Trip Mapping with PHP -- Do PHP and cartography go together? David Sklar demonstrates how to plot your trips with PHP and census data. David is a coauthor of the upcoming PHP Cookbook.
Beginning
Python for Bioinformatics--Patrick O'Brien introduces Python as a
language well suited to the task of processing biological information. "Practical Tools for Innovation" is the theme of this year's
Bioinformatics Technology Conference. Register
now!
Networked Qualitative
Data Analysis with Perl and XML--Read how a technology
instructor used Perl and XML to create a networked CAQDAS application
that allows researchers to distribute data and analysis, in the latest Perl Success
Story.
Introduction to PHP Objects, Part 2--This week, John Coggeshall discusses
some of the more powerful features of objects, such as inheritance and using
objects as data-storage containers. For a comprehensive guide to PHP, check out
O'Reilly's Programming
PHP.
Comparing Data Sets with SQL--Learn how to use SQL to compare two sets
of rows, from either the same or different tables, in this example by Jonathan Gennick, coauthor of Transact-SQL Cookbook.
Making the Python Cookbook--Putting together such a collective work
presented some unique challenges. We recently spoke to the book's two editors
about the community effort involved in creating the
Python
Cookbook.
Tips
for Scripting Java with Jython--Here are 11 tips on Jython that can
save some serious time for Java programmers, from Noel Rappin, coauthor of Jython Essentials.
Web Basics
with LWP--This Perl.com article by Sean M. Burke offers sample
recipes for performing common tasks with LWP (Library for WWW in Perl). Sean
is the author of O'Reilly's
Perl & LWP.
