If your business involves rendering 3D drawings or sketches of objects such as buildings or floor plans, you might know about Google SketchUp. SketchUp allows you to model 3D objects or import models ...

Are you spending valuable time on work a well-trained monkey could do? If so, Wicked Cool Ruby Scripts will teach you how to automate repetitive tasks using Ruby, one of the most powerful and ...

In the world of programming languages, sometimes you don’t need the overhead and performance of Java, C#, C++ and other power tools. Sometimes a scripting language, or Swiss army knife, will do. Of ...

Seems I run into another weird-ass limitation on this server every day. You might remember I had trouble earlier executing anything at all. I fixed that. Then I had trouble writing to a directory for ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain ...

This article presents an overview of what differentiates scripting languages such as Groovy, JRuby, and Jython from the Java language, discusses some of the challenges involved in scripting on the ...

The former second-class citizens of the programming world have leaped to the fore, changing the face of enterprise software development. With the rise of Web 2.0, scripting languages (also called ...