Horse's Mouth blog articles - sorted by subject

This is a global index of over 2000 short technical and general articles written as "The Horse's Mouth" blog by Graham Ellis of Well House Consultants, sorted by subject. We have also listed longer articles and source code examples that relate to the same topic, for your convenience. Note that we do not list modules on which no blog articles have been written
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A - Linux, Apache httpd and Tomcat; web deployment
C - C and C++ programming
G - General Well House Consultants topics
H - PHP programming and use
J - Java programmming and use including Servlets and JSP
M - Well House Manor; hotel and events
P - Perl programming and use
Q - General programming subjects
R - Ruby programming and use
S - Databases and the MySQL database in particular
T - Tcl, Tcl/Tk, wish and Expect programming and use
U - Lua programming and use
W - Web site programming and techniques
Y - Python programming and use
Z - Miscellany
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A: Linux, Apache httpd and Tomcat; web deployment

Module A050 - Web Deployment - General
[4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates
[3891] The components of an Apache httpd / Tomcat / MySQL stack and what each does
[2595] Twelve skills / knowledges needed for the design of a web site
[2568] Forums for your Melksham and open source discussions
[2099] Should I maintain the programming code on my own website?
[2072] Copyright, Portability and other nontechnical web site issues
[116] The next generation of programmer
[article] The Author of the Apache httpd and Tomcat Course

Module A051 - Linux - General
[4259] Upgrading our training systems to all the current stable versions
[3902] Shell - Grep - Sed - Awk - Perl - Python - which to use when?
[3219] How do I become a Linux System Administrator?
[2035] 1234567890 ... coming up on Friday 13th
[2023] sw_vers - what version of OSX am I running?
[article] Linux and httpd file system layout - LAMP server

Module A052 - Networking - General
[2695] TCP v UDP / Client v Server - Python examples
[2150] Routers, Firewalls and multilayer servers
[2149] Routing Network Traffic - Proxies, Redirects and DNS
[768] Our new .eu top level domain
[article] What are NIS, LDAP, DNS and BIND
[article] Firewall fundamentals - Linux

Module A099 - Java Application - Deployment on the Web
[3891] The components of an Apache httpd / Tomcat / MySQL stack and what each does
[2599] Telling Apache web servers apart / notes for the non-technical
[2130] Javascript - move cursor over image to change a different image.
[1621] Linux and Java Course in London
[673] Helicopter views and tartans
[659] Web Application Components
[576] Why run two different web servers
[166] Acronyms

Module A100 - The Components of a Web-Based Solution
[3891] The components of an Apache httpd / Tomcat / MySQL stack and what each does
[2896] LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP - install, configure, administer
[2099] Should I maintain the programming code on my own website?
[1496] PHP / Web 2 logging
[1265] Apache, Tomcat, Jakarta, httpd, web server - what are they?
[1198] From Web to Web 2
[1176] A pu that got me into trouble
[924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl
[673] Helicopter views and tartans
[510] Dynamic Web presence - next generation web site
[442] How far away is that server?
[433] FTP - how to make the right transfers
[367] Ajax
[166] Acronyms
[49] Business is the predominant user of Tomcat, Perl and Tcl
[34] Linux / LAMP course
[article] Open Source - here to stay, or a flash in the pan?
[article] Web applications using LAMP technologies
[article] New to programming. Portable code. Perl or Java?
[source] Source code examples for our training modules
[source] Simple test script for WAMP

Module A101 - Linux -An Introduction For Users
[3819] Packing a tar, jar or war file - best practise
[3791] The Kernel, Shells and Daemons. Greek Gods in computing
[3256] Displaying a directory or file system tree - Linux
[3179] Oops - I typed ci not vi, and have lost my file ...
[2831] Recording (a macro) in vi
[2636] Linux - useful tips including history and file name completion
[2494] Making Linux Politically correct
[2479] Accidentally typed ci rather than vi?
[2300] What does x on a linux directory mean?
[2299] How much space does my directory take - Linux
[2203] Always use su with minus. And where do programs come from?
[2201] Running straight from the jar, but not from a tar
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1902] sstrwxrwxrwx - Unix and Linux file permissions
[1897] Keeping on an even keel
[1893] Some Linux and Unix tips
[1803] FTP passive mode - a sometimes cure for upload hangs
[1764] Yank and Push - copy and move in vi
[1651] ls command - favourite options
[1527] Selecting file names in a shell - one word or another
[1438] Copy and paste / cut and paste and other vi techniques
[1408] Wireless hotel tips - FTP and Skype connections failing
[1366] awk - a powerful data extraction and manipulation tool
[1288] Linux run states, shell special commands, and directory structures
[1287] Work and play at Well House Manor - Football and Shell Shortcuts
[1259] Where am I and how did I get here?
[1068] ls -l report, Linux / Unix - types and permssions
[1013] Copy multiple files - confusing error message from cp
[1012] Moving files between Windows / DOS and Linux / Unix
[984] Cardinal numbers and magic numbers
[749] Cottage industry or production line data handling methods
[711] THE home directory or MY home directory
[710] Linux training Glasgow, Python programming course Dundee
[703] Copying files and preserving ownership
[679] More or less on the edge of the page
[659] Web Application Components
[593] Finding where the disc space has gone
[431] File permissions of Linux and Unix systems
[430] Linux commands - some basics
[249] An easy way out
[152] Aladdin, or careful what you wish.
[74] pushd and popd
[73] vi - full circle
[article] awk - pattern scanning and formatting
[article] Korn Shell - Basics
[article] Korn Shell - History, storing to file, commands
[article] Korn Shell Scripting - an introduction
[article] Tiny guide to vi basics

Module A158 -
[4708] Scons - a build system in Python - building hello world

Module A161 - Users and Groups
[4045] Linux Web Server - User Roles, User Accounts, and shared administration
[2639] su or su - ... what is the difference?
[2491] Root is root for a reason!
[2301] Mistaken identity?
[2203] Always use su with minus. And where do programs come from?
[2117] Choosing a railway station fairly in PHP
[2103] Ask the Tutor - Open Source forum
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1902] sstrwxrwxrwx - Unix and Linux file permissions
[1773] The Longest Possible Day
[1650] Looking for files with certain characteristics (Linux / Unix)
[1619] User and Group settings for Apache httpd web server
[1592] Setting up a new user - Linux or Unix
[683] Supporting users on Linux and Unix
[431] File permissions of Linux and Unix systems
[409] Functions and commands with dangerous names
[article] A Web interface for your Linux admin tasks

Module A162 - Backups and File System Management
[4481] Extracting data from backups to restore selected rows from MySQL tables
[4405] Backup procedures - via backup server
[4400] Commenting out an echo killed my bash backup script
[4390] Checking MySQL database backups have worked (not failed)
[4115] More or less back - what happened to our server the other day
[4063] Backups by crossover between network centres - setting up automatic scp transfers
[4056] An overpractical test of our backup strategy!
[2299] How much space does my directory take - Linux
[1893] Some Linux and Unix tips
[1801] Will your backups work if you have to restore them?
[1765] Dialects of English and Unix
[1648] The tourists guide to Linux
[1439] Linux / Unix - layout of operating system files
[1288] Linux run states, shell special commands, and directory structures
[1023] Finding public writeable things on your linux file system
[1013] Copy multiple files - confusing error message from cp
[754] tar, jar, war, ear, sar files
[735] Boys will be boys, saved by Ubuntu
[703] Copying files and preserving ownership
[593] Finding where the disc space has gone
[554] What backup is adequate?
[334] Symbolic links and hard links
[153] Linux - where to put swap space
[article] Linux and httpd file system layout - LAMP server
[article] Why Partition a disc drive?
[article] Linux and XP - loading a dual boot system
[source] Hourly database backup script
[source] Twice weekly backup script

Module A163 - Network Configuration and Security
[4134] Setting up your MacBook Air as a mobile broadband router
[3448] Checking all the systems on a subnet, using Expect and Tk
[2489] Parallel Pinging, using Python Threads or Expect spawn lists
[2052] How was my web site compromised?
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1712] As different as night and tyres
[1666] Slow boot and terminal start on Linux boxes
[1408] Wireless hotel tips - FTP and Skype connections failing
[1073] Heartbeat script in Perl
[511] Domain Forwarding - 2 ways of doing it
[506] What are DHCP and DNS?
[332] Looking up IP addresses
[267] Searching security holes
[37] Security and Safety
[11] A bolt of lightning on Multicasting
[article] Firewall fundamentals - Linux
[source] Archived /etc/hosts file

Module A164 - Services and Regular Jobs
[4487] Starting MySQL. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file - how we fixed it.
[3792] Managing daemons from a terminal session
[3791] The Kernel, Shells and Daemons. Greek Gods in computing
[3143] On time
[3011] What are .pid files?
[2182] What Linux run level am I in?
[2145] Using the internet to remotely check for power failure at home (PHP)
[1903] daemons - what is running on my Linux server?
[1765] Dialects of English and Unix
[1733] memcached - overview, installation, example of use in PHP
[1731] Apache httpd, MySQL, PHP - installation procedure
[1700] FTP server on Fedora Linux
[1633] Changing a screen saver from a web page (PHP, Perl, OSX)
[1553] Automatic startup and shutdown of Tomcat
[1288] Linux run states, shell special commands, and directory structures
[1028] Linux / Unix - process priority and nice
[907] Browser -> httpd -> Tomcat -> MySQL. Restarting.
[544] Repeating tasks with crontab
[article] Windows clients to a Linux Server
[source] Sample crontab file - repeated, timed jobs
[source] Sample crontab job - checking system clock

Module A165 - Installing Software
[4259] Upgrading our training systems to all the current stable versions
[3053] Make - automating the commands for building and installing
[2201] Running straight from the jar, but not from a tar
[2139] OS Commerce install made simple
[1700] FTP server on Fedora Linux
[809] What to do during a Linux build

Module A166 - Linux Utilities
[4682] One line scripts - Awk, Perl and Ruby
[4586] Extending your bash shell with aliases, functions and extra commands
[3902] Shell - Grep - Sed - Awk - Perl - Python - which to use when?
[3764] Shell, Awk, Perl of Python?
[3446] Awk v Perl
[2638] Finding what has changed - Linux / Unix
[2484] Finding text and what surrounds it - contextual grep
[2320] Helping new arrivals find out about source code examples
[2145] Using the internet to remotely check for power failure at home (PHP)
[1690] Conversion of c/r line ends to l/f line ends
[1366] awk - a powerful data extraction and manipulation tool
[1361] Korn shell course
[71] Comparators in Linux and Unix
[63] Almost like old times
[article] awk - pattern scanning and formatting
[article] Korn Shell - Basics
[article] Korn Shell - History, storing to file, commands
[article] Korn Shell Scripting - an introduction
[source] grep example output
[source] Using awk to select and format data, and calculate
[source] input data for utilities
[source] Input data for utilities
[source] input data for utilities
[source] awk - BEGIN, END and patterns
[source] awk program to analyse and report on listing of open files
[source] awk script to analyse a data file
[source] awk - match in whole line or on specific field
[source] Sample Perl script to analyse data file

Module A167 - Shell Programming (bash)
[4587] shell - bash. Writing conditional tests and statements - the options available
[4586] Extending your bash shell with aliases, functions and extra commands
[4584] Bash ... some new scripts to - handling user input
[4487] Starting MySQL. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file - how we fixed it.
[4400] Commenting out an echo killed my bash backup script
[3791] The Kernel, Shells and Daemons. Greek Gods in computing
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1527] Selecting file names in a shell - one word or another
[1468] Lexical v Arithemetic testing, Bash and Perl
[1345] Perl and Shell coding standards / costs of an IT project
[1287] Work and play at Well House Manor - Football and Shell Shortcuts
[827] No news is good news with Unix and Linux
[749] Cottage industry or production line data handling methods
[64] Shell Script for CGI on the web
[63] Almost like old times
[source] Shell read from stdin up to next new line
[source] Usage line and for loop - bash
[source] Data copy, calculating statistics
[source] select - choose from stdin
[source] Bourne Again Shell script for CGI Web server
[source] function definition and use
[source] textual manipulation of shell variables
[source] Towards bash scripting - series of commands
[source] Data copy with conditional check
[source] Perl script - needs setting up to run as Linux command
[source] yesterday in a bash script
[source] Data copy, use of shell variables
[source] Data copy, with command line parameter
[source] Data copy, loop to copy files one by one, checking
[source] Data copy, use of shell if statement
[source] Skill counter - sample script in alternative Perl language
[source] Simple copy script to run from command line
[source] Stopping ^C in a shell using trap
[source] Shell numric and string comparisons. Also backup script

Module A168 - Compiler and development tools
[4585] What is make? What is gcc?
[4013] Web Frameworks - nested templates
[3666] Makefile variables - defined internally, from the command line and from the environment
[3658] Using Make for a distribution
[3652] A Complete makefile example
[3651] Makefile - some basics, and a demonstration
[3632] What is Make?
[3053] Make - automating the commands for building and installing
[2674] Make and makefiles - a commented example to help you learn
[1671] Compiling C programs with gcc - an overview
[694] Ant and Make
[source] Variable and their types, conditionals and make functions
[source] C program for gcc practise
[source] Straightforward, commented Makefile
[source] Simple makefile example
[source] Second source file for makefile / compiler demo
[source] Hello World in C for compiler tool demo
[source] Makefile - with standard rules and Make variables
[source] Compiler tools - simple Make file

Module A171 - Linux Server Admin - Exercise
[2491] Root is root for a reason!
[1719] A special day - last Friday in July
[1666] Slow boot and terminal start on Linux boxes

Module A172 - Korn Shell - interactive and programming facilities
[1660] Korn shell - some nuggets
[1659] String, Integer, Array, Associative Array - ksh variables
[1658] Some useful variables and settings in the Korn Shell
[1367] korn tips - some useful korn shell techniques
[1365] Korn Shell scripts on the web
[1364] Korn shell course - resources
[1361] Korn shell course
[article] Korn Shell - Basics
[article] Korn Shell - History, storing to file, commands
[article] Korn Shell Scripting - an introduction
[source] Define a function - Korn shell
[source] for loop - Korn Shell
[source] Comparing one or two files
[source] Korn Shell - Select example
[source] Korn shell script
[source] Korn Shell - numeric (integer) testing
[source] Uses bourne shell compatible tests
[source] Korn shell conditional testing
[source] String Test Operators
[source] ksh - global and local variables
[source] Setting up and referencing a Ksh array
[source] Korn shell / web script using CGI
[source] Simple shell script to back up file
[source] Korn shell array and while loop
[source] Selects a town ending
[source] Korn shell commands in a file

Module A180 - Name Services - overview
[690] Adding Virtual Hosts
[686] Name Services - telling your LDAP from your DNS
[article] What are NIS, LDAP, DNS and BIND

Module A181 - LDAP / OpenLDAP server
[686] Name Services - telling your LDAP from your DNS
[article] What are NIS, LDAP, DNS and BIND
[source] A sample user data entry
[source] define the organisation structure

Module A191 - Installing Linux
[3632] What is Make?
[1292] DHCP automatic IP address v Static IP
[1288] Linux run states, shell special commands, and directory structures
[705] Disc Partitioning

Module A192 - Firewalls
[3680] How can I run multiple web servers behind a single IP address?
[3679] Setting up your Linux system as a firewall using iptables
[806] Check your user is human. Have him retype a word in a graphic
[770] Splash!
[article] Firewall fundamentals - Linux
[source] sample iptables for firewalling a web server

Module A193 - DNS
[4491] Web Server Admin - some of those things that happen, and solutions
[2537] Faster network, but not faster browsing until ...
[690] Adding Virtual Hosts
[686] Name Services - telling your LDAP from your DNS
[article] What are NIS, LDAP, DNS and BIND
[source] bind 9 sample file - /etc/named.conf
[source] setting up a menu to offer countries
[source] sample zone file for spring.wellho.net domain
[source] PHP to look up country and domain details from an IP
[source] client file to point to DNS server

Module A199 -
[2232] Why sendmail one way, and pop3 the other?
[1774] What is my real and my effective ID? [Linux]
[1292] DHCP automatic IP address v Static IP
[476] May I be politically incorrect?

Module A207 - HTTP
[3432] 3 digit HTTP status codes - what are they, which are most common, which should be a concern?
[2918] Downloading a report from the web for further local analysis
[2738] What is all this SESSION stuff about? (PHP)
[2596] Http protocol - what does a web server send
[2321] Uploading and Downloading files - changing names (Perl and PHP)
[1549] http, https and ajp - comparison and choice
[1503] Web page (http) error status 405
[1378] Etag in http headers - what is it?
[484] Setting the file name for a downloaded document
[source] Move a directory permanently via .htaccess

Module A211 - Web Application Design and Deployment
[3532] Sharing the user experience - designing a form with the customer in mind
[2072] Copyright, Portability and other nontechnical web site issues
[1798] What does an browser understand? What does an HTML document contain?
[1547] New bathing idea for hotels from Hotelympia
[1545] Letting new visitors know we provide training courses
[1351] Compressing web pages sent out from server. Is it worth it?
[1256] What country are you in? How we find out on our web site
[1198] From Web to Web 2
[767] Finding the language preference of a web site visitor
[659] Web Application Components
[443] Server side scripting of styles to suit the browser
[356] Sudoku helper or sudoku cheat
[23] Skills and responsibilities
[article] Using current exchange rates on a web page

Module A212 - Secure Service and Credit Cards
[2097] PHP Course - for hobby / club / charity users.
[1840] Validating Credit Card Numbers
[46] Near and far security

Module A213 - Commercial and Legal Aspects
[4283] Can a legitimate forum post become illegal a year later?
[4234] Change to Libel and Defamation laws from 1st January 2014
[3747] An easy way to comply with the new cookie law if your site is well designed
[3746] Google Analytics and the new UK Cookie law
[3745] Legal change - You need to obtain user consent if you use cookies on your website
[3168] Web Sites - Subject to Advertising Standards from 1st March - check your sites
[3104] Catering in Syracuse, the Saigon Cafe, stolen images and Christmas
[3016] The legal considerations of your web presence - revisited
[2686] Freedom of Information - consideration for web site designers
[2592] Re-using our pictures
[2252] Leaping dog, Leaping horse, copyright of old masters
[2140] Beware - giving copyright away when you upload a picture - Dogs Trust
[1937] Getting hold of the wrong end of the stick
[1840] Validating Credit Card Numbers
[1747] Who is watching you?
[1506] Ongoing Image Copyright Issues, PHP and MySQL solutions
[1486] Does anyone understand Lithuanian?
[1485] Copyright and theft of images, bandwidth and members.
[1431] Getting the community on line - some basics
[1054] UK legal requirements for your commercial web site
[994] Training on Cascading Style Sheets
[876] Making pages clearer - easy Disability Discrimination Act Compliance
[795] Remember a site's non-technical issues too
[759] Watch your Google profile
[746] Domain Listing Center and Domain Registry of America
[532] Copyright - how much can I legally copy?
[322] More maps
[320] Ordnance Survey - using a 'Get a map'
[288] Colour blindness for web developers
[259] Responding to spam
[142] Colour for access
[article] Using current exchange rates on a web page

Module A301 - XML, DTD, XSLT, XHTML and More
[2554] Adding retrospective ALT attributes to IMG
[2378] Handling XML in Perl - introduction and early examples
[2246] What difference does using the XHTML standard really make?
[1901] XML, HTML, XHTML and more
[1050] The HTML++ Metalanguage
[653] Easy feed!
[article] Handling XML in Java
[article] Using LWP to write Web Clients
[source] Altering an XML document through LibXML
[source] Process an XML file through XSLT in PHP
[source] Alternative - using handlers
[source] Sample HTML document from this module

Module A401 - Structured Code and Object Orientation
[3085] Object Oriented Programming for Structured Programmers - conversion training
[1717] Q - Should I use Perl or Python?
[343] Should I use structured or object oriented?
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] This is a sample of the Perl language
[source] This is a sample of the Python language
[source] First program in Tcl
[source] This is a sample of the PHP language

Module A501 - Java - Basic Language Overview
[2423] What is a JVM, a JRE, a JDK - components of the core Java Environment
[2120] Java on the Web Server - course for delegates with some prior Java experience
[871] Java oversold?
[659] Web Application Components
[article] New to programming. Portable code. Perl or Java?

Module A502 - Java - Basic Tools
[4412] Java -making sure you have the right versions
[3819] Packing a tar, jar or war file - best practise
[3151] Disassembling Python and Java - previously compiled code
[2859] Using java, javac, jar, and CLASSPATH - a simple example
[2422] Looking inside Java classes - javap and javadoc
[2153] Class Loading and Variable Conversion in Java
[1909] javax.servlet cannot be resolved - how to solve
[1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java
[1562] Java Compiler - needs all classes, compiles them all too
[1192] What are WEB-INF and META-INF directories?
[1082] Straight from the .jar
[754] tar, jar, war, ear, sar files
[source] Annotated log
[source] Class used in Chloe.java example
[source] Running a method in Java
[source] "Hello World" in Java
[source] Running a method from another class

Module A503 - Java - Sourcing, Installing, Initial Testing
[2184] Choosing the right version of Java and Tomcat
[2153] Class Loading and Variable Conversion in Java
[2080] Using ApacheBench and jconsole to test and monitor Tomcat
[2079] Java - Memory Allocation and garbage collection
[1908] Java CLASSPATH explained

Module A504 - Java - Terminologes, Technologies and releases.
[4317] Java - an update of the basics
[1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP
[124] PHP v Java

Module A506 - Java - Installing and Deploying optional Technologies
[3043] Gathering information - logging - with log4j. First steps.
[2082] Jmeter - a first test case
[2081] Connecting jconsole remotely - the principles
[2079] Java - Memory Allocation and garbage collection
[1718] Increasing Java Virtual Machine memory for Tomcat
[source] simple logging - log4j - using a properties file
[source] Hello log4j world

Module A507 - Java - Servlets and JSPs
[4431] A Java servlet that is also a stand alone program. And a server that is also a web client.
[3997] Servlet v JSP (Java Server Page). What is the difference?
[3044] Changing a Servlet - more that just editing and compiling
[2525] Using JSPs, Tag Libraries, Java Beans, Tomcat in one short example
[2151] What is a JSP tag library?
[479] New servlet from old

Module A508 - Jakarta and Struts
[3046] Java Beans, tag libraries and JSPs - what and why.

Module A509 - Java - Ant build tool
[4708] Scons - a build system in Python - building hello world
[3155] Rake - a build system using code written in Ruby
[694] Ant and Make
[article] Overview of Ant - a Java based build tool

Module A601 - Apache httpd - an overview
[4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates
[4064] Apache httpd - a robust, open source web server
[2186] An FAQ on the Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat web servers, and on using them together
[2077] Why put Apache httpd in front of Apache Tomcat
[2063] Internal Dummy Connections on Apache httpd
[2054] Tuning httpd / the supermarket checkout comparison
[2038] Sticky Sessions with mod_jk (httpd to Tomcat)
[2016] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat miscellany
[1897] Keeping on an even keel
[1593] Keep the client experience easy - single server contact point
[1265] Apache, Tomcat, Jakarta, httpd, web server - what are they?
[924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl
[659] Web Application Components
[576] Why run two different web servers

Module A602 - Apache httpd - Sourcing, Installation, Testing
[4437] Adding a PHP build option, rotating an image based on camera data, and a new look at thumbnails in PHP
[3426] Automed web site testing scripted in Ruby using watir-webdriver
[2520] Global and Enable - two misused words!
[2184] Choosing the right version of Java and Tomcat
[2096] Where is my new Apache httpd installed
[2080] Using ApacheBench and jconsole to test and monitor Tomcat
[1945] Summary - Apache httpd build on Linux
[1768] What is built in to this httpd and PHP?
[1731] Apache httpd, MySQL, PHP - installation procedure
[1707] Configuring Apache httpd
[1455] Connecting to MySQL 5 from PHP on Mac OSX Leopard
[1449] Upgrade Mac OSX to Leopard, Web Server Apache httpd config lost
[1292] DHCP automatic IP address v Static IP
[1095] Apache httpd , browser, MySQL and MySQL client downloads
[982] Notes from the white board
[907] Browser -> httpd -> Tomcat -> MySQL. Restarting.
[660] Stopping and restarting Apache httpd cleanly
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[526] Apache httpd - serving web documents from different directories
[523] Apache httpd release 2.2
[article] Linux and httpd file system layout - LAMP server
[article] A Web interface for your Linux admin tasks
[article] Windows - running Apache and MySQL from a CD
[source] Setting up and first test program for CGI scripts
[source] Sample configuration details

Module A603 - Further httpd Configuration
[4307] Identifying and clearing denial of service attacks on your Apache server
[4001] Helping search engines with appropriate 400 error codes
[3955] Building up from a small PHP setup to an enterprise one
[3862] Forwarding a whole domain, except for a few directories - Apache http server
[3635] Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING on brand new web site - why?
[3449] Apache Internal Dummy Connection - what is it and what should I do with it?
[3133] An image from a website that occasionally comes out as hyroglyphics
[2900] Redirecting a page - silent, temporary or permanent?
[2478] How did I do THAT?
[2272] Monitoring and loading tools for testing Apache Tomcat
[2060] Database connection Pooling, SSL, and command line deployment - httpd and Tomcat
[1974] Moving a directory on your web site
[1955] How to avoid duplicating web page maintainance
[1954] mod_rewrite for newcomers
[1939] mod_proxy_ajp and mod_proxy_balancer examples
[1778] Pointing all the web pages in a directory at a database
[1767] mod_proxy and mod_proxy_ajp - httpd
[1762] WEB-INF (Tomcat) and .htaccess (httpd)
[1707] Configuring Apache httpd
[1636] What to do if the Home Page is missing
[1619] User and Group settings for Apache httpd web server
[1566] Strange behaviour of web directory requests without a trailing slash
[1564] Default file (MiMe types) for Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat
[1554] Online hotel reservations - Melksham, Wiltshire (near Bath)
[1551] Which modules are loaded in my Apache httpd
[1381] Using a MySQL database to control mod_rewrite via PHP
[1377] Load Balancing with Apache mod_jk (httpd/Tomcat)
[1355] .php or .html extension? Morally Static Pages
[1351] Compressing web pages sent out from server. Is it worth it?
[1207] Simple but effective use of mod_rewrite (Apache httpd)
[1121] Sharing the load with Apache httpd and perhaps Tomcat
[1080] httpd.conf or .htaccess?
[1009] Passing GET parameters through Apache mod_rewrite
[934] Clustering, load balancing, mod_rewrite and mod_proxy
[853] To list a directory under httpd on a web server, or not?
[755] Using different URLs to navigate around a single script
[662] An unhelpful error message from Apache httpd
[649] Denial of Service ''attack''
[631] Apache httpd to Tomcat - jk v proxy
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[526] Apache httpd - serving web documents from different directories
[466] Separating 'per instance' data from binaries and web sites
[345] Spotting a denial of service attack
[article] Linux and httpd file system layout - LAMP server
[article] A Web interface for your Linux admin tasks
[article] Load balancing and robustness - httpd, tomcat, PHP, Servlets, MySQL
[article] Making all your .html files run a Perl script
[article] The proxy jServ, jk, jk2, warp and jk story
[article] Windows - running Apache and MySQL from a CD
[source] Script to run
[source] Override MySQL defaults with .my.cnf
[source] mod_rewrite - all .html request divert to a script
[source] Script to create Linux and MySQL accounts
[source] sample README file
[source] Acceptable User Policy
[source] Add a MySQL and Linux account from a web page
[source] A Programmed RewriteMap for mod_rewrite in PHP
[source] Demonstration of mod_rewrite
[source] Sample Annotated Prefork and Worker MPM configurations

Module A604 - Apache httpd - virtual hosts
[4404] Which (virtual) host was visited? Tuning Apache log files, and Python analysis
[3568] Telling which ServerAlias your visitor used - useful during merging domains
[3132] Virtual Hosting with Apache http server - an overall scheme, and avoiding common pitfalls
[1896] Virtual Hosts and Virtual Servers
[1687] Virtual Hosting on Apache httpd - a primer example
[690] Adding Virtual Hosts
[article] Multiple domains on a single web server
[source] Virtual host sample - snowflake, snowdrop and raindrop
[source] Virtual hosts - a simple structure
[source] Virtual Hosting Example with forwarding to Tomcat
[source] Virtual Hosting - sample template for many-domain system

Module A606 - Apache httpd - log files and log tools
[4491] Web Server Admin - some of those things that happen, and solutions
[4404] Which (virtual) host was visited? Tuning Apache log files, and Python analysis
[4307] Identifying and clearing denial of service attacks on your Apache server
[3984] 20 minutes in to our 15 minutes of fame
[3974] TV show appearance - how does it effect your web site?
[3670] Reading Google Analytics results, based on the relative populations of countries
[3554] Learning more about our web site - and learning how to learn about yours
[3491] Who is knocking at your web site door? Are you well set up to deal with allcomers?
[3447] Needle in a haystack - finding the web server overload
[3443] Getting more log information from the Apache http web server
[3087] Making the most of critical emails - reading behind the scene
[3027] Server logs - drawing a graph of gathered data
[3019] Apache httpd Server Status - monitoring your server
[3015] Logging the performance of the Apache httpd web server
[1796] libwww-perl and Indy Library in your server logs?
[1780] Server overloading - turns out to be feof in PHP
[1761] Logging Cookies with the Apache httpd web server
[1656] Be careful of misreading server statistics
[1598] Every link has two ends - fixing 404s at the recipient
[1503] Web page (http) error status 405
[1237] What proportion of our web traffic is robots?
[376] What brings people to my web site?
[article] Web Forensics
[article] Log file analysis - short Python example
[source] Server Status Logger / hpptd to run via crontab
[source] Config file for Apache Status and Info
[source] Generate parallel network traffic to test a server
[source] Analysing Web Server Logs

Module A607 - Apache httpd mod_rewrite
[3862] Forwarding a whole domain, except for a few directories - Apache http server
[3753] Adding a passcode to a directory
[3568] Telling which ServerAlias your visitor used - useful during merging domains
[3339] Simplest ever proxy configuration?
[3197] Finding and diverting image requests from rogue domains
[2981] How to set up short and meaningfull alternative URLs
[2900] Redirecting a page - silent, temporary or permanent?
[2773] Dynamically watching your web site via a PHP wrapper
[2768] Carrying a long URL around - looking for memorable shorts
[2728] Redirecting a home page using mod_rewrite
[2555] Bookkeeping
[2094] If you have a spelling mistake in your URL / page name
[1954] mod_rewrite for newcomers
[1778] Pointing all the web pages in a directory at a database
[1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java
[1731] Apache httpd, MySQL, PHP - installation procedure
[1636] What to do if the Home Page is missing
[1381] Using a MySQL database to control mod_rewrite via PHP
[1376] Choosing between mod_proxy and mod_rewrite
[1207] Simple but effective use of mod_rewrite (Apache httpd)
[1009] Passing GET parameters through Apache mod_rewrite
[1006] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat together tips
[934] Clustering, load balancing, mod_rewrite and mod_proxy
[755] Using different URLs to navigate around a single script
[631] Apache httpd to Tomcat - jk v proxy
[article] Making all your .html files run a Perl script
[article] The proxy jServ, jk, jk2, warp and jk story
[article] Load Balancing and Clustering

Module A608 - Apache httpd mod_proxy
[3892] Distributed, Balanced and Clustered Load Sharing - the difference
[3680] How can I run multiple web servers behind a single IP address?
[3339] Simplest ever proxy configuration?
[3293] Distributing the server load - yet ensuring that each user return to the same system (Apache httpd and Tomcat)
[2482] Load balancing with sticky sessions (httpd / Tomcat)
[2325] Apache, Tomcat, mod_proxy
[2273] Three recent questions on Tomcat Convertors
[2062] Virtual hosting and mod_proxy forwarding of different domains (httpd)
[1944] Forwarding session and cookie requests from httpd to Tomcat
[1939] mod_proxy_ajp and mod_proxy_balancer examples
[1767] mod_proxy and mod_proxy_ajp - httpd
[1566] Strange behaviour of web directory requests without a trailing slash
[1376] Choosing between mod_proxy and mod_rewrite
[1121] Sharing the load with Apache httpd and perhaps Tomcat
[1006] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat together tips
[934] Clustering, load balancing, mod_rewrite and mod_proxy
[631] Apache httpd to Tomcat - jk v proxy
[article] The proxy jServ, jk, jk2, warp and jk story
[article] Load Balancing and Clustering
[source] httpd.conf which includes extra proxy forwarder file
[source] Sample mod_proxy configurations
[source] Proxy Forwarder include file for Apache httpd 2.2

Module A651 - Tomcat Overview
[4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates
[3997] Servlet v JSP (Java Server Page). What is the difference?
[2753] You do not just fly - that is just part of the journey
[2186] An FAQ on the Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat web servers, and on using them together
[2077] Why put Apache httpd in front of Apache Tomcat
[2016] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat miscellany
[1941] Server - Service - Engine - Host, Tomcat
[1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java
[1265] Apache, Tomcat, Jakarta, httpd, web server - what are they?
[659] Web Application Components
[576] Why run two different web servers
[498] Why is Tomcat called Tomcat?
[49] Business is the predominant user of Tomcat, Perl and Tcl

Module A652 - Tomcat -Sourcing, Installing and Initial Testing
[3819] Packing a tar, jar or war file - best practise
[2088] Changing the 404 - file not found - page in Tomcat
[1550] Java (JSP and Servlet examples) live on our server
[1049] Java 6, Apache Tomcat 6.
[837] Tomcat - Shutdown port
[article] Running CGI scripts in Apache Tomcat
[article] Running SSI (Server Side Include) scripts in Apache Tomcat
[source] Cut down server.xml file, from a course practical
[source] tomcat-users.xml file, modified on a training course
[source] web.xml, as cut down / modified during a training course

Module A653 - Tomcat - Configuring Web Applications
[3996] Tips on Tomcat - moving applications around
[3044] Changing a Servlet - more that just editing and compiling
[2088] Changing the 404 - file not found - page in Tomcat
[1909] javax.servlet cannot be resolved - how to solve
[1564] Default file (MiMe types) for Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat
[1552] Extra public classes in deploying Apache httpd and Tomcat
[1192] What are WEB-INF and META-INF directories?
[1082] Straight from the .jar
[1074] Java beans and classes, .war and .jar files
[1006] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat together tips
[754] tar, jar, war, ear, sar files
[479] New servlet from old
[465] Changing Tomcat's web.xml and reloading a web application
[article] Running CGI scripts in Apache Tomcat
[article] Running SSI (Server Side Include) scripts in Apache Tomcat
[source] SSI Script to test Apache Tomcat SSI support
[source] Conversion of together.jsp into a servlet
[source] Servlet Sessions, and variable scope.
[source] Servlet source + web.xml + CLASSPATH all in one example
[source] Perl script to test Apache Tomcat CGI support
[source] First Example of using Java Servlet Sessions

Module A654 - Configuring and Controlling Tomcat
[3043] Gathering information - logging - with log4j. First steps.
[2652] Reading and writing cookies in Java Servlets and JSPs
[2163] CATALINA_OPTS v JAVA_OPTS - What is the difference?
[2061] Tomcat 6 - Annotated Sample Configuration Files
[2039] The Invoker
[1994] tomcat-users.xml; what a difference a space made
[1943] Port and Glasses
[1762] WEB-INF (Tomcat) and .htaccess (httpd)
[1553] Automatic startup and shutdown of Tomcat
[1503] Web page (http) error status 405
[1370] Apache Tomcat Performance Tuning
[1351] Compressing web pages sent out from server. Is it worth it?
[914] A practical example of roles
[907] Browser -> httpd -> Tomcat -> MySQL. Restarting.
[837] Tomcat - Shutdown port
[source] Sample tomcat_users.xml for Tomcat 6
[source] Tomcat 5 startup script for /etc/init.d and chkconfig use
[source] Sample web.xml for Tomcat 6
[source] Tomcat 6 - sample server.xml file
[source] Tomcat 6 - sample context.xml

Module A655 - Using Tomcat and Apache httpd Together
[3999] Handling failures / absences of your backend server nicely
[3018] Tuning Apache httpd and Tomcat to work well together
[2482] Load balancing with sticky sessions (httpd / Tomcat)
[1944] Forwarding session and cookie requests from httpd to Tomcat
[1940] URL rewriting with front and back servers
[1938] Predictive Load Balancing - PHP and / or Java
[1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java
[1552] Extra public classes in deploying Apache httpd and Tomcat
[1549] http, https and ajp - comparison and choice
[1383] Monitoring mod_jk and how it is load balancing
[1376] Choosing between mod_proxy and mod_rewrite
[631] Apache httpd to Tomcat - jk v proxy
[576] Why run two different web servers
[436] Linking Apache httpd to Apache Tomcat
[article] Load balancing and robustness - httpd, tomcat, PHP, Servlets, MySQL
[article] The proxy jServ, jk, jk2, warp and jk story
[source] mod_jk configuration example - balancing and status
[source] Configuration file for mod_jk with load balancing
[source] Forwarding from http to Tomcat

Module A656 - More Tomcat Configuration
[3018] Tuning Apache httpd and Tomcat to work well together
[2272] Monitoring and loading tools for testing Apache Tomcat
[1899] Virtual Hosting under Tomcat - an example
[1718] Increasing Java Virtual Machine memory for Tomcat
[1370] Apache Tomcat Performance Tuning
[466] Separating 'per instance' data from binaries and web sites
[282] Short weekend
[article] Load balancing and robustness - httpd, tomcat, PHP, Servlets, MySQL
[source] Product data for Shopping cart demo
[source] Sample server.xml file

Module A657 - Using httpd to front Tomcat
[3999] Handling failures / absences of your backend server nicely
[3018] Tuning Apache httpd and Tomcat to work well together
[2483] Clustering on Tomcat
[1944] Forwarding session and cookie requests from httpd to Tomcat
[1940] URL rewriting with front and back servers
[1939] mod_proxy_ajp and mod_proxy_balancer examples
[1566] Strange behaviour of web directory requests without a trailing slash
[1377] Load Balancing with Apache mod_jk (httpd/Tomcat)
[631] Apache httpd to Tomcat - jk v proxy
[576] Why run two different web servers
[article] The proxy jServ, jk, jk2, warp and jk story

Module A690 - Clustering and load balancing
[4432] Java web application for teaching - now with sessions and clustering / load balancing demonstrations
[3892] Distributed, Balanced and Clustered Load Sharing - the difference
[3339] Simplest ever proxy configuration?
[3293] Distributing the server load - yet ensuring that each user return to the same system (Apache httpd and Tomcat)
[2483] Clustering on Tomcat
[2482] Load balancing with sticky sessions (httpd / Tomcat)
[2059] Sharing the load between servers - httpd and Tomcat
[1995] Automated server heartbeat and health check
[1993] Load Balancing - Hardware or Software?
[1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java
[1121] Sharing the load with Apache httpd and perhaps Tomcat
[934] Clustering, load balancing, mod_rewrite and mod_proxy
[article] Load balancing and robustness - httpd, tomcat, PHP, Servlets, MySQL
[article] The proxy jServ, jk, jk2, warp and jk story
[article] Load Balancing and Clustering
[source] Tomcat 6.0 server.xml with named jvmroute

Module A692 - Monitoring and load testing your server
[3027] Server logs - drawing a graph of gathered data
[3019] Apache httpd Server Status - monitoring your server
[3015] Logging the performance of the Apache httpd web server
[2272] Monitoring and loading tools for testing Apache Tomcat
[2082] Jmeter - a first test case
[2080] Using ApacheBench and jconsole to test and monitor Tomcat
[2079] Java - Memory Allocation and garbage collection
[1718] Increasing Java Virtual Machine memory for Tomcat

Module A801 - Overview of J2EE technology
[687] Presentation, Business and Persistence layers in Perl and PHP

Module A802 - The JBoss application server
[754] tar, jar, war, ear, sar files

Module A805 - Perl - modPerl, Mason, CGI.pm and LWP
[2416] Automating access to a page obscured behind a holding page
[260] Embperl
[45] CGI v mod_perl
[source] Automated web client to wait for results page

Module A900 - Tomcat - Extra Features
[3018] Tuning Apache httpd and Tomcat to work well together
[1939] mod_proxy_ajp and mod_proxy_balancer examples
[1899] Virtual Hosting under Tomcat - an example
[1896] Virtual Hosts and Virtual Servers
[1383] Monitoring mod_jk and how it is load balancing
[1377] Load Balancing with Apache mod_jk (httpd/Tomcat)
[1376] Choosing between mod_proxy and mod_rewrite
[1370] Apache Tomcat Performance Tuning
[1121] Sharing the load with Apache httpd and perhaps Tomcat
[1006] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat together tips
[934] Clustering, load balancing, mod_rewrite and mod_proxy
[article] Load Balancing and Clustering
[source] httpd mod_rewrite map for load balancing Apache Tomcat
[source] Load balancing a number of Tomcat instances via httpd
[source] Configuration file mod_rewrite load balancing
[source] Clustering - basic setup for server.xml
[source] Virtual Hosting on Tomcat.
[source] "heartbeat" script to switch servers
[source] server.xml setup example - SSL connector

Module A901 - Inside Tomcat and its Java Engine.
[2272] Monitoring and loading tools for testing Apache Tomcat
[2079] Java - Memory Allocation and garbage collection
[1718] Increasing Java Virtual Machine memory for Tomcat
[1370] Apache Tomcat Performance Tuning

Module A911 - Using Tomcat in a live environment
[2218] Multiple web applications under Tomcat - what are the options?

