Computer Programming Tutorials

Programming languages can do strange things with numbers. Not because they've done anything wrong. It's just that not all numbers are the same. It's all to do with memory

Sep 18, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

Object-oriented design is an important technique because it enables the programmer abstract information from existing objects and for classes to inherit characteristics

Sep 15, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

The steps required to improve Internet account security are simple, and secure passwords can be generated with an easy piece of programming. Safer than the cat's name

Sep 5, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

Rather that typing in the same code everytime that they start a new shell, the Erlang programmer can store all of their functions in a module and then use and reuse their

Aug 13, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

Cookies are small pieces of information left on a computer by a web page, and they can be manipulated by any Perl programmer.

Jul 19, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

Nothing could be simpler than adding a form to a Perl CGI web page, and if a programmer uses the Perl CGI module then they can easily process the information it contains

Jul 19, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

The Greek alphabet cannot be displayed directly as part of a C# application. Instead ASCII codes must be used. Fortunatley that is not very difficult.

Jun 28, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

The Greek alphabet cannot typed directly into a web page. Instead ASCII codes must be used. So, intead of having to remember 48 separate codes just use VBScript code.

Jun 26, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

Paypal is a safe and secure way of receiving on-line payments from customers, and can be added to a web site with the minimum of time and effort.

Jan 28, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A computer programmer can use VBScript to create powerful Microsoft Windows applications or as a learning tool as shown by this tutorial on quadratic equations.

Jan 14, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A web page developer creates a drop-down dist box (or combo-box) on a web page by using the select tag. This normally static, but can be made dynamic by using VBScript.

Dec 18, 2008 - Mark Alexander Bain

Rather than waste masses of incorrectly printed paper use a single OpenOffice macro to set up the printer correctly.

Nov 30, 2008 - Mark Alexander Bain

This simple tutorial shows how to monitor the contents of an OpenOffice.org Calc document by assigning listeners to cells in the spreadsheet.

Nov 23, 2008 - Mark Alexander Bain

This quick and easy tutorial shows how to add a animated Christmas candle to a web page

Nov 19, 2008 - Mark Alexander Bain

A Christmas countdown is a useful display for any web site and can be implemented easily - as this short and simple tutorial show.

Nov 17, 2008 - Mark Alexander Bain

This tutorial shows how just a simple macro can automate the production of a complex report in OpenOffice.org Calc

Nov 3, 2008 - Mark Alexander Bain

Windows HTAs are very simple to create, but can be made into powerful and useful tools. This short tutorial shows how to quickly obtain stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance.

Oct 31, 2008 - Mark Alexander Bain