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mattski
10-17-2002, 01:54 AM
hey
i have recently moved to linux and have dumped all things ms.
this includes the programming languages
c#,vb6,vbscript,asp
and environments
visual studio, interdev etc
that i learnt while on the other side.
i need some advice as to what languge to go for.i need some sort of scripting for doing every day tasks, and a rapid develoment environment(similar to vb) for building server side(web) and desktop programs.
what language is going place in the linux world.php obviously comes to mind, what about perl, delphi, java.
cheers
with vb u could build dll(link librarys) that sit on the server and u can call them from ur asp page, is this similar to the way linux works
Loki3
10-17-2002, 02:18 AM
For a language for just everyday adminstrative tasks I suggest learning how to script in bash. The most common shell is bash and it has some nice scripting abilites that come with it. A good book is O'reilys Learning The Bash Shell.
_Loki
swangods
10-23-2002, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by mattski
hey
i have recently moved to linux and have dumped all things ms.
this includes the programming languages
c#,vb6,vbscript,asp
and environments
visual studio, interdev etc
that i learnt while on the other side.
i need some advice as to what languge to go for.i need some sort of scripting for doing every day tasks, and a rapid develoment environment(similar to vb) for building server side(web) and desktop programs.
what language is going place in the linux world.php obviously comes to mind, what about perl, delphi, java.
cheers
with vb u could build dll(link librarys) that sit on the server and u can call them from ur asp page, is this similar to the way linux works
Borland has a "free" version of Kylix for linux, with support for both c++ and delphi.
Anjuta is good for c and c++.
Glimmer is "multi-language." I'm not sure what it includes.
There are also a couple of "BASIC" ports - GNOME BASIC is supposed to be one of the better ones. I've downloaded it but had trouble running it because I didn't have the GNOME libraries installed (gee, that would be a problem?) =)
X_console
10-23-2002, 10:28 PM
I don't think you should drop all those languages just because they're "Windows" languages. I think it's important to be flexible. In the Linux world, it's usually C, C++, Perl, Python, Tcsh and Bash.
It's also helpful if you know how to make use of GTK+ and Qt so you can create graphical applications.
Sawdusty
10-23-2002, 11:42 PM
Bah!
Nobody ever mentions java. :(
It's so easy and well designed and cross-platform and...
butI digress.
Dusty
lrhogusa
11-14-2002, 01:17 AM
The top 3 favorite linux world programs are C, C++ and Perl. I only know some bash scripting myself.
Roy
swangods
06-21-2003, 07:32 PM
personally i've been having a blast with c#. and vb6 is still great for getting something out quickly too.
Originally posted by X_console
I don't think you should drop all those languages just because they're "Windows" languages. I think it's important to be flexible. In the Linux world, it's usually C, C++, Perl, Python, Tcsh and Bash.
It's also helpful if you know how to make use of GTK+ and Qt so you can create graphical applications.
Personally I've found Perl is the best for sysadmin stuff; much more flexible than Bash scripting. Glade (an IDE) also has a Perl plugin, so you can write programs in that as well. Much of the open-source world uses C or C++, though.
And the Perl camel is just cool :)