Module A912 - Upgrading and tuning Tomcat
[3018] Tuning Apache httpd and Tomcat to work well together
[2082] Jmeter - a first test case
[2060] Database connection Pooling, SSL, and command line deployment - httpd and Tomcat
[1908] Java CLASSPATH explained
[1718] Increasing Java Virtual Machine memory for Tomcat
[1377] Load Balancing with Apache mod_jk (httpd/Tomcat)

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C: C and C++ programming

Module C050 - C - General
[4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates
[4341] Segmentation Fault, Segmentation Violation, Bus Error, Stack Smashing
[4335] Flexible public courses - residential or commuting, programming newcomer or experienced, C or C++
[3129] Extra courses - C and C++
[3053] Make - automating the commands for building and installing
[2848] C course - final course example puts it all together
[2763] Our C and C++ training course are on Open Source platforms
[2669] Efficient use of dynamic memory - C and realloc
[2536] All the Cs ... and Java too
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2091] C, C++ and C# ... Java and JavaScript
[2086] C Programming v Learning to Program in C. Which course?
[2002] New C Examples - pointers, realloc, structs and more
[article] Introduction to the C Programming Language
[source] multilevel pointers
[source] uses of preprocessor directives (cpp)
[source] Pascal's triangle all in calloc'd memory
[source] Call by value v call by address
[source] Pascal's Triangle - calloc'd rows
[source] realloc - adds new memory in sizeable chunks
[source] include file for cppex.c

Module C051 - C++ - General
[4355] C++ in 2 days
[4335] Flexible public courses - residential or commuting, programming newcomer or experienced, C or C++
[3809] Dwarf Exception Unwind Info
[3587] C++ Courses - do I get official certification at the end of my Well House course?
[3250] C++ - how we teach the language and the concepts behind the language
[3155] Rake - a build system using code written in Ruby
[3129] Extra courses - C and C++
[3067] Using C and C++ functions in the same program - how to do it
[3052] Getting your C++ program to run
[2851] Further C++ material - view new or old
[2763] Our C and C++ training course are on Open Source platforms
[2577] Complete teaching example - C++, inheritance, polymorphism
[2536] All the Cs ... and Java too
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2370] C++, Python, and other training - do we use an IDE
[article] Introduction to the C plus plus Programming Language
[source] header file - base class
[source] shape class methods
[source] extensions to base functionallity - first example
[source] extensions to base functionallity - second example
[source] rectangle class methods
[source] square class methods
[source] First Interitance
[source] Homes and Animals
[source] header file - the other extended class
[source] headers for rectangle class
[source] headers for circle class
[source] Main demo program to show polymorphism in C++
[source] Makefile for complete C++ example
[source] adds a destructor
[source] method code for base functionallity
[source] Inheritance, constructor calls, virtual methods
[source] headers for square class
[source] Inheriting constructors and multiple methods of same name
[source] header file - one of the extended classes
[source] With Comparators
[source] main shape program - a.k.a. hereitis
[source] er and est
[source] Second C++ demo - heap v stack, char handling, this, static
[source] headers for shape class
[source] First definition and use of class
[source] circle class methods
[source] Simple C++ demo - class - interface and test program

Module C101 - Introduction to C
[2842] Staring a C course with Hello World - why?
[1933] Learning to Program in C
[885] Why do we still need C?
[336] Targetted Advertising
[318] Choosing a theme
[317] Programming languages - a comparison
[304] Training courses in the C language
[article] Introduction to the C Programming Language
[source] Separate function file and include file [functions part]
[source] Read from user - calculate - provide answer
[source] Separate function file and include file [header part]
[source] Snippet of code to #include
[source] Comparing while and do loops
[source] Hello World with extra function call
[source] Loops and functions
[source] Loading code from another file
[source] Separate function file and include file [main part]
[source] Hello World in C

Module C201 - C Language Fundamentals
[4566] C - why is slow to write and debug) but fast to run?
[4555] Preprocessor directives in C and C++ - what they mean
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[3591] Integer types, and integer overflows, in C
[3278] Do I need to initialise variables - programming in C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby or Java.
[3234] Your program - you just provide the filling in the sandwich
[3120] Learning to write good programs in C and C++ - separating out repeated code
[2842] Staring a C course with Hello World - why?
[2576] What does const mean? C and C++
[2005] Variables and pointers and references - C and C++
[1671] Compiling C programs with gcc - an overview
[888] Turning C from source to a running program
[source] First C program
[source] makefile for C version of "hello world"
[source] What happens when you overflow
[source] Commenting code in C
[source] Sample function to illustrate inclusion
[source] First program and some comments
[source] C and C++ preprocessor examples

Module C202 - A first practical program
[4632] Remember to ask the question before you listen for the answer
[4337] Learning to program sample program - past its prime, but still useful
[3590] Defining, declaring and initialising variables in C
[3236] C - a first program that does something useful for you
[3121] New year, new C Course
[2580] C course inspires new teaching examples
[888] Turning C from source to a running program
[source] Remember to prompt the user
[source] Delaring but not initialising - what happens?
[source] Variables and arithmetic in C
[source] Declaring and initialising variables
[source] makefile for module C202
[source] Calculation of VAT on an amount
[source] Temperature conversions
[source] Read, Calculate, output results */
[source] Testing number ranges in C
[source] First calculation
[source] Prompt - read - calculate - decide - report

Module C203 - Conditionals and Loops
[4337] Learning to program sample program - past its prime, but still useful
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[3384] Loops - a comparison of goto, while and for
[3243] Breaking the running sequence - an introduction to conditional statements and loops
[3200] How a for loop works Java, Perl and other languages
[3121] New year, new C Course
[3004] Increment operators for counting - Perl, PHP, C and others
[2570] Function Prototypes in C
[2002] New C Examples - pointers, realloc, structs and more
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1582] Ruby, C, Java and more - getting out of loops
[1220] for loop - how it works (Perl, PHP, Java, C, etc)
[1191] Smart English Output - via PHP and Perl ? : operator
[962] Breaking a loop - Ruby and other languages
[353] Wimbledon Neck
[source] Using { and } to scope a block
[source] Temperature conversions with ++ and +=
[source] Functions used in function prototype demo (ANSI C)
[source] Function prototypes for err.c and otherbits.c demo
[source] Temperature conversions using if
[source] Singapore Teapot answer
[source] loop showing weight loss needed until user is healthy
[source] makefile for module C203
[source] Temperature conversions using switch
[source] repeating code in a while loop
[source] Program that makes use of ANSI C function prototypes
[source] for loop - compare to goto loop and while loop
[source] while loop - compared to goto loop and for loop
[source] for loop - bad and good examples
[source] Temperature conversions in a while loop
[source] Singapore teapot in C
[source] Exercise - throw a die until you get a 6
[source] looping via a goto
[source] Temperature conversions in a while loop
[source] Learning to program in C ... first day's illustrations
[source] Conditional statements in C and C++
[source] Conditional - if and else - example

Module C204 - Functions, Macros and programs in multiple files
[4557] Function prototype - what they are and why you should use them - C and C++
[4555] Preprocessor directives in C and C++ - what they mean
[4554] Passing information into functions in C - by name, by value
[4338] Passing arrays into functions in C
[3721] Naming blocks of code, structures and Object Orientation - efficient coding in manageable chunks
[3717] Returning extra results from a function in C
[3237] Using functions to keep look and feel apart from calculations - simple C example
[2841] C Course exercise and sample answer - source in 2 files
[2575] Sharing variables between files of code in C - extern
[2570] Function Prototypes in C
[1478] Some new C programming examples - files, structs, unions etc
[1163] A better alternative to cutting and pasting code
[775] Do not duplicate your code
[source] functions to be loaded from another program
[source] Ways of passing back results from a function
[source] Function definition and call
[source] changing a parameter's value within a function
[source] Returning values from a function
[source] Variable declaration and scopr in inner blocks
[source] Using functions
[source] makefile for module C204
[source] function prototypes and extern
[source] functions for VAT rate exercise
[source] Using functions - the header file
[source] use of extern to reference variable held elsewhere
[source] call by value v call by pointer / reference
[source] Functions in their own file
[source] Sample answer - main code for VAT exercise
[source] Two functions of same name in C++
[source] Separating look and feel from business logic
[source] Function names must be unique in C
[source] The home for an extern variable

Module C205 - Arrays
[4566] C - why is slow to write and debug) but fast to run?
[4338] Passing arrays into functions in C
[3245] Collections in C and C++ - arrays, vectors and heap memory blocks
[3144] Setting up arrays in C - fixed size at compile time, or dynamic
[3121] New year, new C Course
[3118] Arrays of arrays - or 2D arrays. How to program tables.
[2840] Just pass a pointer - do not duplicate the data
[2002] New C Examples - pointers, realloc, structs and more
[1614] When an array is not an array
[source] Use of constants and globals
[source] header file for global variable demo
[source] Array - declaration, filling with data, reusing
[source] Sample rainfall data (1) - always 31 days of data
[source] Pointers and Arrays - Interaction
[source] pointers v arrays
[source] extern - a global variable
[source] declaring an array and defining its length
[source] makefile for module C205
[source] Arrays - triangle numbers WITH ERROR
[source] Arrays - triangle numbers
[source] Passing an array to a function - (2)
[source] Arrays - days and months
[source] Passing an array to a function - (1)
[source] read array, print in reverse, min and max
[source] Allocating heap memory and passing to a function

Module C206 - Character Strings
[4633] String handling in C - new examples of extracting integers from a string
[4556] Strings in C - strncmp strncpy and friends
[4340] Simple C structs - building up to full, dynamic example
[3718] Splitting a record into individual data values in C
[3593] Chars, char arrays and strings in C. Some early cautions and pitfalls.
[3146] Strings in C
[3144] Setting up arrays in C - fixed size at compile time, or dynamic
[3122] When is a program complete?
[2844] Learning about Regular Expressions in C through examples
[2843] String functions in C
[1338] Handling Binary data in Tcl (with a note on C)
[source] String handling examples
[source] read an array of numbers from a text string
[source] Picking out command line options into an array
[source] memory allocation and release with calloc and free
[source] More advanced coding style to handle argv and argc
[source] Strings via pointers and arrays of chars
[source] Strings v chars
[source] Characters and strings in C
[source] Read lines from file, tokenise them, save data into an array of structs.
[source] Command line - use of pointers example
[source] makefile for module C206
[source] File handling basics in C
[source] parsing and checking integers off a line
[source] Some sample data
[source] Basic string and command line handling
[source] Match and Capture - Regular Expressions
[source] String compare and copy
[source] Regular Expression matching in C
[source] Command line params - more complex character string arrangement
[source] String manipulation in C
[source] Tokenising a C string
[source] Summing numbers from the command line
[source] Structures and file i/o - C
[source] How NOT to do it - overrunning an array
[source] String copying and manipulation
[source] Command Line Handling
[source] Comparing strings in C
[source] Comparisons of strings in C

Module C207 - Pointers and references
[4560] Variables, Pointers and References - C and C++
[4128] Allocating memory dynamically in a static language like C
[3399] From fish, loaves and apples to money, plastic cards and BACS (Perl references explained)
[3386] Adding the pieces together to make a complete language - C
[3242] How to return 2 values from a function (C++ and C) - more uses of pointers
[3238] Bradshaw, Ben and Bill. And some C and C++ pointers and references too.
[3121] New year, new C Course
[3004] Increment operators for counting - Perl, PHP, C and others
[2670] Pointers to Pointers to Pointers - what is the point?
[2572] The what and why of C pointers
[2005] Variables and pointers and references - C and C++
[1497] Training Season Starts again!
[1478] Some new C programming examples - files, structs, unions etc
[1155] Pointers in C
[source] How a pointer can give a temporary name
[source] referencing array members through pointers
[source] Passing an array to a function
[source] References and pointers (and direct variable use)
[source] Handling command line args via pointers
[source] makefile for module C207
[source] Pointers - illustrative example 1
[source] First use of pointers
[source] Passing a reference to allow a variable to be change from a function
[source] passing pointers in to a function to allow multiple returns
[source] Further use of pointers - returning multiple values
[source] Passing pointers to functions
[source] Temperature conversions - pointers
[source] Comparing call by name and call by value
[source] Hello pointer world
[source] Pointers and addresses - the mechanism
[source] Jelly beans
[source] Passing complex data via a single pointer
[source] function calls - call by value and call by name
[source] use of pointer - passing to function

Module C208 - Programming techniques and tools
[4341] Segmentation Fault, Segmentation Violation, Bus Error, Stack Smashing
[4336] Test Driven Development - a first example of principle in C
[source] Command line options and parameters
[source] Test harness - test driven development
[source] makefile for module C202
[source] Command line arguments and the environment
[source] Tokenising a string into a structure
[source] File reading - template for delegates
[source] header file for functions to be tested
[source] Functions to be tested

Module C209 - Structures and Unions
[3386] Adding the pieces together to make a complete language - C
[3145] Structures v Structure Pointers in C. How, which, why.
[3122] When is a program complete?
[2573] C Structs - what, how and why
[1669] What are Unions (C programming)
[1584] Using Structs and Unions together effectively in C
[1572] C - structs and unions, C++ classes and polymorphism
[1478] Some new C programming examples - files, structs, unions etc
[source] Simple demonstation of a structure
[source] Data for trains_06.c example
[source] Example of a Union in C
[source] An Array of Structures
[source] Struct, Structures and Structure Pointers
[source] Definition and first use of a structure
[source] definition and use of structure
[source] stuctures - array of structs
[source] stuctures - a first example
[source] Read file into array of structs
[source] Copying Strings in and out of a structure
[source] Use of pointer to a structure
[source] Definition and use of pointer to structure
[source] An array of structures
[source] Setting up and using structures on the heap
[source] Dynamic allocation of memory for structs
[source] C (towards C++), Septmeber 2018
[source] A Union within a struct - practical use demonstration
[source] stuctures - adding pointers
[source] Structure with char pointer
[source] Structure Pointers
[source] Pointer to malloc'd memory from a structure
[source] Defining and using a structure
[source] Read file into array of structs
[source] Dynamic allocation for struct and struct pointers, and populating from file

Module C210 - File Handling
[4340] Simple C structs - building up to full, dynamic example
[4339] Command line and file handling in C
[3386] Adding the pieces together to make a complete language - C
[3122] When is a program complete?
[2572] The what and why of C pointers
[2571] Reading and writing files in C
[2002] New C Examples - pointers, realloc, structs and more
[source] Parsing a directory
[source] fopen to access files at a higher level
[source] Text file read and write
[source] low level file handling with open
[source] Reading all the files named on the command line
[source] Read file into array of structs

Module C211 - Standard Libraries and other headers
[4465] Sockets, time handling and keyboard interrupt handling in C
[3244] C and C++ - preprocess, compile, load, run - what each step is for
[3234] Your program - you just provide the filling in the sandwich
[3148] OpenGL / C / C++ - an example to get you started
[2575] Sharing variables between files of code in C - extern
[source] include file example for cpp.c
[source] First example of shared code
[source] Sharing extern variables - a file of functions
[source] Preprocessor directive demonstration
[source] Sharing variables between object files - main program
[source] extern, and use of preprocessor to control it
[source] Example of included file
[source] use of #define and #include
[source] Gift server demonstration
[source] The Sandwich of your application within standard elements
[source] C Preprocessor examples
[source] Sample preprocessor directives

Module C212 - Memory Management
[4635] Encapsulating logic in functions and structs - the C approach to Object Oriented techniques
[4634] Regression testing - via a very short C testing framework
[4340] Simple C structs - building up to full, dynamic example
[4128] Allocating memory dynamically in a static language like C
[3416] Storing Tcl source code encoded, and running via your own C program
[3386] Adding the pieces together to make a complete language - C
[3144] Setting up arrays in C - fixed size at compile time, or dynamic
[3118] Arrays of arrays - or 2D arrays. How to program tables.
[2848] C course - final course example puts it all together
[2669] Efficient use of dynamic memory - C and realloc
[1845] Passing a table from Lua into C
[1670] Dynamic Memory Allocation in C
[1589] Dynamic Memory Allocation in C - calloc, realloc
[1581] What is an lvalue? (Perl, C)
[1497] Training Season Starts again!
[article] Want something more dynamic than an array?
[source] Dynamic memory allocation - reading a file of unknown length
[source] Routines to load data (imporved API and Regex in C example (3)
[source] reallocing for an array of structures
[source] Complete example - loading log file and filtering
[source] Read file into array of structs
[source] Dynamically sized collection
[source] Dymanic array - runtime sizing on using calloc
[source] Complete example - regex, realloc, string and file handling, etc
[source] Routines to load data into array of structures and access it (2)
[source] Memory allocation and freeing - demo of principles
[source] Routines to load data into array of structures and access it (1)
[source] Framework for testing lower level code

Module C221 - Secure C Programming
[4635] Encapsulating logic in functions and structs - the C approach to Object Oriented techniques
[source] A poor program - using un initialised variables and an out of bounds array

Module C230 - Revision of C
[4566] C - why is slow to write and debug) but fast to run?
[4555] Preprocessor directives in C and C++ - what they mean
[4466] Moving from C to C++ - Structured to Object Oriented - a lesson for engineers
[source] Fast but unchecked - C
[source] C program using OO type patterns

Module C231 - Introduction to C++
[4562] Left shift operator on an output stream object - C++
[4561] Hello World in C++ - a first program, with the process explained
[4466] Moving from C to C++ - Structured to Object Oriented - a lesson for engineers
[3250] C++ - how we teach the language and the concepts behind the language
[3069] Strings, Garbage Collection and Variable Scope in C++
[3053] Make - automating the commands for building and installing
[3052] Getting your C++ program to run
[2845] Objects and Inheritance in C++ - an easy start
[2169] When should I use OO techniques?
[2004] Variable Scope in C++
[928] C++ and Perl - why did they do it THAT way?
[336] Targetted Advertising
[318] Choosing a theme
[317] Programming languages - a comparison
[article] Introduction to the C plus plus Programming Language
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] define and use a class
[source] Function prototypes for first demo
[source] private method, arrays of objects and object pointers
[source] Sample / test program - first OO class
[source] All together - C++ demo class and test program
[source] string objects
[source] API definition - first class demo
[source] Compile / Load instructions for examples in this module
[source] C++ - example for C comparison
[source] Hello C++ world
[source] Scoping of variables in C++
[source] Code for class in first demo
[source] File of functions
[source] The << operator in C++
[source] Main application
[source] several methods of same name

Module C232 - Defining and using classes in C++
[4565] Allocation of memory for objects in C++ - Stack v Heap
[4372] Template / design pattern for C++ constructor and accessors
[4129] Simple OO demonstration in C++, comparison to Python
[3978] Teaching OO - how to avoid lots of window switching early on
[3810] Reading files, and using factories to create vectors of objects from the data in C++
[3721] Naming blocks of code, structures and Object Orientation - efficient coding in manageable chunks
[3716] Learning C++ - a design pattern for your first class
[3250] C++ - how we teach the language and the concepts behind the language
[2579] Creating, setting up and using objects in C++
[2578] Where are your objects stored in C++?
[2577] Complete teaching example - C++, inheritance, polymorphism
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[source] First class in C++
[source] Class description with accessor functions
[source] Design Pattern for class definition and test
[source] Class descriptor
[source] Creating objects on the stack or heap
[source] Base class and subclass header definition
[source] Class use with accessory functions
[source] Template for your first OO classes
[source] makefile for module c232
[source] Definition of API of a class
[source] Inherited methods - test program
[source] Compile / Load instructions for examples in this module
[source] A test harness for the Table class
[source] Further base and subclass header definition
[source] stack v heap - object persistance
[source] Base class and subclass method definition
[source] code - the internals of the Table class
[source] Fundamental use of classes example - C++
[source] Hello c++ world - define and use an object / Compare to Python
[source] Class implementation code - book
[source] Further base and subclass definition
[source] Array of objects of different types
[source] Main application calling constructors and destructors
[source] Class member code
[source] Class interface - book
[source] Class definition and use all in one file
[source] Class use with accessor functions

Module C233 - OO in C++ - beyond the basics
[4560] Variables, Pointers and References - C and C++
[4559] When do I use the this keyword in C++?
[4377] Designing a base class and subclasses, and their extension, in C++
[4375] Final examples for 2014 - and a look at our 2015 training course options
[4356] Object factories in C++, Python, PHP and Perl
[3979] Extended and Associated objects - what is the difference - C++ example
[3811] Associated Classes - using objects of one class within another
[3508] Destructor methods in C++ - a primer
[3251] C++ - objects that are based on other objects, saving coding and adding robustness
[3244] C and C++ - preprocess, compile, load, run - what each step is for
[3142] Private and Public - and things between
[3124] C++ - putting the language elements together into a program
[3123] C++ objects - some short, single file demonstrations
[3056] C++ - a complete example with polymorphism, and how to split it into project files
[2845] Objects and Inheritance in C++ - an easy start
[2577] Complete teaching example - C++, inheritance, polymorphism
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1674] What a lot of files! (C++ / Polymorphism demo)
[1572] C - structs and unions, C++ classes and polymorphism
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[925] C++ - just beyond the basics. More you can do
[831] Comparison of Object Oriented Philosophy - Python, Java, C++, Perl
[801] Simple polymorphism example - C++
[798] References and Pointers in C++
[source] Makefile for our C++ inheritance / polymorphism demo (2)
[source] Declare, define, use a class - all in one file
[source] Complete inheritance and polymorphism demo
[source] Derived class member code
[source] Class storing strings within an object
[source] What is Inheritance / how is it implemented in C++ (1)
[source] extended subclass definintion
[source] Header file for a base class (2)
[source] Complete demonstration - data stored on the heap
[source] Class descriptor
[source] All the files for the shape demo on one page!
[source] the code for the base class (2)
[source] Second program to use our HotelRoomBooking - Vector
[source] Inheritance and Polymorphism example (all in 1 file)
[source] include file to define region hotel
[source] Class using classes and derived classes with inheritance
[source] Overloading +
[source] Compile / Load instructions for examples in this module
[source] base class, extended class, test code
[source] Overloading, Inheritance, Virtual, Polymorphism and more
[source] second subclass of animal - human (2)
[source] Associative classes example
[source] code for second subclass - pet (2)
[source] First denmo of polymorphism
[source] Second program to use our HotelRoomBooking - Array
[source] An array of objects
[source] An array of objects
[source] include file to define melkshamhotel
[source] Demo of polymorphism across an array
[source] Destructors - how and when they run
[source] Inheriting a Constructor
[source] What is Inheritance / how is it implemented in C++ (2)
[source] Definition of subclass headers (2)
[source] Abstract base class, two subclasses, polymorphic array
[source] C++ factory returning different object types
[source] Associated objects - one object used within another
[source] Complete first Polymorphism example
[source] Definition of polymorphic class methods
[source] Class member code
[source] inheritance and polymorphism - bus and train
[source] Derived class member code
[source] Definition of polymorphic class headers

Module C234 - Further C++ Object Oriented features
[4559] When do I use the this keyword in C++?
[4377] Designing a base class and subclasses, and their extension, in C++
[4366] Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages
[3982] Using a vector within an object - C++
[3509] Operator Overloading, Exceptions, Pointers, References and Templates in C++ - new examples from our courses
[3430] Sigils - the characters on the start of variable names in Perl, Ruby and Fortran
[3238] Bradshaw, Ben and Bill. And some C and C++ pointers and references too.
[3124] C++ - putting the language elements together into a program
[3069] Strings, Garbage Collection and Variable Scope in C++
[3057] Lots of things to do with and within a C++ class
[2849] What are C++ references? Why use them?
[2717] The Multiple Inheritance Conundrum, interfaces and mixins
[2673] Multiple Inheritance in C++ - a complete example
[2576] What does const mean? C and C++
[2005] Variables and pointers and references - C and C++
[2004] Variable Scope in C++
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1159] It can take more that one plus one to get two.
[831] Comparison of Object Oriented Philosophy - Python, Java, C++, Perl
[802] undefined reference to typeinfo - C++ error message
[801] Simple polymorphism example - C++
[source] Derived class member code
[source] Object Extras. Vector, delete, factory, destructor, etc
[source] Overriding add, multiply and << for print
[source] Class descriptor
[source] Operator (+) and to_string overloading, C++
[source] Operator overloading
[source] References and Pointers
[source] References and Pointers for each array member
[source] Polymorphism - complete example
[source] Interitance, Base Classes, Overloading of methods, etc - C++ course
[source] include file to define melkshamhotel
[source] costly, costly, costliest - object comparison
[source] Compile / Load instructions for examples in this module
[source] Direct, Pointer and Reference access to variables
[source] load filtered files to vector
[source] OO Buildup in C++ - starter
[source] multiple constructors, default parameters
[source] Direct, pointer and reference comparison
[source] Comparatives - heavy, heavier, heaviest
[source] Vector, Multiple Inheritance, virtual, Polymorphism, Factory
[source] References - description and sample code
[source] include file to define melkshamhotel
[source] Comparing objects
[source] file read to object framework
[source] Second C++ demo - heap v stack, char handling, this, static
[source] Class member code
[source] Derived class member code
[source] Simple C++ demo - class - interface and test program
[source] Direct, reference and pointer access to variables

Module C235 - I/O in C++
[4563] Formatting and outputting your own classes in C++
[4562] Left shift operator on an output stream object - C++
[3810] Reading files, and using factories to create vectors of objects from the data in C++
[3807] Reading (and writing) files in C++
[3390] Printing objects in C++
[3252] C++ - unknown array size, unknown object type. Help!
[3124] C++ - putting the language elements together into a program
[1675] Comparing Objects in C++
[1478] Some new C programming examples - files, structs, unions etc
[source] header file for object output demo
[source] Sample data for C++ course examples
[source] Stream demonstration
[source] Outputting an object via a stream
[source] Wholesale factory - a single call to make many objects
[source] for use in print object demo
[source] Sample data file ...
[source] implicit formatting to print an object
[source] Formatting floating point numbers in C++
[source] Compile / Load instructions for examples in this module
[source] Reading and writing files, file names from command line
[source] Factory method and file input to seed objects
[source] File handling with C++ streams
[source] Shell for full application
[source] Reading data from a file

Module C236 - Exceptions
[3509] Operator Overloading, Exceptions, Pointers, References and Templates in C++ - new examples from our courses
[3068] Throwing your own exception in C++, and catching it
[2622] Handling unusual and error conditions - exceptions
[1875] What are exceptions - Python based answer
[799] The case for exceptions
[article] errors v exceptions
[source] Exception handling - why we need it
[source] Exceptions - try, catch yourself AND throw to parent too
[source] Compile / Load instructions for examples in this module
[source] Exception handling - catches
[source] Creating exception objects, throwing and catching them
[source] Defining, throwing, catching an excpetion

Module C237 - Namespaces
[3066] Separating groups of variables into namespaces
[source] Calling a C function from a C++ main program
[source] Definition and use of namespaces

Module C238 - Templates
[3982] Using a vector within an object - C++
[3810] Reading files, and using factories to create vectors of objects from the data in C++
[3509] Operator Overloading, Exceptions, Pointers, References and Templates in C++ - new examples from our courses
[3388] Templates in C++ - defining a family pattern of methods / functions
[3252] C++ - unknown array size, unknown object type. Help!
[3245] Collections in C and C++ - arrays, vectors and heap memory blocks
[1478] Some new C programming examples - files, structs, unions etc
[source] more features of templates
[source] Function templates
[source] Compile / Load instructions for examples in this module
[source] Reference, pointers, templates
[source] Reading a file within a factory, tokenising, vector
[source] Use of a vector as a member within an object
[source] Use of a vector in C++

Module C239 - Putting it all together
[4559] When do I use the this keyword in C++?
[4374] Test driven development, and class design, from first principles (using C++)
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code
[3810] Reading files, and using factories to create vectors of objects from the data in C++
[3252] C++ - unknown array size, unknown object type. Help!
[3069] Strings, Garbage Collection and Variable Scope in C++
[3067] Using C and C++ functions in the same program - how to do it
[2851] Further C++ material - view new or old
[2674] Make and makefiles - a commented example to help you learn
[2673] Multiple Inheritance in C++ - a complete example
[2646] Compile but do not run PHP - syntax check only
[1181] Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables
[945] Code quality counts
[925] C++ - just beyond the basics. More you can do
[836] Build on what you already have with OO
[article] What makes a good variable name?
[source] 7 file example
[source] header file for main subclass - multiple inheritance demo
[source] add iostream / namespace, inline, new, printing function, override +
[source] vector, factory method, files, tokeniser
[source] Main program for multiple inheitance demo
[source] A second subclass for multiple inheritance demo
[source] Main class specification - multiple inheritance demo
[source] Header file for second subclass
[source] Main class for multiple inheritance demo
[source] add an array of objects
[source] this, vector, factory, inherrited constructor, file input, tokeniser
[source] Data file for flow / flow2 / flow4 examples
[source] Add an object comparator
[source] Reading a file named on the command line within a factory
[source] Switching from array to vector
[source] Makefile for multiple inheritance demo
[source] Inheritance in C++ - base demonstration
[source] classes and subclasses
[source] 7 file full example with a factory and a vector
[source] main subclass for multiple inheritance demo
[source] Alternative Makefile to show Makefile facilities

Module C501 - Objective C, XCode and iOS Resources
[3650] Possessive Regular Expression Matching - Perl, Objective C and some other languages
[3649] A single action for multiple iPad / iPhone buttons, and animation
[3648] iPad and iPhone programming - our seminar weekend with Xcode
[3599] Seeing how Melksham has changed over the years, via an iPad
[3596] Want to learn iPad and iPhone programming? Come along and learn with me for free.
[3594] Back to Uni
[source] Hello iPad world - view layout
[source] First program example - Objective C
[source] ViewController nethods
[source] Hello iPad World - main view controller
[source] Headers for ViewController
[source] Hello iPad World - header

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G: General Well House Consultants topics

Module G100 - Introduction to Melksham
[3932] River nearly bursting its banks in Melksham
[3696] Melksham government and business organisations
[3344] Repost - some useful pages on our site
[3232] Around and about Melksham in more pictures
[2704] A walk within without - Melksham Without
[2350] Ten years in Melksham - looking forward to ten more.
[2329] Great to be in Melksham
[1725] A future vision for Melksham
[1341] Moving to Melksham? Househunting map.
[866] A lazy programmer is a good programmer
[847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example
[676] Melksham, Wiltshire
[517] An occasional chance, and reducing data to manageable levels
[322] More maps
[291] Why are we no. 404
[269] Free parking for short errands in Melksham
[article] Creating Really Memorable Experiences

Module G101 - Getting to and from Melksham
[4701] Pretty at the station too
[4168] Travelling to and from courses - much easier from December 2013
[3752] Melksham Visitors Map - Bus routes and train lines to and from the town
[3751] Public transport for international arrivals into Melksham
[3276] International travel to the UK - coming to Melksham
[2791] Bath to Melksham buses - times
[2789] Melksham to London (Heathrow, and Central London)
[2634] London to and from Melksham by public transport
[2493] Melksham buses to/from Chippenham, Trowbridge, Bath, Devizes, London
[2367] Learning to program - how to jump the first hurdles
[2057] Train and Coach fares from London (and airports) to Melksham
[1997] Travelling to a course - station pickups
[1802] Motorcycles welcome at Well House Manor
[1723] Bath - Melksham - Devizes. Bus route changes, new timetable
[1594] Please support improvements in our train service
[1567] Melksham - Swindon. Train v Bus v Car
[1511] Buses from Well House Manor, Melksham, to Bath
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game
[1085] Lawrence Webb's Melksham Taxi service
[952] Coming from London to Melksham by train for a course
[856] The train returns for a few weeks
[814] Melksham Railway Calendar 2007
[796] Busy day in Melksham
[790] Shadow Transport Minister to visit Melksham
[715] First way to get rid of customers
[606] Train service from December
[538] A company we can work with
[486] Rail services under threat - Swindon, Melksham ... and Newquay and Bicester too
[413] Save the train
[187] a popular bus number
[154] Railway train service, Melksham station
[40] Take the train to training
[article] It's easy to get to Melksham, and there's things to do!

Module G102 - Things to do in Melksham
[3531] Blowing our trumpet about Melksham
[3284] What to do in the evening during a Tcl course
[3239] TrainWest, 2011 in pictures - Christie Miller, Bowerhill, Melksham
[3230] Whaddon - near us and yet so remote from us
[3229] Coincidence, or naturally repeating event?
[3062] Melksham Carnival - getting ready for 2011
[2716] Melksham in Pictures
[2656] Melksham Carnival
[2175] Melksham in pictures
[2141] Town Crier competiton
[1928] Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham, Wiltshire
[1894] Shopping in Melksham
[1452] Santa on the train to Melksham
[1330] While waiting for Melksham Post Office
[989] Melksham Quiz
[977] Melksham and Norwich
[957] Improving the historic town of Melksham
[951] What happened at Geekmas
[929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire
[829] Where to go within 30 minutes of Melksham
[670] Architectural Heritage - Devizes
[524] Santa comes to Melksham
[500] Bowerhill, Melksham, 2006 Calendar
[488] Looking for railway groups and users - Swindon, Salisbury, Southampton
[354] Ballooning from Bath
[344] Walk in Bath
[342] The evening after the course
[329] the Stately Homes of England
[325] Gone Racing - Larkhill, Wiltshire
[312] Maud Heath
[305] Within about an hour
[298] Sharing pictures of Wiltshire
[266] A beautiful place to live and learn
[51] Gym and swimming - Melksham Blue Pool
[5] Driving in the UK for new arrivals from the USA

Module G103 - Where to stay in Melksham
[4570] A warm welcome awaits you at Well House Manor, Melksham
[4506] Peak weekend - where there are still rooms near Melksham
[4447] Overnight accommodation in Melksham - if Well House Manor is full!
[4299] The Best Bed and Breakfast in Melksham?
[3865] What makes Well House Manor different?
[2705] Hotel booking in Melksham made easy!
[2581] Snow scenes - and how snow effected our business
[1929] 2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices
[1436] A little touring help during a business trip to England
[933] Course Joining package - updated
[902] Brand new hotel and training centre, Melksham
[667] Well House Manor goes ahead
[571] Well House Manor
[555] Hotel novelties
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[512] Exciting futures - the Well House Manor project
[475] Where to stay in and near Melksham
[319] Accommodation and landing pages
[article] Good places to stay in Melksham

Module G104 - Where to eat in Melksham
[4026] The coffee of the Stars comes to Melksham
[3304] Scones with or without fruit?
[2784] Course Lunches
[2597] Does my course include breakfast, lunch, dinner and a hotel room?
[2512] Kim of the Castle
[1447] Refa Tandoori Indian Restaurant, Melksham
[1329] Subway Restaurant in Melksham, Wiltshire
[529] Halal in Melksham
[525] Vision AND venture
[176] Extra chips
[47] Effective fundraising

Module G200 - Course and Company information
[4588] What teach you in a week stays with you for a decade
[4564] Perl, PHP, Python, Lua, Tcl, C++, Ruby - final public courses for 2015
[4519] Course Schedule - October 2015 to June 2016
[4518] Open source programming courses - October to December 2015
[4305] Learning to program in Java - yes, we can help.
[4172] Public courses - Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, C and C++ - autumn 2013 and through 2014
[3935] Whether you have programmed before or not, we can teach you Python
[3816] Want to escape the Olympics? Learn to program in the countryside!
[3235] How we make our programming courses both time and cost effective
[3202] Telling you something about us in just one line
[3115] Perl, Python, PHP, Lua, Linux, and more - and business hotel too. Menu for 2011
[3112] Public and private courses - subjects available for 2011
[2935] 01225 707126 to 01225 344596 to 01225 899360 - Well House Fax
[2925] Well House - the pictures
[2838] Respecting our customers anonimity
[2777] Blowing our own trumpet
[2762] Well House - Mission and Policy summaries
[2661] Current Public Courses
[2659] New numbers, as 01225 707126 and 01225 709638 are being retired
[2637] Courses - Melksham and elsewhere - until the end of April
[2560] Training comparison to QA Training, Learning Tree, GB Direct.
[2558] Happy new decade - and course and hotel prices for 2010
[2505] I almost put the bins out this morning
[2400] Are you wanting to learn PHP?
[2354] Training, Open Source computer languages
[2350] Ten years in Melksham - looking forward to ten more.
[2341] Koulutus, Open Source tietokone kielillä
[2340] ldning, Open Source dator språk
[2339] Opplæring, Open Source datamaskinen språk
[2338] Uddannelse, Open Source computer sprog
[2337] Opleiding, Open Source computertalen
[2336] Formação, Open Source computador línguas
[2335] Ausbildung, die Open-Source-Sprachen
[2334] Formazione, Open Source computer lingue
[2333] Formación, de los lenguajes de código abierto
[2332] Formation, des langages Open Source
[2326] Learn a new programming language this summer.
[2278] First courses for 2010
[2227] Learning PHP, Ruby, Lua and Python - upcoming courses
[2222] A (biased?) comparison of PHP courses in the UK
[2118] Spring Sprung
[2041] httpd, Tomcat and PHP course enhancements
[1629] A short introduction to our courses
[1623] PHP Techniques - a workshop
[1577] Spring and early summer training courses
[1565] Languages compared - based on developer community size
[1492] Well House Consultants Training and Hotel - 2008 news
[1453] What makes our courses special?
[1384] An email update for past guests and delegates
[1317] 2008 course schedule - Perl, Python, PHP, Linux, Java Deployment, Ruby and more
[1102] A Reference
[1087] Telling a story in different ways
[1018] Open Source Courses and Business Hotel - products and prices for 2007
[564] Open Source training from Well House Consultants
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[549] 2005 - Come as a student, leave as a friend
[504] We are about Open Source programming courses in the UK
[419] Most popular courses
[277] Fire drill
[234] How to get the best from your supplier
[181] Maximum number of trainees on a course
[13] Mobile Office revamp
[article] Training - our guarantee and commitment
[article] For the newcomer to Well House Consultants

Module G203 - Training course prices
[4602] Training course and hotel room prices - 2016
[4416] Challenging the IT course business model
[4379] Well House Consultants / Well House Manor - Prices for 2015
[4246] Python, PHP, Ruby, C, Lua, etc ... course prices held for the rest of 2014
[4230] Well House Consultants - course prices for 2014
[4082] Training around the world - easy payment in pounds Sterling
[3196] No news is good news.
[3107] Hotel and Training Course prices - the effect of the VAT rise on 4th January 2011
[2560] Training comparison to QA Training, Learning Tree, GB Direct.
[2541] VAT Changes
[2311] Floor to ceiling
[2003] Discount Training Courses - PHP, Perl, Python
[1912] Book now for 2009
[1492] Well House Consultants Training and Hotel - 2008 news
[499] Good IT training cannot be cheap
[295] Pricing strategy - simple and fair
[163] Introduction fees, bonuses, commissions, kickbacks
[101] Good value, low cost, cheap.
[article] How come our list prices are lower?
[article] Price Comparison on our training courses
[article] Pay on the day - not months in advance!

Module G204 - Equipment and facilities
[4261] Updated delegate computers - nine of the best
[3489] Python courses and Private courses - gently updating our product to keep it ahead of the game
[3310] How fast is your Internet access? Do you need something faster for your business or home?
[3196] No news is good news.
[3174] Sharing a single hotel internet connection without carrying extra hardware
[3137] Training Classes - should the training company provide a system for each delegate to use?
[3130] New Computers for delegates to use
[3109] A weighty decision
[2935] 01225 707126 to 01225 344596 to 01225 899360 - Well House Fax
[2850] Fresh Paint for course presentation - including C++
[2810] A course review - for the tutor to complete
[2795] Simon says
[2370] C++, Python, and other training - do we use an IDE
[2222] A (biased?) comparison of PHP courses in the UK
[2032] Mobile Internet - an alternative to hotel WiFi
[1701] Training Course and Business Conference Technology
[1488] New trainee laptop fleet for our Open Source courses
[1415] Better technology makes for longer commutes?
[1364] Korn shell course - resources
[1363] One computer per delegate, or pair programming?
[1126] MacFormat - Me and My Mac
[1089] Playing old games
[460] New Network
[452] Is enough enough?
[450] Wheelchair access - can do!
[432] New print centre for our manuals

Module G205 - Food and Drink.
[4415] Buffet review - taking the price into account
[3387] Eating out in Melksham - where we like for lunch.
[3233] C / C++ Course Lunch - sitting out at the West End
[3199] Lunch for Melksham Businesses
[3182] What we look for in a lunchtime cafe restaurant in Melksham
[2784] Course Lunches
[2591] Melksham Hotel, B and B or business accommodation?
[2590] A healthy, local breakfast in Melksham
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1843] How many cups of coffee?
[1332] Melksham Hotel - Five Star Kitchen!
[456] Laying out a vegetarian lunch
[302] Dining full circle
[221] Lunchtime Drink
[211] Look after your staff and they'll look after you. AOL.
[207] Canteen Dragon
[184] MTBF of coffee machines
[36] Tesco at 5
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing

Module G206 - Our training centre
[4012] A course is not just for a year - its for a career
[3545] Finding all matches to a pattern in Perl regular expressions
[2943] Our facilities to support Well House Consultants Courses
[2926] Journey times to Melksham, Wiltshire
[2660] One number for Well House - 01225 708225
[2538] Open Source Training Centre and Courses for 2010
[2537] Faster network, but not faster browsing until ...
[2126] Weeding out old phone numbers
[1240] Fancy going to Glastonbury?
[1200] Training information - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
[640] Training Centre Pictures
[627] JIT or JAU
[448] Out of the norm.
[256] Spring is in the air
[53] Drive the drive
[article] Bottles from Melksham Spa
[article] Well House Consultants - Key Facts

Module G207 - Staff
[4227] Happy Christmas from the Well House Manor team
[4189] Who are we - Lisa, Graham, Gypsy and Billy
[3961] Well House Staff Party
[3586] Emergency First Aid Provision at Well House Manor - part of the service
[3490] How not to call when job seeking ...
[3460] Flying Colours!
[3425] Our National Autograss Champion, from Melksham
[3311] Exhilarating day!
[3212] Well House Manor - a home from home for the business and leisure guest in Melksham
[3201] A change to the Well House team - thank you and good luck, Chris
[3103] Thank you - and Happy Christmas
[3051] Positively reforming the system - could it be done?
[2960] The Well House team - September 2010
[2934] Not so much software training - more hotel keeping!
[2775] Declarations of interest - knowing where you stand with people
[2772] Graham Ellis - Summary of Training Record
[2566] Excellent staff make for excellent hotel
[2164] Updating my public profile - Graham Ellis
[2050] Why the Pony Tail?
[2044] Please Trouble me
[2009] The Royal Mail Receipt
[1324] Well House Manor appoints a General Manager
[1141] A strong team broadens the professional coverage
[1083] Behind the scenes
[1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction
[1002] Meet the neighbours
[972] Both one team and two
[895] Welcome, Martin
[862] 4 weeks to go
[578] Woman screaming at me
[393] Trainer answers phone
[371] The training team that's looking out for you
[185] Who am I?
[168] Welcoming Leah Davies to our team
[88] Getting the right level of trainer
[41] A Thousand and four words
[10] What do you look for in your IT trainer?
[article] The Author of the Apache httpd and Tomcat Course

Module G208 - Library
[3440] Research is exciting. But should routine be automated?
[3259] Our library in Melksham
[2943] Our facilities to support Well House Consultants Courses
[924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl
[669] The best Open Source library in town
[167] Upgrade to the Library

Module G209 - Keeping up to date
[4314] PHP training - refreshed modern course, backed up by years of practical experience
[4200] Endorsed Perl, Python and PHP training - Tcl, Lua, Ruby and C too!
[3755] Cruising on the Mersey Ferry?
[3653] What is happening in 59 days time in Melksham?
[3469] Teaching dilemma - old tricks and techniques, or recent enhancements?
[3003] What will we be teaching in six years?
[2940] Training course locations - Melksham, UK; Buxton, UK; Lake Constance, Germany; Venice Italy, the USA and India
[2564] Microblogging services - Plurk, Twitter, Jaiku and more
[2352] Printed Directories - the start of the updating season
[2078] A lot has changed - but the memory lingers on
[2032] Mobile Internet - an alternative to hotel WiFi
[1488] New trainee laptop fleet for our Open Source courses
[396] The next technologies
[250] We dont stand still
[160] Review of the Autumn
[143] Network Camera
[86] Talk review - Idiomatic Perl, David Cross
[83] Geek Cruising
[82] Keeping up to date
[article] Portrait of the Author of PHP

Module G210 - History
[3628] Historic Drawings from near Melksham
[3615] Historic documents for Wiltshire
[3510] The skull above the door in Melksham Town Hall
[3149] Looking back at www.wellho.net
[2999] 2999 - looking back
[2968] Well House Consultants - a potted history
[225] 10 years and counting
[164] Well House Consultants - review of 2004
[38] An update for old friends
[article] Time Line - growth of our Open Source training
[article] Taxi from Melksham Station, Sir?

Module G211 - The story of our Georgian HQ and Edwardian Hotel
[4751] Final day of training at Well House Manor - Python, Lua, Tcl and C/C++ continue at The Spa, Melksham
[4139] Out of doors (mostly) at Well House in Melksham
[3864] Guest Guide for Well House Manor and Melksham
[3847] The Accidental Hotelier
[2987] Memorial to a day in 1999
[2962] Well House Manor - the history of the hotel
[2935] 01225 707126 to 01225 344596 to 01225 899360 - Well House Fax
[2565] Bright day, snowy day
[2548] Ten years ago, we moved to Melksham Spa
[2350] Ten years in Melksham - looking forward to ten more.
[2158] On the roof of a Melksham Spa House
[1443] Christmas is coming very early
[1126] MacFormat - Me and My Mac
[830] Butterflies in a Wiltshire garden
[811] Melksham in Bloom
[719] Gardens, Well House Consultants HQ
[174] Contrast - the storm and the calm.
[118] History around you
[article] Time Line - growth of our Open Source training
[article] Bottles from Melksham Spa
[article] Well House Consultants - Key Facts

Module G300 - Public Courses
[4769] Python, Tcl, Lua and other Open Source programming courses for 2018
[4751] Final day of training at Well House Manor - Python, Lua, Tcl and C/C++ continue at The Spa, Melksham
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House
[4705] Course dates - from October 2016 to December 2017
[4689] Training Course schedule for summer and autumn 2016
[4564] Perl, PHP, Python, Lua, Tcl, C++, Ruby - final public courses for 2015
[4519] Course Schedule - October 2015 to June 2016
[4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates
[4416] Challenging the IT course business model
[4408] Additional Python courses added to our schedule
[4375] Final examples for 2014 - and a look at our 2015 training course options
[4358] A brilliant finish to 2014 training and business guests, and a look to 2015
[4300] Public courses - Autumn 2014 and 2015
[4279] Upcoming public courses from Well House Consultants
[4230] Well House Consultants - course prices for 2014
[4197] Python and Tcl courses, November, UK (Melksham) ... just a few places left
[4172] Public courses - Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, C and C++ - autumn 2013 and through 2014
[4015] Upcoming courses and availabiity
[3983] Upcoming courses at Well House Manor - Ruby, Python, Perl
[3964] What is coming up from Well House in 2013 - public Open Source / IT courses.
[3924] The bedrooms at Well House Manor
[3911] How well do you know Perl and / or Python?
[3903] Python Programming class for delegates who have already self-taught the basics
[3876] October to December 2012 - Public Courses
[3829] Training courses - rest of 2012, 2013 and January 2014
[3823] Know Python or PHP? Want to learn Perl too?
[3637] April, May and June 2012 - Public Open Source Programming Courses
[3573] New in Java 7 - and why we are not running public Java 7 courses
[3559] Well House Consultants - Open Source Programming Courses for 2012
[3528] December courses - PHP, Python, Perl - and a weekend Lua course
[3401] Open Source Training Schedule - learn a programming language - in Autumn 2011 or 2012
[3365] Turning bright delegates into bright and knowledgable ones
[3358] Upcoming Programming courses ... High Summer, 2011
[3219] How do I become a Linux System Administrator?
[3205] Open Source (Public) courses - PHP, Tcl, SQL, Python, C and C++ in Melksham, Wiltshire, UK
[3160] Extra courses - Advanced PHP, MySQL and Lua
[3129] Extra courses - C and C++
[3078] Royal Wedding. How William and Catherine have changed our schedule
[3074] Running a course ... what if the tutor isn't well?
[3071] Well House Price list, January to March 2011
[3021] Courses for late 2010 and early 2011
[2965] Testimonials - Well House Consultants Open Source courses
[2942] Open Source Programming - Training Course Schedule
[2928] Public (scheduled) or private course? Book direct, or through a third party?
[2927] Announcing 2011 Open Source Training courses - dates and prices
[2881] Tailoring of courses to meet customers needs - how it works
[2839] Software versions used - June 2010
[2736] Perl Course FAQ
[2558] Happy new decade - and course and hotel prices for 2010
[2341] Koulutus, Open Source tietokone kielillä
[2340] ldning, Open Source dator språk
[2339] Opplæring, Open Source datamaskinen språk
[2338] Uddannelse, Open Source computer sprog
[2337] Opleiding, Open Source computertalen
[2336] Formação, Open Source computador línguas
[2335] Ausbildung, die Open-Source-Sprachen
[2334] Formazione, Open Source computer lingue
[2333] Formación, de los lenguajes de código abierto
[2332] Formation, des langages Open Source
[2048] Learning to program in PHP, Python, Java or Lua ...
[1968] Review of 2008
[1929] 2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices
[1857] November and December Public Course Schedule
[1836] Next in the sequence - courses next year (2009)
[1751] Public Training Course Dates until July 2009
[1693] July to December 2008 - Open Source training schedule
[1615] PHP training courses every month
[1565] Languages compared - based on developer community size
[1420] The Learning Perl crew, October 2007
[1414] What we teach - expained for the non-technical
[1035] Longer hours and better value courses
[933] Course Joining package - updated
[845] Course scheduling and Geekmas - are they traditions yet?
[646] PHP - London course, Melksham Course, Evening course
[387] Training course plans for 2006
[181] Maximum number of trainees on a course
[172] Public courses in London
[article] Free software - the joy of Open Source

Module G301 - Booking a Public Courses
[4602] Training course and hotel room prices - 2016
[4122] Well House - booking through agents
[3600] Visa, MasterCard and American Express - changing payment profiles
[3180] Age limits for Well House Consultants Open Source courses?
[2743] Public Open Source Training Courses running this summer and autumn in Melksham
[2352] Printed Directories - the start of the updating season
[2278] First courses for 2010
[1932] Training Passports - booking a training program
[1693] July to December 2008 - Open Source training schedule
[1634] Kiss and Book
[1555] Advanced Python, Perl, PHP and Tcl training courses / classes
[1193] Dangerous Dogs and Hotel Marketing
[664] Ruby course - oops - it's not happening
[487] On line course booking - credit card protection
[article] How come our list prices are lower?
[article] Pay on the day - not months in advance!

Module G302 - Coming to a course.
[4558] Well House Consultants - Python courses / what's special.
[4335] Flexible public courses - residential or commuting, programming newcomer or experienced, C or C++
[4231] Well House Consultants - Public Training Course times for 2014
[2835] A course is more than just a chap giving a lecture
[2286] New to programming? It is natural (but needless) for you to be nervous
[2249] Public Transport from London to Melksham, Wiltshire
[1996] Advise before my Apache / Tomcat course
[1792] All the pieces fall into place - hotel and courses
[952] Coming from London to Melksham by train for a course
[933] Course Joining package - updated
[898] Courses at Well House Manor
[695] In the hospitality business
[490] A new way to get lost
[464] Technical Loneliness
[306] Bristol Airport this morning, The Farm this evening.
[264] 100% Training
[2] Diary entry - 5th August 2004
[article] It's easy to get to Melksham, and there's things to do!

