Computer programming languages
The power
behind your computer is actually "embedded code" within the software or
program. No matter what the task, if it is running on a computer (machine), it
is following the directions given to it by the program. These directions, or
language, is written (or coded) so the machine knows how to handle the
request. Different languages are handled or processed differently. And these
processes are further broke down into program extensions. The language
extension is the last three letters of the process name, separated by a period
(example = Igfxtry.exe or sunshine.jpeg). The extension tells the machine what
program to use to handle your request.
Let's look at it in a different light for
a moment. You have photo's stored on your machine, right? Well, to your
machine, it is simply a process or coded instruction as to what it is, and
what it should do with it. Since a photo is a .jpeg or .gif, your
machine knows that it is a image. And, when you go to install a program, you
normally click on the .exe file, which tells your machine that it is a
program. All of these tasks are being processed by your software, that is
being processed by your hardware!
Below you will find a list
of programming languages used in the world. If you have studied some of our
computer information pages, you will already understand some of this.
For more information on
file extensions, please visit our File Facts
database full of hundreds of known program extensions.
ADA ~ no, this is not your
grandmother's scripting solution.
.ASP ~ nice and swift.
Actionscript ~ fast and
light.
VB 6.0 or earlier ~ You
could use it, but why?
Visual C++ ~ yes, it still
works quite well.
.Net ~ right up there with
XML.
C/C++ ~ strong earner.
Cobol ~ strong as steel.
SQL ~ databases love it.
Eclipse ~ I can see the
light now.
HTML ~ break out Notepad
and off we go.
JAVA ~ check out our Java
Juice page to your left.
Modeling/UML ~ oh ya, baby.
VB.Net ~ well, it does
work.
Visual Studio ~ lightweight
and easy to operate.
IBM ~ America's pioneer
company kicking right along.
Oracle ~ databases down
easy.
XML ~ today's mover &
shaker.
C# ~ lots of stuff written
in this.
J2EE ~ Java Java Java.
J2SE ~
Java Java Java.
J2ME ~ Java Java Java.
PHP ~ the perferred choice
for designing forums & blogs.
JSP ~ Java Java Java.
Perl ~ very fun and easy
multi-use scripting solution.
Fortran ~ the old
iron-horse of coding.
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