Programming Languages

Programming Languages davisagli has used:

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LOGO

VisualBasic

Javascript

PHP

Perl

bash

Ruby

Python

LOGO

1992–1993

My introduction to programming, in first grade.

VisualBasic

1995–2000

I taught myself to program using code examples from the Visual Basic Programmer's Journal. Culminated in the creation of Cowtris. Then I discovered the brave new world of open source languages and didn't look back.

Javascript

1999–

Implemented a fricking cross-browser compatible drag-and-drop layout system in the days before Javascript debuggers.

PHP

1999–2007

My entry to web programming. Worked during college on a PHP-based CMS. Was great in terms of being easy to get started with, but I don't miss it.

Perl

2001–2005

Learned it in one evening spent with the Camel book trying to build a Pig Latin web filter. Still holds a soft spot in my heart.

bash

2003–

About all it's got going for it is that it's right there in my shell.

Python

2007–

Learned it by osmosis from Plone and Zope work on the job. Now my default language. Pros: readability, maintainability, the community, Guido's time machine. Cons: the GIL.

Ruby

2007

Spent a summer building a Rails app. It was all right; certainly nicer to work with than PHP; but I like Python better.

Hacked on a MUD, but never did anything serious with it.

QBasic

VBScript