Module G303 - During the course
[4558] Well House Consultants - Python courses / what's special.
[4132] Using your own laptop on our courses - now even easier!
[3771] Fine evening, country walk from Melksham - pictures
[3588] Learning about how to help people learning - and retaining
[3233] C / C++ Course Lunch - sitting out at the West End
[2560] Training comparison to QA Training, Learning Tree, GB Direct.
[2342] Training Classes in other tongues
[1816] Holt on holt
[1466] Effective Java training - the bootcamp approach
[1459] Interactive training, and advancing techniques further
[1420] The Learning Perl crew, October 2007
[1363] One computer per delegate, or pair programming?
[1245] Ensuring that our tutor answers YOUR questions
[1035] Longer hours and better value courses
[670] Architectural Heritage - Devizes
[640] Training Centre Pictures
[570] Features and Benefits
[455] A Stengthening day
[342] The evening after the course
[273] Course Picture
[56] Dress Code
[article] Moving up a class

Module G304 - Getting home
[4231] Well House Consultants - Public Training Course times for 2014
[2789] Melksham to London (Heathrow, and Central London)
[2726] Every cloud has a silver lining
[2366] At the end of the course
[2248] Getting home from Melksham
[1989] So sad to see you go

Module G305 - Post Course support
[4588] What teach you in a week stays with you for a decade
[3770] Sample answers to training course exercises - available on our web site
[3701] Refresh and Revision training class days - Perl / PHP / Python / Lua / Ruby / Tcl / C / C++
[3419] Data that we use during our training courses, and other training resources
[3391] For programmers who use Internet Explorer as their browser
[3045] After Course Resources - do we publish sample answers. Example from Java Exceptions module.
[2732] Asking about Jesus
[2102] What do people think of our Apache httpd / Tomcat course?
[1874] Is it worth it?
[1245] Ensuring that our tutor answers YOUR questions
[651] Please Register with Opentalk - but just once!
[609] Been on a course, but still not got it?
[569] Instructions for bright people
[516] Open source questions? Anyone can ask.
[509] Snippets from Geekmas
[389] Tough Love
[336] Targetted Advertising
[327] How far should our support go
[293] Course follow-ups
[248] Use me, but use me effectively
[244] Getting your examples, my examples and the data files after your course
[199] Post course support - part of the service
[136] Please tell us

Module G310 - A better class of course
[4583] Back in the saddle again - excellent open source course from Well House Consultants
[4558] Well House Consultants - Python courses / what's special.
[4280] Making use of huge data, object orientation, unit testing and frameworks
[3587] C++ Courses - do I get official certification at the end of my Well House course?
[3419] Data that we use during our training courses, and other training resources
[3385] Do university courses teach the right things for life at work later on?
[3271] The importance of feedback
[3001] How will we present courses over the coming years?
[2762] Well House - Mission and Policy summaries
[2633] Why do I teach niche skills rather than mainstream?
[2187] Are we IITT (Institute of IT Training) members?
[2109] Why most training fails ...
[2084] Books and distance learning from Well House Consultants?
[2074] Weekday or Weekend PHP, Python and Perl classes?
[2049] Why Choose Well House Consultants for your course?
[2010] How long should a training module be?
[1933] Learning to Program in C
[1645] Seeing how others do it - PHP training
[1576] Making PHP and MySQL training relevant to the course delegates
[1488] New trainee laptop fleet for our Open Source courses
[1453] What makes our courses special?
[1035] Longer hours and better value courses
[726] In praise of training course delegates.
[646] PHP - London course, Melksham Course, Evening course
[579] Short Linux and Perl courses for small groups
[577] Learning to program in Perl or PHP
[559] ''I don't know'' is sometimes a good answer
[554] What backup is adequate?
[497] I have a river to cross
[394] A year on - should we offer certified PHP courses
[371] The training team that's looking out for you
[350] Want to be one better
[292] Elegant languages - Perl, PHP, Python
[230] Course sizes - beware of marketing statistics
[224] YOUR application and YOUR data
[219] Some unusual features
[215] Open Source becomes mainstream
[211] Look after your staff and they'll look after you. AOL.
[article] Moving up a class
[article] Why so many different courses?
[article] Training - our guarantee and commitment
[article] For the newcomer to Well House Consultants
[article] Creating Really Memorable Experiences

Module G400 - Private course
[4358] A brilliant finish to 2014 training and business guests, and a look to 2015
[4082] Training around the world - easy payment in pounds Sterling
[3074] Running a course ... what if the tutor isn't well?
[3071] Well House Price list, January to March 2011
[2965] Testimonials - Well House Consultants Open Source courses
[2953] Turning an exercise into the real thing with extreme programming
[2928] Public (scheduled) or private course? Book direct, or through a third party?
[2881] Tailoring of courses to meet customers needs - how it works
[2802] After the Perl course in Nurnberg
[1968] Review of 2008
[1929] 2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices
[1555] Advanced Python, Perl, PHP and Tcl training courses / classes
[1414] What we teach - expained for the non-technical
[1092] Tcl training - often for a larger group
[994] Training on Cascading Style Sheets
[387] Training course plans for 2006
[321] Sales - the alternative close
[181] Maximum number of trainees on a course

Module G401 - On Site courses
[4769] Python, Tcl, Lua and other Open Source programming courses for 2018
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House
[4602] Training course and hotel room prices - 2016
[4230] Well House Consultants - course prices for 2014
[4132] Using your own laptop on our courses - now even easier!
[3950] 10 reasons why I travel the night before a course starts
[3898] The course must go on - improvements to tutor travel plans, with immediate effect
[3715] Changing face - Filton
[3691] Back in Cambridge to give a Lua course
[3137] Training Classes - should the training company provide a system for each delegate to use?
[3131] Lua, Tcl, Python; Worldwide training classes
[2956] On site course - travel and accommodation expenses
[2928] Public (scheduled) or private course? Book direct, or through a third party?
[2810] A course review - for the tutor to complete
[2801] Binary data handling with unpack in Perl
[2311] Floor to ceiling
[2309] Lua training class in Spanish
[2041] httpd, Tomcat and PHP course enhancements
[1781] Reception
[1600] Cambidge - Tcl, Expect and Perl courses
[1465] Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Linux, MySQL, Ruby courses ...
[1027] Cue the music, I'm happy.
[439] You cant
[438] Fair system for travel and accommodation expenses
[382] Central London Courses - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, MySQL
[241] Dress for training
[213] Off to Munich
[191] Setting up a training room for a course
[139] Just provide a room and the students
[article] Onsite training - expenses
[article] On the Oban Road
[article] Pay on the day - not months in advance!

Module G402 - Private courses at Melksham
[1989] So sad to see you go
[1900] Table Topics
[1081] Customer takes over class, and I am delighted
[933] Course Joining package - updated
[898] Courses at Well House Manor
[640] Training Centre Pictures

Module G403 - On site - venues, UK and Ireland
[4168] Travelling to and from courses - much easier from December 2013
[3489] Python courses and Private courses - gently updating our product to keep it ahead of the game
[3153] Points West to Belfast
[3065] Pictures from the Birkenhead to Belfast crossing
[3058] MacBook Air - hardware and system review
[2956] On site course - travel and accommodation expenses
[1599] Fresher tutor, better course
[1200] Training information - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
[910] Helping the miles pass
[710] Linux training Glasgow, Python programming course Dundee
[378] A word of admiration for the London cabbie
[120] Good early morning

Module G404 - On site venues
[4671] Ruby training, half a world away
[4011] From Salford
[3950] 10 reasons why I travel the night before a course starts
[3636] Best tenner I ever spent?
[3292] Every tenth picture.
[3131] Lua, Tcl, Python; Worldwide training classes
[3130] New Computers for delegates to use
[2989] Oddballs in Plymouth
[2731] Training Courses - time of change
[2309] Lua training class in Spanish
[741] Last week - picture of the Perl course
[727] A journey, an arrival, a people
[382] Central London Courses - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, MySQL
[196] An Open Source course on the Channel Islands
[107] Taking Equipment offshore to run a course

Module G500 - Running a training company
[4135] Introducing your product to Well House Consultants - single, personally tuned email please
[4004] Annual Accounts - a big job for a small business
[3824] Planned for a quiet period during the Olympics - but it is far from that!
[3684] Once upon a Maundy Thursday
[3610] Training to do a job, or training to pass an exam?
[3361] Blowing our own trumpet - MySQL resources
[2940] Training course locations - Melksham, UK; Buxton, UK; Lake Constance, Germany; Venice Italy, the USA and India
[2924] Job applicants - wondering why they apply
[2838] Respecting our customers anonimity
[2144] Looking for a career change - Physician to Web Site Designer
[2084] Books and distance learning from Well House Consultants?
[2074] Weekday or Weekend PHP, Python and Perl classes?
[2049] Why Choose Well House Consultants for your course?
[2021] Short health and safety course
[2003] Discount Training Courses - PHP, Perl, Python
[1963] Best source to learn Java (or Perl or PHP or Python)
[1884] Recession? Depression?
[1433] Linux, PHP, Tcl, Ruby, C, C++ - last minute training course availability
[1393] First Alternative / what has happened there?
[1369] One business, four different angles!
[1040] What the customer is looking for - effective training
[1022] No courses. No hotel guests. Rushed off our feet!
[978] Wellhouse Manor, Hotel, Melksham
[926] Training rooms to learn Open Source programming
[838] Talking about other training companies.
[813] Monday Morning at Well House Consultants Melksham
[652] Morning Post
[627] JIT or JAU
[545] Is training seasonal?
[470] I wanna be a Python trainer
[402] Netless
[385] Feast or famine
[251] WIBNIF
[171] Skills and techniques of being a successful trainer

Module G501 - Customer Service
[4232] Not wanted here - hotel guests who will not be happy
[4078] Train works for me!
[4077] Palty or Parliamentary?
[3835] The Information age - not yet truly with us?
[3808] Can you put names to faces?
[3378] New product - ensuring that supply matches demand
[3294] It's not just about the jam in the sandwich
[3271] The importance of feedback
[3103] Thank you - and Happy Christmas
[3073] Customer Service - the boundary
[2961] Initial handling of phone calls and walk in visitors
[2880] Getting in touch - Please allow me to see you when you are online
[2650] Getting a phone line changed ...
[2530] Taking a knock over Santa
[2258] Questions I have been asked on answering the phone
[2236] Alumni - revisiting and supporting the old University
[2124] Building down expectations
[2102] What do people think of our Apache httpd / Tomcat course?
[2049] Why Choose Well House Consultants for your course?
[2015] Service Excellence Awards
[1991] Rules for a King
[1985] Learning to program as a part of your job
[1835] 23:30 bookings and midnight checkins
[1637] Providing exceptional service - and carrying on doing so.
[1606] Sheep Shearers, Marathon Runners and Ocean Sailors
[1516] Pictures you can use - for free - from our library
[1446] An answer to a student asking 'Help'
[1434] Market survey - to learn, to prove a point, or to sell your product?
[1319] Customer feedback - lifeblood of a business
[1262] Keep in touch with PHP, Perl, Python and old friends too
[1046] Bounce, bounce, bounce
[1007] Friends and family
[966] CSL, KISS and RTFM
[961] Products that our customers want more of
[944] Just ******* Google it
[852] Eventful evening - a lesson in looking after contacts
[841] Forum help - a push in the right direction
[725] Better communication
[717] A customer service company
[650] A person of few words
[628] Active Learning
[621] And the staff put the icing on the cake
[609] Been on a course, but still not got it?
[569] Instructions for bright people
[566] May all your screw-ups be big ones
[552] Keeping Customers Informed
[482] Different ways of selling
[440] Upgrade!
[393] Trainer answers phone
[350] Want to be one better
[327] How far should our support go
[265] Business practise, 2005 style
[233] Giving customers best value
[195] Customer service - examples to warn us
[189] Tuesdays and Fridays
[150] Confession
[126] Feedback shows the tip of an iceberg
[91] On line every 24 hours
[72] On Customer Service

Module G502 - Business Practice
[4520] No cold sales calls please - but delighted to hear from others!
[4415] Buffet review - taking the price into account
[4293] Certification
[4107] Snog, Marry, Avoid
[3755] Cruising on the Mersey Ferry?
[3750] Matching opening hours to when customers can come in and buy
[3665] Will will smile?
[3613] Keeping Business Local. But is that realistic?
[3506] Cold call contacts - preference services and turning off spam sales approaches
[3333] Honesty and a friendly welcome goes a long way
[3157] A new monopoly on the ferry to Northern Ireland
[3073] Customer Service - the boundary
[2966] Cheap Country Hotel in Melksham, Wiltshire?
[2936] The service that customers should receive
[2821] Chancellor George Osborne inspires Perl Program
[2788] Cost of Sales
[2598] An excuse for making a sales call
[2465] Melksham Town - asleep or awake?
[2331] Certification Revisted - Lua
[2283] Everyone is in the customer relations business
[2190] How you are (re)presented at an exhibition
[2187] Are we IITT (Institute of IT Training) members?
[2161] Get it right ... if it goes wrong, it takes so much effort to sort out!
[2126] Weeding out old phone numbers
[2122] Commission Creep
[2044] Please Trouble me
[1913] Alastair Darling helps make paperwork and confusion
[1855] Volunteer v Employee - a skewed balance? (FSB)
[1713] Ways to accept credit cards - or not!
[1626] Early May - a short chance to regroup and improve
[1485] Copyright and theft of images, bandwidth and members.
[1453] What makes our courses special?
[1394] Business to Business Networking - North and West Wilts / Melksham
[1373] New Month, New Quarter, New Laws
[1342] Google, wwmdirectory, Freshwater, ATP - new scam?
[1319] Customer feedback - lifeblood of a business
[1263] 0800 043 8225 - a new phone number for Well House
[1260] An inspirational business talk from one of our prospective MPs
[1243] Heavy duty hole punch
[1165] Extended Credit request - train in June and be paid in September
[1157] Speed Networking - a great evening and how we arranged it
[1133] B-2-B Networking, 20th April. Useful for YOUR business?
[1084] Writing terms and conditions for conferences and other events
[1057] Selling by phone and Skype - our policy
[906] A commitment we won't be making
[883] Age discrimination law
[869] UNABLE TO ATTEND
[849] Staff Meeting
[808] Sales call
[766] Discounts and approved supplier lists
[664] Ruby course - oops - it's not happening
[652] Morning Post
[626] Not just a pretty face to answer the phone.
[536] Cancellations and penalties
[491] Being atypical is typical
[487] On line course booking - credit card protection
[467] Tell them three times
[457] Do the work and take the risk - a PHP contract to avoid
[438] Fair system for travel and accommodation expenses
[399] simplicity hides real size
[321] Sales - the alternative close
[297] A reminder that the customer is King
[226] Growing our systems
[217] Use of time
[211] Look after your staff and they'll look after you. AOL.
[200] Tips for the top
[188] Pink elephant and appreciation
[180] Skunk works
[157] Automatic service upgrades
[137] Certification schemes
[129] Trawling our site to prevent student copying
[125] Staff theft
[121] Fair and Simple
[108] A typical morning
[95] Five red flags
[88] Getting the right level of trainer
[77] Telephone systems
[68] Get the strategy worked out and the tactics just fall into place.
[27] Sales technique
[15] 90 to 10 or 80 to 20 rule
[article] Free software - the joy of Open Source
[article] Phone and fax to 070059 numbers in the UK
[article] Creating Really Memorable Experiences

Module G503 - Newsletter and publicity
[4266] Facebook marketing - who are we reaching?
[3984] 20 minutes in to our 15 minutes of fame
[3974] TV show appearance - how does it effect your web site?
[3354] Sales and Marketing - adding advertising to the product
[3165] Journalism 101
[3153] Points West to Belfast
[2873] Another toot of the trumpet
[2564] Microblogging services - Plurk, Twitter, Jaiku and more
[2388] `Of Course` is back!
[2244] What should a web site cost you?
[2124] Building down expectations
[2051] A Presentation about our company - web and PHP
[1698] Dealing with The Press
[1673] Spam Filters ... are working!
[1494] A time to update pictures
[1284] An update on the West Wilts show ...
[1090] Too many instructions, too much detail
[1087] Telling a story in different ways
[1000] One Thousand Posts and still going strong
[904] Of course I'll tell you by email
[734] Keeping customers informed by email
[480] New look to website
[458] Final courses of '05 coming up ....
[336] Targetted Advertising
[281] What they are saying about our OF COURSE newsletter
[57] Posting 1000 letters!
[48] PHP - onwards and upwards

Module G504 - Writing Notes
[4031] Showing what programming errors look like - web site pitfall
[4009] Clear, concise examples - Ruby classes and objects.
[3152] Jargon busting
[2828] Sharing our programs - easy. Sharing our data - harder.
[2812] What is Perl?
[2481] Sample code with errors in it on our web site
[2414] Hello World - a good traditional start to a Java course
[2192] Copy writing - allowing for the cut
[2010] How long should a training module be?
[1950] Copyright of Training Notes and Web Site
[982] Notes from the white board
[979] Empty seats, Nodding Donkeys and buses
[797] Writing up new C / C++ notes.
[407] Theft of training material
[398] Training course material - why we write our own
[394] A year on - should we offer certified PHP courses
[9] Study room - the Oxford train
[7] Writing on a Sunday
[4] Seeing the wood for the trees.
[article] The Author of the Apache httpd and Tomcat Course

Module G600 - Well House Manor
[4715] Well House Manor - Still five out of five!
[4101] POETS day at Well House Manor
[3970] Comparing four VERY different places to stay
[3814] Returning guests - a sign of a good product. Cream teas and hotel rooms.
[3800] Fancy a weekend away? Try Well House Manor in Melksham, Wiltshire
[3702] Digital Champions think that Well House Manor is a champion venue!
[3549] Well House Manor - perhaps the best hotel rooms in Melksham
[3405] Where do businessmen stay in Melksham?
[2962] Well House Manor - the history of the hotel
[2565] Bright day, snowy day
[1706] The Story of Well House Manor
[1520] Terms and Conditions - Hotel, England - plain English
[1388] Well House Manor - a year on
[1332] Melksham Hotel - Five Star Kitchen!
[1211] A lot has happened in a year
[1072] Well House Manor in the Snow
[1059] Three sets of twins
[963] George Hotel and Well House Manor, Melksham
[933] Course Joining package - updated
[902] Brand new hotel and training centre, Melksham
[891] Well House Manor Hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire
[884] Drive time
[667] Well House Manor goes ahead
[643] If it's Sunday, it must be Bedwyn
[617] Easy, Free, Reliable internet access
[615] Looking for leading not bleeding edge
[598] Should we cruise around the world?
[594] Twice is a co-incidence and three times is a pattern
[582] DWIM and AWWO
[575] Eating for the single business traveller
[571] Well House Manor
[558] Converting between acres and hectares
[555] Hotel novelties
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[525] Vision AND venture

Module G900 - Miscellany
[3775] Alan Turing - 1912 to 1954
[3612] Help to get online in Melksham
[3315] Friday - Electrician, Food Festival, C++ Course, Rail Group Meeting
[3000] Looking forward - the next 3000
[2534] And now for some posts a bit more technical
[2258] Questions I have been asked on answering the phone
[2144] Looking for a career change - Physician to Web Site Designer
[2019] Baby Caleb and Fortune City in your web logs?
[1898] Every cloud has a silver lining
[1867] Domain Renewal Group
[1183] Improving searches - from OR to AND?
[1040] What the customer is looking for - effective training
[1038] Know to the police
[1024] Web site - a refresh to improve navigation
[636] What is your business latency and potential?
[397] Where now for dial-up providers?
[336] Targetted Advertising
[333] Do NOT follow links or read attachments in these emails
[201] 0870 telephone numbers
[170] MySQL, Java, PHP and Linux - new technical articles

Module G901 - Talks and lectures
[4284] Talk and walk to promote train service - Melksham Carnival
[3834] Geekmas 2012 - celebrating open source languages such as Perl, PHP and Python
[3351] Research and development with the help of your tutor or guide
[3221] How long is a speech?
[1459] Interactive training, and advancing techniques further
[1422] Wiltshire - speaker / after dinner talker offer
[1419] National Speaker - now to get the talk ready
[1242] Speaking at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University
[1101] Mushroom Curry and Perl Courses
[924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl
[310] Just in time - the talk is writ
[247] Extreme training
[134] Geekmas - a brief review
[128] Technical Weekend / Geekmas
[99] Should we call it 'Geekmas'?
[62] Technical Open House
[article] Open Source - here to stay, or a flash in the pan?
[article] Web applications using LAMP technologies

Module G902 - Web site techniques, utility and visibility
[4492] Almost so wrong, but perhaps it's right for some?
[4474] Effect on external factors on traffic to our web sites - an update
[4401] Selecting RECENT and POPULAR news and trends for your web site users
[4376] Well House Consultants, Well House Manor, First Great Western Coffee shop, TransWilts / 2014 web site reports
[4239] Facebook marketing - early experiences
[4136] How do I post automatically from a PHP script to my Twitter account?
[4115] More or less back - what happened to our server the other day
[4076] Web site - fully back!
[4001] Helping search engines with appropriate 400 error codes
[3974] TV show appearance - how does it effect your web site?
[3896] An email marathon
[3776] Some traps it's so easy to fall into in designing your web site
[3745] Legal change - You need to obtain user consent if you use cookies on your website
[3744] Short Web Addresses for Melksham
[3734] QR codes with marketing logos embedded
[3623] Some TestWise examples - helping use Ruby code to check your web site operation
[3589] Promoting a single one of your domains on the search engines
[3563] How big is a web page these days? Does the size of your pages matter?
[3554] Learning more about our web site - and learning how to learn about yours
[3532] Sharing the user experience - designing a form with the customer in mind
[3491] Who is knocking at your web site door? Are you well set up to deal with allcomers?
[3426] Automed web site testing scripted in Ruby using watir-webdriver
[3367] Google +1 - what is it?
[3197] Finding and diverting image requests from rogue domains
[3149] Looking back at www.wellho.net
[3087] Making the most of critical emails - reading behind the scene
[3022] Retaining web site visitors - reducing the one page wonders
[2981] How to set up short and meaningfull alternative URLs
[2668] Is it worth it?
[2569] How to run a successful online poll / petition / survey / consultation
[2552] Web site traffic - real users, or just noise?
[2532] Analysing Google arrivals by country of origin
[2519] Status Page / breaks of service in early December
[2410] Removal of technical resources from this site
[2389] Writing with our customers words
[2341] Koulutus, Open Source tietokone kielillä
[2340] ldning, Open Source dator språk
[2340] ldning, Open Source dator språk
[2339] Opplæring, Open Source datamaskinen språk
[2338] Uddannelse, Open Source computer sprog
[2337] Opleiding, Open Source computertalen
[2336] Formação, Open Source computador línguas
[2335] Ausbildung, die Open-Source-Sprachen
[2334] Formazione, Open Source computer lingue
[2333] Formación, de los lenguajes de código abierto
[2332] Formation, des langages Open Source
[2225] How important is a front page ranking on a search engine?
[2065] Static mirroring through HTTrack, wget and others
[2056] Web Site Loading - experiences and some solutions shared
[1982] Cooking bodies and URLs
[1970] Plagarism - who is copying my pages?
[1961] Making our things easier to find
[1955] How to avoid duplicating web page maintainance
[1888] Find the link
[1856] A few of my favourite things
[1833] Web Bloopers - good form design - avoiding pitfalls
[1797] I have been working hard but I do not expect you noticed
[1793] Which country does a search engine think you are located in?
[1756] Ever had One of THOSE mornings?
[1747] Who is watching you?
[1711] Rapid growth leads to server move
[1653] How do Google Ads work?
[1634] Kiss and Book
[1630] To provide external links, or not?
[1610] PHP course dot co, dot uk
[1554] Online hotel reservations - Melksham, Wiltshire (near Bath)
[1541] Colour, Composition or Content
[1534] Where in the world / country is my visitor from?
[1513] Perl, PHP or Python? No - Perl AND PHP AND Python!
[1506] Ongoing Image Copyright Issues, PHP and MySQL solutions
[1505] Script to present commonly used images - PHP
[1494] A time to update pictures
[1437] Above the fold with First Great Western
[1297] Stuffing content into a web page - easy maintainance
[1237] What proportion of our web traffic is robots?
[1212] What brought YOU to our web site?
[1207] Simple but effective use of mod_rewrite (Apache httpd)
[1198] From Web to Web 2
[1186] Two new pages / sites
[1184] Finding resources - some pointers
[1177] Sorting out for a site map
[1104] Drawing dynamic graphs in PHP
[1055] Above the fold
[1029] Our search engine placement is dropping.
[1015] Search engine placement - long term strategy and success
[994] Training on Cascading Style Sheets
[976] Santa at the station
[916] Driving customers away
[893] Visibility
[800] Effective web campaign?
[767] Finding the language preference of a web site visitor
[757] Horse and Python training
[732] Where is a web site visitor browsing from
[718] Protecting images from theft
[681] Mirroring a dynamic site
[658] Keeping the visitors happy and browsing
[649] Denial of Service ''attack''
[533] Bigger Box Campaign
[528] Getting favicon to work - avoiding common pitfalls
[510] Dynamic Web presence - next generation web site
[492] New Navigation Aid - Launch of My Wellho
[414] Form Madness
[376] What brings people to my web site?
[369] CMS - the minefield of Choices
[348] Graveyard pages
[347] Frightening and from-friend viruses and spams
[322] More maps
[320] Ordnance Survey - using a 'Get a map'
[314] What language is this written in?
[311] Growth pains
[288] Colour blindness for web developers
[284] The Iconish language
[278] Cover all the options
[276] An apology to Mr Boneparte
[274] Our most popular resources
[268] Information request forms, cleaning up spam
[261] Putting a form online
[259] Responding to spam
[222] Who are all these visitors?
[202] Searching for numbers
[197] Allow for peak traffic on your web site
[182] Your personal Google ranking
[179] The hunt for unique words
[173] Data Mining
[165] Implementing an effective site search engine
[142] Colour for access
[117] A case of case
[109] URLs - a service and not a hurdle
[98] No more 'Error 404' pages. Something better.
[32] Web design platoon
[23] Skills and responsibilities
[article] Spotting and stopping denial of service attacks
[article] Suggesting alternative search terms to web site users
[article] Making all your .html files run a Perl script
[article] Error messages in PHP
[article] Keeping the PHP and the HTML apart
[source] Google +1 - source example of what you need in your page

Module G903 - Running and moderating forums and social media sites
[4492] Almost so wrong, but perhaps it's right for some?
[4403] The unbalanced relationship between customer and provider
[4315] Welcoming genuine forum posters quickly - but turning away off topic advertisers
[4307] Identifying and clearing denial of service attacks on your Apache server
[4283] Can a legitimate forum post become illegal a year later?
[4239] Facebook marketing - early experiences
[4234] Change to Libel and Defamation laws from 1st January 2014
[4065] Handling requests to a forum - the background process
[4025] Backups, Codebase, Strategy and more - dealing with forum incidents
[4017] Acceptable User Policy / vexatious interacter
[3910] Identifying your real customers and keeping them well informed fast
[3479] Practical Extraction and Reporting - using Python and Extreme Programming
[2820] Netiquette for forum newcomers
[2781] The 500 pound question to get you started
[2569] How to run a successful online poll / petition / survey / consultation
[2527] Flying tonight
[2526] A reluctance to move from old shoes to new
[2386] Computing under the influence of alcohol
[2254] Forum membership - a privilege not a right
[2177] Preventing forum spam - checks at sign up
[2162] Admins thoughts on banning a member from a forum
[2156] Stopping forum spam - control of the signup process
[2116] Why do we delay new forum members through authorisation?
[2103] Ask the Tutor - Open Source forum
[1972] Pettifog and forum boards away from public view
[1923] Making it all worthwhile
[1759] While the world sleeps ...
[1678] Software - changes and delays. But courses must run on time!
[1595] First Great Western Weekend
[1578] Please don't shout at me!
[1569] I dont care - goodbye
[1563] Guidlines for posting on a forum
[1539] A forum is not always the best vehicle
[1532] Comment spam blocked. Please comment via Forums
[1523] Ive just received an email from myself. Should I be worried?
[1485] Copyright and theft of images, bandwidth and members.
[1472] The Horse goes on and on
[1362] No Thank You
[1190] Save the Forum - A regular clean sweep
[1088] Why use BBC code not HTML?
[948] Running an on line campaign
[923] Why shouldn't I spam?
[919] Freedom for X is denial of privacy for Y
[841] Forum help - a push in the right direction
[828] Freedom of speech and freedom to post
[806] Check your user is human. Have him retype a word in a graphic
[651] Please Register with Opentalk - but just once!
[516] Open source questions? Anyone can ask.
[424] How not to run a forum
[248] Use me, but use me effectively
[231] Feedback as lifeblood
[204] The confidence to allow public comments
[130] Spelling and grammar
[115] Expiration dates or times on web pages
[29] Silence is Golden
[22] Falling out over the silliest things
[article] Moderating a forum

Module G904 - Mac and OS X
[3174] Sharing a single hotel internet connection without carrying extra hardware
[3058] MacBook Air - hardware and system review
[2267] winmail.dat enclosure ... reading on an Apple
[1491] Apple Mac Operating System OS X - code names and version numbers
[article] Running open source on Mac OSX

Module G905 - Blogging and Blog Administration
[4714] The technical article feed continues - personal updates more proactive on Facebook now!
[4568] Moderation - and the tendency to over-moderate
[4292] The Horse is back!
[4121] Has your Twitter feed stopped working? Switching to their new API
[4000] 9 years, and 4000 articles on
[3759] The five oldest blogs and the horses mouth
[3514] Microblogging - what I should have tweeted in the last 48 hours
[3208] Links for social media, microblogs and business networking
[3186] How to add a customised twitter feed to your site
[3163] Twitter - the special use of @ # and http: in tweets
[3016] The legal considerations of your web presence - revisited
[2823] Where have all the bloggers gone?
[2751] Going off at a tangent, for a ramble
[2564] Microblogging services - Plurk, Twitter, Jaiku and more
[2517] Blogging accuracy - open invitation for any corrections
[2449] Four aspects - Chamber, Transport, Courses and Hotel
[2192] Copy writing - allowing for the cut
[2000] 2000th article - Remember the background and basics
[1978] From spam to mod_alias - finding resources
[1203] A Fresh horse
[1077] In answer to 'am I glad I started a blog' ...
[1000] One Thousand Posts and still going strong
[876] Making pages clearer - easy Disability Discrimination Act Compliance
[671] Both ends of the animal
[508] Comment, please!
[425] Caching an XML feed
[410] Reading a news or blog feed (RSS) in your PHP page
[405] Horse's Mouth is a year old
[390] Moderating wiki, blog, and forum contributions
[359] Chicken soup without the religion
[245] I'm not blogging it
[231] Feedback as lifeblood
[204] The confidence to allow public comments
[185] Who am I?
[177] Blogs come of age
[145] A comment on comments
[141] Too technical?
[18] Wanted: More hours in the day
[6] Blog v Forum
[1] First Jottings

Module G906 - Programming Standards
[3685] Programming Standards in Lua
[2364] Getting it right from the start - new programmers
[2363] Alpaca Case or Camel Case
[2322] Looking for a practical standards course
[1852] Perl and Blackberries
[1679] PHP - Sanitised application principles for security and useability
[1596] Selling curry to the chinese takeaway
[945] Code quality counts
[356] Sudoku helper or sudoku cheat
[343] Should I use structured or object oriented?
[272] More to programming than just programming
[148] Programming in isolation
[source] Comments
[source] Read, calculate, report

Module G907 - Recruitment and Career Development
[3740] Looking and Learning - even on Holiday
[3594] Back to Uni
[3490] How not to call when job seeking ...
[3440] Research is exciting. But should routine be automated?
[2294] Can you learn to program in 4 days?
[2255] Past PHP delegates / others - coding help needed for next 3 months
[2109] Why most training fails ...
[1967] LinkedIn - Thrice Asked, and joined.
[1963] Best source to learn Java (or Perl or PHP or Python)
[849] Staff Meeting
[759] Watch your Google profile
[751] Want to be a technical trainer in the UK?
[729] Career development advice
[722] I'm answering a job applicant
[587] Job vacancy - double agent wanted
[585] Looking for Python staff
[503] 10 years C# knowledge please
[408] Can an older person learn a programming language
[389] Tough Love
[285] What career opportunities for web designers
[253] Finding the right holes
[198] A new skill may not be quick and easy
[116] The next generation of programmer
[article] Creating Really Memorable Experiences

Module G908 - Language Comparisons
[3785] Programming languages - what are the differences between them?
[3169] Rekeying a table - comparison in #Ruby #Perl and #Python
[3112] Public and private courses - subjects available for 2011
[3003] What will we be teaching in six years?
[2947] Teaching Lua to a Perl advocate
[2866] Ruby - how does it compare and where is it the right language?
[2755] Books in the store in the USA - still a portent of the UK market to come?
[2700] The same very simple program in many different programming languages
[1990] Speaking all the languages
[1717] Q - Should I use Perl or Python?
[1582] Ruby, C, Java and more - getting out of loops
[209] FAQ - Perl or PHP
[article] errors v exceptions
[source] Programming language Comparison - a C++ program
[source] Programming language Comparison - a Java program
[source] Programming language Comparison - a bash shell program
[source] Programming language Comparison - a C program
[source] Programming language Comparison - a PHP program
[source] Invert (rekey) a file / Perl
[source] Programming language Comparison - a Tcl program
[source] Programming language Comparison - a Lua program
[source] Programming language Comparison - a Perl program
[source] Invert (rekey) a file / Ruby
[source] Programming language Comparison - a ruby program
[source] Invert (rekey) a file / Python
[source] Programming language Comparison - a Python program

Module G909 - Spam, Spamming and Spammers
[4520] No cold sales calls please - but delighted to hear from others!
[4315] Welcoming genuine forum posters quickly - but turning away off topic advertisers
[4135] Introducing your product to Well House Consultants - single, personally tuned email please
[3946] Moving from a warning system to a control system - PHP, forum spammers
[3912] Sand to Arabia, Coals to Newcastle or Woodburners to Russia
[3910] Identifying your real customers and keeping them well informed fast
[3661] Keeping forum and blog comments clean
[3506] Cold call contacts - preference services and turning off spam sales approaches
[3352] World Trade Register - Certainly NOT worth 2985 Euros.
[3316] Twitter Phishing Trips ... and a great new alert service
[3190] What do the following web sites have in common?
[3166] Well house is strong - confirmed?
[3016] The legal considerations of your web presence - revisited
[2884] Hotlinked images onto adult material sites
[2697] Email metrics and filtering
[2398] Websitemediasolution and a goldfish called Carl Johnson
[2276] Who is Marc Schneider of Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc
[2179] Offers that I can refuse
[2177] Preventing forum spam - checks at sign up
[2019] Baby Caleb and Fortune City in your web logs?
[1978] From spam to mod_alias - finding resources
[1817] Marc Schneider is still having email trouble
[1763] Co-operating to save, yet we dont
[1532] Comment spam blocked. Please comment via Forums
[1523] Ive just received an email from myself. Should I be worried?
[1115] Unexpected visitors to our site
[1037] Impact Engineering and Backscatter
[872] Email metrics
[495] More spam - a success story
[417] Telephone Preference Service - we're registered
[347] Frightening and from-friend viruses and spams
[338] OO techniques are hard to teach
[276] An apology to Mr Boneparte
[268] Information request forms, cleaning up spam
[259] Responding to spam

Module G910 - Scams
[4651] Pressure selling in the fire safety business
[4385] A booking that looks too good to be true? It probably is too good to be true!
[3859] Youve Been Selected for the 2012 Edition of the Global Registry
[3480] Direct Message: Really horrible blog about you ... a clever phishing trip, said to be from an MP
[3291] Pay and refund scam - alive and kicking against Melksham businesses
[3222] Clickjacking - another way to get you to follow a malicious link - Facebook issue
[2988] Not mugged in London!
[2895] Global Computer Maintenance Department
[2690] The World Company Register - is it another scam?
[2524] An update on legal changes from the FSB?
[2403] Hotel Booking Scam / Cost of calls to 070 numbers
[2373] Translation from Ghanaian to English
[1795] What have iTime, honeytrapagency and domain listing center got in common?
[1772] Ken Palm, iTime, and Domain Name Tasting
[1680] Astroturfing - the online definition
[1342] Google, wwmdirectory, Freshwater, ATP - new scam?
[1313] Tratum Technologies
[860] Warning - false emails, said to be from Paypal
[347] Frightening and from-friend viruses and spams
[178] Calling a spade a spade
[78] Domain Registry of America
[article] Identity theft - Phishing for your details

Module G911 - Search Engine Optimisation
[4121] Has your Twitter feed stopped working? Switching to their new API
[3746] Google Analytics and the new UK Cookie law
[3670] Reading Google Analytics results, based on the relative populations of countries
[2748] Monitoring the success and traffic of your web site
[2686] Freedom of Information - consideration for web site designers
[2562] Tuning the web site for sailing on through this year
[2552] Web site traffic - real users, or just noise?
[2428] Diluting History
[2330] Update - Automatic feeds to Twitter
[2324] What search terms FAIL to bring visitors to our site, when they should?
[2137] Reaching the right people with your web site
[2107] How to tweet automatically from a blog
[2106] Learning to Twitter / what is Twitter?
[2065] Static mirroring through HTTrack, wget and others
[2045] Does robots.txt actually work?
[2019] Baby Caleb and Fortune City in your web logs?
[2000] 2000th article - Remember the background and basics
[1984] Site24x7 prowls uninvited
[1982] Cooking bodies and URLs
[1971] Telling Google which country your business trades in
[1969] Search Engines. Getting the right pages seen.
[1793] Which country does a search engine think you are located in?
[1344] Catching up on indexing our resources
[1029] Our search engine placement is dropping.
[1015] Search engine placement - long term strategy and success
[427] The Melksham train - a button is pushed
[165] Implementing an effective site search engine

Module G912 - Photography for the Web
[3402] That spec is a kingfisher ...
[3170] How far is something pictured from the camera?
[3104] Catering in Syracuse, the Saigon Cafe, stolen images and Christmas
[2884] Hotlinked images onto adult material sites
[2592] Re-using our pictures
[2252] Leaping dog, Leaping horse, copyright of old masters
[2224] Trowbridge - a missed opportunity? Melksham - into the breach?
[1895] Comparison - with and without flash
[1732] Old pictures and comparisons
[1568] What colour is the season?
[1506] Ongoing Image Copyright Issues, PHP and MySQL solutions
[1396] Using PHP to upload images / Store on MySQL database - security questions
[1194] Drawing hands on a clock face - PHP
[1188] What shape is your shake?
[1185] Themes for the web site
[1114] PHP Image upload script
[1087] Telling a story in different ways
[937] Display an image from a MySQL database in a web page via PHP
[819] My projector has a photo-id
[665] PHP Image viewing application
[563] Merging pictures using PHP and GD
[553] Keep that image small
[546] The relevance of the hairy woodpecker
[194] Published Photographer
[97] What makes a professional photographer?

Module G913 - Hardware and Devices
[4134] Setting up your MacBook Air as a mobile broadband router
[3596] Want to learn iPad and iPhone programming? Come along and learn with me for free.
[3457] Away to train - but still around by video for Melksham meetings
[3075] Change of balance, of attitude, and of work method
[3058] MacBook Air - hardware and system review
[2667] Web page to telephone calls / links using an iPhone
[2188] Camera to record where a picture was taken
[2055] Effect on server when memory runs out and swapping starts
[2033] Huawei D100 Wireless Router - Mobile Internet
[1993] Load Balancing - Hardware or Software?
[1827] What a shock
[1281] Latercomer to the technology
[630] Hostnames spring forward

Module G914 - Other Software
[4426] FileMaker Day to Unix Time conversion
[4303] Libre Office - unable to get past REOPEN WINDOWS? question
[4038] Using Pygments to colour our training examples
[3991] Email from Christopher Columbus to announce finding America?
[3896] An email marathon
[3648] iPad and iPhone programming - our seminar weekend with Xcode
[3599] Seeing how Melksham has changed over the years, via an iPad
[3584] QR codes - graphics images that provide quick phone links
[3213] Should I use Open Source or Commercial software?
[2906] Switching from Adobe Photoshop to Gimp - testing it on animals
[2600] Go Programming Language and Courses?
[2470] Windows 7 and Open Source Programming
[2191] RT @brento - a valuable source for the twitter newbie
[2106] Learning to Twitter / what is Twitter?
[75] It's just not cricket
[source] Objective C source code - First iPad application
[source] Objective C nib file (ViewController.xib) - First iPad application
[source] Objective C header - First iPad application

Module G996 - Newsletter Scripts
[3179] Oops - I typed ci not vi, and have lost my file ...
[2539] Changing Images
[2433] Controlling, supressing, enabling PHP error messages
[2360] Error Handling in Lua with assert and pcall
[2259] Grouping rows for a summary report - MySQL and PHP
[2145] Using the internet to remotely check for power failure at home (PHP)
[2046] Finding variations on a surname
[1954] mod_rewrite for newcomers
[1813] Ajax - going Asyncronous and what it means
[1743] First class functions in Lua lead to powerful OO facilities
[1665] Factory method example - Perl
[1601] Replacing the last comma with an and
[1505] Script to present commonly used images - PHP
[1487] Efficient PHP applications - framework and example
[1387] Error logging to file not browser in PHP
[1321] Resetting session based tests in PHP
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[1123] mysqldump and mysqlrestore
[1066] Final, Finally and Finalize - three special words in Java
[1001] .pdf files - upload via PHP, store in MySQL, retrieve

Module G997 - Newsletter Lead Articles
[3202] Telling you something about us in just one line
[2743] Public Open Source Training Courses running this summer and autumn in Melksham
[2538] Open Source Training Centre and Courses for 2010
[2425] Weekend and Christmas Promotion - Well House Manor Hotel, Melksham
[2370] C++, Python, and other training - do we use an IDE
[2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire
[2119] Make your business a DESTINATION business
[2052] How was my web site compromised?
[1912] Book now for 2009
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1754] Upgrade from PHP 4 to PHP 5 - the TRY issue
[1663] Python in an afternoon - a lecture for experienced programmers
[1600] Cambidge - Tcl, Expect and Perl courses
[1545] Letting new visitors know we provide training courses
[1488] New trainee laptop fleet for our Open Source courses
[1386] New software product for warmblooded programmers
[1318] Well House Manor - feature comparison against the old place!
[1224] Object Relation Mapping (ORM)
[1136] Buffering output - why it is done and issues raised in Tcl, Perl, Python and PHP
[1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction
[1000] One Thousand Posts and still going strong

Module G998 - Newsletter Highlighted Box
[3168] Web Sites - Subject to Advertising Standards from 1st March - check your sites
[2520] Global and Enable - two misused words!
[2400] Are you wanting to learn PHP?
[2385] Reading all our recent news from a single source
[2222] A (biased?) comparison of PHP courses in the UK
[2125] We have lost a regular business guest
[2050] Why the Pony Tail?
[1967] LinkedIn - Thrice Asked, and joined.
[1843] How many cups of coffee?
[1751] Public Training Course Dates until July 2009
[1629] A short introduction to our courses
[1621] Linux and Java Course in London
[1521] Evening drive across the roof of Wiltshire
[1475] Tcl/Tk - updating your display while tasks are running
[1375] Python v Ruby
[1307] Troy, up state New York
[1237] What proportion of our web traffic is robots?
[1132] Well House Manor, Melksham, Art Gallery
[1068] ls -l report, Linux / Unix - types and permssions
[1011] Well House Manor and Beechfield House, Hotels, Melksham

Module G999 - Keynote
[4588] What teach you in a week stays with you for a decade
[3164] Brown - or Mrs Sally Brown, accountant from Whitstable?
[2537] Faster network, but not faster browsing until ...
[2483] Clustering on Tomcat
[2384] Looking ahead to the Autumn season of training and accommodation
[2326] Learn a new programming language this summer.
[2228] Where do I start when writing a program?
[2216] Past Delegate Offer - Summer Holiday / Weekend Break
[2144] Looking for a career change - Physician to Web Site Designer
[1975] Well House Manor Hotel - on plan for 2009 business guests
[1955] How to avoid duplicating web page maintainance
[1929] 2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices
[1859] Wiltshire at dawn - the tourist trail
[1857] November and December Public Course Schedule
[1773] The Longest Possible Day
[1748] Hotel room prices - Melksham, Wiltshire
[1676] A warm welcome for visitors from the USA
[1615] PHP training courses every month
[1555] Advanced Python, Perl, PHP and Tcl training courses / classes
[1492] Well House Consultants Training and Hotel - 2008 news
[1481] The Christmas Letter
[1414] What we teach - expained for the non-technical
[1319] Customer feedback - lifeblood of a business
[1317] 2008 course schedule - Perl, Python, PHP, Linux, Java Deployment, Ruby and more
[1245] Ensuring that our tutor answers YOUR questions
[1161] A contrast in room rates and facilities
[1079] Wilts and Berks - two conference / training rooms in Melksham
[929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire
[898] Courses at Well House Manor
[890] Open
[845] Course scheduling and Geekmas - are they traditions yet?
[774] Bed and Breakfast, or Hotel?
[695] In the hospitality business
[626] Not just a pretty face to answer the phone.
[549] 2005 - Come as a student, leave as a friend
[464] Technical Loneliness
[452] Is enough enough?
[428] Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury train service
[419] Most popular courses
[360] Spring turns to Summer
[295] Pricing strategy - simple and fair
[225] 10 years and counting
[164] Well House Consultants - review of 2004

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C - C and C++ programming
G - General Well House Consultants topics
H - PHP programming and use
J - Java programmming and use including Servlets and JSP
M - Well House Manor; hotel and events
P - Perl programming and use
Q - General programming subjects
R - Ruby programming and use
S - Databases and the MySQL database in particular
T - Tcl, Tcl/Tk, wish and Expect programming and use
U - Lua programming and use
W - Web site programming and techniques
Y - Python programming and use
Z - Miscellany
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H: PHP programming and use

Module H050 - PHP - General
[4314] PHP training - refreshed modern course, backed up by years of practical experience
[3966] Our examples work with any recent version of PHP
[3952] PHP revision ... by example.
[3530] A typical weekend??
[3025] Learning to Program ... in PHP. Course examples.
[2663] Improve your PHP on a weekend away
[2589] Your PHP code does not work? Here is where to start looking.
[2559] Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2430] Not just a PHP program - a good web application
[2400] Are you wanting to learn PHP?
[2227] Learning PHP, Ruby, Lua and Python - upcoming courses
[2222] A (biased?) comparison of PHP courses in the UK
[2097] PHP Course - for hobby / club / charity users.
[1722] PHP examples - source code and try it out too
[235] Preparation for a day's work
[116] The next generation of programmer
[article] What is PHP?
[source] Regular Expression testbed
[source] One page application - design and human interface MATTERS
[source] Demonstration of form and pricing
[source] Straightforward form and simple validation

