Tag: Coding
Visual Studio 2012 updated
For those that have started dabbling with Visual Studio 2012, you may be interested to learn that there is already an update available for this IDE. Available from…
Read more →Learning Programming Languages from Scratch
If you ever fancied learning how to program, why not take a look over at Channel 9 where there is a series of "how to" videos dedicated to doing just this. Most of the videos are by Bob Tabor from…
Read more →C and the move to Project Management
It soon became clear that Symbol were going to change the base language used in their new generation of terminals, (the PDT3100, PDT3800 and WS1000), to C, so I had to start learning that. This is…
Read more →Dataflex
Another language that I learnt along the way at Datapens Systems was DataFlex by Data Access Corporation. This was a 4GL, (a fourth generation programming language), which really was a data…
Read more →Symbol MSI UBASIC
I joined Datapen Systems in 1989 thanks to my mate Dave Meehan, (a school friend from the age of 11), at the age of 21, who knew I was fascinated by computers and technology and obviously knew my…
Read more →Sinclair Basic
The first programming language I learnt was Sinclair Basic for the ZX Spectrum. I got my first ZX Spectrum for Christmas in 1982, (although I had to pay for half of it myself from savings!), so I was…
Read more →Me and Programming
Although my work life is in a specific area of IT not specifically related to programming, it would seem I've always had some level of involvement with this side of computing. In fact I started my…
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