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| − | + | Do you need to do the same thing again and again? Have you automated those repetitive tasks? What software tools do you use? Keyboard macros? ''Programmable'' keyboard macros? A scripting language? Which scripting language? What makes a scripting language different from a programming language? Is a scripting language Turing-complete? Can't you just do '''everything''' in PowerShell or Bash? | |
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| + | Let's talk about what can be solved with scripting languages, and what can't. Bring your laptop to give a demonstration of your favourite scripting languages, and maybe we can help solve some of your most annoying repetitive problems. | ||
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Scripting Languages
- Date
- Monday, 20 August 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
- Meetup Event
- xxxxx URL to meetup.com
- Location
- TBA
Do you need to do the same thing again and again? Have you automated those repetitive tasks? What software tools do you use? Keyboard macros? Programmable keyboard macros? A scripting language? Which scripting language? What makes a scripting language different from a programming language? Is a scripting language Turing-complete? Can't you just do everything in PowerShell or Bash?
Let's talk about what can be solved with scripting languages, and what can't. Bring your laptop to give a demonstration of your favourite scripting languages, and maybe we can help solve some of your most annoying repetitive problems.
--Bob Jonkman & Marc Paré