Module H101 - Introduction to PHP
[4621] The power of scripting
[4118] We not only teach PHP and Python - we teach good PHP and Python Practice!
[3025] Learning to Program ... in PHP. Course examples.
[2097] PHP Course - for hobby / club / charity users.
[1958] PHP - Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end ...
[1753] Perl v PHP, choosing the right language
[1717] Q - Should I use Perl or Python?
[1198] From Web to Web 2
[1050] The HTML++ Metalanguage
[949] Sludge off the mountain, and Python and PHP
[924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl
[917] Syntax checking in PHP
[846] Is Perl being replaced by PHP and Python?
[795] Remember a site's non-technical issues too
[789] Hot answers in PHP
[712] Why reinvent the wheel
[691] Testing you Perl / PHP / MySQL / Tcl knowledge
[646] PHP - London course, Melksham Course, Evening course
[629] Choosing the right language
[624] It's REALLY easy to add a little PHP
[577] Learning to program in Perl or PHP
[433] FTP - how to make the right transfers
[382] Central London Courses - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, MySQL
[380] Bridging to the customer requirement
[341] Happy Birthday, PHP
[317] Programming languages - a comparison
[135] Too many Perls
[132] Portrait of the author
[124] PHP v Java
[93] Case Sensitive?
[55] Evening classes to learn PHP
[48] PHP - onwards and upwards
[article] Portrait of the Author of PHP
[article] What is PHP?
[source] Entering and leaving PHP mode - documentation and comments
[source] Calculations in a page, inputs from an included form
[source] Starting to add structure to your PHP application
[source] Stand alone program in PHP, with conditions and loops
[source] First program - and how to comment it!
[source] Sample form for PHP application
[source] The structure of a PHP page
[source] Some easy things to do with PHP
[source] stand alone program in PHP, showing nested blocks
[source] Calculation within a web page
[source] First variables and calculations in PHP (stand alone)
[source] Calculation in a web page, with inputs from a form
[source] Stand alone program in PHP - read from keyboard, calculate, write to screen
[source] Totalling script - daily, weekly, monthly, annual amounts
[source] cost comparison script
[source] Elements of a PHP Page

Module H102 - A First PHP Web Page
[4074] A comment on comments in PHP
[3915] How does PHP work?
[2432] Using print_r in PHP to explore mysql database requests
[1448] Question on division (Java) - Also Perl, PHP, Python ...
[624] It's REALLY easy to add a little PHP
[source] HTML page with embedded PHP
[source] Date stamping a page automatically (for copyright and audit)
[source] Multiple print statements, showing case insignificance of functions
[source] Multiple statements and functions calls

Module H103 - Variables, Operators and Expressions
[4642] A small teaching program - demonstration of principles only
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[3916] PHP variables - dynamically typed. What does that mean?
[3278] Do I need to initialise variables - programming in C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby or Java.
[2215] If nothing, make it nothing.
[748] Getting rid of variables after you have finished with them
[483] Double Dollars in PHP
[source] A calculation with variables
[source] Simple sanitisation and sticky field example
[source] Example of comment types
[source] Master and Header code merged
[source] A calculation in PHP
[source] Getting a variable from a form - OLD style
[source] Getting a form variable - new and somewhat more secure style

Module H104 - Control Statements
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[3914] While, for, foreach or something else to loop.
[3895] Flowchart to program - learning to program with Well House
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[3200] How a for loop works Java, Perl and other languages
[2912] Predictions for the seagull population
[2304] Extracting real data from an exported file in PHP or Perl
[1825] Question Mark - Colon operator (Perl and PHP)
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1477] Decisions - small ones, or big ones?
[1220] for loop - how it works (Perl, PHP, Java, C, etc)
[1199] Testing for one of a list of values.
[1191] Smart English Output - via PHP and Perl ? : operator
[962] Breaking a loop - Ruby and other languages
[863] Double and Triple equals operator in PHP
[657] The ternary operator in Python
[421] Don't repeat code - use loops or functions
[406] Assignment, equality and identity in PHP
[353] Wimbledon Neck
[340] Code and code maintainance efficiency
[source] if v switch / first "step through" application
[source] while, for and foreach loops
[source] for loop
[source] Table of calculations
[source] 2 page simple ordering system
[source] example simple if statements
[source] demonstration of if / else / while
[source] Temperature table - a while loop
[source] lazy operators, increments, +=, ? : and endfor
[source] switch, case, default and break
[source] if, block, else and elseif
[source] Conversion of units of area
[source] different image to reflect time of day

Module H105 - Functions
[3026] Coding efficiency - do not repeat yourself!
[2929] Passing a variable number of parameters in to a function / method
[2737] Improving your function calls (APIs) - General and PHP
[2682] Adding extensions to PHP Open Source applications - callbacks
[2630] Static variables and ampersands in PHP
[2488] A variable number of arguments in a PHP function
[1784] Global - Tcl, PHP, Python
[1380] Static variables in PHP
[1357] Clean my plate, but keep my wine bottle. (PHP; Static)
[1267] is there a lookup function in php?
[1202] Returning multiple values from a function (Perl, PHP, Python)
[1163] A better alternative to cutting and pasting code
[1021] PHP - static declaration
[936] Global, Superglobal, Session variables - scope and persistance in PHP
[866] A lazy programmer is a good programmer
[775] Do not duplicate your code
[421] Don't repeat code - use loops or functions
[409] Functions and commands with dangerous names
[340] Code and code maintainance efficiency
[339] Passing information into and out of PHP functions
[308] Call by name v call by value
[223] There is a function in PHP to do that
[96] Variable Scope
[source] for scope3 demo
[source] control example - showing need for functions and includes
[source] use of a static variable in PHP
[source] function code now in separate file
[source] PHP Diary generator
[source] Calling a list of functions named in an array
[source] example of "call by name" and defaulting parameters
[source] Example with local, global and static variables
[source] Simple sanitisation and sticky field example using functions
[source] Selection from the week ahead
[source] Ordnance Survey and Map reference point calculations
[source] for scope4 demo
[source] Defining and calling a function
[source] Inlcude file - a standard block of HTML
[source] Use of a function to separate out complicated / repeated code
[source] functions and includes to make for shorter, more maintainiable code
[source] Now using an Object Oriented approach
[source] Keyboard to Screen - simple PHP program
[source] Loading functions from an include file

Module H106 - Arrays
[4244] Disambiguation - PHP List
[4072] Splitting the difference with PHP
[4068] Arrays in PHP - contain different and even mixed data types
[3534] Learning to program in PHP - Regular Expression and Associative Array examples
[3379] Sorting data the way YOU want it sorted
[3004] Increment operators for counting - Perl, PHP, C and others
[2920] Sorting - naturally, or into a different order
[2915] Looking up a value by key - associative arrays / Hashes / Dictionaries
[2274] PHP preg functions - examples and comparision
[2215] If nothing, make it nothing.
[1614] When an array is not an array
[1451] More PHP sample and demonstration programs
[1199] Testing for one of a list of values.
[1116] PHP adding arrays / summing arrays
[832] Displaying data at 5 items per line on a web page
[773] Breaking bread
[603] PHP - setting sort order with an associative array
[409] Functions and commands with dangerous names
[source] Lengthen or shorten an array
[source] Associative array - sorting and traversing
[source] Most viewed pictures (Mk 1)
[source] User defined sort
[source] Menu for fullmenu.php example
[source] Summing arrays in PHP
[source] finding a value from a list of ranges
[source] Ordering system from menu file
[source] read a file into an array and display selected items
[source] Display a list in columns
[source] Where are scripts loaded from (2)
[source] Speed networking - generate a page for an attendee
[source] Array - dealing with missing elements and finding keys
[source] Setting up an array, looking at individual elements
[source] Ways of passing through an array
[source] A Small search tool
[source] Array_walk example. Also the difference between null and empty
[source] regular and associative arrays
[source] read a file into an array and display selected items
[source] Speed networking - seating matrix generator

Module H107 - String Handling in PHP
[4072] Splitting the difference with PHP
[4071] Setting up strings in PHP
[3790] Solution looking for a problem? Lookahead and Lookbehind
[3789] More than just matching with a regular expression in PHP
[3788] Getting more than a yes / no answer from a regular expression pattern match
[3534] Learning to program in PHP - Regular Expression and Associative Array examples
[3516] Regular Expression modifiers in PHP - summary table
[3515] PHP - moving from ereg to preg for regular expressions
[3424] Divide 10000 by 17. Do you get 588.235294117647, 588.24 or 588? - Ruby and PHP
[3020] Handling (expanding) tabs in PHP
[2629] Curly braces within double quoted strings in PHP
[2238] Handling nasty characters - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Lua
[2165] Making Regular Expressions easy to read and maintain
[2046] Finding variations on a surname
[1799] Regular Expressions in PHP
[1613] Regular expression for 6 digits OR 25 digits
[1603] Do not SHOUT and do not whisper
[1533] Short and sweet and sticky - PHP form input
[1372] A taster PHP expression ...
[1336] Ignore case in Regular Expression
[1195] Regular Express Primer
[1058] PHP Regular expression to extrtact link and text
[1008] Date conversion - PHP
[728] Looking ahead and behind in a Regular Expression
[716] Evaluating arithmetic expressions in configuration files
[642] How similar are two words
[608] Don't expose your regular expressions
[589] Robust PHP user inputs
[574] PHP - dividing a string up into pieces
[560] The fencepost problem
[558] Converting between acres and hectares
[493] Running a Perl script within a PHP page
[463] Splitting the difference
[422] PHP Magic Quotes
[337] the array returned by preg_match_all
[54] PHP and natural sorting
[31] Here documents
[article] An overview of PHP String functions
[article] Analysing incoming data lines
[article] Nasty Characters in Web Applications
[article] Pattern Matching - a primer on regular Expressions
[article] Web Page and HTML Spell Checker
[source] Stick Fields and Input Validation
[source] Convert seconds to minutes and seconds
[source] How to put in blocks of HTML
[source] Character string as an array
[source] Regular expression - validating an email address
[source] Sample data from server operation log file
[source] Ways of splitting a string
[source] ereg v preg
[source] Demo of sticky fields and security
[source] Counting in a log file - associative arrays and regular expressions
[source] Filtering of variables
[source] Evaluting BODMAS expression using MySQL cell tables
[source] Curly braces in double quoted strings
[source] Extra words for spell checker
[source] Include file for sticky fields demo
[source] Regex and associative arrays - search engine arrivals
[source] Single and double quoted strings
[source] various preg style functions in use
[source] Capturing regular expression offsets
[source] Search - do two words look or sound the same?
[source] String handling example - extracting simple data from a complex line
[source] Robust, sticky form demo with field validation
[source] Ways of writing strings
[source] String tokenising - strtok, implode, explode
[source] Spell Checker
[source] String cleansing with functions such as strspn
[source] Using PHP to format data (timetable in this example)
[source] Reaping from an HTML page with regular expressions
[source] Formatting data [file] for quick web display
[source] Formatting with sprintf

Module H108 - Objects in PHP
[4628] Associative objects - one object within another.
[4627] Caching results in an object for efficiency - avoiding re-calculation
[4626] Singleton design pattern - examples and uses
[4366] Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages
[4356] Object factories in C++, Python, PHP and Perl
[4073] Learning about Object Orientation in PHP - a new set of examples
[4057] stdClass in PHP - using an object rather than an associative array
[3953] Objects in PHP - Revision
[3843] Caching Design Patterns
[3841] Copying, duplicating, cloning an object in PHP
[3840] Autoload in PHP
[3609] How do classes relate to each other? Associated Classes
[3608] Design Patterns - what are they? Why use them?
[3607] Designing your application - using UML techniques
[3211] Computer Graphics in PHP - World (incoming data) to Pixel (screen) conversion
[3210] Catchable fatal error in PHP ... How to catch, and alternative solutions such as JSON
[3142] Private and Public - and things between
[2922] Getting the OO design write - with PHP a example
[2921] Does copying a variable duplicate the contents?
[2774] PHP - Object Oriented Design in use
[2741] What is a factory?
[2717] The Multiple Inheritance Conundrum, interfaces and mixins
[2680] Static class members in PHP - a documented example
[2641] Object Oriented Programming in PHP
[2632] Shipping a test harness with your class in PHP
[2435] Serialization - storing and reloading objects
[2434] Abstract classes, Interfaces, PHP and Java
[2380] Object Oriented programming - a practical design example
[2172] PHP4 v PHP5 - Object Model Difference
[2171] Cleaning up redundant objects
[2169] When should I use OO techniques?
[2160] PHP - getclass v instanceof
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[1820] Sorting objects in PHP
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1682] Accounts in PHP - an OO demo
[1535] OO PHP demonstration - comparing objects and more
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[1153] Object Oriented Model - a summary of changes from PHP4 to PHP5
[1027] Cue the music, I'm happy.
[836] Build on what you already have with OO
[720] Planning a hotel refurb - an example of a Gant chart in PHP
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[485] North, Norther and Northest - PHP 5 Objects
[421] Don't repeat code - use loops or functions
[343] Should I use structured or object oriented?
[205] PHP5 lets you say no
[124] PHP v Java
[67] Object Oriented Programming in PHP
[source] Server system - a derived class
[source] Standard Class stdClass
[source] Command line PHP classes - inheritance, overloading, polymorphism, comparator
[source] object assign and object clone
[source] Serialization of an object for save and restore
[source] PHP application using places.inc - create array of place objects from file
[source] Static class members - set up and use
[source] Test program for cwa class
[source] cloning and copying objects
[source] This is my table test file
[source] Loading in a class from another file and using it
[source] Student system - a derived class
[source] Gant chart in PHP
[source] Abstract class, extended to a subclass, instantised via the subclass
[source] class to be loaded in autoload example
[source] Abstract class and interface example
[source] Objects and inheritance - main worked example program - PHP4 example
[source] class example - array of objects
[source] Autoload example
[source] Singleton AND dymanic data
[source] Simple class in PHP
[source] Complete OO example
[source] oo demo step 2 for BBC
[source] Data for Gant Chart Demo
[source] Simple class in PHP
[source] Test page for the dog.inc class
[source] cwa class
[source] An Abstract class - cannot construct directly
[source] PHP Version tester
[source] PHP example - objects, foreach, array_push ....
[source] Associative Objects
[source] class example - data from file
[source] Application to use class hound
[source] Object copying - beware - differs in PHP4 and PHP5
[source] Data for factory.php demo
[source] Inheritance, Overloading, Polymorphism in PHP objects
[source] This is my table test file
[source] Explicits PHP4 - objects, foreach, array_push ....
[source] equip.inc - define pieces of equipment (base class)
[source] magic __tostring and comparator methods
[source] Objects and inheritance - main worked example program
[source] OO PHP demo - inhertitance, statics, test harness, etc
[source] Complete inheritance and object method demonstration
[source] Two classes, inheritance, factory, JSON, error handler, etc
[source] Simple class in PHP
[source] Staff system - a derived class
[source] Example of a factory method and comparators
[source] First OO / class example
[source] Namespaces in PHP5 - a short syntax demo
[source] Complete example with polymorphism and inheritance
[source] Data file for systems example
[source] Factory method, static method, associated objects
[source] A PHP abstract class (places) with postcode, county and other subclasses

Module H109 - Input / Output
[4483] Moving from mysql to mysqli - simple worked example
[3424] Divide 10000 by 17. Do you get 588.235294117647, 588.24 or 588? - Ruby and PHP
[3159] Returning multiple values from a function call in various languages - a comparison
[3029] PHP data sources - other web servers, large data flows, and the client (browser)
[2964] An introduction to file handling in programs - buffering, standard in and out, and file handles
[1780] Server overloading - turns out to be feof in PHP
[1442] Reading a file multiple times - file pointers
[1113] File and URL reading in PHP
[1096] Sample script - FTP to get a file from within PHP
[1094] PHP fread - truncated data
[997] Most recent file in a directory - PHP
[709] Handling huge data files in PHP
[653] Easy feed!
[616] printf - a flawed but useful function
[114] Relative or absolute milkman
[source] look up current radio program in a text file
[source] Convert seconds to minutes and seconds
[source] Pulldown menu of files, then search for regex
[source] Exchange rate convertor
[source] Write to file - simple diary page
[source] Web Helpers for quote demo
[source] The 20 spammiest emails in our filter records are ...
[source] File system and status reports and directory listings
[source] Read currency exchanges rates
[source] Link to the recently updated file in a directory
[source] Cloaking a web site in a PHP wrapper
[source] Read all lines from a data file, report matches
[source] data for Christmas Quiz
[source] Business logic for quote demo
[source] Using PHP to download a data file
[source] Reading and extracting from a remote URL
[source] Christmas Quiz in PHP
[source] Quote demo - top level code
[source] Read and analyse spam report file
[source] Grab the title of a web page (local or remote)
[source] Showing top 10 downloads from our site
[source] highlighting a source file

Module H110 - HTML Web Page Data Handling
[3926] Filtering PHP form inputs - three ways, but which should you use?
[3036] Sending out an email containing HTML from within a PHP page
[2135] What features does this visitors browser support? (PHP)
[2107] How to tweet automatically from a blog
[2046] Finding variations on a surname
[2025] Injection Attack if register_globals in on - PHP
[1831] Text formating for HTML, with PHP
[1169] Emailing as HTML (Web Page) - PHP example
[1136] Buffering output - why it is done and issues raised in Tcl, Perl, Python and PHP
[1053] Sorting people by name in PHP
[1001] .pdf files - upload via PHP, store in MySQL, retrieve
[896] PHP - good coding practise and sticky radio buttons
[789] Hot answers in PHP
[589] Robust PHP user inputs
[50] Current cost in your local currency
[article] Example - PHP form, Image upload. Store in MySQL database. Retrieve.
[source] generate and select from radio boxes
[source] Putting our conditional example on the web
[source] Bare Bones demo of password protection
[source] Information available from PHP
[source] store a .pdf that's uploaded into a MySQL database
[source] How NOT to do it - sending header too late
[source] form to upload a .pdf to a PHP script
[source] Images at random - pictures of Melksham
[source] How to do it - sending header first
[source] Validating a Pizza order in one page.
[source] Does a URL exist?
[source] What langauge does the visitor prefer?
[source] Sticky form demo ...
[source] Helper function - set up an enquiry box
[source] download a .pdf file from a MySQL database
[source] Form completion with sticky fields and generalised code
[source] Selection of database records via a pulldown menu
[source] The PHP environment - use of variables available to you
[source] Using a PHP script to POST to another server

Module H112 - Further Web Page and Network Handling
[4483] Moving from mysql to mysqli - simple worked example
[4070] Passing variable between PHP pages - hidden fields, cookies and sessions
[3918] Multiple page web applications - maintaining state - PHP
[3568] Telling which ServerAlias your visitor used - useful during merging domains
[3540] Easy session example in PHP - keeping each customers data apart
[3432] 3 digit HTTP status codes - what are they, which are most common, which should be a concern?
[3036] Sending out an email containing HTML from within a PHP page
[2918] Downloading a report from the web for further local analysis
[2729] Uploading a document or image to its own URL via a browser
[2679] How to build a test harness into your PHP
[2632] Shipping a test harness with your class in PHP
[1549] http, https and ajp - comparison and choice
[1518] Downloading data for use in Excel (from PHP / MySQL)
[1515] Keeping staff up to date on hotel room status
[1505] Script to present commonly used images - PHP
[1496] PHP / Web 2 logging
[1495] Single login and single threaded models - Java and PHP
[1485] Copyright and theft of images, bandwidth and members.
[1379] Simple page password protection - PHP
[1355] .php or .html extension? Morally Static Pages
[1210] PHP header() function - uses and new restrictions
[1187] Updating a page strictly every minute (PHP, Perl)
[1183] Improving searches - from OR to AND?
[1114] PHP Image upload script
[1009] Passing GET parameters through Apache mod_rewrite
[936] Global, Superglobal, Session variables - scope and persistance in PHP
[904] Of course I'll tell you by email
[847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example
[789] Hot answers in PHP
[767] Finding the language preference of a web site visitor
[675] Adding PHP tags to an old cgi program
[603] PHP - setting sort order with an associative array
[565] Using PHP to output images, XML, Style sheets, etc
[542] Morning image, afternoon image
[537] Daily Image Santafied
[484] Setting the file name for a downloaded document
[451] Accessing a page via POST from within a PHP script
[443] Server side scripting of styles to suit the browser
[425] Caching an XML feed
[410] Reading a news or blog feed (RSS) in your PHP page
[376] What brings people to my web site?
[372] Time calculation in PHP
[356] Sudoku helper or sudoku cheat
[345] Spotting a denial of service attack
[314] What language is this written in?
[220] When to use Frames
[article] Using current exchange rates on a web page
[article] Using Frames with PHP
[article] Shopping cart application in PHP
[article] A Web interface for your Linux admin tasks
[article] Suggesting alternative search terms to web site users
[source] Cookie check for new visitor
[source] PHP script to email from the command line
[source] Image map controlled by PHP script
[source] Download and store results from a web enquiry
[source] Setting and deleting a cookie
[source] Exchange rate convertor
[source] simple form for mailing
[source] cookie demo - lock in favourite colour
[source] Session demo for more recent PHP4 and PHP5 systems
[source] Session demo - shopping cart
[source] Sending an email as HTML not plain text
[source] Script run when our web site can't find a requested page
[source] How to upload a file via a web page
[source] Tracking how visitors reach a page
[source] Upload a file from a browser
[source] does a URL exist?
[source] Room State Reporter
[source] Setting and checking a persistent cookie
[source] Session demo - shopping cart - from PHP 4.2
[source] Setting and reading a cookie
[source] Emailing with enclosures from a web page
[source] Using the POST method to read from a URL within a PHP script
[source] Information about the visitor avaialble to a web site provider

Module H113 - Using MySQL Databases in PHP Pages
[4483] Moving from mysql to mysqli - simple worked example
[4378] What FGW passengers want to talk about / and PHP programming to find out
[3455] MySQL, MySQLi, PDO or something else - how best to talk to databases from PHP
[3035] How to display information from a database within a web page
[2628] An example of an injection attack using Javascript
[2561] The future of MySQL
[2447] MySQL stored procedures / their use on the web from PHP
[2432] Using print_r in PHP to explore mysql database requests
[2320] Helping new arrivals find out about source code examples
[2259] Grouping rows for a summary report - MySQL and PHP
[2071] Setting up a MySQL database from PHP
[1983] Keeping PHP code in database and running it
[1561] Uploading to a MySQL database through PHP - examples and common questions
[1010] Dates, times, clickable diarys in PHP
[947] What is an SQL injection attack?
[937] Display an image from a MySQL database in a web page via PHP
[915] Paging through hundreds of entries
[723] Viewing images held in a MySQL database via PHP
[666] Database design - get it right from first principles
[647] Checking for MySQL errors
[581] Saving a MySQL query results to your local disc for Excel
[572] Giving the researcher power over database analysis
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[104] mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect in PHP?
[article] MySQL version 5, PHP version 5 and mysqli
[article] MySQL and PHP - enquiry tool for ad-hoc requirements
[article] Interfacing applications to a MySQL database engine
[source] Selecting information from a database table - unchecked
[source] Create a MySQL table from a PHP page
[source] Simple database lookup - using MySQL from PHP
[source] mysqli - database to csv example
[source] Using an array to sort records off a database
[source] Showing Joined tables on a web page
[source] Selecting information from a database table - fully validated
[source] Display a MySQL table, summarising rows
[source] Algorithm selection of where clauses
[source] Search a database of images
[source] PHP helper - make up a where clause element
[source] Uploading an image from a form to a MySQL database via PHP
[source] mysqli - database to csv example
[source] PHP to front a MySQL multiway join
[source] Add information to a database table
[source] Pagination through a database - PHP and MySQL
[source] Web page to call up an image held in an SQL database
[source] Retrieve an image from a database and display it
[source] Downloading complete database via a PHP script
[source] Converts data into MySQL commands
[source] view images stored in a MySQL database via PHP
[source] searching and paging through results
[source] Save a MySQL result set to the local machine
[source] report on information held in a relational database
[source] Full navigation around an SQL database from PHP
[source] First steps on looking up data in an existing database on a web page
[source] Relational Databases - Comparison of approaches
[source] deleting a database table from PHP
[source] Joining MySQL database and searching results in PHP

Module H114 - Sourcing, installing and configuring PHP
[4437] Adding a PHP build option, rotating an image based on camera data, and a new look at thumbnails in PHP
[4319] PHP - some quick fixes if scripts have issues, and how to use our support
[3955] Building up from a small PHP setup to an enterprise one
[3635] Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING on brand new web site - why?
[3132] Virtual Hosting with Apache http server - an overall scheme, and avoiding common pitfalls
[2646] Compile but do not run PHP - syntax check only
[2589] Your PHP code does not work? Here is where to start looking.
[2433] Controlling, supressing, enabling PHP error messages
[2317] How to make a Risotto (PHP build style)
[1936] Quick Summary - PHP installation
[1768] What is built in to this httpd and PHP?
[1731] Apache httpd, MySQL, PHP - installation procedure
[1688] cannot restore segment prot after reloc message - PHP / httpd
[1667] Checking server performance for PHP generated pages
[934] Clustering, load balancing, mod_rewrite and mod_proxy
[481] PHP upgrade - traps to watch
[316] Development Environments
[192] Current MySQL and PHP paths and upgrades
[article] Sourcing, installing and configuring PHP
[source] Test for Apache httpd + PHP + MySQL interaction
[source] Start of an application in a page
[source] Some commonly changed limits for PHP

Module H115 - Designing PHP-Based Solutions: Best Practice
[4691] Real life PHP application using our course training MVC example
[4641] Using an MVC structure - even without a formal framework
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code
[4118] We not only teach PHP and Python - we teach good PHP and Python Practice!
[4069] Even early on, separate out your program from your HTML!
[3926] Filtering PHP form inputs - three ways, but which should you use?
[3820] PHP sessions - a best practice teaching example
[3813] Injection Attacks - PHP, SQL, HTML, Javascript - and how to neutralise them
[3539] Separating program and artwork in PHP - easier maintainance, and better for the user
[2679] How to build a test harness into your PHP
[2430] Not just a PHP program - a good web application
[2221] Adding a newsfeed for your users to a multipage PHP application
[2199] Improving the structure of your early PHP programs
[1794] Refactoring - a PHP demo becomes a production page
[1694] Defensive coding techniques in PHP?
[1623] PHP Techniques - a workshop
[1533] Short and sweet and sticky - PHP form input
[1490] Software to record day to day events and keep an action list
[1487] Efficient PHP applications - framework and example
[1482] A story about benchmarking PHP
[1391] Ordnance Survey Grid Reference to Latitude / Longitude
[1390] Converting from postal address to latitude / longitude
[1389] Controlling and labelling Google maps via PHP
[1381] Using a MySQL database to control mod_rewrite via PHP
[1323] Easy handling of errors in PHP
[1321] Resetting session based tests in PHP
[1194] Drawing hands on a clock face - PHP
[1182] Painting a masterpiece in PHP
[1181] Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables
[1166] Back button - ensuring order are not submitted twice (PHP)
[1052] Learning to write secure, maintainable PHP
[1047] Maintainable code - some positive advice
[945] Code quality counts
[936] Global, Superglobal, Session variables - scope and persistance in PHP
[896] PHP - good coding practise and sticky radio buttons
[839] Reporting on the 10 largest files or 10 top scores
[572] Giving the researcher power over database analysis
[563] Merging pictures using PHP and GD
[426] Robust checking of data entered by users
[394] A year on - should we offer certified PHP courses
[340] Code and code maintainance efficiency
[261] Putting a form online
[237] Crossfertilisation, PHP to Python
[123] Short underground journeys and a PHP book
[article] Portrait of the Author of PHP
[article] The practical solution of requirements using PHP
[article] Error messages in PHP
[article] Keeping the PHP and the HTML apart
[article] What makes a good variable name?
[source] Style sheet used to get a list of all images held in XML file
[source] Using an array to set a generalised form
[source] Full PHP application / 4 layer model - start here
[source] Generate a graphic to show a text string
[source] Template for sc5.php4 and sc6 "best practise" examples
[source] MVC Framework and Helpers / Components all in one!
[source] Sticky form, Regex Validation, save to db when AOK
[source] MVC Framework and Helpers - with exceptions and validation
[source] Web Helpers for 4 layer model demo
[source] standard functions for sc5 and sc6 demos
[source] Form, validation, sticky fields, email results
[source] Main demo script - uses sessions, functions, SQL, XML and XSLT
[source] xslt functions for sc5 and sc5 demos
[source] SQL functions for sc5 and sc6 demos
[source] business logic for 4 layer demo
[source] Capthca Driver
[source] HTML template for 4 layer model
[source] Main demo script; uses sessions, functions, SQL, XML and XSLT
[source] XML data used by demonstration program
[source] Look up records (paginated) in a MySQL table.
[source] Style sheet to format one particular piece of information from an XML file

Module H116 - Shopping Cart Application in PHP
[3820] PHP sessions - a best practice teaching example
[1634] Kiss and Book
[1623] PHP Techniques - a workshop
[1487] Efficient PHP applications - framework and example
[1321] Resetting session based tests in PHP
[article] Shopping cart application in PHP
[source] Free form shopping cart in a page
[source] Session demonstration - full shopping cart
[source] Template web page for carter.php4
[source] Template web page for carter.php4
[source] Template web page for carter.php4
[source] Functions for carter.php4 and other shopping cart apps
[source] Template web page for carter.php4

Module H117 - Security in PHP
[4642] A small teaching program - demonstration of principles only
[3813] Injection Attacks - PHP, SQL, HTML, Javascript - and how to neutralise them
[3747] An easy way to comply with the new cookie law if your site is well designed
[3698] How to stop forms on other sites submitting to your scripts
[3210] Catchable fatal error in PHP ... How to catch, and alternative solutions such as JSON
[2939] Protecting your images from use out of context
[2688] Security considerations in programming - what do we teach?
[2628] An example of an injection attack using Javascript
[2025] Injection Attack if register_globals in on - PHP
[1779] Injection Attacks - avoiding them in your PHP
[1747] Who is watching you?
[1694] Defensive coding techniques in PHP?
[1679] PHP - Sanitised application principles for security and useability
[1542] Are nasty programs looking for security holes on your server?
[1482] A story about benchmarking PHP
[1396] Using PHP to upload images / Store on MySQL database - security questions
[1387] Error logging to file not browser in PHP
[1323] Easy handling of errors in PHP
[1086] Injection attacks - safeguard your PHP scripts
[1052] Learning to write secure, maintainable PHP
[947] What is an SQL injection attack?
[920] A lion in a cage - PHP
[426] Robust checking of data entered by users
[345] Spotting a denial of service attack
[article] Spotting and stopping denial of service attacks
[source] Injection attacks and preventing them

Module H118 - Generating CSS through PHP
[996] Setting your colour theme through PHP
[565] Using PHP to output images, XML, Style sheets, etc
[501] .css - using PHP to make dynamic style sheets
[source] Full demo - template for display
[source] Full demo - PHP to set style sheets
[source] MySQL content report with counts, in PHP using CSS
[source] full demo - .htaccess file
[source] Full demo - web helper functions
[source] Image library application using dynamic PHP style sheets
[source] full demo - top layer and main code file
[source] Selecting and applying CSS themes through PHP
[source] Dynamic Style sheet

Module H201 - PHP and MySQL for Content Management
[3453] Reading and using emails including enclosures on your web server.
[2071] Setting up a MySQL database from PHP
[1745] Moodle, Drupal, Django (and Rails)
[1576] Making PHP and MySQL training relevant to the course delegates
[1555] Advanced Python, Perl, PHP and Tcl training courses / classes
[647] Checking for MySQL errors
[source] Standard functions for all pages e.g. open database connection, shopping cart handling
[source] Start of application - offer a series of search boxes, and also an editor's login form
[source] Confirm and update to the content, and save it into database.
[source] File of SQL commands to create an empty database and tables for this example
[source] Offer the content editor a record to edit (or a blank record)
[source] Validate an editor's login if necessary, and offer a list of records that can be edited
[source] Boiler plate HTML for the head of every page
[source] User definable functions - optional file that may include functions to run on any of the database columns when the content is being reported
[source] List out all records that match the searcher's criteria, in the form of a selection menu
[source] Display a single record from the database in full detail
[source] Error messages file - allows for translation into other languages

Module H202 - Case Study
[4691] Real life PHP application using our course training MVC example
[2051] A Presentation about our company - web and PHP
[1495] Single login and single threaded models - Java and PHP
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] Emailing form entries to the web site owner
[source] Form - course review

Module H204 - PHP and MySQL example application - adhoc database analysis
[572] Giving the researcher power over database analysis
[source] Sample help file - logout
[source] Template for adhoc MySQL Query system
[source] Application to look after generalise casual queries on a complex table structure
[source] standard functions 4 layer model applications
[source] BUSINESS LOGIC
[source] Sample help file - result page
[source] Sample help file - select rows
[source] Help system - template wrapper
[source] Sample help file - select columns
[source] Sample help file - query type
[source] Commands used to create sample SQL database and tables
[source] Configuration file for ad hoc MySQL query system
[source] Sample help file
[source] An SQL wrapper to aid portability

Module H212 -
[4378] What FGW passengers want to talk about / and PHP programming to find out

Module H300 - PHP Revision
[4050] A couple of new fast-start PHP examples
[3953] Objects in PHP - Revision
[3952] PHP revision ... by example.
[2742] A simple server benchmark script
[1787] Howto - write and manage a news box on your web page
[1615] PHP training courses every month
[source] First really simple object!
[source] Second OO example - object, inheritance, public / protected / private
[source] third PHP revision example - functions
[source] Second PHP revision example - arrays
[source] Retreiving and displaying information from a database
[source] Extracting data / complex text file format
[source] Directory source display
[source] form, completion, checking
[source] Converting distance travelled and time taken into a speed
[source] Directory navigator
[source] Regular Expression demo
[source] first PHP revision example
[source] Web Site news - a simple edit box
[source] Third OO PHP example - factory and cache design patterns

Module H301 - Sticky fields and session
[4070] Passing variable between PHP pages - hidden fields, cookies and sessions
[3918] Multiple page web applications - maintaining state - PHP
[3820] PHP sessions - a best practice teaching example
[3540] Easy session example in PHP - keeping each customers data apart
[2738] What is all this SESSION stuff about? (PHP)
[2416] Automating access to a page obscured behind a holding page
[1911] Remember Me - PHP
[1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP
[1739] Bath, Snake or Nag?
[source] Cookie demo - session alternative
[source] Sessions - a demo of the mechanism
[source] Session in use for multipage application / named pages
[source] Sticky fields, and preventing injection attacks
[source] Template for secondmultipage and thirdmultipage demos
[source] Cookie demo - demonstration of session principles
[source] Session in use for multipage application / named pages / webhelpers
[source] Viewing session from another web page
[source] Session in use for multipage application / named pages. Split template
[source] PHP Session - first principles
[source] Sending out holding pages before final result page

Module H302 - MVC, 4 layer model and templating
[4314] PHP training - refreshed modern course, backed up by years of practical experience
[4114] Teaching CodeIgniter - MVC and PHP
[4066] MVC and Frameworks - a lesson from first principles in PHP
[3956] Zend / layout of MVC and other files in an example application (PHP)
[3539] Separating program and artwork in PHP - easier maintainance, and better for the user
[3454] Your PHP website - how to factor and refactor to reduce growing pains
[2221] Adding a newsfeed for your users to a multipage PHP application
[2199] Improving the structure of your early PHP programs
[2174] Application design in PHP - multiple step processes
[1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP
[1716] Larger applications in PHP
[1634] Kiss and Book
[article] Keeping the PHP and the HTML apart
[source] initialise for new visitor
[source] Session based multiple page application Mk 2
[source] Model, View, Controller, Components, Framework and Helpers - single file
[source] Session based multiple page application Mk 3
[source] validate email, name and department
[source] Top level
[source] Business Logic
[source] Read and record an incident record
[source] Look and feel (business logic elsewhere)
[source] Simple separation of view from program
[source] Model for MVC demo
[source] Session based multiple page application Mk 1
[source] Controller for Model, View, Controller demo
[source] Separting look and feel from business logic - business logic
[source] template file
[source] First shell for multipage application
[source] Web Helpers
[source] prepare for phase 1
[source] Product listing
[source] prepare for phase 2
[source] Sample included file
[source] prepare phase 3 - no form, just an onward link
[source] Stepping through and validating over multiple pages
[source] Control - All elements in one piece of code
[source] Web helpers for stage.php demo
[source] Muliple page, session based application
[source] View (Template) for MVC demo
[source] View - for view / program separation
[source] Multiple Stage Application
[source] Helpers for MVC demo
[source] Framework and bootstrap for MVC demo
[source] Session demo / single included file

Module H303 - Long and short term cookies and security
[3813] Injection Attacks - PHP, SQL, HTML, Javascript - and how to neutralise them
[3698] How to stop forms on other sites submitting to your scripts
[2238] Handling nasty characters - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Lua
[1911] Remember Me - PHP
[1646] Using cookies and sessions to connect different URLs - PHP
[source] Session - logging time and remembering inputs
[source] Memorising via a cookie
[source] Cookie and clean form demo

Module H304 - DDA, Style and image handling
[3747] An easy way to comply with the new cookie law if your site is well designed
[2917] Upload Image, Store in database, redisplay in browser. PHP and MySQL
[2715] Uploading an image, document or pdf via a browser (php)
[2539] Changing Images
[2343] World Flags in your PHP pages
[2031] Choosing from an image with an image map
[1506] Ongoing Image Copyright Issues, PHP and MySQL solutions
[806] Check your user is human. Have him retype a word in a graphic
[source] Counting browser types visiting our site
[source] What can PHP tell me about my browser?
[source] Change image every minute. Retain style based on cookie (DDA)
[source] Save already uploaded image into database
[source] Upload an image
[source] Display image held in database
[source] Check browser type - feed out plain text or image / flash references

Module H305 - Web server configuration
[3143] On time
[2981] How to set up short and meaningfull alternative URLs
[2774] PHP - Object Oriented Design in use
[2773] Dynamically watching your web site via a PHP wrapper
[2478] How did I do THAT?
[1938] Predictive Load Balancing - PHP and / or Java
[1778] Pointing all the web pages in a directory at a database
[source] Front end task - Predictive Load Balancing
[source] Back end task - Predictive Load Balancing

Module H306 - Who is your visitor?
[3946] Moving from a warning system to a control system - PHP, forum spammers
[3094] Setting your user_agent in PHP - telling back servers who you are
[2667] Web page to telephone calls / links using an iPhone
[2380] Object Oriented programming - a practical design example
[2343] World Flags in your PHP pages
[2135] What features does this visitors browser support? (PHP)
[1736] Current visitors from around the world - PHP
[source] Welcome a User - but only between 3pm and 5pm on Wednesday!
[source] Web Log Analysis - example
[source] Display recently visited pages

Module H307 - Web2 and caching
[4627] Caching results in an object for efficiency - avoiding re-calculation
[4136] How do I post automatically from a PHP script to my Twitter account?
[4106] Web server efficiency - saving repetition through caches
[4075] Further recent PHP examples
[4055] Using web services to access you data - JSON and RESTful services
[3999] Handling failures / absences of your backend server nicely
[3955] Building up from a small PHP setup to an enterprise one
[3458] On this day ... one PHP script with three uses
[3186] How to add a customised twitter feed to your site
[3094] Setting your user_agent in PHP - telling back servers who you are
[3029] PHP data sources - other web servers, large data flows, and the client (browser)
[2545] Scraping content for your own page via PHP
[2321] Uploading and Downloading files - changing names (Perl and PHP)
[2196] New Example - cacheing results in PHP for faster loading
[1995] Automated server heartbeat and health check
[1926] Flash (client) to PHP (server) - example
[1814] Javascript/HTML example, dynamic server monitor
[1813] Ajax - going Asyncronous and what it means
[1812] Starting Ajax - easy example of browser calling up server data
[1733] memcached - overview, installation, example of use in PHP
[1647] Exchange Rates - PHP with your prices in your users currency
[1633] Changing a screen saver from a web page (PHP, Perl, OSX)
[article] Using current exchange rates on a web page
[source] Service layer demonstration
[source] Web Site performance test page
[source] Redirecting failed proxy request to valid page
[source] Heartbeat script to watch vital server
[source] JavaScript to load data from server
[source] An easy way to add an image point to a file
[source] Web service to give user current server stats
[source] Grab exchange rates to/from Euro
[source] Log file analysis (1) - base case - functioning but poorly structured
[source] Caching in an object
[source] Twitter feed from your PHP program
[source] Web Service provider - first Ajax demo ajax123.html
[source] Service layer - sample client
[source] Display info from application server on an image
[source] Log file analysis (3) - results cached for run time efficiency
[source] demonstration of caching
[source] Scraping a remote URL content
[source] Currency abbreviations and names
[source] Caching between pages via memcached
[source] Ajax demonstration - a dynamically updating status page.
[source] Serve a download from a database
[source] Heartbeat script to check server
[source] Setting the User Agent in your PHP code
[source] Demonstration of cached resource
[source] Asyncronous call from Javascript on client to PHP on server
[source] Log file analysis (2) - code optimised for readability

Module H308 - Searches, and search engines
[4401] Selecting RECENT and POPULAR news and trends for your web site users
[3163] Twitter - the special use of @ # and http: in tweets
[3159] Returning multiple values from a function call in various languages - a comparison
[2631] How to show a large result set page by page in PHP
[2166] Crossrefering documents with uniqueness and inconsistency issues - PHP proof of concept demo
[2137] Reaching the right people with your web site
[1735] Finding words and work boundaries (MySQL, Perl, PHP)
[1020] Parallel processing in PHP
[source] File of surnames for matching demo
[source] Looking for a similar surname
[source] Paging through a result set
[source] Indexing website resources - an example
[source] Algorithm for sorting most recent likes

Module H309 - Maps, Graphics and Geographics
[4655] Image indexer / thumbnail display scripts in PHP
[4437] Adding a PHP build option, rotating an image based on camera data, and a new look at thumbnails in PHP
[4365] The changing face of Christmas
[4178] Where are you? How to write a geosensitive application
[3817] Fpdf - generating .pdf documents easily from your PHP program
[3734] QR codes with marketing logos embedded
[3584] QR codes - graphics images that provide quick phone links
[3536] UK Mapping Data - and more to come - under government Open Data measures
[3447] Needle in a haystack - finding the web server overload
[3211] Computer Graphics in PHP - World (incoming data) to Pixel (screen) conversion
[3197] Finding and diverting image requests from rogue domains
[3133] An image from a website that occasionally comes out as hyroglyphics
[3027] Server logs - drawing a graph of gathered data
[2939] Protecting your images from use out of context
[2729] Uploading a document or image to its own URL via a browser
[2675] Redirecting to your main domain for correct security keys
[2583] Reducing image size on digital photos - PHP
[2390] Dynamic / changing images on your web page
[2361] Geocoding - converting address to latitude / Longitude with PHP via Google
[2343] World Flags in your PHP pages
[1956] Images for Christmas
[1923] Making it all worthwhile
[1756] Ever had One of THOSE mornings?
[1752] Dynamic maps / geographics in PHP
[1734] All around the world?
[1724] addslashes v mysql_real_escape_string in PHP
[1628] Gant charts - drawing them with a PHP script
[1391] Ordnance Survey Grid Reference to Latitude / Longitude
[1390] Converting from postal address to latitude / longitude
[1389] Controlling and labelling Google maps via PHP
[1194] Drawing hands on a clock face - PHP
[1104] Drawing dynamic graphs in PHP
[937] Display an image from a MySQL database in a web page via PHP
[665] PHP Image viewing application
[563] Merging pictures using PHP and GD
[320] Ordnance Survey - using a 'Get a map'
[source] Dynamic qr code
[source] BR Totem graphic generator
[source] An easy way to add an image point to a file
[source] latitude / longitude to ordnance Survey grid positions
[source] Plot years v data
[source] Shift Graphic Demo
[source] Graphing server log files
[source] Sample text file - location of places on image
[source] OO based GD graphics example
[source] Display info from application server on an image
[source] Slide Show - single file example
[source] Convert Latitude and Longitude to nearest stations
[source] Sample using fpdf (free PDF convertor from www.fpdf.org)
[source] A popup window to show details of an item on a page
[source] Graphic and report based on data from application server
[source] Selecting from an image map
[source] Bare data that we've cached from our application server
[source] Plotting your web site visitors on a world map
[source] Thumbnail library, Mk 2 - thumbnail generator
[source] Table and graph of same data
[source] Plot web site visitors on a map of Europe
[source] All the images in a folder as thumbnails
[source] Image rotate and thumbnail
[source] Thumbnail library, Mk 2 - main program
[source] Railway Station codes, locations, usage 2004 - 2014

Module H310 - Putting it all together
[3454] Your PHP website - how to factor and refactor to reduce growing pains
[2931] Syncronise - software, trains, and buses. Please!
[2635] A PHP example that lets your users edit content without HTML knowledge
[2275] Debugging multipage (session based) PHP applications
[1962] Index Card System for Game Characters in PHP
[1840] Validating Credit Card Numbers
[1794] Refactoring - a PHP demo becomes a production page
[1754] Upgrade from PHP 4 to PHP 5 - the TRY issue
[1716] Larger applications in PHP
[687] Presentation, Business and Persistence layers in Perl and PHP
[468] Stand alone PHP programs
[source] paged display of station data
[source] Template for the wiki demonstration
[source] Index Card System - Version 0.9
[source] Simple wiki demonstration
[source] .htaccess file for wiki demonstration

Module H311 - Testing your PHP
[4652] Testing new algorithms in PHP
[3959] Testing code coverage (have I tested everything?) in PHP
[3958] Testing classes for your PHP website with PHPUnit
[3623] Some TestWise examples - helping use Ruby code to check your web site operation
[3426] Automed web site testing scripted in Ruby using watir-webdriver
[source] Spike solution and algorithm testing
[source] phpunit - main program example
[source] A Sample class for testing demos

Module H312 - Tips and Techniques
[4621] The power of scripting
[4426] FileMaker Day to Unix Time conversion
[4319] PHP - some quick fixes if scripts have issues, and how to use our support
[4310] Problem ... I want to print a series of numbered forms
[4074] A comment on comments in PHP
[2981] How to set up short and meaningfull alternative URLs
[2478] How did I do THAT?
[2274] PHP preg functions - examples and comparision
[2025] Injection Attack if register_globals in on - PHP
[1983] Keeping PHP code in database and running it
[1958] PHP - Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end ...
[1684] Two PHP include files to make easy web site indexing and navigation
[1667] Checking server performance for PHP generated pages
[1649] Easy conversion - image formats, currencies and distances
[1270] PHP Standalone - keyboard to screen
[1010] Dates, times, clickable diarys in PHP
[917] Syntax checking in PHP
[789] Hot answers in PHP
[source] generates HTML to link to files in
[source] Using .html URLs to search a data file
[source] Sample data for crossreference demo
[source] Crossreferencing data markers to web pages
[source] How a Callback works in PHP
[source] generates HTML to link to subdirectories

