
12.4 Netscape document object model 370 --
12.5 Microsoft document object model 375 --
12.6 W3C document object model (DOM) 380 --
12.7 Event model 381 --
12.8 DHTML scriptlets 391 --
Part 4 Microsoft Scripting Model 395 --
13 Scripting Microsoft Office 397 --
13.1 VBA 397 --
13.2 Macros and macro languages 398 --
13.3 WordBasic 399 --
13.4 Office object models 401 --
13.5 Programming the Word object model 404 --
13.6 Modifying Word's built-in dialogs 415 --
13.7 Events 415 --
13.8 Automation: programming the Office suite 418 --
13.9 Using the Windows API 422 --
13.10 Macro viruses 423 --
14 Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library 425 --
14.1 Scripting hosts, scripting engines and object libraries 425 --
14.2 Scripting Runtime Library 426 --
14.3 Dictionary object 426 --
14.4 File System Object Model 428 --
14.5 Working with the FileSystemObject object 430 --
14.6 Drive object 432 --
14.7 File and Folder objects 433 --
14.8 Text I/O with the TextStream object 435 --
15 Windows Script Host and the Script Control 440 --
15.1 What is the Windows Script Host? 440 --
15.2 Windows Script Host object model 441 --
15.4 Future of the Windows Script Host 446 --
15.5 Script Control 446 --
16 Loose ends 451 --
16.1 Pre-history of scripting 451 --
16.2 Precursors of scripting 452 --
16.3 AWK 459 --
16.4 REXX 464.
"This book provides an authoritative survey of the most important scripting languages and illustrates their capabilities in a variety of domains." "Highlights of the book include: an in-depth look at open-source scripting in Perl and Tcl/Tk; a comparison of Web- and Windows-based languages such as JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBA and VBSCript; a survey of approaches to scripting with object models including Web clients
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