You will most often use Bash functions to make your shell life easier; instead of typing out complex command pipelines, ...

Don’t copy and paste the same code over and over again. Instead, create a PowerShell function and save yourself time.

For this article, I thought it would be beneficial to go back to some basics of shell scripting and look at how functions work. Most script writers probably eschew using functions because it's a bit ...

When writing PowerShell scripts, there always seems to come a time when a single script just isn't enough. Although it's important to keep your scripts as simple as possible, it's also important to ...

If you are writing a program that has a technical user base, it is a nice touch to make the program scriptable. In fact, you might want to do the hard work in a programming language and then use your ...

It has recently become popular to differentiate between the Java platform and the Java language, but many Java developers still are unsure of how to incorporate scripting into Java application ...

AdWords Scripts are incredibly powerful tools for paid search, but since many of us don’t come from coding backgrounds they can also be intimidating. This is the first in a three-part series covering ...

We all know that Windows 10 installs a bunch of stuff you don't need or want, including apps like OneDrive or Skype that are not easy to remove. There's also a bunch of programs you can find online ...

Three years ago, I wrote an article for JavaWorld called “Java Scripting Languages: Which Is Right for You?” When I collected the interpreters to compare, I tried to choose ones that seemed a good fit ...