Module H313 - Page Application and Service Layer
[4059] Curl and curling from PHP
[4055] Using web services to access you data - JSON and RESTful services
[4053] Frameworks - learning through exploring and understanding data sources

Module H321 - CodeIgniter
[4114] Teaching CodeIgniter - MVC and PHP
[4062] Sessions, forms and validation in CodeIgniter - early examples
[4060] CodeIgniter - an excellent PHP framework with an easy start point
[4053] Frameworks - learning through exploring and understanding data sources
[source] Footer for first CodeIgniter example
[source] main controller functions
[source] model - business logic
[source] header
[source] header for first CodeIgniter example
[source] view - transport form Mk 1
[source] Holding / home page outside CodeIgnitor
[source] view - transport form Mk 2
[source] Typical CodeIgniter .htaccess file
[source] success view - 2nd CodeIgniter example
[source] main page content
[source] config file - added encryption key at about line 228
[source] Main view - hello CodeIgnitor World
[source] 2nd CodeIgniter example - sessions and form - controller
[source] CodeIgnitor - first example controller
[source] map most URLs onto CodeIgniter
[source] Form demonstration
[source] footer

Module H400 - Open Source Applications in PHP
[2682] Adding extensions to PHP Open Source applications - callbacks

Module H401 - Some extra PHP modules
[3454] Your PHP website - how to factor and refactor to reduce growing pains
[3453] Reading and using emails including enclosures on your web server.
[2682] Adding extensions to PHP Open Source applications - callbacks
[2343] World Flags in your PHP pages
[732] Where is a web site visitor browsing from
[source] Using PHP mysqli functions - a working example
[source] Reading emails from a POP3 mailbox
[source] Combining blog and forum feeds using MagpieRSS

Module H999 - Additional PHP Material
[4655] Image indexer / thumbnail display scripts in PHP
[3210] Catchable fatal error in PHP ... How to catch, and alternative solutions such as JSON
[3118] Arrays of arrays - or 2D arrays. How to program tables.
[2684] Exception handling in PHP
[2215] If nothing, make it nothing.
[2073] Extra PHP Examples
[1623] PHP Techniques - a workshop
[1519] Flipping images on your web page
[1505] Script to present commonly used images - PHP
[1485] Copyright and theft of images, bandwidth and members.
[1451] More PHP sample and demonstration programs
[1391] Ordnance Survey Grid Reference to Latitude / Longitude
[1390] Converting from postal address to latitude / longitude
[1389] Controlling and labelling Google maps via PHP
[1270] PHP Standalone - keyboard to screen
[1194] Drawing hands on a clock face - PHP
[1104] Drawing dynamic graphs in PHP
[1053] Sorting people by name in PHP
[1020] Parallel processing in PHP
[1010] Dates, times, clickable diarys in PHP
[937] Display an image from a MySQL database in a web page via PHP
[917] Syntax checking in PHP
[839] Reporting on the 10 largest files or 10 top scores
[822] PHP - a team member leaves
[806] Check your user is human. Have him retype a word in a graphic
[789] Hot answers in PHP
[687] Presentation, Business and Persistence layers in Perl and PHP
[665] PHP Image viewing application
[603] PHP - setting sort order with an associative array
[563] Merging pictures using PHP and GD
[493] Running a Perl script within a PHP page
[483] Double Dollars in PHP
[468] Stand alone PHP programs
[372] Time calculation in PHP
[337] the array returned by preg_match_all
[322] More maps
[320] Ordnance Survey - using a 'Get a map'
[239] What and why for the epoch
[54] PHP and natural sorting
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[article] Example - PHP form, Image upload. Store in MySQL database. Retrieve.
[source] Date and Time and sorting em in PHP
[source] Show counter record file
[source] Show an image held in a MySQL database
[source] Sorting an associative array
[source] Script to accompany access counter discussion
[source] Reading an RSS feed in your PHP page
[source] Xml handling in PHP
[source] Google Maps / Geocoding demo
[source] Generate the html to call up 10 images from a database
[source] Stand alone script - grab title of remote web page
[source] Variable types in PHP
[source] Array manipulation functions range, shuffle etc
[source] Parallel processes in PHP
[source] Random image for use in a web page
[source] Stand along programming in PHP / also graphics example
[source] Generating a button with variable graphics and text in PHP
[source] Exceptions in PHP
[source] Forking in PHP - parallel processing
[source] Sample XSLT template as used in xslt.php4 example and others
[source] Fade from one image to another
[source] Second example - using PHP to handle XML
[source] Draw hands on a clock
[source] Generating a graphic in PHP
[source] Process an XML file through an XSLT template and insert result in a PHP page
[source] Using PHP to handle XML, stand alone!
[source] Convert Ordnance survey grid positions to latitude / longitude
[source] Shows you where a place is on an Ordnance Survey Map
[source] First sorting example
[source] thumbnailing an image in one file and saving in another
[source] Thumbnail index and image view application
[source] Search a database of images
[source] User defined sorting
[source] Horses Mouth - latest topic feed
[source] Tear from one image to another
[source] Sorting an associative array
[source] Google Maps / PHP - show your office
[source] Script to handle image library in MySQL database as if it was a directory of images
[source] Natural Sort Order demo
[source] Parallel processing example in PHP
[source] Flipping an image in PHP
[source] dynamic thumbnail generator
[source] Sample XML file as used in xslt.php4 example and others
[source] An exercise in sorting
[source] Stippleover from one image to another
[source] More complex user defined sort
[source] Practical example of 2 dimensional array in use
[source] 2 dimensional array in PHP
[source] Simple Author extraction from Medline

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J: Java programmming and use including Servlets and JSP

Module J050 - Java - General
[4430] The spirit of Java - delegating to classes
[4412] Java -making sure you have the right versions
[4317] Java - an update of the basics
[4305] Learning to program in Java - yes, we can help.
[3573] New in Java 7 - and why we are not running public Java 7 courses
[2861] MySQL and Java - connectivity past, present, and future thoughts
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2420] Exceptions in Java - why and how
[2417] Java Programming Fundamentals
[2114] Which Version of Java am I running?
[2091] C, C++ and C# ... Java and JavaScript
[2087] Comparing Java Courses - what can we do?
[article] Overview of Java
[source] Static Methods, comparing objects
[source] String handling example
[source] Combined demonstration - phase 2
[source] Hello World, and command line input
[source] An ArrayList - an extendable array
[source] Sorting an ArrayList
[source] Arrays - setup, fill, pass, process, length
[source] Using a class
[source] underlying (base) class
[source] Integer Calculation
[source] A second extended class
[source] static method (function) calls
[source] Reading user input from keyboard
[source] Polymorphism - an array of different objects
[source] loading a method from a class in a package
[source] Calling in an extended class
[source] Array of arrays (i.e. 2 dimensional array)
[source] Passing values in and out of a local method
[source] loop, with break and continue
[source] Shared code - load and run method from another class
[source] Test program within a class
[source] Example with and without exception handling
[source] Class within a package
[source] StringTokeniszer, ArrayList and Exception demonstration
[source] Base class for examples up to Lenny
[source] Extended class
[source] Step 1 combo for full demo
[source] Directory listing, file i/o and formatting demo
[source] First use of variables and conditionals
[source] Reading from the keyboard or a file
[source] An array of objects

Module J601 - Java Introduction
[4332] First Java Application - calculating the weight of a tablecloth
[2536] All the Cs ... and Java too
[2423] What is a JVM, a JRE, a JDK - components of the core Java Environment
[2115] Finding your java program - the CLASSPATH variable
[1908] Java CLASSPATH explained
[1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP
[1557] Trying out our Java examples on our web site
[1497] Training Season Starts again!
[1466] Effective Java training - the bootcamp approach
[1418] A Golf Club Decision - Perl to Java
[1158] Private Java Course - A customer's pictures
[1049] Java 6, Apache Tomcat 6.
[871] Java oversold?
[792] Is Java the right language to learn?
[317] Programming languages - a comparison
[124] PHP v Java
[111] Training notes available under Open Distribution license
[25] Release numbers
[article] Overview of Java
[article] Book review - Beginning Java 2
[source] Full program - prompt, read, calculate, print
[source] Program to test basic operation of Java tools.
[source] Sample Servlet - init doGet and doPost methods

Module J606 - Java Roadmap - Beyond the Fundamentals
[4305] Learning to program in Java - yes, we can help.
[3043] Gathering information - logging - with log4j. First steps.
[2036] Java Tag Libraries / how they work / Tomcat Deployment
[1910] Java - Generics
[1562] Java Compiler - needs all classes, compiles them all too
[1049] Java 6, Apache Tomcat 6.

Module J607 - Servlets, JSP, Tomcat
[2642] What does a web application look like under Tomcat?
[2147] A very easy JSP (Java Server Page)
[2058] Invoker and cgi servlets on Tomcat 6
[1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP

Module J608 - Naming Conventions and Code Management
[2604] Tips for writing a test program (Ruby / Python / Java)
[2415] Variable names like i and j - why?

Module J610 - Archived examples from previous versions of courses
[2654] Java - from applets to servlets. JSPs and more
[1070] Java Deployment course - lunch break
[source] wilsford.java
[source] while loop
[source] a telephone keypad using awt
[source] card_9.java
[source] basics of using an array
[source] hawthorn.html
[source] aspen.html
[source] Task.java
[source] Test program to call intter classes example
[source] awt GridBag
[source] svl_l2.html
[source] AllNames.html
[source] raven.html
[source] holly.java
[source] smew.html
[source] larkhill.java
[source] arrays of objects
[source] inglesham.java
[source] pochard.java
[source] hawfinch.html
[source] while loop demonstration
[source] redpoll.java
[source] oak.html
[source] greenshank.java
[source] lemon.java
[source] moorhen.java
[source] Trip.java
[source] willow.java
[source] ftp from a java program
[source] threading example via the runnable interface
[source] chippenham.java
[source] grittleton.java
[source] playing_card_6.java
[source] Random throws of a die
[source] palm.html
[source] Scafell.java
[source] applet to show colours
[source] milston.java
[source] hawthorn.java
[source] porton.java
[source] Grabbing a page of html
[source] all.java
[source] read from keyboard via a supplied class
[source] redstart.java
[source] fittleton.java
[source] if and else
[source] Caldemo.java
[source] green2.html
[source] lockeridge.java
[source] hello world
[source] Phone_001.java
[source] nuthatch.html
[source] yew.html
[source] Command line input / validation
[source] worton.java
[source] Java Properties - what version / OS / etc
[source] socket programming (client)
[source] Whernside.html
[source] extended gadwall
[source] extending a class and calling the base class constructor
[source] ford.java
[source] jackdaw2.html
[source] jay.html
[source] Whitfell.java
[source] siskin.html
[source] Unicode and character string handling
[source] labels - also break v continue v exit
[source] wraxall.java
[source] Internationalisation / resource strings
[source] chough.html
[source] suspect_card_9.java
[source] TreeDemo.java
[source] pack_6.java
[source] parcel.java
[source] tilshead.java
[source] rook.java
[source] marden.java
[source] potterne.java
[source] took.html
[source] nuthatch.java
[source] svlmp.java
[source] rserver.java
[source] marlborough.java
[source] quote.java
[source] buzzard.html
[source] svl_temp.html
[source] Pocket.java
[source] redshank.java
[source] t3.java
[source] n2.java
[source] new_street.html
[source] ramsbury.java
[source] swift.java
[source] Tryfan.html
[source] siskin.java
[source] haxton.java
[source] bremhill.html
[source] Non rectangular 2D arrays
[source] Snowdon.java
[source] card_8.java
[source] MoelHebog.java
[source] Array of array (quasi 2D array)
[source] Hms2.java
[source] Whernside.java
[source] lapwing.html
[source] Character frequency analysis in a data file
[source] jackdaw.html
[source] Phone_002.java
[source] skylark.html
[source] lapwing2.html
[source] grabpage.java
[source] rook.html
[source] rowde.java
[source] t1.java
[source] greenshank.html
[source] dynamic graphics drawing
[source] gp3.java
[source] lapwing.java
[source] seend.java
[source] calne.java
[source] general graphing applet
[source] border layout example
[source] scaup.java
[source] ash.html
[source] oak.java
[source] packages.html
[source] maple.java
[source] Simple base class (see Catchfish)
[source] spot.html
[source] Whitfell.html
[source] svl_left.html
[source] hen.java
[source] bullfinch.html
[source] Heavily commented simple program
[source] exception handling
[source] jackdaw.java
[source] rsp.java
[source] linnet.html
[source] file handling
[source] Maovally.java
[source] patrick.java
[source] box.html
[source] Dialler applet using Swing
[source] Maovally.html
[source] raven.java
[source] font handling
[source] green3.html
[source] Eiger.html
[source] suspect_card_6.java
[source] larkhill.orig.java
[source] moorhen.html
[source] kingsdown.java
[source] MoelHebog.html
[source] fyfield.java
[source] border layout in awt
[source] twite.html
[source] goldfinch.java
[source] svl_outer.html
[source] More applet components
[source] brambling2.html
[source] redshank.html
[source] ImageHold.java
[source] Tryfan.java
[source] lime.java
[source] chaffinch.java
[source] pack_2.java
[source] jay.java
[source] redpoll.html
[source] svl_o2.html
[source] longer.java
[source] a first for loop
[source] Generalised Graphing Applet
[source] willow.html
[source] socket programming (client)
[source] Nevis.java
[source] swallow.java
[source] Obj_v_prim.java
[source] applet components
[source] lavington.java
[source] brambling.html
[source] mp.html
[source] new_street.java
[source] t2.java
[source] using an enumeration
[source] teal.html
[source] lechlade.java
[source] Canisp.html
[source] while, if, break
[source] hen.html
[source] shrewton.java
[source] goldfinch.html
[source] suspect_card_8.java
[source] maple.html
[source] heron.java
[source] honeystreet.java
[source] pack_1.java
[source] palm.java
[source] elements that can be drawn on a canvas
[source] imgframe.java
[source] twite.java
[source] Scafell.html
[source] corsham.java
[source] Swapp.java
[source] whitley.java
[source] elm.html
[source] magpie.html
[source] teal.java
[source] a graphic client program to call up the finger daemon
[source] tree.html
[source] hawfinch.java
[source] AWT grid layout
[source] birch.html
[source] waxwing.html
[source] pack_3.java
[source] card_6.java
[source] Swsmall.java
[source] chestnut.html
[source] heron.html
[source] playing_card_8.java
[source] mildenhall.java
[source] beech.html
[source] playing_card_9.java
[source] curlew.html
[source] Command line and stand alone added to an applet
[source] idmiston.java
[source] mailout.java
[source] greenfinch.html
[source] pack_4.java
[source] coot.html
[source] pack_5.java
[source] test program to log events generated by an applet
[source] winEvent.java
[source] fir.html
[source] extending a base class AND implementing an interface
[source] nettleton.java
[source] abstract base class
[source] acorn.html
[source] greenfinch.java
[source] extending the class Coin
[source] spruce.java
[source] ivy.java
[source] linnet.java
[source] crossbill.html
[source] Extending a class
[source] crow2.html
[source] Server (present swap on port 7979) with graphic monitor
[source] exception handling
[source] Phone.java
[source] mallard.java
[source] smew.java
[source] pagestats.java
[source] scaup.html
[source] Grid layout with buttons
[source] westwood.java
[source] talker.java
[source] for loop and Float objects
[source] PastelFilter.java
[source] file manipulation
[source] woodborough.java

Module J702 - Hello Java World
[4350] Keyboard reader for Java programming newcomers
[2859] Using java, javac, jar, and CLASSPATH - a simple example
[2414] Hello World - a good traditional start to a Java course
[article] Overview of Java
[article] Hello Java World
[source] "Hello World!" in Java
[source] Second Java program - calls methods

Module J703 - Variables
[4345] Incrementing a variable in Java - Pre and Post Increment
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[3365] Turning bright delegates into bright and knowledgable ones
[3278] Do I need to initialise variables - programming in C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby or Java.
[3041] Java - basic rules for arithmetic, variables and conversion
[3038] Setting up individual variables, and arrays, in Java - some commented examples
[2153] Class Loading and Variable Conversion in Java
[2148] Variable scope in Java Servlets and other web applications
[1448] Question on division (Java) - Also Perl, PHP, Python ...
[127] Conversion and coercion in Java
[source] Declaration and initialisation of variables
[source] Pre and Post increment in Java
[source] Simple use of variables - adding
[source] An alternative working example
[source] Adding and declaring variables in a single statement
[source] Setting up variables, reading values, calculating and output
[source] Averages - how NOT to (try to) do it
[source] Reading a cost from the user
[source] Average - fails at compile
[source] Average - *this* one works
[source] Easy user interaction class

Module J704 - Loops and Conditional Statements
[4427] Java example - for loop and conditionals from course exercise
[4346] A behaviour driven example of writing a Java program
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[3200] How a for loop works Java, Perl and other languages
[3038] Setting up individual variables, and arrays, in Java - some commented examples
[2734] for and foreach in Java
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1582] Ruby, C, Java and more - getting out of loops
[1220] for loop - how it works (Perl, PHP, Java, C, etc)
[353] Wimbledon Neck
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] 'While' loop example
[source] Sample program for exercise
[source] Example of a boolean variable
[source] Course Exercise - capacity of tables in a restaurant
[source] Breaking from a loop
[source] First read - calculate - loop program
[source] Nested loops, conditionals, breaks, labels etc
[source] Nested 'ifs', and 'else'
[source] the 'for' loop in Java
[source] Excerise - Singapore to US Dollar table
[source] Example of a first if statement

Module J705 - Arrays
[4428] Using the lead - passing arrays and other collections in Java
[4413] Binomial Coefficient (Pascal Triangle) objects in Java
[4347] Arrays in Java - an introduction for newcomers
[3118] Arrays of arrays - or 2D arrays. How to program tables.
[3039] Fresh Paint - Java Arrays
[3038] Setting up individual variables, and arrays, in Java - some commented examples
[2648] Java arrays - are they true arrays or not?
[1614] When an array is not an array
[1498] Java is a dynamic language .... (and comparison)
[1497] Training Season Starts again!
[source] Sample exercise answer (1)
[source] First Array in Java
[source] Dynamic Array sizing (multidimensional)
[source] Array initialisation
[source] Pascal's traingle using a two dimensional array
[source] Array of Objects
[source] Pascal Triangle as Object
[source] Array Manipulation
[source] Passing arrays by their references
[source] Array demonstration
[source] Setting up and using array of arrays
[source] Sample exercise answer (2)
[source] Two dimensional array
[source] Array - setting up, filling, looking for highest and lowest values
[source] Pascal's triangle using dynamic arrays
[source] Dynamic use of arrays
[source] Array - length, initialise throughout, arrays or strings

Module J706 - Objects and Classes
[4422] Objects - from physical to virtual or abstract - Java
[4413] Binomial Coefficient (Pascal Triangle) objects in Java
[2651] Calculation within objects - early, last minute, or cached?
[2616] Defining a static method - Java, Python and Ruby
[2422] Looking inside Java classes - javap and javadoc
[2169] When should I use OO techniques?
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[1906] Long, Longer, Longest in Java
[1500] First Class Java. First step and moving forward.
[1296] An example of Java Inheritance from scratch
[1163] A better alternative to cutting and pasting code
[477] Class, static and unbound variables
[96] Variable Scope
[source] Static methods and comparing objects - class
[source] Sample class for use during practical
[source] Sample application for use during practical
[source] Static methods and comparing objects - test harness
[source] Ourzoo - sample application

Module J707 - Strings
[4414] Java - converting an integer to a fixed length string
[4393] Splitting Java strings and extracting numbers
[3048] String handling - from first steps to practical examples
[2649] Length, size or capacity in Java?
[1557] Trying out our Java examples on our web site
[1446] An answer to a student asking 'Help'
[article] Analysing incoming data lines
[source] Stringbuffer
[source] startsWith endsWith and other string comparison methods
[source] Accessing characters within a string object
[source] char variables and char arrays
[source] Splitting and interpertting a string
[source] Arrays of Character String Objects
[source] copyValueOf and toCharArray examples
[source] String object manipulation
[source] Extracting data from a string, passing to factory
[source] More character variables
[source] indexOf and substring
[source] Comparing Strings
[source] Open file, read line by line, do string manipulation

Module J708 - Packages
[2865] Relationships between Java classes - inheritance, packaging and others
[2419] Where is my Java class?
[2114] Which Version of Java am I running?
[754] tar, jar, war, ear, sar files
[source] Calling a class in another package
[source] packaged class for Geraldine / Hilda / Hattie demo
[source] Package class example
[source] Calling a class in current package
[source] Calling a class in a subpackage
[source] Importing a class from a package
[source] Class and calling code - all in same file
[source] Calling a class - using import to save repeated package names

Module J709 - Class Access
[4398] Accessing variables across subroutine boundaries - Perl, Python, Java and Tcl
[3142] Private and Public - and things between
[3047] What is a universal superclass? Java / Perl / Python / Other OO languages
[2535] When should I use Java, Perl, PHP, or Python?
[2419] Where is my Java class?
[874] Who can use which access door?
[article] "Java Cookbook" - review
[source] Inner class example

Module J710 - Extending Classes and More
[4422] Objects - from physical to virtual or abstract - Java
[4419] Java Inheritance example - group of classes - step by step
[4394] Philosophy behind object design - and how I applied in to a Java example
[4366] Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages
[4334] Splitting out code into name blocks for clarity and reusability
[3047] What is a universal superclass? Java / Perl / Python / Other OO languages
[2860] What methods are available on this Java object?
[2604] Tips for writing a test program (Ruby / Python / Java)
[2434] Abstract classes, Interfaces, PHP and Java
[2185] Abstract Classes - Java
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1556] Java - a demonstration of inheritance on just one page
[1538] Teaching Object Oriented Java with Students and Ice Cream
[1501] Java - using super to call a method in the parent class
[1294] An example of Java Inheritance from scratch
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[1066] Final, Finally and Finalize - three special words in Java
[831] Comparison of Object Oriented Philosophy - Python, Java, C++, Perl
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[source] second subclass for use in exercise
[source] extended class example
[source] An abstract base class
[source] Exercise template - calculate price of a round
[source] Inheriting from the Universal Superclass. Also test harness in same file as class.
[source] Another class than implements an interface
[source] Class that implements an interface
[source] Interitance bundle + array, abstract, super, overload
[source] Application using an array of objects that implement an interface
[source] Class HireFilm (extends film from other module)
[source] Application to use HireFilm
[source] Hire Film - extended class
[source] Interitance demo bundle - 4 files in Java
[source] Lecture - application for exercise
[source] People - base class for use in exercise
[source] Another extended class - TV
[source] Hiding detailed logic in (static) methods
[source] Lecturer - subclass for use in exercise
[source] Using methods inherited from the base class Object
[source] Application that uses Hire, Cinema and TV films
[source] Interface definition

Module J711 - Java in the Web Page
[3049] Computer Graphics is fun - even if Java Applets are Old Hat
[2036] Java Tag Libraries / how they work / Tomcat Deployment
[1325] Java - Client side applet applications as well as server side
[source] Buttons, Fonts, drawing on a Canvas in an applet
[source] Demonstration of double buffering
[source] HTML test framework for Mountain applet
[source] Applet that demonstrates double buffering
[source] Applet to draw a rectangle in a border

Module J712 - Exceptions
[4396] Java Utility class - flexible replacement for array. Also cacheing in objects and multiple catch clauses example.
[4350] Keyboard reader for Java programming newcomers
[3048] String handling - from first steps to practical examples
[3045] After Course Resources - do we publish sample answers. Example from Java Exceptions module.
[2862] Fail Safe Error Handling in Java via Exceptions
[2622] Handling unusual and error conditions - exceptions
[2420] Exceptions in Java - why and how
[1875] What are exceptions - Python based answer
[1066] Final, Finally and Finalize - three special words in Java
[article] errors v exceptions
[source] Class to which to add exception handling during practicals
[source] class used within "neston" demonstration
[source] for neston demo - interface card
[source] Define your own exception class
[source] Keyboard Read for use during early exercises
[source] Sample program that will throw an exception, not catch it, and fail
[source] Exercise Base - make this user proof
[source] Solution to Addbase exercise
[source] Practical Exception Handling Example
[source] class of playing_card, used in "neston"
[source] try, catch, finally - full example
[source] Sample answer - handling exceptions on reading use input
[source] First example of an exception

Module J713 - More Input and Output
[4420] Flexibility in input - read from file, web resource or keyboard
[4414] Java - converting an integer to a fixed length string
[4350] Keyboard reader for Java programming newcomers
[2420] Exceptions in Java - why and how
[1239] End of File on a Java BufferedReader
[article] Formatting to a fixed number of decimal places
[source] Example for modification exercise
[source] Application using multiple classes
[source] Exercise based on day 2 template
[source] File existence checking
[source] Checking file status, reading and writing
[source] Formatted Printing
[source] File Manipulation examples
[source] Writing to a file
[source] Code snippet - reading from a file
[source] Sample Input class from earlier courses and modules

Module J714 - Fundamental classes
[4431] A Java servlet that is also a stand alone program. And a server that is also a web client.
[4421] How healthy are the stars of stage and screen?
[4396] Java Utility class - flexible replacement for array. Also cacheing in objects and multiple catch clauses example.
[4330] Java - factory method, encapsulation, hashmap example
[3048] String handling - from first steps to practical examples
[2920] Sorting - naturally, or into a different order
[2734] for and foreach in Java
[2649] Length, size or capacity in Java?
[2421] Sorting Collections of Objects in Java
[2418] Viv.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations - explanation and cure
[2323] Java Collection Objects in the java.util package
[1910] Java - Generics
[1502] Java, sorting, ArrayList example, generics
[1062] Java sorting - comparable v comparator
[42] Do languages change?
[article] Want something more dynamic than an array?
[article] Fundamental classes java.lang, java.util and others
[source] To accompany Trans3 demo
[source] To accompany Trans3 demo
[source] To accompany Trans3 demo
[source] Vector to replace an array
[source] Object to primitive comparison
[source] Float object v float primitive
[source] System Properties
[source] Creating a hash of objects
[source] Using a stack
[source] Hashmap example
[source] Using a Vector object
[source] A further example of sorting in Java
[source] Maths operations
[source] ArrayList, Hashmap and Collections sorting
[source] A class in which descructor calls are delayed
[source] Data for Trans3 demo
[source] An Example of a Hashtable
[source] class uses in AUtil demo
[source] Example of destructor
[source] Comparator for Trans3 demo
[source] Hashset example
[source] Forcing a destructor to run
[source] Utility classes ArrayList and Hashmap set up to help analyse data file
[source] StringTokenizer Example
[source] Sorting in Java using the comparable interface
[source] Sorting in Java - using collections
[source] A Comparator class
[source] Station class used in Network example
[source] ArrayList in Java
[source] Running an operating system command from Java
[source] Access Log analysis / String Tokenizer

Module J715 - Putting the Java Language Together
[4430] The spirit of Java - delegating to classes
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code
[2735] Type checking, Java arrays and collections
[1181] Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables
[836] Build on what you already have with OO
[source] Sample extended class
[source] Calculating BMI of various stars
[source] Third example application
[source] Second example application
[source] defintion of an area of the UK
[source] Solution - base class (abstract)
[source] definition of a district of the UK
[source] Final lookup on data example, ignoring area v district distinction
[source] Solution - application class
[source] Full application
[source] Class of objects from file or URL, factory, Vector and HashMap, select, sort, output
[source] Object P4 definition
[source] Example object
[source] Final example application

Module J801 - Review of Java Basics
[4394] Philosophy behind object design - and how I applied in to a Java example
[1082] Straight from the .jar
[article] Overview of Java
[source] Class in a package, extends another, implements an interface
[source] inheriting and implementing class
[source] Sample program - using Duck and Gull classes
[source] Base Class for use in Dairy Queen demo
[source] Main application to show inheritance and polymorphism
[source] Base (abstract) class
[source] Dairy Queen demo - just a shell interface to show the implements mechanism
[source] Part of the Dairy Queen demo
[source] A subclass of Desert
[source] An array of objects of different types
[source] Interface to define an extra API

Module J802 - Abstract Windowing Toolkit
[3049] Computer Graphics is fun - even if Java Applets are Old Hat
[2654] Java - from applets to servlets. JSPs and more
[2649] Length, size or capacity in Java?
[2245] Client side (Applet) and Server side (Servlet) Graphics in Java
[1325] Java - Client side applet applications as well as server side
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[source] A Histogram of financila results
[source] General Purpose Graphing Applet
[source] Fonts, text manipulation, graphics. Applet or stand alone application.

Module J803 - Applet Parameters
[2654] Java - from applets to servlets. JSPs and more
[1325] Java - Client side applet applications as well as server side
[source] Graphing Applet that picks up parameters from the HTML
[source] Web page calling applet with data parameters

Module J804 - Threads
[3040] Doing several things at the same time - Java threads
[2212] Dripping taps, Java threads and the single thread model
[source] Using threads via the runnable interface
[source] Syncronisation problem
[source] Syncronisation solution
[source] Using threads by extending the Thread class

Module J807 - Images
[2245] Client side (Applet) and Server side (Servlet) Graphics in Java
[source] HTML to load a parameter driven applet
[source] HTML frame for applet
[source] Dialog Confirmation Class
[source] Graphic Applet - labelled, markers, etc
[source] Applet to load an image
[source] Load an applet with data parameters
[source] Graphing Applet with command line interface too

Module J808 - Network Programming
[4420] Flexibility in input - read from file, web resource or keyboard
[2863] Writing a server in Java
[1976] Where is this IP address, IPv4 and IPv6
[article] "Java Cookbook" - review
[source] Multithreaded tcp/ip server in Java
[source] Class of objects from file or URL, factory, Vector and HashMap, select, sort, output

Module J809 - Serialization
[2435] Serialization - storing and reloading objects
[1149] Turning objects into something you can store - Pickling (Python)
[1067] Serialization in Java - all layers required!
[source] Serialiazable demo mouse handler class
[source] Application to demonstrate serialiasble objects
[source] A class managing a vector of selializable objects
[source] The Serialiable class itself

Module J810 - Internationalization
[3497] Not the same language - but based on the same constructs

Module J811 - JDBC - Relational Database Access
[3046] Java Beans, tag libraries and JSPs - what and why.
[2861] MySQL and Java - connectivity past, present, and future thoughts
[2154] Bean Classes in Java and Java Database Connections
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[article] Interfacing applications to a MySQL database engine
[source] Connecting to an Oracle database
[source] MySQL Database Connection and Query
[source] Create table for J850 series of demos
[source] Servlet to insert into and report on a table

Module J812 - Java Beans
[3046] Java Beans, tag libraries and JSPs - what and why.
[2155] No subject or title?
[1074] Java beans and classes, .war and .jar files
[source] Java Bean example as used by Tag library (J907)

Module J816 - Regular Expressions in Java
[1195] Regular Express Primer
[article] Regular Expressions in Java
[source] Look for email address on command line and report on user and domain name parts

Module J901 - Servlets
[4432] Java web application for teaching - now with sessions and clustering / load balancing demonstrations
[3997] Servlet v JSP (Java Server Page). What is the difference?
[3044] Changing a Servlet - more that just editing and compiling
[2652] Reading and writing cookies in Java Servlets and JSPs
[1909] javax.servlet cannot be resolved - how to solve
[article] Sessions in Servlets
[source] A simple servlet, and how to modify it
[source] Checking and setting cookies in a Servlet
[source] Basic Servlet - simple calculation and a visit counter
[source] Linking requests together via a session in a servlet
[source] Dynamic operation of a Servlet
[source] Servlet demo - HTML form

Module J902 - Extending Graphics in Java
[1326] GUI design - Sketch it out first! (Java / Swing example)
[1325] Java - Client side applet applications as well as server side
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[article] Extending Graphics in Java
[article] Extending Graphics in Java part 2
[article] Extending Graphics in Java Part 3
[source] Grid layout - Jbuttons for telephone dialer
[source] Event handler - Swing
[source] Swing Applet - dialler example
[source] Jtree
[source] Java dialer with echo in a Jlabel
[source] Jtree with contents and interaction
[source] JFrame, JLabel and Jbutton - Swing

Module J906 - Servlets in More Detail
[4432] Java web application for teaching - now with sessions and clustering / load balancing demonstrations
[4431] A Java servlet that is also a stand alone program. And a server that is also a web client.
[3293] Distributing the server load - yet ensuring that each user return to the same system (Apache httpd and Tomcat)
[3044] Changing a Servlet - more that just editing and compiling
[2717] The Multiple Inheritance Conundrum, interfaces and mixins
[2652] Reading and writing cookies in Java Servlets and JSPs
[2183] Servlet life cycle, and Java Servlet variable scope
[1909] javax.servlet cannot be resolved - how to solve
[1550] Java (JSP and Servlet examples) live on our server
[1495] Single login and single threaded models - Java and PHP
[479] New servlet from old
[article] Sessions in Servlets
[source] Simple Session Tracking
[source] Hello Servlet World
[source] Main servlet / stand alone program (transport demo)
[source] Comparator class for Stations (transport demo)
[source] MySteam web or file reader (transport demo)
[source] Session Tracking for Cluster and Load Balance demos
[source] Simple Session Tracking servlet reporting all users
[source] Example URL to servlet class mappings
[source] Station class (transport demo)

Module J907 - JSP - JavaServer Pages
[3997] Servlet v JSP (Java Server Page). What is the difference?
[3046] Java Beans, tag libraries and JSPs - what and why.
[2525] Using JSPs, Tag Libraries, Java Beans, Tomcat in one short example
[2183] Servlet life cycle, and Java Servlet variable scope
[2151] What is a JSP tag library?
[2147] A very easy JSP (Java Server Page)
[1550] Java (JSP and Servlet examples) live on our server
[1050] The HTML++ Metalanguage
[79] Last day of Java
[source] Simple JSP, displaying a calculation in a page
[source] Product data for Shopping cart demo
[source] Web -> Tomcat -> JSP -> MySQL - booklookup
[source] Replacing Java Source code with Tags - some equivalents
[source] net.wellho.Book class - Java Bean to look up on MySQL database
[source] Web -> Tomcat -> JSP -> Tag Library -> MySQL - booklookup
[source] JSP example - Java separated from HTML
[source] Hello JSP world
[source] Form to read a temperature in degrees F
[source] JSP - Form input and validation
[source] Class for use from JSP using standard tag library
[source] JSP to read temperature in C and convert to F
[source] Sessions in a JSP
[source] JSP / Tag Library / Java Bean - the JSP part

Module J909 - Putting it all together
[4305] Learning to program in Java - yes, we can help.
[2653] Java Server Pages - putting it all together
[2525] Using JSPs, Tag Libraries, Java Beans, Tomcat in one short example
[article] A multithreaded server in Java
[article] What makes a good variable name?
[source] Java Bean for JSP demo (hello)
[source] Business logic for JSP demo (price)
[source] Simple JSP calling in business logic from a class
[source] Example of a JSP and what the raw Java would be
[source] JSP to read and analyse data from a file

Module J910 - Introduction to Ant
[694] Ant and Make
[article] Overview of Ant - a Java based build tool

Module J950 - Tomcat Sourcing, Installation and Initial Testing
[2219] Configuring httpd, or Tomcat, to run CGI scripts in Perl
[2218] Multiple web applications under Tomcat - what are the options?

Module J951 - Tomcat - Configuring Web Applications
[754] tar, jar, war, ear, sar files

Module J953 - Combined Java Web Example: Servlets, JDBC and Graphics
[2245] Client side (Applet) and Server side (Servlet) Graphics in Java
[1466] Effective Java training - the bootcamp approach

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M: Well House Manor; hotel and events

Module M100 - Introduction to Well House Manor
[4715] Well House Manor - Still five out of five!
[4613] Our best hotel customers help us ... to help them ... be our best customers.
[4299] The Best Bed and Breakfast in Melksham?
[4147] A hidden hotel gem in Melksham
[3985] Special weekend at Well House Manor - come and see Wiltshire
[3864] Guest Guide for Well House Manor and Melksham
[3800] Fancy a weekend away? Try Well House Manor in Melksham, Wiltshire
[3765] Christmas in June? Melksham hotel bookings and Santa train
[3611] A customer thanks Well House Manor
[3202] Telling you something about us in just one line
[3115] Perl, Python, PHP, Lua, Linux, and more - and business hotel too. Menu for 2011
[3014] Well House Manor - the next six years
[2978] Christmas 2010 - Well House Manor, Melksham, Hotel
[2941] Wedding season in Melksham - somewhere good to stay
[2923] Fresh air and beautiful places in Wiltshire
[2425] Weekend and Christmas Promotion - Well House Manor Hotel, Melksham
[2125] We have lost a regular business guest
[2119] Make your business a DESTINATION business
[2076] A New Advert for Well House Manor
[1975] Well House Manor Hotel - on plan for 2009 business guests
[1968] Review of 2008
[1866] What a difference a day made
[1706] The Story of Well House Manor
[1492] Well House Consultants Training and Hotel - 2008 news
[1388] Well House Manor - a year on
[1384] An email update for past guests and delegates
[1371] Hotel in Melksham at Christmas
[1332] Melksham Hotel - Five Star Kitchen!
[1261] High summer at Well House Manor
[1211] A lot has happened in a year
[1132] Well House Manor, Melksham, Art Gallery
[1112] Bank Holiday country breaks in Melksham, Wiltshire
[1072] Well House Manor in the Snow
[1069] Rail trouble forced me to buy hotel
[1018] Open Source Courses and Business Hotel - products and prices for 2007
[1002] Meet the neighbours
[978] Wellhouse Manor, Hotel, Melksham
[940] Winter at Well House Manor - Open Houses
[902] Brand new hotel and training centre, Melksham
[891] Well House Manor Hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire
[793] The Wilts and Berks Canal
[756] Seeing the bricks for the trees
[677] Sympathetic development
[571] Well House Manor
[512] Exciting futures - the Well House Manor project

Module M101 - Business Accommodation in Melksham
[4614] PC Plod - alive and scaremongering in Wiltshire?
[4603] Happy New Year. Our customers are our ambassadors
[4570] A warm welcome awaits you at Well House Manor, Melksham
[4137] Early morning - welcoming business and leisure guests to Melksham
[4005] New guest ... becoming returning guest
[3969] Four in a Bed comes to Melksham tonight
[3405] Where do businessmen stay in Melksham?
[3107] Hotel and Training Course prices - the effect of the VAT rise on 4th January 2011
[2984] Customer Review - Hotel Room, Melksham
[2925] Well House - the pictures
[2821] Chancellor George Osborne inspires Perl Program
[2581] Snow scenes - and how snow effected our business
[2558] Happy new decade - and course and hotel prices for 2010
[2024] Carry on Training - in spite of the weather
[1929] 2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices
[1907] Melksham Hotel Rates
[1824] Which is your best hotel room?
[1808] We love children ... but our hotel is not going to be their scene
[1748] Hotel room prices - Melksham, Wiltshire
[1701] Training Course and Business Conference Technology
[1676] A warm welcome for visitors from the USA
[1520] Terms and Conditions - Hotel, England - plain English
[1318] Well House Manor - feature comparison against the old place!
[1164] Grand Central Station
[1089] Playing old games
[1079] Wilts and Berks - two conference / training rooms in Melksham
[1059] Three sets of twins
[1011] Well House Manor and Beechfield House, Hotels, Melksham
[963] George Hotel and Well House Manor, Melksham
[926] Training rooms to learn Open Source programming
[902] Brand new hotel and training centre, Melksham
[889] Opening approaches!
[873] Hotel Exchange Rates
[857] Strikingly busy
[844] Hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire
[731] Hotel Technology Requirements
[721] Residential
[717] A customer service company
[article] Good places to stay in Melksham

Module M102 - Well House Manor - booking system
[4232] Not wanted here - hotel guests who will not be happy
[4153] Rooms available tonight - how to code an algorithm from first principles
[4144] Getting the best hotel rates - customer and hotelier viewpoints
[4138] Should a hotel accept guests who book for just one night?
[4122] Well House - booking through agents
[3976] Easy pricing, quick and easy checkout
[3932] River nearly bursting its banks in Melksham
[3825] Well House Manor - direct hotel bookings help us improve the customer experience
[3281] Does Well House Manor Hotel in Melksham offer lots of discounts?
[2705] Hotel booking in Melksham made easy!
[2436] Melksham Hotel Rooms - pictures
[2403] Hotel Booking Scam / Cost of calls to 070 numbers
[2377] Wiltshire / Melksham Weddings - guest accommodation
[1907] Melksham Hotel Rates
[1815] Hotel Guest Surveys
[1554] Online hotel reservations - Melksham, Wiltshire (near Bath)
[1311] What do people look for on a hotel web site?
[1084] Writing terms and conditions for conferences and other events
[864] Add to shopping cart - NO VACANCIES sign

Module M103 - Getting to and from Well House Manor
[4264] Weekend breaks by train to Melksham, Wiltshire
[4175] An alternative format for a new train service timetable
[4174] What would the extra trains from Melksham mean to your journey?
[3849] New bus times - Melksham to Bath
[3752] Melksham Visitors Map - Bus routes and train lines to and from the town
[3751] Public transport for international arrivals into Melksham
[3276] International travel to the UK - coming to Melksham
[2926] Journey times to Melksham, Wiltshire
[2791] Bath to Melksham buses - times
[2789] Melksham to London (Heathrow, and Central London)
[2634] London to and from Melksham by public transport
[2493] Melksham buses to/from Chippenham, Trowbridge, Bath, Devizes, London
[2249] Public Transport from London to Melksham, Wiltshire
[2248] Getting home from Melksham
[1802] Motorcycles welcome at Well House Manor
[1511] Buses from Well House Manor, Melksham, to Bath
[1452] Santa on the train to Melksham
[1200] Training information - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
[952] Coming from London to Melksham by train for a course
[814] Melksham Railway Calendar 2007
[article] It's easy to get to Melksham, and there's things to do!

Module M104 - Finding Well House Manor.
[2659] New numbers, as 01225 707126 and 01225 709638 are being retired
[1802] Motorcycles welcome at Well House Manor
[1311] What do people look for on a hotel web site?
[933] Course Joining package - updated
[555] Hotel novelties

Module M105 - Where to eat
[4582] A near-empty plate of pastries - sign of a breakfast enjoyed
[4567] Japanese and Malaysian food in Melksham
[4018] Afternoon Teas and Breakfasts at Well House Manor
[3977] A variety of continental breakfasts
[3861] Melksham Food Festival - the food fayre - pictures
[3719] Strawberry Cream Teas, Well House Manor, Melksham, starting this weekend
[3708] Strawberry Cream Teas in Melksham - available every day this summer
[3643] Hotel food, Melksham - enjoy the variety of the American way
[3327] Why are chefs miserable?
[3308] Behind the scenes - setting up a cafe
[3304] Scones with or without fruit?
[3295] Strawberry Cream Teas, Coffee straight from the Bean and freshly squeezed orange juice - Melksham, every afternoon
[3199] Lunch for Melksham Businesses
[3182] What we look for in a lunchtime cafe restaurant in Melksham
[3127] Burger me!
[2593] Food and drink launch
[2584] Melksham Food and Drink Festival, 2010
[2239] Cornerstone Cafe, Melksham
[1957] Why are cooks bad tempered?
[1843] How many cups of coffee?
[1359] Little Gems but not Lettuce
[1332] Melksham Hotel - Five Star Kitchen!
[1329] Subway Restaurant in Melksham, Wiltshire
[1226] Melksham Art Cafe

Module M106 - We suggest these local businesses
[4327] Good, stable, reliable local businesses
[4254] Where is Melksham Market? In the Market Place, every Tuesday
[4019] Coffee Shop in Melksham
[3597] Niche businesses in Melksham. From glass painting to Tcl and Lua courses.
[3337] Home Grown Pigs, near Melksham Station
[2793] They do weddings, we do courses.
[2591] Melksham Hotel, B and B or business accommodation?
[2027] Who sticks by you in the snow?
[2021] Short health and safety course
[1894] Shopping in Melksham
[1883] Spa Road Garage and Convenience Store, Melksham
[1655] A date for your diary - 16th July 2008
[1559] Calling on Melksham / Trowbridge / Devizes / Chippenham businesses
[1394] Business to Business Networking - North and West Wilts / Melksham
[1257] Data cabling (Cat 5e), Melksham, Wiltshire
[1253] Key new contacts
[1250] Business speed networking - a place tonight!
[1223] Asda opening large new store in Melksham
[1208] Meet other local businesses in Melksham
[1085] Lawrence Webb's Melksham Taxi service
[894] Where quality costs less
[851] Emergency First Aid Training
[315] Supporting local business
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing

Module M107 - Well House Manor Newsreel
[4543] Saturday morning at Well House Manor
[4358] A brilliant finish to 2014 training and business guests, and a look to 2015
[4262] Updated staff systems helps us look after our customers better
[4183] Reaching a hotel standard where 99% of guests would return - and maintaining that standard
[4116] International Melksham - industry, and beautiful countryside
[4101] POETS day at Well House Manor
[3967] Hotel bedroom - even larger TV!
[3965] Well House Manor, Melksham - on national TV next week
[3963] National TV - Melksham - 9th January 2013, Pre-alert.
[3883] Apple Pressing Day 2012
[3858] The apple crop of 2012
[3834] Geekmas 2012 - celebrating open source languages such as Perl, PHP and Python
[3828] Pimms and Croquet in Edwardian Melksham - 8th September 2012 - Food Festival Event
[3827] Melksham Community Apple Pressing Day
[3821] Well House Manor at Dawn ... and later in the day
[3645] Keeping our hotel looking like new, by using our gained experience
[3586] Emergency First Aid Provision at Well House Manor - part of the service
[3535] Melksham, Luxury Hotel Rooms, Christmas.
[3505] Well House Manor - Winter Warmers - Open 7 days a week, 11 to 5 ++
[3405] Where do businessmen stay in Melksham?
[3014] Well House Manor - the next six years
[2984] Customer Review - Hotel Room, Melksham
[2424] A Winter Weekend Special at Well House Manor
[2076] A New Advert for Well House Manor

Module M149 - Well House Manor - FAQ
[3848] Where do I find .... (Our hotel FAQ)
[3600] Visa, MasterCard and American Express - changing payment profiles
[3359] Cash and Cheque policy - UK Hotel
[3263] Come as a customer, leave as a friend - Well House Manor, Hotel, Wiltshire
[3071] Well House Price list, January to March 2011
[2838] Respecting our customers anonimity
[2352] Printed Directories - the start of the updating season
[2014] First Class
[1809] Coming home tonight
[1683] Plenty of car parking at Well House Manor, Hotel, Melksham
[1263] 0800 043 8225 - a new phone number for Well House
[820] Robert and William Whitworth
[617] Easy, Free, Reliable internet access
[article] Good places to stay in Melksham

Module M150 - For users of Well House Manor.
[4613] Our best hotel customers help us ... to help them ... be our best customers.
[4567] Japanese and Malaysian food in Melksham
[4379] Well House Consultants / Well House Manor - Prices for 2015
[3976] Easy pricing, quick and easy checkout
[3552] Melksham Training Centre and Hotel internet speed - how does it compare?
[3544] Looking for hotel rooms in Melksham over Christmas? We still have some availability
[2962] Well House Manor - the history of the hotel
[2660] One number for Well House - 01225 708225
[2590] A healthy, local breakfast in Melksham
[2307] Breakfast in Mexico
[2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire
[1290] Badges, Breakfasts and Trigger
[582] DWIM and AWWO
[article] Creating Really Memorable Experiences

Module M151 - Conference Facilities
[4570] A warm welcome awaits you at Well House Manor, Melksham
[4285] Pictures of Melksham Heritage Discovery Fair
[4158] Wedding from Well House Manor - an excellent base in Melksham
[4155] Wedding Reception preps at Well House Manor
[4049] Business meetings in Melksham - Well House Manor
[3992] Conference and Meeting Rooms available in Melksham
[3983] Upcoming courses at Well House Manor - Ruby, Python, Perl
[2941] Wedding season in Melksham - somewhere good to stay
[2663] Improve your PHP on a weekend away
[2068] Playing Catchup
[1942] Christmas scenes and events
[1929] 2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices
[1701] Training Course and Business Conference Technology
[1683] Plenty of car parking at Well House Manor, Hotel, Melksham
[1264] Business events in Melksham
[1255] Interviewing job candidates in Melksham
[1227] Melksham businesses - networking together
[1211] A lot has happened in a year
[1100] Wondering where I have been
[998] The year of the exploding projector

Module M152 - Hotel Facilities
[4644] In your room at Well House Manor, Melksham, Wiltshire
[4614] PC Plod - alive and scaremongering in Wiltshire?
[4582] A near-empty plate of pastries - sign of a breakfast enjoyed
[4521] Should we get an AA or Visit Wiltshire hotel assessment?
[4026] The coffee of the Stars comes to Melksham
[4019] Coffee Shop in Melksham
[3924] The bedrooms at Well House Manor
[3865] What makes Well House Manor different?
[3863] Five new fans at Well House Manor
[3831] Our Melksham Hotel is not quiet - but we are waiting to give you a quiet welcome. Big difference!
[3552] Melksham Training Centre and Hotel internet speed - how does it compare?
[3549] Well House Manor - perhaps the best hotel rooms in Melksham
[3437] Light bulbs
[3373] Another busy Week at Well House Manor ... pictures from the midweek
[3308] Behind the scenes - setting up a cafe
[3296] Dog, hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire?
[3212] Well House Manor - a home from home for the business and leisure guest in Melksham
[2847] Local information for Melksham Hotel Guests
[2559] Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too
[2490] Friendly Hotel in Melksham, near Bath
[2424] A Winter Weekend Special at Well House Manor
[2303] Turning potential customers away
[2216] Past Delegate Offer - Summer Holiday / Weekend Break
[2076] A New Advert for Well House Manor
[1328] Oliver says ....

Module M153 - Training Facilities
[3816] Want to escape the Olympics? Learn to program in the countryside!
[3612] Help to get online in Melksham
[3521] Emergency First Aid at Work (HSE) training in Melksham - places available for 19.1.2012
[2943] Our facilities to support Well House Consultants Courses
[2538] Open Source Training Centre and Courses for 2010
[2537] Faster network, but not faster browsing until ...
[1227] Melksham businesses - networking together
[379] Getting the lighting right

Module M160 - Environmental
[3863] Five new fans at Well House Manor
[3134] Melksham Weather - Warm and windy becoming colder and calmer
[2794] The Farming Industry pictured around Melksham
[2762] Well House - Mission and Policy summaries
[2730] Bird Watching on the Melksham Avon
[2707] A walk on the Kennet and Avon
[2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire
[1800] Spiders Web
[1499] Climate change, renewable resources and paper v plastic
[1276] On flooding in Wiltshire and elsewhere in the West of England

Module M161 - Gardens at Well House Manor
[4666] Spring at Well House Manor
[4166] Pimms and Croquet - Melksham Festival of Food and Drink
[4162] Pimms and Croquet at Well House Manor - 7th September 2013
[4155] Wedding Reception preps at Well House Manor
[4139] Out of doors (mostly) at Well House in Melksham
[4083] Spring at Well House Manor - Teas and Coffees, Museum, Garden, Rooms
[4030] What is on OUR pond?
[3980] Well House Manor in the snow
[3883] Apple Pressing Day 2012
[3856] Edwardian day with Croquet - Well House Manor, 8th September 2012 - Pictures
[3855] Mad week done - so come for Croquet
[3842] Relax at Well House Manor - gardens, fountain, hotel
[3836] In the garden at Well House Manor
[3814] Returning guests - a sign of a good product. Cream teas and hotel rooms.
[3708] Strawberry Cream Teas in Melksham - available every day this summer
[3314] Garden Seating, Well House Manor
[3296] Dog, hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire?
[1786] Picturing the rain
[1683] Plenty of car parking at Well House Manor, Hotel, Melksham
[1196] The last tree to leaf
[1142] Planters in the Spring
[707] A story of goldfish

Module M162 - Disabled Facilities
[876] Making pages clearer - easy Disability Discrimination Act Compliance
[654] Making use of disabled facilities
[252] A West End show

Module M200 - Wiltshire
[4702] Up and down TransWilts - some pictures off the rails!
[4084] New Pictures - Melksham Pack Horse Bridge
[3989] Plenty to see and do - even in Winter - on a Well House Manor weekend
[3806] 2011 Census results - initial figures for Wiltshire.
[3800] Fancy a weekend away? Try Well House Manor in Melksham, Wiltshire
[3729] Then and now pictures of Melksham - on show through the summer
[3723] Bank Holiday Monday, so it was pouring with rain.
[3513] Olympic Torch - dates and places in Wiltshire in 2012
[2923] Fresh air and beautiful places in Wiltshire
[2888] Recent Pictures
[2882] Seeing Wiltshire - from a Melksham base
[2750] Views of Wessex
[2713] History is all around us
[2594] Melksham Area - your community view is sought
[2411] Further North - long summer days and lovely countryside
[2288] Wiltshire Community Area Partnerships
[2279] Understanding the new local government structure in Wiltshire
[2176] Balloon Journey in Wiltshire
[2128] Wiltshire - where everybody matters
[1981] Bitter cold
[1859] Wiltshire at dawn - the tourist trail
[1521] Evening drive across the roof of Wiltshire
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game
[1399] Pictures Framed
[1156] Two by One by Wiltshire
[1129] Golfing, Wiltshire (near Melksham)
[1112] Bank Holiday country breaks in Melksham, Wiltshire
[1106] Spring Pictures
[971] Wiltshire letterboxes
[946] Look around this mouth.
[942] Index of Pictures
[829] Where to go within 30 minutes of Melksham
[source] Draw a Tk Canvas using Ordnance Survey data
[source] Choosing start and end points for a game
[source] OS data for Wiltshire Public Transport

Module M201 - Around Melksham, Wiltshire
[4701] Pretty at the station too
[4357] Seeing Christmas Coming to Melksham
[4169] Around and about - Melksham
[4151] Tell me a bit about Melksham
[4145] After the storm
[4141] My pictures of Melksham Carnival, 13th July 2013
[4119] Melksham - Flower Town
[4084] New Pictures - Melksham Pack Horse Bridge
[3962] Melksham welcomes visitors - new blue plaque trail and more
[3960] Picture - between Lacock and Melksham
[3949] Melksham Spa from Woolmore Farm
[3944] Melksham Christmas Lights, 2012
[3897] Autumn scenes from Melksham
[3869] How have Melksham shops changed in 60 years?
[3864] Guest Guide for Well House Manor and Melksham
[3837] Evening behind Melksham Spa
[3822] Town Clean - Melksham
[3771] Fine evening, country walk from Melksham - pictures
[3744] Short Web Addresses for Melksham
[3735] A walk around Melksham this morning. Can you place all of these?
[3720] Melksham ATC - freedom of the town
[3712] Some unpublished and historic pictures - Museum of Melksham
[3704] The Bowerhill Villager - a newsletter for Bowerhill, Melksham
[3703] A Museum for Melksham History. Open from 12th May 2012.
[3697] Events in Melksham - read all about them, and tell us about yours
[3692] Deeper than Art - An exhibition of the tattoo Canvas - Melksham
[3659] Welcome to Melksham - our new communities
[3657] Basham Festival, Melksham, early August 2012 - a welcome
[3656] TrainWest 2012 - 14th and 15th April, Melksham, Wiltshire
[3647] Along the brook - East Melksham to Melksham
[3646] Exploring Melksham with a film maker
[3644] The way of the Prioress - Melksham history pictured today
[3605] Snow comes to Melksham, Wiltshire - pictures
[3569] Images of the new year in Melksham
[3543] Some different pictures from Melksham
[3526] Melksham has a Heart - Montage picture for sale
[3525] Melksham has a heart - come and see the pictures. Sunday, 11 to 3, Assembly Hall
[3520] Quintessentially English - scenes from our Wiltshire town
[3507] Melksham Forward - meeting summary and pictures
[3502] Sunday Evening ... newest and oldest Melksham pictures
[3499] Images of Melksham
[3470] Currently pictured in Melksham
[3389] Plenty to do in Melksham
[3337] Home Grown Pigs, near Melksham Station
[3305] Getting away from the madding crowd - an intercontinental journey
[3266] Easter on the Canal - near Melksham, Wiltshire
[3258] Morning in Melksham
[3248] What have these pictures in common?
[3232] Around and about Melksham in more pictures
[3227] Her favourite store
[3209] Seeing Electricity Pylons near Melksham
[3050] Views of Melksham - November 2010
[3023] Autumn walk from Bowerhill
[2950] Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, turns first sod in Melksham Link Canal
[2854] Melksham Food and Drink Fair and Town Crier Competition
[2829] Dauncey Gardens, Melksham
[2739] Melksham Scouts
[2716] Melksham in Pictures
[2708] The bull on the footpath
[2691] New brochures for the Melksham area
[2665] Early Spring walk in Melksham
[2588] Freddies Wood and the K and A Canal
[2585] Consultation in Melksham, on Melkshams future
[2528] Melksham Christmas Lights
[2497] Brown horses in Melksham
[2480] Pantomimes around Melksham - 2009/2010 season
[2349] Businesses effected by road works in Melksham
[2329] Great to be in Melksham
[2297] Standing on the corner, Melksham Carnival
[2262] History is not always pretty
[2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire
[2175] Melksham in pictures
[2168] In honour of the photograph, I present ... a walk from Reybridge to Lacock
[2142] Riverside Development
[2066] Melksham Industrial
[2064] East of Melksham Countryside
[2043] Confidence, Customer Service and Tourism in Melksham
[2008] The Month Ahead - What is happening in Melksham
[1986] Walk to Bowerhill
[1977] Going round the block
[1928] Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham, Wiltshire
[1451] More PHP sample and demonstration programs
[1436] A little touring help during a business trip to England
[1368] Getting the local voice heard
[1360] Asda in Melksham - Welcome or not?
[1343] Melksham Laundrette
[1341] Moving to Melksham? Househunting map.
[1330] While waiting for Melksham Post Office
[1271] Till the cows come home
[1266] Party in the Park
[1206] Where and When - can you place the picture?
[1177] Sorting out for a site map
[1137] Wiltshire Circles
[1117] Newport Male Voice Choir
[977] Melksham and Norwich
[957] Improving the historic town of Melksham
[929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire
[879] Tuesday night is party night
[866] A lazy programmer is a good programmer
[847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example
[830] Butterflies in a Wiltshire garden
[811] Melksham in Bloom
[805] Melksham Carnival Parade
[676] Melksham, Wiltshire
[437] Outside of the box
[article] It's easy to get to Melksham, and there's things to do!

Module M202 - West Wiltshire
[4653] Coats of arms - towns and authorities in Wiltshire
[4623] Rambling from Westbury
[3722] Walking by the wiver
[3641] Swindon to Trowbridge - transport and travel options
[3498] Which West Wilts Town? A picture quiz for you
[3493] West Wilts Rail User Group - Walk yesterday from Bradford-on-Avon to Trowbridge
[3216] Images of a Spring Walk
[3195] Sunny day - Clanger and Picket Woods, Shearwater, and Westbury
[2852] Atworth Village Fete - on the Melksham Community Area Partnership stand
[2709] Old trackways and routes near Melksham
[2677] Blowing out the winter cobwebs
[2305] Hot Tap at West Wilts Show
[2302] See us at the West Wilts Show
[2224] Trowbridge - a missed opportunity? Melksham - into the breach?
[2142] Riverside Development
[2131] Patterns in street names
[1834] Seend, near Melksham, Wiltshire
[1710] At the Westbury Bypass Enquiry
[1583] Businesses in West Wiltshire - networking
[1252] Westbury Bypass - how it would effect Melksham
[1154] As I came back from Tesco
[1103] Dilton Marsh
[1030] Hotel for Trowbridge
[938] Bratton and Edington new town, Wiltshire
[929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire
[880] Celebration circles
[842] Dramatic Skys at Longleat
[840] Computers, Brides and Cream Teas
[814] Melksham Railway Calendar 2007
[812] Minimal Signage
[804] The Courts, Holt
[713] Pictures from my travels

Module M203 - North Wiltshire
[4653] Coats of arms - towns and authorities in Wiltshire
[3341] Farewell to the Hercules?
[3267] Reybridge, Easter Monday
[3207] Lambing at Lackham
[3206] Wiltshire College / Lackham College - the animals
[2819] Some more pictures ...
[2685] Stairs
[1625] Box from end to end
[1512] Summer Ball at Bowood - Saturday 12th July 2008

Module M204 - Salisbury District
[4653] Coats of arms - towns and authorities in Wiltshire
[4622] Frosty morning, beauty of Wiltshire
[3723] Bank Holiday Monday, so it was pouring with rain.
[3709] Queen to visit eight Wiltshire areas - will she know what she misses in the other 13 areas?
[3642] Wiltshire Travel Times - Chippenham, Trowbridge, Salisbury and other places too
[2473] Exploring Old Railways
[2453] Dark to dark
[1652] Old Sarum airfield brings back fond memories
[1398] Someone else's wedding
[1128] Avon Vale hunt at the Point to Point
[1127] A day at the races
[880] Celebration circles
[833] Old Wardour Castle
[325] Gone Racing - Larkhill, Wiltshire

Module M205 - Kennet District
[4653] Coats of arms - towns and authorities in Wiltshire
[4233] Open for the new year - Imber
[3482] Taking a boat down Caen Hill Locks
[3382] What is the picture?
[3376] Kennet and Avon - Walk from Bedwyn to Pewsey. TransWilts day out.
[3284] What to do in the evening during a Tcl course
[2830] Poulshot Village Fete
[2687] A lovely spring afternoon
[2443] Contrasting Cambridge, Bristol and Wiltshire
[2362] Thornham Farm Shop, Seend Cleeve, nr Melksham
[2146] An evening excursion to Devizes and Avebury
[1916] Why I remember East Grafton
[1846] Old Piles of the South West
[1842] Lua Course, and the Wiltshire Countryside too
[1830] Caen Hill and Olivers Castle
[1640] Walking on The Wiltshire Downs
[1635] Spring in Devizes
[1346] Evening, Devizes and Sells Green
[1071] Making a mountain out of a molehill
[1070] Java Deployment course - lunch break
[935] Autumn leaves in Wiltshire - Potterne
[865] Catching the slope
[861] Ballooning from Devizes
[854] Morgans Hill
[825] Pictures of the Vale of Pewsey
[824] Pictures of Avebury, Longleat and Dyrham
[809] What to do during a Linux build
[670] Architectural Heritage - Devizes

Module M206 - Swindon
[4702] Up and down TransWilts - some pictures off the rails!
[4653] Coats of arms - towns and authorities in Wiltshire
[4265] A lovely meal in Swindon - just a short walk from the station
[3860] Melksham to Steam in Swindon, by train - great day out
[3641] Swindon to Trowbridge - transport and travel options
[1130] Science Museum - larger exhibits / store, Wroughton, Swindon
[1078] Wiltshire - multicultural community
[958] Plain Ole nice pictures
[950] Python and the Magic Roundabout
[793] The Wilts and Berks Canal

Module M207 - Bath and North East Somerset
[3247] Light and dark at Green Park
[2237] Taking a pride in the community
[1930] Bath Christmas Market
[1851] Pictures from a delegate
[1822] Claverton Pump
[1821] Autumn
[1723] Bath - Melksham - Devizes. Bus route changes, new timetable
[1662] Westonbirt Arboretum Postcode
[1612] Comfy Chair - Floating Harbour, Bristol
[1611] Gauging point at entrance to Bristols Floating Harbour
[958] Plain Ole nice pictures
[929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire
[848] Bath - a tourist city on our doorstep
[824] Pictures of Avebury, Longleat and Dyrham
[680] Letter Boxes

Module M208 - Mendip - North Somerset
[3884] Pictures - across the park, French Weir and River Tone, Taunton
[2664] Oliver Cromwell at Bristol Temple Meads
[1846] Old Piles of the South West
[1609] Chew Valley Lakes
[1291] Day trip to Weymouth
[1218] Sunday afternoon
[1118] Origin of Jack and Jill and little Jack Horner

Module M300 - Behind the scenes
[4365] The changing face of Christmas
[4302] Sunday is never quiet at Well House Manor
[3961] Well House Staff Party
[3844] Rooms ready for guests - each time, every time, thanks to good system design
[3743] Sunday - no longer a day of rest
[3093] How many toilet rolls - hotel inventory and useage
[2961] Initial handling of phone calls and walk in visitors
[2960] The Well House team - September 2010
[2916] Testing the robustness of our hotel and training systems - holiday and sickness times
[2910] Robust - testing the system
[2396] Easing off in our 50s?
[2247] A day in the life of a hotelier
[2125] We have lost a regular business guest
[1991] Rules for a King
[1973] Required Request
[1957] Why are cooks bad tempered?
[1948] Blame Culture
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1900] Table Topics
[1854] Three Seasonal Pictures
[1637] Providing exceptional service - and carrying on doing so.
[1571] Await guests in the early hours
[1520] Terms and Conditions - Hotel, England - plain English
[1515] Keeping staff up to date on hotel room status
[1490] Software to record day to day events and keep an action list
[1441] On cancellations, rebooking, and pricing schemes
[1371] Hotel in Melksham at Christmas
[1369] One business, four different angles!
[1319] Customer feedback - lifeblood of a business
[1311] What do people look for on a hotel web site?
[1285] In the army, or in civvie street?
[1189] Meet, greet and welcome
[1179] Sizing sheets and other domestic issues
[1159] It can take more that one plus one to get two.
[1105] A week is a long time in the life of a conference centre
[1083] Behind the scenes
[1000] One Thousand Posts and still going strong
[951] What happened at Geekmas
[939] Swipe cards for hotel rooms - Security issues
[931] Before and After - Well House Manor
[927] Hotel door furniture
[897] Too much for the National Trust
[868] Smoking, or no
[813] Monday Morning at Well House Consultants Melksham
[769] King Edward VII - days of empire
[742] A visit from the solicitor
[677] Sympathetic development
[203] Holes in on line information
[article] From Day Hotel to Hotel - not such a big change
[source] How many toilet rolls per day does our hotel use?

Module M301 - The Well House Manor team
[4227] Happy Christmas from the Well House Manor team
[4004] Annual Accounts - a big job for a small business
[3988] Three cheers for the staff at Well House Manor
[3871] On getting noticed for the right reasons when you ask about job availability
[3425] Our National Autograss Champion, from Melksham
[3312] Are you cheerful, reliable and available on Saturday mornings?
[3201] A change to the Well House team - thank you and good luck, Chris
[2952] Concluding the interview process
[2946] Level playing fields, job vacancies, lemons and peaches
[2938] An opportunity to join our team!
[2924] Job applicants - wondering why they apply
[2037] The Interview and The Lift
[2027] Who sticks by you in the snow?
[2021] Short health and safety course
[1927] Team changes at Well House - looking forward
[1839] Job application
[1805] Carlisle High School - Class of 1973 Reunion
[1585] Well House Consultants / Manor - Staff
[1580] Congratulations, Martin and Marta
[1324] Well House Manor appoints a General Manager
[1083] Behind the scenes
[1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction
[1002] Meet the neighbours
[972] Both one team and two
[895] Welcome, Martin
[849] Staff Meeting

Module M302 - Networking with other businesses
[3521] Emergency First Aid at Work (HSE) training in Melksham - places available for 19.1.2012
[2793] They do weddings, we do courses.
[2127] Call in the professionals!
[2008] The Month Ahead - What is happening in Melksham
[1760] An opportunity for something new

Module M350 - Well House Manor - project diary
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House
[4012] A course is not just for a year - its for a career
[3968] Expecting nothing, but prepared for anything
[3963] National TV - Melksham - 9th January 2013, Pre-alert.
[3847] The Accidental Hotelier
[3645] Keeping our hotel looking like new, by using our gained experience
[3585] The changing Hotel and Bed and Breakfast business in Melksham
[3014] Well House Manor - the next six years
[1975] Well House Manor Hotel - on plan for 2009 business guests
[1211] A lot has happened in a year
[1098] Three big events - TWSW, Business of the year and the police
[1087] Telling a story in different ways
[1069] Rail trouble forced me to buy hotel
[941] Snagging
[932] A tale of a wee wall
[931] Before and After - Well House Manor
[902] Brand new hotel and training centre, Melksham
[894] Where quality costs less
[890] Open
[881] Coming together.
[862] 4 weeks to go
[858] From the Manor written
[855] Fitting our bathrooms
[844] Hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire
[816] Above the parapit, Well House Manor
[776] Naming Rooms
[756] Seeing the bricks for the trees
[744] We can offer a room, but we can't operate on a dog
[739] The eye
[721] Residential
[720] Planning a hotel refurb - an example of a Gant chart in PHP
[677] Sympathetic development
[571] Well House Manor
[555] Hotel novelties
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure

Module M400 - The Hospitality Business
[4613] Our best hotel customers help us ... to help them ... be our best customers.
[4603] Happy New Year. Our customers are our ambassadors
[4543] Saturday morning at Well House Manor
[4521] Should we get an AA or Visit Wiltshire hotel assessment?
[4321] Are administration / review charges on hotel guests acceptable?
[4232] Not wanted here - hotel guests who will not be happy
[4202] Excellent Railfuture conference, but some setup lessons
[4051] On reading a new hotel review
[4033] Official Star ratings for hotels - still worth having?
[3988] Three cheers for the staff at Well House Manor
[3909] Every Customer Counts
[3838] Guest review - Well House Manor, Melksham
[3832] A busy day at Well House Manor - so come in and make it even busier!
[3743] Sunday - no longer a day of rest
[3660] A Pivotal Incident - learning how to welcome your guests
[3309] Tipping Policy - Well House Manor
[3164] Brown - or Mrs Sally Brown, accountant from Whitstable?
[3147] Hotel star ratings - towards a better system of review
[2936] The service that customers should receive
[2879] Night Porter and reception - 24 hours a day?
[2724] Escapee Grandparents welcome - Henfield and Melksham
[2593] Food and drink launch
[2303] Turning potential customers away
[2283] Everyone is in the customer relations business
[2007] Launch of Melksham Food and Drink Festival
[1877] Guests doing a bunk?
[1792] All the pieces fall into place - hotel and courses
[1622] An extra step - victory from defeat
[1548] Hotelympia - show report - the lighter side
[1445] Looking after you Christmas Customer Crowds
[1422] Wiltshire - speaker / after dinner talker offer
[1421] Castle Lodge Hotel, Ely, Cambridgeshire
[1284] An update on the West Wilts show ...
[1248] How NOT to oversell a hotel
[1180] Conjugation
[1161] A contrast in room rates and facilities
[1122] Hotel - online feedback forms compared
[1108] Express service
[1084] Writing terms and conditions for conferences and other events
[1048] Getting rid of people - hotel techniques
[1046] Bounce, bounce, bounce
[1002] Meet the neighbours
[988] You should think you're first in a hotel room
[922] Staying at your own hotel
[884] Drive time
[774] Bed and Breakfast, or Hotel?
[article] From Day Hotel to Hotel - not such a big change
[article] Creating Really Memorable Experiences

Module M401 - Seeing how others do it
[4443] Seventh stay away this year - and it's still only February!
[4373] A long and disappointing evening
[4348] Taking my life in my hands in Swansea
[4321] Are administration / review charges on hotel guests acceptable?
[4255] Making a personal gain from a more expensive business hotel stay
[4245] It always happens to me when I'm in Borehamwood!
[4177] Setting and publishing your hours to suit your customer base
[4109] What might you find at a tiny bed and breakfast?
[4093] More things to make sure that we do NOT do ...
[4091] A reminder of why we opened Well House Manor for our customers
[4081] Pushing down the advertised price, pushing up the total price charged.
[4058] The highs and lows of customer service - Cheltenham
[3975] Being an amateur hotel inspector helps me run a professional hotel
[3970] Comparing four VERY different places to stay
[3963] National TV - Melksham - 9th January 2013, Pre-alert.
[3900] The Xxxxx Guest House in Xxxxxxxxxxx - my stay reviewed
[3794] Should hotel staff sit on the toilet in the customer bedrooms?
[3776] Some traps it's so easy to fall into in designing your web site
[3754] Eyes Wide Open
[3368] Well House Manor hotel, Melksham - recommended to you by our customers
[3333] Honesty and a friendly welcome goes a long way
[3054] Longhope Hotel
[2911] Feeding the Grockles
[2885] Twenty Questions
[2502] Monday night, Tuesday night
[2441] Not your cup of tea?
[2413] Sanity checking the price, and selling up to increase income
[2311] Floor to ceiling
[2308] A new place in pictures
[2127] Call in the professionals!
[2105] Hire Car, from Atlanta Airport
[2007] Launch of Melksham Food and Drink Festival
[1915] Quietly putting prices up
[1758] Lindors Hotel, near St. Briavels, Wye Valley
[1672] The Composting Cone Challenge
[1597] Comparing hotels - as a guest and from the proprietors view
[1547] New bathing idea for hotels from Hotelympia
[1525] Just one thing let the service down - but that is my memory
[1458] The wrong way to put up prices
[1454] From Sunday to Monday, from Melksham to the Balkans
[1413] The little gestures that can really count
[1406] Away or home - which do I prefer?
[1374] Maidenhead Coffee Challenge
[1356] Crystal Ball - How long do I need to be online?
[1354] Match the Bedroom to the Hotel
[1347] Wireless Internet Access at hotels - an update and some pitfalls
[1333] Kasteel Elsloo - Michelin rated hotel.
[1301] Plastic or China
[1287] Work and play at Well House Manor - Football and Shell Shortcuts
[1205] Arrival and Departure experiences - another hotel
[1091] The Psyche is all wrong.
[1026] The Wheatsheaf 2, The Bell 0
[1011] Well House Manor and Beechfield House, Hotels, Melksham
[966] CSL, KISS and RTFM
[736] New Tape Librarian
[714] Room for Octopuses
[699] Extremes costs of getting on line
[693] The on line booking experience
[619] If its Sunday, it must be the Norland
[514] Crazy Day-sies
[17] Differing tastes

Module M402 -
[3024] Testing the new pavement ready for Christmas

Module M444 - Four in a Bed
[4474] Effect on external factors on traffic to our web sites - an update
[4468] Four in a Bed - most popular answers
[4241] Four in a Bed - the story continues
[4232] Not wanted here - hotel guests who will not be happy
[4204] With the Shpigs and Donkeys
[4156] A further chance to see Melksham on TV
[4147] A hidden hotel gem in Melksham
[4138] Should a hotel accept guests who book for just one night?
[4112] Really good friends - four in a bed!
[3984] 20 minutes in to our 15 minutes of fame
[3977] A variety of continental breakfasts
[3975] Being an amateur hotel inspector helps me run a professional hotel
[3973] Well House Manor on Four in a Bed - the ongoing story
[3972] Four in a Bed - comment on results
[3971] The Experience
[3970] Comparing four VERY different places to stay
[3968] Expecting nothing, but prepared for anything
[3965] Well House Manor, Melksham - on national TV next week
[3962] Melksham welcomes visitors - new blue plaque trail and more
[3948] Quiet little town? Advanced Technology Centre?
[3933] Behind Melksham Spa - Mood Mist over wet fields.
[3924] The bedrooms at Well House Manor
[3864] Guest Guide for Well House Manor and Melksham

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P: Perl programming and use

Module P050 - Perl - General
[4301] Perl - still a very effective language indeed for extracting and reporting
[4296] Polishing the Perl courses - updated training
[3911] How well do you know Perl and / or Python?
[3902] Shell - Grep - Sed - Awk - Perl - Python - which to use when?
[3823] Know Python or PHP? Want to learn Perl too?
[3407] Perl - a quick reminder and revision. Test yourself!
[3332] DNA to Amino Acid - a sample Perl script
[3322] How much has Perl (and other languages) changed?
[3093] How many toilet rolls - hotel inventory and useage
[2971] Should the public sector compete with businesses? and other deep questions
[2825] Perl course - is it tailored to Linux, or Microsoft Windows?
[2783] The Perl Survey
[2736] Perl Course FAQ
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2374] Lead characters on Perl variable names
[2242] So what is this thing called Perl that I keep harping on about?
[2228] Where do I start when writing a program?
[1897] Keeping on an even keel
[1750] Glorious (?) 12th August - what a Pe(a)rl!
[743] How to debug a Perl program
[400] New in the shops
[116] The next generation of programmer
[article] "Perl - I didn't know you could do that"

Module P201 - Introduction
[2832] Are you learning Perl? Some more examples for you!
[2812] What is Perl?
[2070] Converting to Perl - the sort of programs you will write
[1852] Perl and Blackberries
[1753] Perl v PHP, choosing the right language
[1717] Q - Should I use Perl or Python?
[924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl
[846] Is Perl being replaced by PHP and Python?
[743] How to debug a Perl program
[691] Testing you Perl / PHP / MySQL / Tcl knowledge
[629] Choosing the right language
[604] Perl - multiprocess applications
[594] Twice is a co-incidence and three times is a pattern
[577] Learning to program in Perl or PHP
[382] Central London Courses - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, MySQL
[317] Programming languages - a comparison
[25] Release numbers
[article] New to programming. Portable code. Perl or Java?
[source] Splitting out a URL
[source] Screen Counter demo - look for RasterFlex boards
[source] Command line / STDIN Perl calculator
[source] A short program to handle substantial data
[source] Sample standard set of subroutines to share between applications
[source] Extended end of day one demonstration
[source] Same thing - sorted!
[source] Simple talker written in Perl
[source] Short Perl program ... XML output

Module P202 - Perl Fundamentals
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[3574] Perl functions such as chop change their input parameters
[3542] What order are operations performed in, in a Perl expression?
[3398] Perl - making best use of the flexibility, but also using good coding standards
[3329] Perl from basics
[3278] Do I need to initialise variables - programming in C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby or Java.
[3102] AND and OR operators - what is the difference between logical and bitwise varieties?
[3059] Object Orientation in an hour and other Perl Lectures
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[2832] Are you learning Perl? Some more examples for you!
[2442] Variable storage - Perl, Tcl and Python compared
[1946] Variable Types in Perl
[1826] Perl - Subs, Chop v Chomp, => v ,
[1726] Hot Courses - Perl
[1448] Question on division (Java) - Also Perl, PHP, Python ...
[1312] Some one line Perl tips and techniques
[748] Getting rid of variables after you have finished with them
[184] MTBF of coffee machines
[source] compare two ages
[source] Perl language fundamentals - example
[source] Using chop to get rid of the newline
[source] Read a value, calculate, output an answer
[source] A program that does something unexpected
[source] Plan ahead - write the comments first
[source] reads two names and echos them
[source] "Hello World"
[source] average of 2 ages, shows precedence and string to number conversions
[source] Read from user, write to screen WITH FAULT
[source] A program with a syntax error
[source] Precedence of operators
[source] chop - altered incoming value and returned value
[source] First Practical Program - including comments and documentation
[source] Calculate and print average of 2 ages
[source] two names are echoed back on one line
[source] Coercion - i.e. silent data type conversion
[source] prompt and read user input
[source] Performing one action after another - a sequence of statements

Module P203 - More about the Perl Environment
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[1865] Debugging and Data::Dumper in Perl
[748] Getting rid of variables after you have finished with them
[743] How to debug a Perl program
[328] Making programs easy for any user to start
[article] Parrot - Perl's new Virtual Machine
[source] Perl assumes empty variables
[source] read, calculate, print results (2)
[source] Calculate, using a module
[source] Prompt, read, chop and echo with comments, warnings and POD documentation
[source] Package used within simple perl example

Module P204 - Conditionals and Loops
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[4031] Showing what programming errors look like - web site pitfall
[3895] Flowchart to program - learning to program with Well House
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[3004] Increment operators for counting - Perl, PHP, C and others
[2832] Are you learning Perl? Some more examples for you!
[2711] For loop - checked once, or evety time? Ruby v Perl comparison and contrast
[2550] Do not copy and paste code - there are much better ways
[2351] Ternary operators alternatives - Perl and Lua lazy operators
[1727] Equality and looks like tests - Perl
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1607] Learning to program in Perl
[1477] Decisions - small ones, or big ones?
[1468] Lexical v Arithemetic testing, Bash and Perl
[1191] Smart English Output - via PHP and Perl ? : operator
[930] -> , >= and => in Perl
[353] Wimbledon Neck
[source] Demonstration of bitwise and logical operators
[source] Reading and totalling numbers - sample answer
[source] Illustration of looping to process a series of values, accumulating totals
[source] Blocks within blocks
[source] bmi demonstration with loops
[source] Use of shorthand operators
[source] nested blocks - loops and conditionals
[source] Blocks within blocks (shows \ protection)
[source] if, elsif and else (right)
[source] if, elsif and else (wrong use of =)
[source] if and if - else; blocks.
[source] Demonstration with conditionals
[source] Illustration of looping to process a series of values
[source] while loop
[source] Answer to practical (reading and summing numbers)
[source] how to write numeric constants

Module P205 - Initial String Handling
[3770] Sample answers to training course exercises - available on our web site
[3548] Dark mornings, dog update, and Python and Lua courses before Christmas
[3547] Using Perl to generate multiple reports from a HUGE file, efficiently
[3411] Single and double quotes strings in Perl - what is the difference?
[3005] Lots of ways of doing it in Perl - printing out answers
[2963] Removing the new line with chop or chomp in Perl - what is the difference?
[2832] Are you learning Perl? Some more examples for you!
[2816] Intelligent Matching in Perl
[2798] Perl - skip the classics and use regular expressions
[1860] Seven new intermediate Perl examples
[1849] String matching in Perl with Regular Expressions
[1608] Underlining in Perl and Python - the x and * operator in use
[1195] Regular Express Primer
[987] Ruby v Perl - interpollating variables
[970] String duplication - x in Perl, * in Python and Ruby
[324] The backtick operator in Python and Perl
[254] x operator in Perl
[31] Here documents
[source] Filter roads.xyz to match a pattern (using open or die)
[source] Printing out variable contents with labelling text
[source] Single, double and back quotes
[source] Comparison of chop and chomp
[source] Intelligent match on scalars
[source] Use of eq rather that == for string comparison
[source] Course exercise - sample answer
[source] Case changes on string
[source] single and double quotes, q and qq strings
[source] Delimiting a variable name
[source] Quoted strings, qq strings and here documents
[source] Ways of writing strings in Perl
[source] Trimming a sentence
[source] Filtering a log file for 'lua'
[source] backtick operator - runs an operating system command
[source] Strings in Perl
[source] Simple example of reading and filtering a data file
[source] low level string functions demonstrated
[source] Case insensitive comparison
[source] Use of a here document for copyright block
[source] regex to look for a single name
[source] ~~ =~ eq and == operators compared
[source] Course exercise - sample answer
[source] Numeric, String and match comparisons
[source] Sample answer - course exercise
[source] Using double quoted strings to change case
[source] Filter roads.xyz to match a pattern
[source] Regular expression learning tool
[source] comparing . and ,
[source] Course exercise - sample answer
[source] Exercise answer - completing a sentence
[source] Regular expression - first example with anchors, literals, groups, and counts
[source] use of x operator

Module P206 - More Loops and Conditionals
[3914] While, for, foreach or something else to loop.
[3619] Ruby v Perl - a comparison example
[3398] Perl - making best use of the flexibility, but also using good coding standards
[3200] How a for loop works Java, Perl and other languages
[2972] Some more advanced Perl examples from a recent course
[2967] Multiway branches in Perl - the given and when syntax
[2892] Alternative loops and conditionals in Ruby and Perl
[2832] Are you learning Perl? Some more examples for you!
[2824] A pint of Black Rat, and a lazy barman
[2817] Setting a safety net or fallback value in Perl
[2815] switch and case, or given and when in Perl
[2711] For loop - checked once, or evety time? Ruby v Perl comparison and contrast
[1825] Question Mark - Colon operator (Perl and PHP)
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1582] Ruby, C, Java and more - getting out of loops
[1220] for loop - how it works (Perl, PHP, Java, C, etc)
[1191] Smart English Output - via PHP and Perl ? : operator
[962] Breaking a loop - Ruby and other languages
[657] The ternary operator in Python
[299] What - no switch or case statement?
[138] Perl - redo and last without a loop
[source] unless, and if and unless written in reverse
[source] Knockout competition - how many teams / players needed?
[source] read an array of numbers from a text string
[source] Read - calculate - conditional - output
[source] Sample answer - rolling a die
[source] String formatting, conditionals and loops
[source] inverted until loop example
[source] Labelled block style of loop
[source] Using a label in Perl to jump out of nested loops
[source] while loop, rewritten as for loop
[source] Use of label to mimic a switch
[source] Checking user input
[source] Good and bad examples of a for loop
[source] given (Perl 5.10 onwards)
[source] given and when - a switchlike syntax
[source] if and else example
[source] A do ... until loop - reprompt until you get valid input.
[source] Lazy and and && operators
[source] Conditional operators "and" and "or"
[source] The // defined or operator
[source] and, or, &&, || - precendence
[source] Different conditionals and comparisons
[source] a while loop that runs at least once
[source] Using a label in Perl to jump out of nested loops
[source] Sample answer - throwing a die
[source] Usin the ? : operator instead of if and else
[source] use of triadic operator
[source] demonstration of next, last and redo
[source] Knock out Competition - how many teams?

Module P207 - File Handling
[3839] Spraying data from one incoming to series of outgoing files in Perl
[3830] Traversing a directory in Perl
[3548] Dark mornings, dog update, and Python and Lua courses before Christmas
[3326] Finding your big files in Perl - design considerations beyond the course environment
[2833] Fresh Perl Teaching Examples - part 2 of 3
[2821] Chancellor George Osborne inspires Perl Program
[2818] File open and read in Perl - modernisation
[2405] But I am reading from a file - no need to prompt (Perl)
[2233] Transforming data in Perl using lists of lists and hashes of hashes
[1861] Reactive (dynamic) formatting in Perl
[1860] Seven new intermediate Perl examples
[1841] Formatting with a leading + / Lua and Perl
[1709] There is more that one way - Perl
[1467] stdout v stderr (Tcl, Perl, Shell)
[1442] Reading a file multiple times - file pointers
[1416] Good, steady, simple example - Perl file handling
[1312] Some one line Perl tips and techniques
[1312] Some one line Perl tips and techniques
[867] Being sure to be positive in Perl
[702] Iterators - expressions tha change each time you call them
[618] Perl - its up to YOU to check your file opened
[616] printf - a flawed but useful function
[255] STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR and DATA - Perl file handles
[114] Relative or absolute milkman
[12] How many people in a room?
[article] Writing to and reading from files
[source] Running an OS command from within a Perl script
[source] File open, read, write test example
[source] Use of file handles to pipe from and to processes
[source] Sample answer to "the park" exercise
[source] Splitting money many ways - formatted printing
[source] Output file handles, open, and defaults
[source] Divide money between children and print neatly
[source] alternative answer to practical at end of module
[source] Filter and reformat a data file
[source] file status operators -x and -s
[source] Piping a ping into your program
[source] Single parse of data, multiple reports generated
[source] sample answer - town with Bridges in name
[source] Formatting strings and numbers
[source] Directory parsing, formatting data read
[source] Re-active formatting
[source] Finding huge files
[source] <> v readline
[source] Splitting and reformatting data
[source] Process monitoring - demonstration of principle
[source] One input and five output files in a single program
[source] Formatted printing - splittin money between the grandchildren
[source] Formatted printing - some specifier details
[source] Formatted printing
[source] Formatter - adding a leading plus

Module P208 - Lists
[4609] Mapping an array / list without a loop - how to do it in Perl 6
[3939] Lots of ways of doing the same thing in Perl - list iteration
[3906] Taking the lead, not the dog, for a walk.
[3870] Writing more maintainable Perl - naming fields from your data records
[3669] Stepping through a list (or an array) in reverse order
[3548] Dark mornings, dog update, and Python and Lua courses before Christmas
[3400] $ is atomic and % and @ are molecular - Perl
[2996] Copying - duplicating data, or just adding a name? Perl and Python compared
[2833] Fresh Perl Teaching Examples - part 2 of 3
[2813] Iterating over a Perl list and changing all items
[2484] Finding text and what surrounds it - contextual grep
[2295] The dog is not in trouble
[2226] Revision / Summary of lists - Perl
[2067] Perl - lists do so much more than arrays
[1918] Perl Socket Programming Examples
[1917] Out of memory during array extend - Perl
[1828] Perl - map to process every member of a list (array)
[1703] Perl ... adding to a list - end, middle, start
[1316] Filtering and altering Perl lists with grep and map
[1304] Last elements in a Perl or Python list
[968] Perl - a list or a hash?
[928] C++ and Perl - why did they do it THAT way?
[773] Breaking bread
[762] Huge data files - what happened earlier?
[622] Queues and barrel rolls in Perl
[560] The fencepost problem
[463] Splitting the difference
[355] Context in Perl
[240] Conventional restraints removed
[230] Course sizes - beware of marketing statistics
[140] Comparison Chart for Perl programmers - list functions
[28] Perl for breakfast
[article] Data Monging
[article] Context - List, scalar and double quotes
[source] Context, and splitting a list into named scalars
[source] copy a list - duplicates it
[source] mapping a list, iterating a list with your own counter
[source] Using ~~ to match lists (arrays)
[source] context demonstration
[source] grep altering the incoming list
[source] Shuffling a list
[source] grep to comb, map to alter
[source] Elegant Context Demo
[source] Look for all "error 404" pages from certain hosts.
[source] naming list members
[source] Using a list to count records of various lengths
[source] File Comparison
[source] $ atomic, @ molecular
[source] setting up lists, looping through lists, list slices
[source] List functions such as chomp and push in use
[source] Iterating through a list
[source] List, scalar and double quote contexts
[source] chomp, grep, split, unshift and join example
[source] Setting up, using and looping through a list
[source] Context examples
[source] Exercise answer - looking for all "404" accesses from certain hosts
[source] Lists and contexts
[source] Demonstration of some facilities of lists
[source] Verbose grep - illustration of list slices
[source] First example of a list
[source] Data file - list of States, Towns, Countries etc
[source] looping through a list
[source] dicey list sample answer
[source] Lottery selection
[source] Anonymous list example

Module P209 - Subroutines in Perl
[3833] Learning to use existing classes in Perl
[3574] Perl functions such as chop change their input parameters
[3066] Separating groups of variables into namespaces
[2929] Passing a variable number of parameters in to a function / method
[2833] Fresh Perl Teaching Examples - part 2 of 3
[2550] Do not copy and paste code - there are much better ways
[2069] Efficient calls to subs in Perl - avoid duplication, gain speed
[1921] Romeo and Julie
[1860] Seven new intermediate Perl examples
[1850] Daisy the Cow and a Pint of Ginger Beer
[1826] Perl - Subs, Chop v Chomp, => v ,
[1784] Global - Tcl, PHP, Python
[1782] Calling procs in Tcl and how it compares to Perl
[1202] Returning multiple values from a function (Perl, PHP, Python)
[1163] A better alternative to cutting and pasting code
[969] Perl - $_ and @_
[775] Do not duplicate your code
[588] Changing @INC - where Perl loads its modules
[531] Packages in packages in Perl
[357] Where do Perl modules load from
[308] Call by name v call by value
[96] Variable Scope
[source] subroutines called up from example applications
[source] using email objects
[source] email class of objects - a very simple class
[source] package with "romeo" example
[source] lists / context demo
[source] demonstration that variables default to global
[source] Calling in a module from you Perl program
[source] Sample (test) program to try out a diary
[source] Standard and repeated code - in own file
[source] package of subroutines for mailfilter2
[source] Standard functions - tipsy demo
[source] Sample use of subroutines - returned parameters
[source] First use of training class
[source] Parameters in and out of a sub
[source] Sample application - coverage test given ranges of integers
[source] Sample class for courses.pl demo
[source] Coverage test - application using coverage objects
[source] calling subroutines in a different file
[source] Identify whether a web access record is from a spider
[source] Class for training - first use
[source] package to encapsulate information - NOT really objects.
[source] Example of how you should NOT repeat code
[source] including package name in package methods
[source] standard subroutines to include in several programs
[source] passing data in and out of subs
[source] passing a hash to a sub
[source] Passing parameters in and out of subroutines
[source] calling a subroutine in the same file
[source] Routines to combine integer ranges to provide overall coverage information
[source] Using a class in Perl
[source] using a module to retain information
[source] Email analysis via a package
[source] repeated code in a sub
[source] Scope - our, my and local
[source] using subs to avoid repitition
[source] Use of my to reduce variable persistance and scope
[source] Answer to Romeo and Juliet question
[source] Romeo and Julie - solution
[source] Coverage as a class. Allows multiple parallel coverage sets!
[source] Sample use of subroutines

Module P210 - Topicalization and Special Variables
[4700] Obfurscated code - it might work, but is it maintainable?
[4682] One line scripts - Awk, Perl and Ruby
[4395] Preparing data through a little bit of Perl
[4301] Perl - still a very effective language indeed for extracting and reporting
[3449] Apache Internal Dummy Connection - what is it and what should I do with it?
[2972] Some more advanced Perl examples from a recent course
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[2833] Fresh Perl Teaching Examples - part 2 of 3
[1922] Flurinci knows Raby Lae PHP and Jeve
[1860] Seven new intermediate Perl examples
[1829] Dont bother to write a Perl program
[1728] A short Perl example
[1705] Environment variables in Perl / use Env
[1704] Finding operating system settings in Perl
[1508] How not to write Perl?
[1444] Using English can slow you right down!
[1289] Pure Perl
[1232] Bathtub example
[1221] Bathtubs and pecking birds
[1136] Buffering output - why it is done and issues raised in Tcl, Perl, Python and PHP
[969] Perl - $_ and @_
[639] Progress bars and other dynamic reports
[493] Running a Perl script within a PHP page
[article] The wonders of Perl
[source] Topicalisation in use
[source] Using the -p option on the command line
[source] Special variables to control output formatting of lists
[source] BEGIN - CHECK - INIT - main code - END
[source] script to run on every line of a file
[source] Variable used many times - candidate for topicalisation
[source] Handling the command line via @ARGV
[source] Further use of $_
[source] Filter looking for IP addresses of computer(s) with "tea" in name
[source] File handle <>
[source] map, grep and $_ save loops
[source] Program using a variety of special variables
[source] Clock, using autoflush to update screen every second
[source] Program that generates a warning
[source] Handling command line options - getopt
[source] select to change default output
[source] rewrite of "dos2unix" in Perl
[source] Output from select demo
[source] Progress bar / progress reports
[source] Handling the command line via Getopt. Also Usage lines.
[source] Special variable $/; reading whole file to scalar
[source] Use of command line options in Perl
[source] Use of $" to produce a csv output
[source] English and short names for informational special variables
[source] Counting Unique visitors in a log file
[source] Filter - takes names and attempts to capitalise correctly
[source] Use of @ARGV command line and $_
[source] Using implicit loop with -n
[source] Use of awk-like options with Perl
[source] Using grep and map with $_

Module P211 - Hashes
[3662] Finding all the unique lines in a file, using Python or Perl
[3451] Why would you want to use a Perl hash?
[3400] $ is atomic and % and @ are molecular - Perl
[3106] Buckets
[3072] Finding elements common to many lists / arrays
[3042] Least Common Ancestor - what is it, and a Least Common Ancestor algorithm implemented in Perl
[2920] Sorting - naturally, or into a different order
[2915] Looking up a value by key - associative arrays / Hashes / Dictionaries
[2836] Perl - the duplicate key problem explained, and solutions offered
[2833] Fresh Perl Teaching Examples - part 2 of 3
[1917] Out of memory during array extend - Perl
[1856] A few of my favourite things
[1826] Perl - Subs, Chop v Chomp, => v ,
[1705] Environment variables in Perl / use Env
[1334] Stable sorting - Tcl, Perl and others
[968] Perl - a list or a hash?
[930] -> , >= and => in Perl
[738] (Perl) Callbacks - what are they?
[386] What is a callback?
[240] Conventional restraints removed
[source] Hash - keys must be unique
[source] hash - manipulation
[source] Dialling codes for use with course exercises
[source] initialising a hash
[source] Set up a hash of people
[source] set up and loop though a hash in various ways
[source] Sorting the keys of a hash
[source] Loading from a module in another file
[source] ENV module to import variables as globals
[source] Use of hashes in Perl / CGI
[source] Sort using your own sort subroutine
[source] Sample answer - web_c2, page 152
[source] Log file used in many Well House exercises
[source] fill and look up a hash
[source] How sort callbacks work
[source] setting up and using a hash
[source] the danger of jumping out of an each loop
[source] Sample - extracting statistics from an access log file
[source] Demonstration of default dort order
[source] Module for use with account demo
[source] use of %ENV
[source] Access log - listing hosts via a hash
[source] Sample answer - 2nd question
[source] List of all the skills in a file, and who has them
[source] List out all programs on the current $PATH
[source] Sample answer - web access counter question 1
[source] Setting up, then displaying contents, of a hash
[source] Keys must be unique - solution 1 - Append all possible values
[source] sort using a more complex routine
[source] Data file for hash demos and exercises
[source] Using intelligent matches to check hash keys
[source] sorting with a comparison block
[source] Keys must be unique - design new keys, add accessor loops to find multiple keys
[source] keys must be unique - example illustrates the problem
[source] Ferries to France - data file
[source] Setting up, adding to, changing a hash (associative array)
[source] Hash keys must be unique - so make up a new keu

Module P212 - More on Character Strings
[4452] Binary data handling - Python and Perl
[3927] First match or all matches? Perl Regular Expressions
[3707] Converting codons via Amino Acids to Proteins in Perl
[3650] Possessive Regular Expression Matching - Perl, Objective C and some other languages
[3630] Serialsing and unserialising data for storage and transfer in Perl
[3546] The difference between dot (a.k.a. full stop, period) and comma in Perl
[3411] Single and double quotes strings in Perl - what is the difference?
[3332] DNA to Amino Acid - a sample Perl script
[3322] How much has Perl (and other languages) changed?
[3100] Looking ahead and behind in Regular Expressions - double matching
[3059] Object Orientation in an hour and other Perl Lectures
[2993] Arrays v Lists - what is the difference, why use one or the other
[2877] Further more advanced Perl examples
[2874] Unpacking a Perl string into a list
[2834] Teaching examples in Perl - third and final part
[2801] Binary data handling with unpack in Perl
[2657] Want to do a big batch edit? Nothing beats Perl!
[2379] Making variables persistant, pretending a database is a variable and other Perl tricks
[2230] Running a piece of code is like drinking a pint of beer
[1947] Perl substitute - the e modifier
[1735] Finding words and work boundaries (MySQL, Perl, PHP)
[1727] Equality and looks like tests - Perl
[1510] Handling Binary data (.gif file example) in Perl
[1336] Ignore case in Regular Expression
[1305] Regular expressions made easy - building from components
[1251] Substitute operator / modifiers in Perl
[1230] Commenting a Perl Regular Expression
[1222] Perl, the substitute operator s
[943] Matching within multiline strings, and ignoring case in regular expressions
[928] C++ and Perl - why did they do it THAT way?
[737] Coloured text in a terminal from Perl
[608] Don't expose your regular expressions
[597] Storing a regular expression in a perl variable
[586] Perl Regular Expressions - finding the position and length of the match
[583] Remember to process blank lines
[453] Commenting Perl regular expressions
[article] Analysing incoming data lines
[article] Pattern Matching - a primer on regular Expressions
[source] Capturing groups into a list
[source] Splitting up a URL via a regex - sample exercise answer
[source] Match and Capture - email address
[source] Greedy matches v Global matches
[source] Single v global match and alternatives
[source] Defining Strings
[source] Match and substitute (long winded way!)
[source] Use of "g" modifier
[source] Modifiers im matching
[source] Look for word starting and ending with same letter
[source] Postcode, Zipcode, credit card no. etc - regular expression matches
[source] pack and unpack
[source] Perl regular expression - information returned
[source] Match and substitute - (example that fails)
[source] Using Regular Expressions to "mailmerge"
[source] matching lines - whole file at a time
[source] Using tr to find invalid characters in a string
[source] Anagrams of First Great Western served stations
[source] Regular expression with comments
[source] KISS - keep it simple - regular expression
[source] Special variables $' $& and $`
[source] Printing out and reading in binary numbers
[source] Read and analyse binary .gif files
[source] storing a compiled regular expression - qr
[source] tr (or y) and its modifiers
[source] Converting < > and & to web standard sequences
[source] Serialise and unserialise strings
[source] translate a DNA 3-character codon to an amino acid
[source] Stepping through regular expressions
[source] Packing and unpacking binary data
[source] using tr to change multiple characters; also c and s switches
[source] Postcode extractor - mark 1
[source] Match and substitute executed block
[source] Sparse matching, looking for an HTML tag
[source] Capturing groups into $1 and $2
[source] Sample answer 1
[source] Character by character translation with tr
[source] Examples of the =~ s for substitute operator
[source] Find all href links from a page
[source] different ways of defining a string
[source] Global matching in a scalar context
[source] Hashes, Regular Expressions, Topicalisation ... end-of-course example
[source] Global matching in a list context
[source] Special variables $' $& and $`
[source] Postcode, Mk3 - extract multiple postcodes
[source] Regular expression match - revision
[source] Substitue operator
[source] Sample answer 2
[source] Substitution using back reference
[source] Postcode extractor Mk2 - save into named variables
[source] Matching HTML - a greedy match doesn't work
[source] binary data handling - examine a .gif file

Module P213 - Creating your own Classes
[4607] Classes and object - first steps in Perl 6
[3833] Learning to use existing classes in Perl
[3098] Learning Object Orientation in Perl through bananas and perhaps Moose
[3059] Object Orientation in an hour and other Perl Lectures
[2969] What does blessing a variable in Perl mean?
[2877] Further more advanced Perl examples
[2834] Teaching examples in Perl - third and final part
[2169] When should I use OO techniques?
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[1864] Object Oriented Perl - First Steps
[1664] Example of OO in Perl
[1435] Object Oriented Programming in Perl - Course
[1320] Perl for Larger Projects - Object Oriented Perl
[983] Blessing in Perl / Member variable in Ruby
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[246] When to bless a Perl variable
[227] Bellringing and Programming and Objects and Perl
[article] Is Perl truly an OO language?
[article] Object Orientation in Perl - First Steps
[source] calling subs via bare words
[source] Sample application, constructs and uses book objects
[source] Object Orientation - 2 classes and polymorphism
[source] Example that uses commute.pm and ramble.pm
[source] A simple class with a constructor and 2 access methods
[source] Generic class for use during exercises
[source] Introduction to Objects
[source] houses and igloos - an OO example
[source] commute.pm - used in factory demo
[source] True OO example
[source] Template object and test program
[source] A class that includes a factory method
[source] Definition of house, castle and igloo classes
[source] A test program to use the "book" class
[source] Using global matching to extract all matches
[source] Hello Perl Object World
[source] quick check of email address format
[source] Sample program to use room.pm
[source] Using the house, castle and igloo classes
[source] Object interface to call events
[source] A simple class, using a list to store information about each object
[source] Another test program to use the book class
[source] A simple class which uses a blessed hash
[source] Call to factory class. See ramble.pm and commute.pm
[source] A simple class, using a scalar to store object information
[source] Blessing and resultant polymorphism
[source] OO with inheritance demonstrated
[source] variables in packages (autovivification!)
[source] Test program for ub1 ub2 and ub3 classes
[source] Solving the bare word
[source] Definition of two classes and polymorphism
[source] None-OO example of template filling
[source] A simple class, storing each object in a hash
[source] Towards OO in Perl
[source] How Object Inheritance is done in Perl
[source] Sample template for use in other demos

Module P214 - System Dependencies
[2825] Perl course - is it tailored to Linux, or Microsoft Windows?
[1702] Running operating system commands in Perl
[733] Perl for Systems Admin - suid scripts
[source] OS independent admin example - bundling up all training examples after a course
[source] Creating an Excel spread sheet
[source] Example of using registry from Perl
[source] Using Windows Script to list out special directories
[source] A template system report summary
[source] Looking up host by IP address and name
[source] looking at your perl configuration in detail
[source] use of getpwnam for user information
[source] End of line character conversion - Windows to Linux / Unix
[source] system dependent backquotes
[source] extracting from a Word document ready for upload!
[source] template for faad example
[source] running a series of shell commands
[source] Windows script - report on a datafile

Module P215 - More about Files
[3839] Spraying data from one incoming to series of outgoing files in Perl
[3412] Handling binary data in Perl is easy!
[3320] Reading the nth line from a file (Perl and Tcl examples)
[2964] An introduction to file handling in programs - buffering, standard in and out, and file handles
[2405] But I am reading from a file - no need to prompt (Perl)
[1832] Processing all files in a directory - Perl
[1709] There is more that one way - Perl
[1225] Perl - functions for directory handling
[article] Writing to and reading from files
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] Lists out all duplicate executables
[source] Formatting using "format" and "write"
[source] Spray one input file across 16 different outputs
[source] Read and report contents of a directory
[source] Random access to a file of fixed length records
[source] _ and $_ in file operators
[source] See is STDIN is interactive, and prompt if it is
[source] globbing on a file handle
[source] testing file existence, size and other stats
[source] Data on end of program file
[source] Using directory functions cwd, chdir, opendir, readdir
[source] split an incoming file lots of ways
[source] using the stat function to report on a file
[source] Reading data from the end of the program file
[source] Finding all files with names matching a pattern
[source] Using some of the file status operators

Module P216 - Handling Dates and Time
[765] Perl - turning seconds into days, hours, minutes and seconds
[454] Time conversions in Perl
[239] What and why for the epoch
[source] Modified "chivvy" - perhaps less OS dependent
[source] Date and time demos
[source] file last modified (days ago)
[source] Using %SIG to timeout keyboard entry
[source] compare a stated date and time with now!
[source] Converting times between epoch seconds and regular time
[source] dt2 - file last modified (seconds from 1.1.1970)
[source] current date and time (system dependent!)
[source] use of time and localtime
[source] Use of Signals in Perl to trap ^C (Control C)

Module P217 - More than Simple Lists and Hashes!
[3906] Taking the lead, not the dog, for a walk.
[3577] How to do multidimensional arrays (or rather lists and hashes) in Perl
[3444] Take the dog on a lead - do not carry her. Perl references.
[3406] Not multidimentional arrays - but lists of lists. Much more flexible. Perl!
[3399] From fish, loaves and apples to money, plastic cards and BACS (Perl references explained)
[3118] Arrays of arrays - or 2D arrays. How to program tables.
[3105] Adventure with references to lists and lists of references
[3072] Finding elements common to many lists / arrays
[3007] Setting up a matrix of data (2D array) for processing in your program
[2996] Copying - duplicating data, or just adding a name? Perl and Python compared
[2877] Further more advanced Perl examples
[2840] Just pass a pointer - do not duplicate the data
[2241] Perl references - $$var and \$var notations
[1514] Autovivification - the magic appearance of variables in Perl
[293] Course follow-ups
[43] Hash of lists in Perl
[source] Setting up a list of lists (like a 2D array) from a file
[source] Collection of collections (i.e. 2D array)
[source] Setting up a hash of lists
[source] References - a first demo
[source] List of lists - flexible example
[source] Revision of reference notations in Perl
[source] Setting up a list of lists (like a 2D array)
[source] References - the fundamentals
[source] Passing a reference to a list
[source] A Hash of lists - a more complex example
[source] Setting up a hash of lists
[source] List of lists
[source] hash of list of hashes
[source] Collections and references to collections
[source] Pushing a list v pushing a reference to a list
[source] Example of a hash of lists
[source] Setting up a list of lists
[source] Passing list, passing reference to list comparison
[source] A list of lists - autovivification
[source] Combining lists - list of lists v one long list
[source] Passing a reference to a hash
[source] A list of lists - dealing a pack of cards
[source] Finding items common to a number of liats
[source] Rekeying data
[source] Rekeying data / presenting it on a web page
[source] lists of lists - like a multidimensional array
[source] Reading a data file into a structure
[source] Setting up a list of lists in Perl
[source] A hash of hashes

Module P218 - More Objects
[4366] Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages
[4356] Object factories in C++, Python, PHP and Perl
[4098] Using object orientation for non-physical objects
[4096] Perl design patterns example
[3941] Building an object based on another object in Perl
[3581] Perl - calls to methods that use => - what do they mean?
[3377] What do I mean when I add things in Perl?
[3098] Learning Object Orientation in Perl through bananas and perhaps Moose
[3097] Making Perl class definitions more conventional and shorter
[2972] Some more advanced Perl examples from a recent course
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[2811] Igloos melt in the summer, but houses do not
[2717] The Multiple Inheritance Conundrum, interfaces and mixins
[2651] Calculation within objects - early, last minute, or cached?
[2427] Operator overloading - redefining addition and other Perl tricks
[1949] Nuclear Physics comes to our web site
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1665] Factory method example - Perl
[1664] Example of OO in Perl
[1435] Object Oriented Programming in Perl - Course
[1320] Perl for Larger Projects - Object Oriented Perl
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[930] -> , >= and => in Perl
[831] Comparison of Object Oriented Philosophy - Python, Java, C++, Perl
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[592] NOT Gone phishing
[588] Changing @INC - where Perl loads its modules
[531] Packages in packages in Perl
[246] When to bless a Perl variable
[227] Bellringing and Programming and Objects and Perl
[article] Is Perl truly an OO language?
[article] Object Orientation in Perl - First Steps
[source] A framework for a generic base class
[source] class offspring - an animal that need attention
[source] Program to demonstrate use of phisherman class
[source] Test harness for class "animal"
[source] SUPER example
[source] Application that uses commememorative coin class
[source] Test application - use of EXPORTER
[source] test harness for the program.pm class
[source] Operator (+) and to_string overloading, Perl
[source] overloading operators
[source] a standard base class?
[source] BEGIN END DESTROY and import special methods
[source] Perl program, calls 2 classes, polymorphism and interitance
[source] Display the @INC list
[source] A simple class in Perl
[source] Test code - for polymorphism / inheritance demo
[source] Looking at data via Data::Dumper
[source] a pet is an animal ... inheritance ...
[source] For use with require demo
[source] Sample program - polymorphism in Perl OO
[source] Application that uses the horse.pm module
[source] package showing Exporter
[source] Operator Overloading in Perl
[source] Set up obects via a utility factory (classes prog)
[source] Test harness for the various subclasses of animal
[source] Set up obects via a utility factory (main prog)
[source] Test program for the trainingprogram.pm class
[source] Simple base class defining a coin
[source] Multiple classes in a single file
[source] A class which uses simple inheritance
[source] Definition of a transport animal
[source] calling the base class constructor in Perl
[source] the @INC list and the %INC hash
[source]
[source] require is runtime, use is compiletime
[source] cafe3 - offer a number of dishes

Module P219 - Libraries and Resources
[3377] What do I mean when I add things in Perl?
[3101] The week before Christmas
[3009] Expect in Perl - a short explanation and a practical example
[2931] Syncronise - software, trains, and buses. Please!
[2427] Operator overloading - redefining addition and other Perl tricks
[2234] Loading external code into Perl from a nonstandard directory
[2229] Do not re-invent the wheel - use a Perl module
[1865] Debugging and Data::Dumper in Perl
[1863] About dieing and exiting in Perl
[1444] Using English can slow you right down!
[1391] Ordnance Survey Grid Reference to Latitude / Longitude
[1235] Outputting numbers as words - MySQL with Perl or PHP
[1219] Judging the quality of contributed Perl code
[760] Self help in Perl
[737] Coloured text in a terminal from Perl
[712] Why reinvent the wheel
[358] Use standard Perl modules
[357] Where do Perl modules load from
[112] Avoid the wheel being re-invented by using Perl modules
[86] Talk review - Idiomatic Perl, David Cross
[article] "Perl - I didn't know you could do that"
[source]
[source] printing coloured text in your terminal window
[source] Use of standard modules
[source] UK Ordnance Survey Grid Reference to Latitude / Longitude convertor
[source] Latitude / Longitude to UK Ordnance Survey Grid Reference convertor.
[source] croak - like die, but reports line in calling package
[source] perl -w / turning warnings on and off
[source] The integer pragma illustrated

Module P221 - Perl on the Web
[3875] Using CGI and Perl to put a simple application online. Sometimes still the best way.
[2551] Perl and the Common Gateway Interface - out of fashion but still very useful?
[1198] From Web to Web 2
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[687] Presentation, Business and Persistence layers in Perl and PHP
[662] An unhelpful error message from Apache httpd
[641] Simple but rugged form handling demo
[590] Danny and Donna are getting married
[493] Running a Perl script within a PHP page
[433] FTP - how to make the right transfers
[source] Template file for log analysis application
[source] Form, template, validation, POST and GET all in one example
[source] Display list of SQL tables and/or table content on a web page
[source] Sample form for an CGI script
[source] Looking up data in a file on the web
[source] Simple CGI example with urldecoding and webify
[source] Full cgi example - log file analysis
[source] Select, display, edit job opportunities application
[source] data for st_look.pl demo
[source] Template for sdo2.pl Perl / CGI demo
[source] Web basics - echo form content
[source] Multiple page Perl / CGI application
[source] Perl on the web - simple file lookup
[source] Form / template to go with echo.pl demo
[source] First cgi program - read and echos form content

Module P222 - Programming Efficiency and Style
[4611] Hungarian, Camel, Snake and Kebab - variable naming conventions
[2688] Security considerations in programming - what do we teach?
[2657] Want to do a big batch edit? Nothing beats Perl!
[2399] Firefighting with Perl
[1181] Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables
[743] How to debug a Perl program
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - read into list
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - testing with benchmark module
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - remove use of $&
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - process line by line
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - control
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - start with literal
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - via foreach
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - start with anchor
[source] regular expression efficiency demo - index rather than regex

Module P223 - Interprocess Communication
[3940] Run other processes from within your Perl program
[3412] Handling binary data in Perl is easy!
[3011] What are .pid files?
[3010] Children, zombies, and reaping processes
[2970] Perl - doing several things at the same time
[2694] Multiple processes (forking) in Python
[1918] Perl Socket Programming Examples
[604] Perl - multiprocess applications
[article] Controlling multiple asynchronous processes in Perl
[source] Forking a process
[source] Parallel (forked) processes communicating via signals and pipes
[source] Forking in Perl, then communicating between processes
[source] Forking a process, then the two communicating
[source] Parallel (forked) processes communicating via signals and files
[source] Children signalling to parents as they complete
[source] Parallel (forked) processes communicating via pipes
[source] piping from another process
[source] Simple talker written in Perl
[source] Parent forking multiple independent children
[source] A process that responds to signals
[source] Forking in Perl - two processes
[source] running another process from Perl
[source] Send a signal to a registered process
[source] Expect - choreographing multiple pings and analysing result
[source] Two processing in parallel (via fork) communicating (via a pipe)
[source] fork and two separate processes

Module P224 - Intersystem Communications
[2970] Perl - doing several things at the same time
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[2695] TCP v UDP / Client v Server - Python examples
[2402] Automated Browsing in Perl
[1918] Perl Socket Programming Examples
[1073] Heartbeat script in Perl
[604] Perl - multiprocess applications
[source] module to go with s1 web grab example
[source] robot.txt collector in Perl from a list of sites
[source] Grab a web page
[source] Client in Perl - talks to remote finger daemon
[source] fork and talk
[source] LWP - sets own User Agent
[source] Network grep server - connect via telnet on port 5678
[source] LWP - simplest test
[source] Forking, Piping and Signals

Module P251 - Perl Review
[3430] Sigils - the characters on the start of variable names in Perl, Ruby and Fortran
[3407] Perl - a quick reminder and revision. Test yourself!
[3042] Least Common Ancestor - what is it, and a Least Common Ancestor algorithm implemented in Perl
[3007] Setting up a matrix of data (2D array) for processing in your program
[2242] So what is this thing called Perl that I keep harping on about?
[source] simple class
[source] Lists and refrences
[source] Various variable types in Perl
[source] References, lists, hashes, multidimensional structures
[source] Using a simple class

Module P252 - Perl on the Network
[2047] Small Web Server in Perl
[article] Making all your .html files run a Perl script

Module P254 - Moving Programs from Perl 4 to Perl 5
[1417] What software version do we teach?

Module P256 - Perl 6 Look Ahead
[3077] Perl 6 - significantly nearer, and Rakudo looks very good
[2967] Multiway branches in Perl - the given and when syntax
[2817] Setting a safety net or fallback value in Perl
[2816] Intelligent Matching in Perl
[2815] switch and case, or given and when in Perl
[2559] Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too
[1721] Perl 6 - When will we have a production release?
[1417] What software version do we teach?
[1215] An update on Perl - where is it going?
[995] Ruby's case - no break
[582] DWIM and AWWO
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[113] A Parallel for Perl 6
[89] When will Perl 6 be available
[article] Overview of what we're expecting in Perl 6
[article] Parrot - Perl's new Virtual Machine
[source] Romeo and Juliet - Perl 6
[source] Romeo and Juliet - Perl 5

Module P258 - Solaris, OSX and Linux
[2834] Teaching examples in Perl - third and final part
[2022] Pre and post increment - the ++ operator
[1702] Running operating system commands in Perl
[1633] Changing a screen saver from a web page (PHP, Perl, OSX)
[source] Changing Images and starting Screensaver
[source] Linux / Unix system calls

Module P301 - Variables in Perl
[4608] Introspecion in Perl 6
[4398] Accessing variables across subroutine boundaries - Perl, Python, Java and Tcl
[3430] Sigils - the characters on the start of variable names in Perl, Ruby and Fortran
[3059] Object Orientation in an hour and other Perl Lectures
[2972] Some more advanced Perl examples from a recent course
[2877] Further more advanced Perl examples
[2374] Lead characters on Perl variable names
[2241] Perl references - $$var and \$var notations
[1946] Variable Types in Perl
[1581] What is an lvalue? (Perl, C)
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[source] scoping with "my"
[source] Pascal's triangle; clever use of formatting
[source] my, local and global variables
[source] Setting up and exercising a typeglob
[source] References
[source] handling a list of lists element by element, by row, and as a whole
[source] Typeglob - one each of file handle, scalar, hash and list
[source] Modifying values passed in to a subroutine
[source] Using package names to supress strict warnings
[source] ref function - what is in a scalar
[source] persistent my variable
[source] Beware of variable scope in recursive code
[source] delete, undef, defined and exists
[source] typeglobs - a package deal (one of everything!)
[source] 6 variable types in Perl
[source] select and typeglobs for file handles - alternative to array of file handles
[source] Accessing Perl's symbol tables
[source] Soft References
[source] Anonymous lists using [ and ]
[source] Variable types
[source] variable scope illustration
[source] data munging - unpack, splice, regular expressions etc
[source] recursion in Perl
[source] Scoping of our and my variables
[source] Dumping out all variables defined
[source] What variables have I used?
[source] Use of strict to flag scoping dangers

Module P302 - The Selfloader
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore

Module P303 - Miscellany
[3159] Returning multiple values from a function call in various languages - a comparison
[3012] Exception handling in Perl - using eval
[2877] Further more advanced Perl examples
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[2427] Operator overloading - redefining addition and other Perl tricks
[2219] Configuring httpd, or Tomcat, to run CGI scripts in Perl
[source] Using a prototyped method incorrectly
[source] Testing to see if a variable is tainted
[source] Using a prototyped method correctly
[source] A subroutine prototype defined too late
[source] try and catch simulation via eval
[source] A subroutine prototype defined in time
[source] uses of "do"
[source] Exception Handing in Perl
[source] Operation that will fail if run tainted
[source] Goto based on string
[source] Use of caller and wantarray
[source] Goto an array of possibilities
[source] subroutine prototype
[source] goto based on a value - a sort of switch
[source] magic goto
[source] The goto statement ... if you must ...
[source] the continue block
[source] goto, and jumping with last
[source] warnings, caller, wantarray, ref, $#_
[source] Command line options to add implicit read loop and split
[source] running an operating system command
[source] Defining a subroutine prototype

Module P304 - Tieing
[3409] When variables behave differently - Tie in Perl
[3007] Setting up a matrix of data (2D array) for processing in your program
[2379] Making variables persistant, pretending a database is a variable and other Perl tricks
[2243] Changing a variable behaviour in Perl - tieing
[source] Tying a text file to a hash
[source] Tie class to access a disc file as a hash, with caching
[source] Tie class that hides a stack under a scalar
[source] Accessing Unix's aliases database directly
[source] tied hash, unique key solution
[source] location lookup
[source] Using a variable tied to a file
[source] tie class that treats a file as a scalar
[source] Tieing a variable to change its behaviour
[source] Looking up users, case sensitive
[source] Appliaction that uses a scalar as a stack
[source] Persistant hash - NOT lost when the program exits
[source] Looking up user accounts, case insensitive
[source] Tie class to force all strings to lower case
[source] Crreating a database file through tie
[source] tieing a text file to a hash
[source] Place lookup without tie - variables are cas sensitive
[source] Using a tie class to force lower case
[source] Appending hash tie class definition
[source] tie class definition - an appending hash
[source] Persistant variable via a tie class
[source] Using a tie class to force lower case
[source] Tieing a database file to a hash
[source] links a variable to a file

Module P305 - User Input
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[2382] Giving up on user input - keyboard timeout in Perl
[2213] Keyboard reading in Perl - character by character not line by line
[source] select to check input availability
[source] Giving the user a limited time to make an entry
[source] If the user has started typing, wait for a whole line. Otherwise carry on
[source] Binary file copy
[source] Reacting to each keystroke rather than awaiting a new line
[source] Send a signal to program h1
[source] print out ASCII decimal equivalents of entries
[source] Unpacking characters
[source] Using ioctls and POSIX to provide a password entry system
[source] Long running program with interaction
[source] Reporting maximum field per line count

Module P306 - Plain Old Documentation
[760] Self help in Perl
[668] Python - block insets help with documentation
[242] Satisfaction of training
[article] POD (Plain Ole Documentation) - how to check it
[source] Example of HTML generated from POD
[source] Example of POD
[source] Sample code - alternatives to if and while

Module P307 - Perl/Tk
[3009] Expect in Perl - a short explanation and a practical example
[1340] Tk locks up - 100% c.p.u. on a simple program (Tcl, Perl, Python)
[1310] Callbacks - a more complex code sandwich
[738] (Perl) Callbacks - what are they?
[599] Perl/Tk real time display
[596] The magic of -textvariable
[595] Add a friendly front end with Tk
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[source] An interactive application with a Tk GUI
[source] Simpler version of Perl/Tk clock
[source] A simple GUI with Perl/Tk
[source] A toggle button implemented in Perl/Tk
[source] Tk demo - fill in form, moving graphic
[source] Clock using Perl/Tk
[source] An interactive application with a Tk GUI
[source] Drawing graphics on a canvas with Perl/Tk
[source] An interactive form on a grid (tk)
[source] An interactive application with a Tk GUI

Module P308 - Using SQL Databases from Perl
[3099] Perl - database access - DBD, DBI and DBIx modules
[2561] The future of MySQL
[2381] Checking the database connection manually
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1885] Hiding a MySQL database behind a web page
[1224] Object Relation Mapping (ORM)
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[644] Using a MySQL database from Perl
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[article] Interfacing applications to a MySQL database engine
[source] Tie a Perl hash to a MySQL table through DBI
[source] Define the table to object data mapping
[source] Define table to object data mapping for Computers and link to people
[source] Second DBIx Demonstration - headline file for loading Schema
[source] Connecting Perl to a MySQL database
[source] Using DBI and DBD to establish a connection and list available tables
[source] Sample people database
[source] Example using many database access methods from DBI
[source] Simple Perl DBI Query
[source] Data to create and populate train table for other examples
[source] Exercise - main program to die hash to database
[source] Adding DBIx on top of DBI and DBD - First simple example
[source] First DBIx Demonstration - headline file for loading Schema
[source] Connect to an SQL database of train times
[source] DBI used in a CGI script as a GUI to a table
[source] Perl DBI - display contents of MySQL table
[source] Adding DBIx on top of DBI and DBD - Select on joined tables
[source] Accessing and SQL database with DBI and DBD modules
[source] SQL source data for D3 demo (SQLite / DBIx / Perl)
[source] SQLite - DBD and DBI - create, insert, select, drop
[source] Define table/object data mapping for People and how they relate to Computers
[source] Set up database for web access log records

Module P310 - Moose
[3098] Learning Object Orientation in Perl through bananas and perhaps Moose
[3097] Making Perl class definitions more conventional and shorter
[source] use of Universal superclass
[source] Checking method calls / confess and croak
[source] Factory Method
[source] Base class, subclasses, polymorphism
[source] Package, constructor and accessor
[source] Use of caller to examine the sub stack
[source] Adding functionallity with after
[source] Roles and Inheritance with Moose
[source] Data Type checking in Moose
[source] Default values - Moose
[source] Basic set up of a class with Moose
[source] Turning packaged hash references into Objects
[source] Moose - calling automatically generated methods
[source] Moose - setting defaults

Module P402 - Writing Your Own Simple Client and Server
[3874] Using Perl to read an RSS feed off a web site and extract data - via LWP and XML modules
[2047] Small Web Server in Perl
[source] Buffering - progress bar in dots
[source] time and date from a series of hosts
[source] End of line conversion - moving data file between operating systems
[source] Simple client
[source] Finger client
[source] Better finger client
[source] Using local OS commands to run network processes
[source] Simple Perl time SERVER
[source] Small Web Server in Perl
[source] buffering - dotd come out all together

Module P403 - The Common Gateway Interface
[3445] Perl and CGI - simple form, and monitoring script.
[2834] Teaching examples in Perl - third and final part
[2551] Perl and the Common Gateway Interface - out of fashion but still very useful?
[2238] Handling nasty characters - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Lua
[45] CGI v mod_perl
[source] Single page ruggedised CGI form
[source] Shows structure of a CGI script
[source] Wedding list application
[source] cycling through images using CGI
[source] Analaysis of a file to the web.
[source] Looking up an "A Road" - test program
[source] Simple Perl / CGI script to calculate BMI
[source] Simple CGI script with separated view and elementary validation only
[source] CGI page with some data validation
[source] CGI first example - menu based on day of week
[source] URL decoding - training example
[source] utilities for CGI use
[source] Filtering an access log file from a browser
[source] Running a script when a form has been submitted
[source] CGI script - sets up form, also handles form response, in a single page
[source] Wedding list data
[source] Looking up an "A road" on a web site

Module P404 - Extending Flexibility Using CGI
[1365] Korn Shell scripts on the web
[1187] Updating a page strictly every minute (PHP, Perl)
[641] Simple but rugged form handling demo
[590] Danny and Donna are getting married
[426] Robust checking of data entered by users
[article] Nasty Characters in Web Applications
[article] Accessing a MySQL database via a browser, Perl and CGI
[source] Random jump - return a location header
[source] Collection information via POST
[source] Writing a document within a CGI script
[source] Environment and input lister
[source] Handling a form with multiple fields
[source] More generalised form handling

Module P405 - Web Service - Our Own Client
[2402] Automated Browsing in Perl
[2229] Do not re-invent the wheel - use a Perl module
[source] Script to call an OO module that grabs a web page
[source] Perl server - low level socket programming - HTTP protocol tool
[source] Stand alone program to use web_fetch module to find links
[source] Parsing an XML feed which we get off a web server
[source] CGI script to fetch page from another server
[source] Simple web client - collect all links
[source] Simple web client subroutine - connect via HTTP and get a page
[source] Command line program to access webpage object
[source] Module to connect to a web server and grab a page
[source] LWP - sets own User Agent
[source] LWP - simplest test
[source] Web server in Perl to expose file system

Module P406 - More CGI Programs and Facilities
[2321] Uploading and Downloading files - changing names (Perl and PHP)
[1187] Updating a page strictly every minute (PHP, Perl)
[1009] Passing GET parameters through Apache mod_rewrite
[641] Simple but rugged form handling demo
[article] Making all your .html files run a Perl script
[source] emailing from Perl on a Windows box
[source] Multipart and updating CGI document
[source] Download a file off the server
[source] CGI script to receive and display uploaded file
[source] Utilities for CGI
[source] Edit a file all on one page!
[source] CGI script to receive uploaded file
[source] Emailing and working out the browser type

Module P407 - State and Cookies
[1951] Whisky - Setting and reading cookies from Perl
[243] new 'Perl on the Web' example
[article] Handling Cookies through CGI.pm
[source] Cookies from first principles - demonstration
[source] Perl, CGI, sessions - complete application template second steps
[source] Perl, CGI, sessions - complete application template, full demo
[source] Perl, CGI, sessions - application template, first principles

Module P408 - Standard Web Modules
[4100] Perl Dancer - from installation to your first real application
[4099] Perl Dancer - a Perl Framework - Installation and first test
[3485] Perl - retrieving and caching web resources
[2416] Automating access to a page obscured behind a holding page
[2402] Automated Browsing in Perl
[2229] Do not re-invent the wheel - use a Perl module
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[article] Using LWP to write Web Clients
[source] Use LWP UserAgent to check and see if a remote site has changed
[source] Grabbing a web page for cache if refresh needed
[source] Perl Dancer - Controllers and routes
[source] Simple demo of CGI.pm
[source] Grabbing a web page for cache
[source] Using CGI_Lite.pm - simple example
[source] Grabbing a web page for echo
[source] Setting, reading and deleting cookies
[source] first inner template - Dancer
[source] Grabbing a network resource through LWP UserAgent
[source] layout example - Dancer
[source] Using LWP::Simple to find all links from a web page
[source] Validate links from a page (LWP)
[source] configuration - Dancer
[source] Style sheet - Dancer
[source] Second template (form) - Dancer
[source] Using CGI.pm as a structured code
[source] A first example - grabbing a web page via LWP

Module P409 - Searching
[2233] Transforming data in Perl using lists of lists and hashes of hashes
[1183] Improving searches - from OR to AND?
[source] Setting of a background indexer from a CGI script
[source] Wider area search using a pregenerated central keyword resource
[source] Rekeying data - CGI example with form based control
[source] Setting up search indexes
[source] recursive search through HTML files
[source] Simple search through a few web pages
[source] Search form

Module P410 - Automated Email Answering
[2235] Sending awkward characters by email in Perl
[2232] Why sendmail one way, and pop3 the other?
[872] Email metrics
[source] Emailing from a Perl script to a variety or recipients
[source] Emailing from a Perl Script
[source] Mail form - sending email from Perl
[source] Using POP3 protocol to read emails into a Perl program

Module P412 - Using CGI.pm
[2231] What is CGI.pm / A dozen new examples
[article] Handling Cookies through CGI.pm
[source] CGI.pm OO form / for hidden field session demo
[source] CGI.pm - how to find server parameters such as remote address
[source] Hello CGI.pm world
[source] Reading back from a form via CGI.pm
[source] CGI.pm / sessions with hidden fields / page 2
[source] Using CGI.pm to upload an image - submission handler
[source] Server push - a series of responses pages
[source] Finding what fields have been submitted - CGI.pm
[source] Sample exercise answer - favourite breakfast
[source] How to set up a form using CGI.pm
[source] Simple seb page with CGI.pm
[source] Hello Object Oriented CGI.pm
[source] Setting up tables with CGI.pm
[source] CGI.pm - sessions using hidden fields
[source] function to clear old session files
[source] Complete shopping cart demo - using CGI.pm
[source] Report on cookies from browser
[source] Simple seb page withOUT CGI.pm (for comparison)
[source] Using CGI.pm to upload an image - initial form

Module P420 - SQL databases from a browser via Perl and CGI
[1885] Hiding a MySQL database behind a web page
[article] Accessing a MySQL database via a browser, Perl and CGI
[source] Display joined SQL tables via Perl
[source] patients data
[source] Operations Data
[source] Add via form to operation table
[source] Add via form to patient table
[source] Create table structure (SQL for demo)
[source] SQL test command
[source] Display joined SQL tables via Perl and Web and Browser

Module P600 - Perl 6
[4620] Perl 6 - a Practical Extraction and Reporting example!
[4611] Hungarian, Camel, Snake and Kebab - variable naming conventions
[4610] Sorting by key or by comparator - Perl 6
[4609] Mapping an array / list without a loop - how to do it in Perl 6
[4608] Introspecion in Perl 6
[4607] Classes and object - first steps in Perl 6
[4606] Using Perl 6 to analyse and report on data
[4605] Hello World - in Perl 6
[4604] Perl - version 6 - official version launched at Christmas
[2816] Intelligent Matching in Perl
[582] DWIM and AWWO
[source] A first class definition and use
[source] Practical script - finding smaller stations
[source] First data file analysis - using arrays, hashes, etc
[source] Hello Perl 6 world
[source] Data for Perl 6 demo programs in P600 module
[source] Read file, map all lines, sort results and display top 25

Module P602 - Advanced File and Directory Handling
[3429] Searching through all the files in or below a directory - Ruby, Tcl, Perl
[3412] Handling binary data in Perl is easy!
[2876] Different perl examples - some corners I rarely explore
[1861] Reactive (dynamic) formatting in Perl
[1832] Processing all files in a directory - Perl
[1709] There is more that one way - Perl
[1225] Perl - functions for directory handling
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[839] Reporting on the 10 largest files or 10 top scores
[article] File Locking
[source] $! in a string and a numeric context
[source] Copying a file block by block
[source] Co-operative file locing with flock
[source] recursively scanning directories
[source] Look for biggest files in a tree
[source] reading a specific number of bytes
[source] Using typeglobs to handle an effective array of files
[source] Four ways of finding the contents of a directory
[source] Accessing NDBM files
[source] Use of $! to find out why an action failed
[source] A progress line - hunting for huge files
[source] finding lost disc space - hunting for huge files
[source] Random access to a file - using a binary chop
[source] Establishing the type of a file system object
[source] Using file locking constants

Module P604 - Using Perl for Web Site Management
[3445] Perl and CGI - simple form, and monitoring script.
[2532] Analysing Google arrivals by country of origin
[2399] Firefighting with Perl
[314] What language is this written in?
[source] Report on server status

Module P605 - Perl Tools and Utilities
[316] Development Environments

Module P608 - Robots, Crawlers and Spiders
[2402] Automated Browsing in Perl
[2229] Do not re-invent the wheel - use a Perl module
[2045] Does robots.txt actually work?
[1031] robots.txt - a clue to hidden pages?

Module P609 - Network Security
[2688] Security considerations in programming - what do we teach?
[2238] Handling nasty characters - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Lua
[426] Robust checking of data entered by users

Module P616 - FTP and Telnet Modules
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[531] Packages in packages in Perl
[source] Recursive FTP client in Perl
[source] Simple FTP retreival in Perl
[source] Using ssh to contact a remote host
[source] Log in to a remote host and run a command

Module P623 - Alternatives to CGI
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[source] Simple modPerl Example
[source] Simple server in Perl

Module P667 - Handling Huge Data
[3375] How to interact with a Perl program while it is processing data
[3374] Speeding up your Perl code
[2834] Teaching examples in Perl - third and final part
[2806] Macho matching - do not do it!
[2805] How are you getting on?
[2376] Long job - progress bar techniques (Perl)
[1924] Preventing ^C stopping / killing a program - Perl
[1920] Progress Bar Techniques - Perl
[1397] Perl - progress bar, supressing ^C and coping with huge data flows
[975] Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions
[762] Huge data files - what happened earlier?
[639] Progress bars and other dynamic reports
[article] Data Monging
[source] Regular expression match - more specific and faster
[source] Example of the huge.pid file
[source] Improving sort efficient further - caching record analysis
[source] Merging two huge files
[source] Efficiency - reading a file in large blocks
[source] Regular expression match - don't save $' $` and $&
[source] Regular expression match - a start assertion speeds it up!
[source] Optimising code to avoid repeating calculations
[source] Long log file analysis, with progress and intermediate reporting
[source] Preprocessing a huge data file to set up indexes
[source] Asking a long running application for intermediate reports
[source] looking behind in huge data files
[source] Example of search results written to file
[source] Grab first ten sites on a topic area - QUICKLY via index
[source] Handling data in chunks - chunk overlap issue solved
[source] Class used in other examples in this module
[source] A program to test handling a small part of a huge data set
[source] slurping and sampling
[source] Progress Bar Techniques
[source] Finding largest file, with intermediate status reports
[source] Regular expression match - use of "o" modifier
[source] Providing user feedback while handling huge data
[source] Sorting and data filtering efficiency
[source] Generating a list of markers to a huge sorted data set
[source] Improving sort efficiency
[source] Regular expression match - inefficient example

Module P668 - Handling XML in Perl
[3874] Using Perl to read an RSS feed off a web site and extract data - via LWP and XML modules
[2555] Bookkeeping
[2378] Handling XML in Perl - introduction and early examples
[article] Using LWP to write Web Clients
[source] Parsing XML through LibXML
[source] Altering an XML document through LibXML
[source] Using XML::Parser to transfer an XML structure to memory
[source] Using debug mode to quickly check a document
[source] Standard cgi handler to collect form data
[source] Parsing XML - first test program
[source] XSLT sample for xlst1.pl demo
[source] Sample RSS data feed (XML data)
[source] Sample data file used in XML example
[source] Illustration of handling a stream
[source] Using XML::Parser to extract information - practical example
[source] Using Subs to report on an XML source
[source] XML sample for xslt1 demo
[source] Parsing XML within a cgi script
[source] Direct use of the Expat module
[source] Alternative - using handlers
[source] SAX parser - extracting titles from XML stream
[source] Class of XML element handlers
[source] Converting an XML document into a tree in Perl collection variables
[source] Using XML and XSLT to turn data into a web page

Module P669 - Data Munging
[4620] Perl 6 - a Practical Extraction and Reporting example!
[3764] Shell, Awk, Perl of Python?
[3707] Converting codons via Amino Acids to Proteins in Perl
[3335] Practical Extraction and Reporting
[2702] First and last match with Regular Expressions
[2129] Nothing beats Perl to solve a data manipulation requirement quickly
[1947] Perl substitute - the e modifier
[1509] Extracting information from a file of records
[1316] Filtering and altering Perl lists with grep and map
[597] Storing a regular expression in a perl variable
[article] Data Monging
[source] Handling an "arraY" - really a list - the oldfashioned way
[source] (Somewhat) conventional programming methods to parse data
[source] List iteration
[source] Sorting files by size - shortened example, harder to follow?
[source] Handling a file as a single string of text
[source] Using the power of lists to save code and time
[source] Data for sample bioinformatics program in Perl
[source] Compressing data to save memory
[source] Perl program to look for anagrams
[source] List manipulation - sorting files by size and reporting largest 10
[source] Conversion Codons -> Amino Acids -> Protein
[source] Alternative list iteration

Module P701 - What is Perl?
[3446] Awk v Perl
[1753] Perl v PHP, choosing the right language

Module P704 - Managing Perl Projects
[2375] Designing your data structures for a robust Perl application
[2070] Converting to Perl - the sort of programs you will write
[1395] Dont just convert to Perl - re-engineer!
[836] Build on what you already have with OO

Module P711 - An Introduction to Standards in Perl
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code
[3398] Perl - making best use of the flexibility, but also using good coding standards
[2875] A long day in Melksham ...
[2688] Security considerations in programming - what do we teach?
[2375] Designing your data structures for a robust Perl application
[1863] About dieing and exiting in Perl
[1853] Well structured coding in Perl
[1728] A short Perl example
[1555] Advanced Python, Perl, PHP and Tcl training courses / classes
[1395] Dont just convert to Perl - re-engineer!
[1345] Perl and Shell coding standards / costs of an IT project
[1221] Bathtubs and pecking birds
[1047] Maintainable code - some positive advice
[965] KISS - one action per statement please - Perl
[945] Code quality counts
[743] How to debug a Perl program
[668] Python - block insets help with documentation
[242] Satisfaction of training
[article] What makes a good variable name?
[source] Bad code - multiple actions in one statement
[source] About dieing in Perl

Module P770 - A Quick Look Ahead
[1215] An update on Perl - where is it going?

Module P772 - Practical Example - Perl in use
[2657] Want to do a big batch edit? Nothing beats Perl!
[2129] Nothing beats Perl to solve a data manipulation requirement quickly
[2047] Small Web Server in Perl
[source] Data file for place_people
[source] Manipulating a file of records to extract a report
[source] Application that demonstrates integration of all the fundamental elements of Perl
[source] Combine source code files into single dbn file

Module P774 - Good CGI scripting.
[4391] Refactoring Perl applications to give them a rosy future
[4320] An example of Model-View-Controller techniques in a Perl / CGI script
[263] Harmony
[262] A little bit of fun - the new Perl Quiz
[261] Putting a form online
[source] Message System in Perl
[source] Controller for Perl Framework, MVC demo
[source] Generic object used within business logic
[source] The FRAMEWORK for a common gateway interface application
[source] Top level code for quiz system demo
[source] Quiz - Statistical table generator
[source] Model for Perl Framework, MVC demo
[source] Helpers for Perl Framework, MVC demo
[source] Simple CGI script with separated view and elementary validation only
[source] View for Perl Framework, MVC demo
[source] Web helpers for quiz demo (and others too)
[source] Some sample quiz questions
[source] Business logic for quiz system demo

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Q: General programming subjects

Module Q050 - General Technical Subjects
[3213] Should I use Open Source or Commercial software?
[3112] Public and private courses - subjects available for 2011
[2800] The Merchants And
[2568] Forums for your Melksham and open source discussions
[2322] Looking for a practical standards course
[2099] Should I maintain the programming code on my own website?
[462] Big number
[article] Open Source - here to stay, or a flash in the pan?
[article] Web applications using LAMP technologies
[article] Free software - the joy of Open Source

Module Q100 - Learning to Progam
[4575] Learning not just what a program does, but how to design it in the first place.
[4337] Learning to program sample program - past its prime, but still useful
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code
[4325] Learning to program - what are algorithms and design patterns?
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[4318] Learning to Program - how we start to teach you at Well House Consultants
[4008] Reading and checking user inputs - first lessons - Ruby
[3895] Flowchart to program - learning to program with Well House
[3551] Some terms used in programming (Biased towards Python)
[3120] Learning to write good programs in C and C++ - separating out repeated code
[2973] Learning to program - where to start if you have never programmed before
[2898] Programming Standards from the start!
[2505] I almost put the bins out this morning
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2326] Learn a new programming language this summer.
[2294] Can you learn to program in 4 days?
[2286] New to programming? It is natural (but needless) for you to be nervous
[2092] Tracking difficult bugs, the programmer / customer relationship
[2048] Learning to program in PHP, Python, Java or Lua ...
[2001] I have not programmed before, and need to learn
[1985] Learning to program as a part of your job
[1963] Best source to learn Java (or Perl or PHP or Python)
[1605] Learning and understanding scripting programming techniques
[116] The next generation of programmer
[article] Why so many different courses?
[source] Conditionals
[source] Operator precedence
[source] Reading data from file
[source] Third validation example (catching errors) / Ruby
[source] An array to store multiple values
[source] Conditional code
[source] Whole program
[source] Ruby example - planning and documenting your code
[source] Quick first validation example / Ruby
[source] #define, breaking a loop, == testing
[source] Calling named blocks of code
[source] Named blocks of code (functions)
[source] A first program - a series of instructions
[source] Data for eleven.c and twelve.c
[source] Second validation example (function) / Ruby
[source] A first useful program in PHP
[source] without validation / Ruby
[source] Repeating blocks of code with a loop
[source] Calculations and precedence
[source] Calculate and print
[source] First use of functions and command line - Java

Module Q101 - Programming Principles
[4645] What are callbacks? Why use them? An example in Python
[4632] Remember to ask the question before you listen for the answer
[4611] Hungarian, Camel, Snake and Kebab - variable naming conventions
[4325] Learning to program - what are algorithms and design patterns?
[4206] Writing the perfect program in Tcl?
[4153] Rooms available tonight - how to code an algorithm from first principles
[4118] We not only teach PHP and Python - we teach good PHP and Python Practice!
[4090] Test Driven Development in Python - Customer Comes First
[4061] Seamless, integrated IT - we have a long way to go!
[4003] Web and console - same principle, same code - Ruby example
[3954] Lesson 1 in programing - write clean, reuseable and maintainable tidy code
[3928] Storing your intermediate data - what format should you you choose?
[3878] From Structured to Object Oriented Programming.
[3673] Object oriented or structured - a comparison in Python. Also writing clean regular expressions
[3551] Some terms used in programming (Biased towards Python)
[3548] Dark mornings, dog update, and Python and Lua courses before Christmas
[3542] What order are operations performed in, in a Perl expression?
[3456] Stepping stones - early coding, and writing re-usable code quickly
[3026] Coding efficiency - do not repeat yourself!
[2964] An introduction to file handling in programs - buffering, standard in and out, and file handles
[2915] Looking up a value by key - associative arrays / Hashes / Dictionaries
[2878] Program for reliability and efficiency - do not duplicate, but rather share and re-use
[2769] Easy - but for whom?
[2737] Improving your function calls (APIs) - General and PHP
[2586] And and Or illustrated by locks
[2550] Do not copy and paste code - there are much better ways
[2510] The music of the stock market
[2415] Variable names like i and j - why?
[2327] Planning!
[2310] Learning to write high quality code in Lua
[2228] Where do I start when writing a program?
[2022] Pre and post increment - the ++ operator
[2001] I have not programmed before, and need to learn
[article] copying an object - copy the reference
[source] CGI equivalent of Station Name / anagram program
[source] Sharing code between modules / Python
[source] Sample module for sharing ...
[source] reusing code in a module / Python
[source] Functional (structured) coding
[source] First Conditional
[source] First Loop
[source] Modular programming!
[source] Control case / Python
[source] Call by value and name - extended example
[source] Simple sample module
[source] Call by value and call be name
[source] difference between function and method
[source] Use of a sub to avoid repeating code
[source] Implementation of a design
[source] Comments and sequence of statements
[source] Ruby example - define and call a named block of code
[source] Designing an application - start here

Module Q102 - Choosing your language
[3785] Programming languages - what are the differences between them?
[3764] Shell, Awk, Perl of Python?
[3619] Ruby v Perl - a comparison example
[3558] Python or Lua - which should I use / learn?
[3169] Rekeying a table - comparison in #Ruby #Perl and #Python
[2866] Ruby - how does it compare and where is it the right language?
[2700] The same very simple program in many different programming languages
[2536] All the Cs ... and Java too
[2535] When should I use Java, Perl, PHP, or Python?
[2507] Admission
[2048] Learning to program in PHP, Python, Java or Lua ...
[2001] I have not programmed before, and need to learn
[1990] Speaking all the languages
[76] Learning to program in
[article] Is Perl truly an OO language?
[article] New to programming. Portable code. Perl or Java?
[source] Counting down in C++
[source] Counting down in Perl
[source] Counting down in PHP
[source] Counting down in Shell (Ksh or Bash)
[source] Counting down in Python
[source] Counting down in Ruby
[source] Counting down in Tcl
[source] Counting down in Java
[source] Counting down in C
[source] Counting down in Lua

Module Q104 -
[4575] Learning not just what a program does, but how to design it in the first place.

Module Q110 - Programming Algorithms
[4707] Some gems from an introduction to Python
[4656] Identifying the first and last records in a sequence
[4652] Testing new algorithms in PHP
[4410] A good example of recursion - a real use in Python
[4402] Finding sum, minimum, maximum and average in Python (and Ruby)
[4401] Selecting RECENT and POPULAR news and trends for your web site users
[4325] Learning to program - what are algorithms and design patterns?
[3662] Finding all the unique lines in a file, using Python or Perl
[3620] Finding the total, average, minimum and maximum in a program
[3451] Why would you want to use a Perl hash?
[3102] AND and OR operators - what is the difference between logical and bitwise varieties?
[3093] How many toilet rolls - hotel inventory and useage
[3072] Finding elements common to many lists / arrays
[3042] Least Common Ancestor - what is it, and a Least Common Ancestor algorithm implemented in Perl
[2993] Arrays v Lists - what is the difference, why use one or the other
[2951] Lots of way of converting 3 letter month abbreviations to numbers
[2894] Sorting people by their names
[2617] Comparing floating point numbers - a word of caution and a solution
[2586] And and Or illustrated by locks
[2509] A life lesson from the accuracy of numbers in Excel and Lua
[2259] Grouping rows for a summary report - MySQL and PHP
[2189] Matching disparate referencing systems (MediaWiki, PHP, also Tcl)
[1949] Nuclear Physics comes to our web site
[1840] Validating Credit Card Numbers
[1391] Ordnance Survey Grid Reference to Latitude / Longitude
[1187] Updating a page strictly every minute (PHP, Perl)
[1157] Speed Networking - a great evening and how we arranged it
[642] How similar are two words
[227] Bellringing and Programming and Objects and Perl
[202] Searching for numbers
[article] File Locking
[source] Handling unique lines from a file - Perl (generator)
[source] Some common algorithms applied to a file of data
[source] Least Common Ancestor
[source] Program to read in numbers and return some analysis (Python)
[source] Getting multiple results from a single data traversal
[source] Minimum, maximum, total, average, count (Ruby)
[source] summing a collection
[source] Handling unique lines from a file - Perl (list)
[source] Handling unique lines from a file - Python
[source] Counting the number of times something occurs
[source] finding extreme values from a collection

Module Q111 - Programming Security - the considerations.
[4090] Test Driven Development in Python - Customer Comes First

Module Q456 - Test Driven Development and Behaviour Driven Development
[4652] Testing new algorithms in PHP
[4634] Regression testing - via a very short C testing framework
[4542] The principle of mocking - and the Python Mock package
[4457] Test framework for TCL - Tcltest - some examples
[4387] Regression Testing my website - Cucumber and Watir
[4380] Behaviour Driven Development / Ruby and Cucumber
[4374] Test driven development, and class design, from first principles (using C++)
[4346] A behaviour driven example of writing a Java program
[4336] Test Driven Development - a first example of principle in C
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code

Module Q624 - HTML - An Overview
[4034] The VERY basics of a web page ... and web site
[1831] Text formating for HTML, with PHP
[1463] All the special characters in HTML ...
[1160] HTML - example of a simple web page
[857] Strikingly busy
[433] FTP - how to make the right transfers
[source] Sample HTML document from this module

Module Q625 - HTML for Web Application Authors
[2913] Six languages in one file - an HTML++ web page
[2246] What difference does using the XHTML standard really make?
[source] A Sample Table
[source] Generating a table from a PHP script
[source] List form and environment information

Module Q777 -
[2971] Should the public sector compete with businesses? and other deep questions
[2607] Answers on Ruby on Rails
[1976] Where is this IP address, IPv4 and IPv6
[1513] Perl, PHP or Python? No - Perl AND PHP AND Python!

Module Q801 - What are Regular Expressions?
[4763] Regex Reference sheet
[4505] Regular Expressions for the petrified - in Ruby
[2844] Learning about Regular Expressions in C through examples
[2563] Efficient debugging of regular expressions
[1195] Regular Express Primer
[article] Pattern Matching - a primer on regular Expressions
[source] Some Advanced Regular Expression handling (Perl)

Module Q802 - Regular Expression Elements
[4763] Regex Reference sheet
[4505] Regular Expressions for the petrified - in Ruby
[2804] Regular Expression Myths
[1849] String matching in Perl with Regular Expressions
[1799] Regular Expressions in PHP
[1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP
[1480] Next course - 7th January 2008, Regular Expressions
[453] Commenting Perl regular expressions
[article] Pattern Matching - a primer on regular Expressions
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing

Module Q803 - Regular Expressions - Extra Elements
[3650] Possessive Regular Expression Matching - Perl, Objective C and some other languages
[3516] Regular Expression modifiers in PHP - summary table
[3100] Looking ahead and behind in Regular Expressions - double matching
[3089] Python regular expressions - repeating, splitting, lookahead and lookbehind
[2909] Be gentle rather than macho ... regular expression techniques
[1860] Seven new intermediate Perl examples
[1735] Finding words and work boundaries (MySQL, Perl, PHP)
[1613] Regular expression for 6 digits OR 25 digits
[1601] Replacing the last comma with an and
[1372] A taster PHP expression ...
[1336] Ignore case in Regular Expression
[943] Matching within multiline strings, and ignoring case in regular expressions
[source] Post Code hunter / Perl
[source] Negative lookbehind - fail if you have just passed over [python]
[source] Negative look ahead
[source] Sparse, Greedy and Possessive matching
[source] Testing validity of ISBN number, including check digit
[source] Back References
[source] Comparison of Greedy and Sparse [python] ...
[source] Negative lookahead - does not consume / must fail to match [Python]
[source] Perl - match and extract from a postcode

Module Q804 - Regular Expression Internals
[3091] How do regular expressions work / Regular Expression diagrams
[3090] Matching to a string - what if it matches in many possible ways?
[2806] Macho matching - do not do it!
[2727] Making a Lua program run more than 10 times faster
[1480] Next course - 7th January 2008, Regular Expressions

Module Q805 - Advanced Regular Expression Components
[3790] Solution looking for a problem? Lookahead and Lookbehind
[3100] Looking ahead and behind in Regular Expressions - double matching
[3089] Python regular expressions - repeating, splitting, lookahead and lookbehind
[2909] Be gentle rather than macho ... regular expression techniques
[728] Looking ahead and behind in a Regular Expression
[source] Checking if part of a string matches twice with look-ahead
[source] negative lookahead - example and alterative

Module Q806 - Regular Expression Cookbook
[3788] Getting more than a yes / no answer from a regular expression pattern match
[3218] Matching a license plate or product code - Regular Expressions
[2804] Regular Expression Myths
[2727] Making a Lua program run more than 10 times faster
[2702] First and last match with Regular Expressions
[2608] Search and replace in Ruby - Ruby Regular Expressions
[2563] Efficient debugging of regular expressions
[2165] Making Regular Expressions easy to read and maintain
[1840] Validating Credit Card Numbers
[1305] Regular expressions made easy - building from components
[1230] Commenting a Perl Regular Expression
[672] Keeping your regular expressions simple
[article] Regular Expressions in Java
[source] Regular Expressions in PHP - from simple yes/no to ancilliary responses
[source] making regular expressions easier to read [Python]

Module Q904 - Analysing a Programming Task
[3895] Flowchart to program - learning to program with Well House
[3461] From flowchart to program - code design for the newcomer
[3366] Specification, Design, Implementation, Testing and Documentation - stages of a (Java) programming project
[3329] Perl from basics
[2834] Teaching examples in Perl - third and final part
[2715] Uploading an image, document or pdf via a browser (php)
[2327] Planning!
[1853] Well structured coding in Perl
[1850] Daisy the Cow and a Pint of Ginger Beer
[1607] Learning to program in Perl
[1513] Perl, PHP or Python? No - Perl AND PHP AND Python!
[1345] Perl and Shell coding standards / costs of an IT project
[747] The Fag Packet Design Methodology
[source] Well Structured program in C. Read / calc / report
[source] Analysing a problem - how long a train?
[source] Top down design - first example in Perl
[source] Planning a simple application - the result

Module Q906 - Object Orientation: Individual Objects
[4650] Why populate object with values as you construct them?
[4591] From single block to structure and object oriented programming
[4448] What is the difference between a function and a method?
[4021] Spike solution, refactored and reusable, Python - Example
[3721] Naming blocks of code, structures and Object Orientation - efficient coding in manageable chunks
[3436] Moving from scripting to Object Orientation in Python
[2651] Calculation within objects - early, last minute, or cached?
[2393] A first demonstration of OO, including polymorphism
[2173] Basic OO principles
[2171] Cleaning up redundant objects
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[1864] Object Oriented Perl - First Steps
[1543] Learning Object Oriented Principles (and perhaps Java)
[507] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[227] Bellringing and Programming and Objects and Perl
[article] Incr-Tcl - Object Oriented extension to Tcl
[article] Object Orientation in Perl - First Steps
[source] Creating and using Perl objects in a class
[source] Bell change class - notation and change interpreter
[source] Calling functions in Perl from another file
[source] Log file gap reporter - using multiple objects (Python)
[source] An array of objects
[source] Structured code in Java
[source] Creating and using objects in Perl
[source] Test program for the "bells" class
[source] creating a hash of data in a package in Perl
[source] First Class demo
[source] Methods (C++) - functions that run on an object
[source] Functions - passing in a structure
[source] Object coding
[source] Final example - calling basic Perl classes
[source] Using the Object Oriented idiom
[source] Functional coding
[source] creating a hash of data in Perl
[source] Structured code in Perl
[source] Creating and accessing simple objects in Perl
[source] Using the scripting idiom
[source] Calling functions from a module in Perl
[source] Functions - fundamental calls
[source] Log file gap reporter - using logtime object (Python)
[source] single block coding
[source] Log file gap reporter - single code block (Python)

Module Q907 - Object Orientation: Design Techniques
[4628] Associative objects - one object within another.
[4449] Spike solution, refactoring into encapsulated object methods - good design practise
[4430] The spirit of Java - delegating to classes
[4374] Test driven development, and class design, from first principles (using C++)
[4098] Using object orientation for non-physical objects
[3978] Teaching OO - how to avoid lots of window switching early on
[3928] Storing your intermediate data - what format should you you choose?
[3887] Inheritance, Composition and Associated objects - when to use which - Python example
[3878] From Structured to Object Oriented Programming.
[3844] Rooms ready for guests - each time, every time, thanks to good system design
[3798] When you should use Object Orientation even in a short program - Python example
[3763] Spike solutions and refactoring - a Python example
[3760] Why you should use objects even for short data manipulation programs in Ruby
[3607] Designing your application - using UML techniques
[3454] Your PHP website - how to factor and refactor to reduce growing pains
[3260] Ruby - a training example that puts many language elements together to demonstrate the whole
[3085] Object Oriented Programming for Structured Programmers - conversion training
[3063] Comments in and on Perl - a case for extreme OO programming
[2977] What is a factory method and why use one? - Example in Ruby
[2953] Turning an exercise into the real thing with extreme programming
[2889] Should Python classes each be in their own file?
[2878] Program for reliability and efficiency - do not duplicate, but rather share and re-use
[2865] Relationships between Java classes - inheritance, packaging and others
[2785] The Light bulb moment when people see how Object Orientation works in real use
[2747] Containment, Associative Objects, Inheritance, packages and modules
[2741] What is a factory?
[2717] The Multiple Inheritance Conundrum, interfaces and mixins
[2523] Plan your application before you start
[2501] Simples
[2380] Object Oriented programming - a practical design example
[2327] Planning!
[2170] Designing a heirarcy of classes - getting inheritance right
[2169] When should I use OO techniques?
[1538] Teaching Object Oriented Java with Students and Ice Cream
[1528] Object Oriented Tcl
[1435] Object Oriented Programming in Perl - Course
[1224] Object Relation Mapping (ORM)
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[1047] Maintainable code - some positive advice
[836] Build on what you already have with OO
[831] Comparison of Object Oriented Philosophy - Python, Java, C++, Perl
[747] The Fag Packet Design Methodology
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[534] Design - one name, one action
[507] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[236] Tapping in on resources
[80] OO - real benefits
[article] Mapping database rows to objects in a class
[source] First Class definitions and use
[source] Piece of content - setters and getters
[source] Muliple classes / inheritance / polymorphism
[source] Rail Stock Demonstration - structured
[source] Perl Module - for poctest demo
[source] Headers for test pattern
[source] Designing and implementing a class - C++ - stage 4 - initial test reporting
[source] Piece of Content - using Perl's OO features
[source] Headers for main class being developed
[source] Rail stock demonstration - Object Oriented
[source] Moving detail into classes
[source] Data for rail stock demo
[source] high, higher, highest (static method)
[source] Designing and implementing a class - C++ - stage 3 - define methods
[source] Designing and implementing a class - C++ - stage 2 - add API definition
[source] Function definitions for Test Pattern Class
[source] Piece of Content - main program to use poc.pm module
[source] Associative class example - log file analysis - Ruby
[source] Designing and implementing a class - C++ - stage 5 - functional test reporting
[source] Piece of Content - add a catch-all AUTOLOAD
[source] Piece of Content - encapsulate logic in package
[source] Piece of Content - a list of objects
[source] Designing and implementing a class - stage 1, test program
[source] Designing and implementing a class - C++ - stage 7 - separate files
[source] Function definitions for class being developed
[source] Designing and implementing a class - C++ - stage 6 - test pattern object
[source] Designing and implementing a class - C++ - stage 5a - adding another accessor method
[source] Comparator across multiple classes
[source] Piece of Content - encapsulation in a package
[source] Piece of Content - extended class and inheritance

Module Q908 - Object Orientation: Design Patterns
[4673] Separating detailed data code from the main application - Ruby example
[4663] Easy data to object mapping (csv and Python)
[4626] Singleton design pattern - examples and uses
[4581] Thin application, thick objects - keep you main code simple. Example in Ruby
[4421] How healthy are the stars of stage and screen?
[4396] Java Utility class - flexible replacement for array. Also cacheing in objects and multiple catch clauses example.
[4377] Designing a base class and subclasses, and their extension, in C++
[4359] How to avoid too many recalculations within an object
[4356] Object factories in C++, Python, PHP and Perl
[4330] Java - factory method, encapsulation, hashmap example
[4325] Learning to program - what are algorithms and design patterns?
[4098] Using object orientation for non-physical objects
[4096] Perl design patterns example
[4021] Spike solution, refactored and reusable, Python - Example
[3843] Caching Design Patterns
[3810] Reading files, and using factories to create vectors of objects from the data in C++
[3716] Learning C++ - a design pattern for your first class
[3608] Design Patterns - what are they? Why use them?
[2977] What is a factory method and why use one? - Example in Ruby
[2741] What is a factory?
[2322] Looking for a practical standards course
[1224] Object Relation Mapping (ORM)
[485] North, Norther and Northest - PHP 5 Objects
[source] Full OO example / various design patterns in Perl
[source] Code to illustrate UML examples
[source] Singleton class in PHP
[source] Validation of parameters object
[source] Test and demonstration for Validate.pm
[source] Factory, Comparator, Object Sort routine
[source] caching design pattern
[source] Factory for webpage objects

Module Q909 - Object Orientation: Composite Objects
[4450] Deciding whether to use parameters, conditional statements or subclasses
[4394] Philosophy behind object design - and how I applied in to a Java example
[4377] Designing a base class and subclasses, and their extension, in C++
[3979] Extended and Associated objects - what is the difference - C++ example
[3609] How do classes relate to each other? Associated Classes
[3251] C++ - objects that are based on other objects, saving coding and adding robustness
[3152] Jargon busting
[3142] Private and Public - and things between
[2922] Getting the OO design write - with PHP a example
[2865] Relationships between Java classes - inheritance, packaging and others
[2641] Object Oriented Programming in PHP
[2170] Designing a heirarcy of classes - getting inheritance right
[1348] Screw it or Glue it? Access to Object variables - a warning
[1345] Perl and Shell coding standards / costs of an IT project
[592] NOT Gone phishing
[477] Class, static and unbound variables
[article] Inheritance
[source] Adding operator overloading
[source] Test Harness - Java
[source] Base class - Java
[source] Framework for Inheritance example
[source] March 2015 / multiple classes in Python
[source] Farm Subclass - Java
[source] Associated object - in C++
[source] Pet subclass - Java
[source] A set of classes in PHP, factory method, comparators and test harness
[source] Adding test harness
[source] Inheritance, Overriding, Polymorphism, Object comparison of different types [Python]
[source] Adding a factory / static method
[source] Residents and Delegates - extended from customers [Python]
[source] Inheritance example - Constructors and first accessors

Module Q910 - GUI principles
[4589] Principles or a GUI and their practical application using wxPthon
[4258] Keeping you Tkinter display up to date while monitoring
[3081] wxPython - simple example to add GUI to a server log file analysis
[2746] Model - View - Controller demo, Sqlite - Python 3 - Qt4
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[source] Controller - complete PyQt (Python 3, Qt4) GUI app
[source] Model - complete PyQt (Python 3, Qt4) GUI app
[source] Model (data class) - complete PyQt (Python 3, Qt4) GUI app
[source] First View - complete PyQt (Python 3, Qt4) GUI app
[source] Alternative View - complete PyQt (Python 3, Qt4) GUI app

Module Q912 - Network Programming Principles
[630] Hostnames spring forward

Module Q913 - Computer Graphics Principles
[3262] Some SVG Elements, pixel and percent positioning
[3261] Scalable Vector Graphics - easy, low bandwidth, high resolution, dynamic.
[3211] Computer Graphics in PHP - World (incoming data) to Pixel (screen) conversion
[3148] OpenGL / C / C++ - an example to get you started
[3049] Computer Graphics is fun - even if Java Applets are Old Hat
[2992] Matplotlib - graphing in Python - teaching examples
[2758] But what will you DO with all those pictures?
[2633] Why do I teach niche skills rather than mainstream?
[2245] Client side (Applet) and Server side (Servlet) Graphics in Java
[source] Fixed and relative positioning
[source] OpenGl / C / Mac OS X
[source] How to include an SVG file in a web page
[source] Sample of an SVG file

Module Q914 - Principles of Code Optimisation
[2092] Tracking difficult bugs, the programmer / customer relationship

Module Q915 - Principles of Model - View - Controller
[4691] Real life PHP application using our course training MVC example
[4641] Using an MVC structure - even without a formal framework
[4527] Hello Flask world / Python web micro framework
[4391] Refactoring Perl applications to give them a rosy future
[4320] An example of Model-View-Controller techniques in a Perl / CGI script
[4114] Teaching CodeIgniter - MVC and PHP
[4066] MVC and Frameworks - a lesson from first principles in PHP
[4010] Really Simple Rails
[3919] What is a web framework?
[3705] Django Training Courses - UK
[3624] Why do we need a Model, View, Controller architecture?
[3454] Your PHP website - how to factor and refactor to reduce growing pains
[3237] Using functions to keep look and feel apart from calculations - simple C example
[2612] The Model, View, Controller architecture (MVC) - what, why and how.
[2199] Improving the structure of your early PHP programs
[687] Presentation, Business and Persistence layers in Perl and PHP
[source] Bus user choice - the things the user must weigh up
[source] Web Helpers - updated for bus future choice example
[source] Tempate for bus service choice
[source] Weights table - bus future choice
[source] 4 layer model - business logic for selecting bus futures
[source] Framework - Bus Service Choice
[source] result text - bus service choice demo

Module Q916 - Database design principles
[2749] Delegate Question - defining MySQL table relationships as you create the tables
[918] Databases needn't be frightening, hard or expensive
[666] Database design - get it right from first principles
[572] Giving the researcher power over database analysis
[375] Oops - I got my initial database design wrong

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R: Ruby programming and use

Module R050 - Ruby - General
[4583] Back in the saddle again - excellent open source course from Well House Consultants
[4294] A bright new gem - updated Ruby training
[3799] Ruby Documentation through rdoc
[3158] Ruby training - some fresh examples for string handling applications
[2866] Ruby - how does it compare and where is it the right language?
[2826] Ruby - training for automated testing users
[2605] Ruby on Rails - a sample application to teach you how
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2227] Learning PHP, Ruby, Lua and Python - upcoming courses
[2104] Ruby Programming and Rails - 4 different courses in one
[article] Ror - Ruby on Rails
[article] Converting to Ruby? Start here
[source] prompt, read, echo, calculate
[source] read - calculate - output
[source] Hello world and elsewhere
[source] Simple Ruby Program - read, calculate, output
[source] All together - class, factory, comparable, exception, files, strings, arrays
[source] Where has Googlebot crawled?
[source] Subclass, Inheritance, Polymorphism, static methods, factories ...
[source] Sample Application - Read and analyse a web access log file
[source] Initial Demo - finding matching lines in a file
[source] Simple file parsing
[source] calculation, coercion, etc
[source] if elif else ... and while
[source] log file analysis
[source] loop showing iterations

Module R101 - Introduction
[4498] Ruby - where one statement ends and the next begins
[4369] Ruby - the second rung of learning the language
[2607] Answers on Ruby on Rails
[2287] Learning to program in Ruby - examples of the programming basics
[2286] New to programming? It is natural (but needless) for you to be nervous
[1887] Ruby Programming Course - Saturday and Sunday
[1375] Python v Ruby
[1302] Ruby, Ruby, Ruby. Rails, Rails, Rails.
[1041] Learnt in London - Ruby, Martini, Coral and the Core
[1027] Cue the music, I'm happy.
[664] Ruby course - oops - it's not happening
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[article] Ruby Regular Expressions
[article] Conditionals, loops, and iterators in Ruby
[source] Some simple Ruby stuff
[source] Simple input, calculate, print
[source] Use of intermediate variables - alternative
[source] Use of intermediate variables
[source] Prompt, read from user, calculate, output in Ruby
[source] First Variables in Ruby

Module R102 - Hello Ruby Objects
[4673] Separating detailed data code from the main application - Ruby example
[4581] Thin application, thick objects - keep you main code simple. Example in Ruby
[4580] Easy example - data record to object and object to data record mapping in Ruby
[4369] Ruby - the second rung of learning the language
[4009] Clear, concise examples - Ruby classes and objects.
[2603] Ruby objects - a primer
[2287] Learning to program in Ruby - examples of the programming basics
[source] Moving detail into objects - after
[source] Object Orientation in Ruby - Training Example
[source] Definition of a train - to be shared between all railway applications
[source] Define class, create and use instances of it
[source] thick class, thin application example
[source] Application to call in group of classes from a library file
[source] A class showing each variable scope in use
[source] Define and use a class
[source] Calling program to access class in another file
[source] Use of 'self' in Ruby
[source] Operators as methods - polymorphism in *
[source] Sample class in its own file
[source] data record to object and object to data record mapping
[source] Moving detail into objects - before

Module R103 - Basic Ruby Language Elements
[4504] Where does Ruby load modules from, and how to load from current directory
[4369] Ruby - the second rung of learning the language
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[3758] Ruby - standard operators are overloaded. Perl - they are not
[3430] Sigils - the characters on the start of variable names in Perl, Ruby and Fortran
[3278] Do I need to initialise variables - programming in C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby or Java.
[2617] Comparing floating point numbers - a word of caution and a solution
[2613] Constants in Ruby
[2296] Variable scope - what is it, and how does it Ruby?
[2287] Learning to program in Ruby - examples of the programming basics
[986] puts - opposite of chomp in Ruby
[source] Floating point rounding errors
[source] Print alternatives
[source] Easier output formatting in double quoted strings
[source] Calculations within double quotes
[source] Some early gotchas!
[source] Constants in Ruby
[source] A simple calculation in Ruby
[source] FAILS to continue a line
[source] Throw a die and track sum of throws
[source] Formatting strings and conversions
[source] Common Ruby Pitfalls

Module R104 - Control Structures
[4674] Alternating valuses / flip-flop / toggle - example in Ruby
[4504] Where does Ruby load modules from, and how to load from current directory
[4503] Separating your code for easier testing, understanding and re-use; example in Ruby
[4402] Finding sum, minimum, maximum and average in Python (and Ruby)
[4370] Conditionals, loops and methods in Ruby - a primer with simple examples
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[3769] Muttable v immutable and implications - Ruby
[3620] Finding the total, average, minimum and maximum in a program
[3619] Ruby v Perl - a comparison example
[3422] Assigning values to variables within other statements - Ruby
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[3254] Multiple inputs, multiple out, ruby functions
[3253] Is this number between? Does this list include? - Ruby
[3200] How a for loop works Java, Perl and other languages
[3159] Returning multiple values from a function call in various languages - a comparison
[3158] Ruby training - some fresh examples for string handling applications
[3156] Splitting data reading code from data processing code - Ruby
[2975] Why do I need brackets in Ruby ... or Perl, Python, C or Java
[2892] Alternative loops and conditionals in Ruby and Perl
[2711] For loop - checked once, or evety time? Ruby v Perl comparison and contrast
[2619] Passing code to procedures and yield in Ruby
[2471] A short form of if ... then ... else
[2287] Learning to program in Ruby - examples of the programming basics
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1891] Ruby to access web services
[1887] Ruby Programming Course - Saturday and Sunday
[1870] What to do with a huge crop of apples
[1738] Clean code, jump free (Example in Lua)
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1587] Some Ruby programming examples from our course
[1582] Ruby, C, Java and more - getting out of loops
[1220] for loop - how it works (Perl, PHP, Java, C, etc)
[1163] A better alternative to cutting and pasting code
[995] Ruby's case - no break
[985] Equality in Ruby - == eql? and equal?
[962] Breaking a loop - Ruby and other languages
[960] 1st, 2nd, 3rd revisited in Ruby
[article] Converting to Ruby? Start here
[article] Conditionals, loops, and iterators in Ruby
[source] between and include
[source] In Ruby you can redefine a function ...
[source] Iterators in Ruby
[source] Requiring a module from the current directory
[source] yield (co-routines / generator)
[source] Throwing dice, summing, printing average
[source] immutable object (integer)
[source] Comparators - what is true?
[source] Defining and using a method
[source] redefine a method in Ruby
[source] Default a parameter to nil
[source] Example of Ruby conditionals
[source] mutable object (array)
[source] for and each loops over an array. Also sorting
[source] toggling a variable - ruby
[source] Separation of repeated and specialist code
[source] if elsif elsif else
[source] while, until and for loops - comparison
[source] Variable and method of same name
[source] Method, parameter, optional parameter
[source] How many teams needed?
[source] ? : conditional operator in Ruby
[source] Quick first validation example
[source] Methods and default parameter
[source] Multiple return values from a function
[source] Passing code blocks to procedures
[source] Break redo next and retry
[source] Multiple actions in a single statement
[source] calculating default parameters
[source] Lazy operators
[source] Putting common code in a name block (function)
[source] multiple returns and unlimited parameters
[source] Loop structures in Ruby
[source] Some unusual conditionals and loops
[source] Loop in ruby - run until it breaks
[source] Class exercise - ordering lunches
[source] Dynamic redefinition of a method
[source] Loop and conditional - exercise

Module R105 - Classes and Objects
[4502] Reading and parsing a JSON object in Ruby
[4009] Clear, concise examples - Ruby classes and objects.
[3421] Ruby off the Rails?
[2651] Calculation within objects - early, last minute, or cached?
[2616] Defining a static method - Java, Python and Ruby
[2609] Scope of variables - important to Ruby on Rails
[2603] Ruby objects - a primer
[2292] Object Orientation in Ruby - intermediate examples
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[983] Blessing in Perl / Member variable in Ruby
[article] Basic class definition and use in Ruby
[source] Define and use a class
[source] Standard methods!
[source] A class with a test harness
[source] How to define and use a class
[source] File -> Objects -> Analysis
[source] Sample class with accessors and comparator methods
[source] Use a class defined in another file
[source] Call in a class from another file
[source] Static (class) method definition and use
[source] Accessing class variables, and adding methods
[source] Displaying via an Inset class
[source] Simple class and use
[source] Just define a class for use elsewhere

Module R106 - Input and Output in Ruby
[4678] Expect with Ruby - a training example to get you started
[4499] Significant work - beyond helloworld in Ruby
[3429] Searching through all the files in or below a directory - Ruby, Tcl, Perl
[2974] Formatting your output - options available in Ruby
[2893] Exclamation marks and question marks on ruby method names
[2621] Ruby collections and strings - some new examples
[2614] Neatly formatting results into a table
[2290] Opening and reading files - the ruby fundamentals
[1887] Ruby Programming Course - Saturday and Sunday
[1587] Some Ruby programming examples from our course
[source] File status checks
[source] Find and count matching lines in file
[source] Run a process from Ruby, stream output back
[source] Testing files
[source] Reading from another process
[source] Checking a whole directory tree
[source] Checking if a file exists and writing to a file
[source] Formatted printing
[source] Running another process - netstat example
[source] Read a page given its url
[source] parse a directory
[source] iterating through a file, file output
[source] All files in a directory
[source] chop and chop!
[source] Analysing a file / counting events
[source] File handling demonstration

Module R107 - Collections (Arrays and Hashes) in Ruby
[4502] Reading and parsing a JSON object in Ruby
[4499] Significant work - beyond helloworld in Ruby
[4368] Shuffling a list - Ruby and Python
[3757] Ruby - a teaching example showing many of the language features in short but useful program
[3435] Sorta sorting a hash, and what if an exception is NOT thrown - Ruby
[3257] All possible combinations from a list (Python) or array (Ruby)
[3255] Process every member of an array, and sort an array - Ruby
[3253] Is this number between? Does this list include? - Ruby
[2976] Creating, extending, traversing and combining Ruby arrays
[2621] Ruby collections and strings - some new examples
[2618] What are Ruby Symbols?
[2606] Sorting arrays and hashes in Ruby
[2291] Collection objects (array and hash) in Ruby
[991] Adding a member to a Hash in Ruby
[source] Swapping two variables
[source] Array methods such as grep
[source] Symbols
[source] %w to set up an array, and compact
[source] Copying an object in Ruby
[source] methods on arrays
[source] Simple but practical hash example
[source] Sorting in Ruby
[source] Array of counters - log file statistics
[source] Setting up and using a hash
[source] First hash in Ruby
[source] Array of arrays
[source] Randomiser of images
[source] Combining arrays
[source] First hash in Ruby
[source] all possible combinations from an array
[source] Hash to count server accesses
[source] array sorting and iterating
[source] Arrays, and iterating through them
[source] Sorting the keys of a hash
[source] Read, interpret a data file
[source] First Array
[source] Combining arrays - element by element "and" and "or"
[source] Symbols v strings
[source] A Hash of arrays in ruby
[source] Read an Apache httpd access log file and count statuses
[source] Using a hash to count web server accesses
[source] Defining, adding to, iterating through an array
[source] Basic Array manipulation
[source] Arrays of arrays

Module R108 - More Classes and Objects
[4551] Testing your new class - first steps with cucumber
[4550] Build up classes into applications sharing data types in Ruby
[4504] Where does Ruby load modules from, and how to load from current directory
[4366] Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages
[3782] Standard methods available on all objects in Ruby
[3781] Private, Protected, Public in Ruby. What about interfaces and abstract classes in Ruby?
[3760] Why you should use objects even for short data manipulation programs in Ruby
[3260] Ruby - a training example that puts many language elements together to demonstrate the whole
[3158] Ruby training - some fresh examples for string handling applications
[3154] Changing a class later on - Ruby
[3142] Private and Public - and things between
[2980] Ruby - examples of regular expressions, inheritance and polymorphism
[2977] What is a factory method and why use one? - Example in Ruby
[2717] The Multiple Inheritance Conundrum, interfaces and mixins
[2623] Object Oriented Ruby - new examples
[2620] Direct access to object variable (attributes) in Ruby
[2616] Defining a static method - Java, Python and Ruby
[2604] Tips for writing a test program (Ruby / Python / Java)
[2603] Ruby objects - a primer
[2601] Ruby - is_a? v instance_of? - what is the difference?
[2292] Object Orientation in Ruby - intermediate examples
[1587] Some Ruby programming examples from our course
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[184] MTBF of coffee machines
[article] Basic class definition and use in Ruby
[article] Modules, Mixins and Comparators in Ruby
[source] Server Log Analysis
[source] Comparator methods (larger and smaller)
[source] default - variables are LOCAL
[source] Class / Interitance / Test program data
[source] With $ - variables are global
[source] Amending a base class even after it has been extended
[source] Inheritance in Ruby
[source] no returns on a Ruby method
[source] Object and Class variables (dynamic and static)
[source] Class / Interitance / Test program example showing good practise
[source] Sample class used in sharing example
[source] Simplest Inheritance Example
[source] Static Method
[source] gherkin / features of station class
[source] third example use of classes
[source] Sample class used in sharing example
[source] Inheritance in Ruby
[source] Single class demo
[source] Operator (+) and to_string overloading, Ruby
[source] Server Log Analysis (2)
[source] Listing of standard methods
[source] Cucumber implemented test code for station.feature behaviour
[source] Inheritance, factories, statics, DATA, lazy ops, to_s
[source] Operator overloading
[source] second program that uses classes
[source] Data manipulation - object approach
[source] Inheritance, Class methods, Attribute Accessors, operator overloading
[source] A class with some class (static) and singleton members
[source] Single class example for extension by inheritance
[source] Cluster of related (inheriting) transport classes and test program
[source] Copy v clone
[source] attribute accessors
[source] Data manipulation - structured approach
[source] static and dynamic member variables and methods
[source] Class demo - lots of extras

Module R109 - Strings and Regular Expressions
[4549] Clarrissa-Marybelle - too long to really fit?
[4505] Regular Expressions for the petrified - in Ruby
[4388] Global Regular Expression matching in Ruby (using scan)
[3758] Ruby - standard operators are overloaded. Perl - they are not
[3757] Ruby - a teaching example showing many of the language features in short but useful program
[3621] Matching regular expressions, and substitutions, in Ruby
[3424] Divide 10000 by 17. Do you get 588.235294117647, 588.24 or 588? - Ruby and PHP
[2980] Ruby - examples of regular expressions, inheritance and polymorphism
[2623] Object Oriented Ruby - new examples
[2621] Ruby collections and strings - some new examples
[2614] Neatly formatting results into a table
[2608] Search and replace in Ruby - Ruby Regular Expressions
[2295] The dog is not in trouble
[2293] Regular Expressions in Ruby
[1891] Ruby to access web services
[1887] Ruby Programming Course - Saturday and Sunday
[1875] What are exceptions - Python based answer
[1588] String interpretation in Ruby
[1305] Regular expressions made easy - building from components
[1195] Regular Express Primer
[987] Ruby v Perl - interpollating variables
[986] puts - opposite of chomp in Ruby
[970] String duplication - x in Perl, * in Python and Ruby
[article] Pattern Matching - a primer on regular Expressions
[article] Ruby Regular Expressions
[article] String Functions in Ruby
[source] extracting sections from a match
[source] Regular Expression Substitution
[source] Formatted printing
[source] search, search / replace, search / execute / replace
[source] Running a piped command via backquotes
[source] Scan for global matches
[source] Regular Expression Alternative Example
[source] + and * on strings in Ruby
[source] Cleaning up a phone number and checking a postcode
[source] Ruby regular expression demo
[source] Embedded variables in strings
[source] Formatting values in Ruby
[source] Ways of writing a string
[source] Using some of ruby's string methods
[source] the compact method removes nil elements from an array
[source] Splitting at a regular expression
[source] Commenting a regular expression
[source] Using a string as a collection
[source] Some String Handling
[source] formatting - adjust for longest string
[source] Regular Expression Primer Example
[source] Here Documents in Ruby
[source] Regular Expression (including documenation)
[source] Formatting example - splitting money between nieces and nephews
[source] Class for email addresses / regex for splitting and checking
[source] Formatting a table of data

Module R110 - Special Variables and Pseudo-Variables
[4682] One line scripts - Awk, Perl and Ruby
[4502] Reading and parsing a JSON object in Ruby
[3757] Ruby - a teaching example showing many of the language features in short but useful program
[2623] Object Oriented Ruby - new examples
[2613] Constants in Ruby
[2296] Variable scope - what is it, and how does it Ruby?
[1891] Ruby to access web services
[1587] Some Ruby programming examples from our course
[1586] Variable types in Ruby
[990] Ruby - Totally Topical
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] begin block
[source] implicit loop around code - awk mode
[source] Command Line Parameters to a Ruby program
[source] Topicalisation - the use of $_
[source] reading and setting environment variables from and for shell commands
[source] variable types
[source] Data manipulation example (table inversion)
[source] Topicalisation - before
[source] Cleaning an incoming string in Ruby
[source] Process every line via topicalisation
[source] Topicalisation - after
[source] Predefined global variables and resources
[source] Autosplit mode, a loop round your code, BEGIN and END

Module R111 - Exceptions.
[4675] Exceptions in Ruby - throwing, catching and using
[4008] Reading and checking user inputs - first lessons - Ruby
[3435] Sorta sorting a hash, and what if an exception is NOT thrown - Ruby
[3433] Exceptions - a fail-safe way of trapping things that may go wrong
[3260] Ruby - a training example that puts many language elements together to demonstrate the whole
[3177] Insurance against any errors - Volcanoes and Python
[2622] Handling unusual and error conditions - exceptions
[2621] Ruby collections and strings - some new examples
[2620] Direct access to object variable (attributes) in Ruby
[2615] String to number conversion with error trapping in Ruby
[1875] What are exceptions - Python based answer
[article] errors v exceptions
[source] Passing exceptions back to calling code
[source] raisieng and catching exceptions between methods
[source] Converting String to Integer and handling errors
[source] File Reporter - assumes all is OK
[source] BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator
[source] catching exceptions - file handling
[source] input a number from user, deal with errors / exceptions
[source] File Reporter - handle problems with open
[source] Catching user errors - a short demonstration
[source] File Reporter - handle multiple problems and re prompt

Module R112 - Parallelism
[4680] Processing data line by line - iterator in Ruby with yield
[3156] Splitting data reading code from data processing code - Ruby
[2979] Ruby - yield; parallel routines
[source] Your own data iterator
[source] yield - calling back to a code block
[source] Reading a file in parallel to processing
[source] a series of methods in a production line
[source] yield and iterator - practical example
[source] How to write and use an iterator

Module R113 - Further Input and Output
[4678] Expect with Ruby - a training example to get you started
[4676] Running shell (operating system) commands from within Ruby
[4553] RUby - loading, using, changing, storing JSON format data
[4502] Reading and parsing a JSON object in Ruby
[4008] Reading and checking user inputs - first lessons - Ruby
[source] Descending into a complex (json) object
[source] making use of data in a JSON object
[source] Calling Shell commands from Ruby
[source] Ruby server check with Ruby - Expect
[source] Read a web resource into a program

Module R114 - Ruby on the Web
[4502] Reading and parsing a JSON object in Ruby
[4003] Web and console - same principle, same code - Ruby example
[3773] Ruby on the web - a simple example using CGI
[3623] Some TestWise examples - helping use Ruby code to check your web site operation
[3432] 3 digit HTTP status codes - what are they, which are most common, which should be a concern?
[3431] Ruby at both extremes of your website
[2607] Answers on Ruby on Rails
[2605] Ruby on Rails - a sample application to teach you how
[1891] Ruby to access web services
[source] testwise - reading from file, writing to console and logfile
[source] Testwise data file
[source] Testwise - testing in a loop, and expecting failure
[source] CGI Server application from first principles
[source] TestWise - multiple stories
[source] Hello Web World
[source] Testwise - output log
[source] Automated browser to collect from web service
[source] TestWise - conditionals - making decisions based on pages returned
[source] Ruby script / CGI - demo reporting current log file
[source] analysis of web server log file
[source] Reading a Json object from a web site and displaying it
[source] TestWise - example pasted from a Firefox Capture
[source] Testwise - a first page object

Module R115 - Using Ruby with Other Languages
[4676] Running shell (operating system) commands from within Ruby
[3155] Rake - a build system using code written in Ruby
[source] running a bash script in a ruby wrapper
[source] Rakefile for complete C++ example

Module R116 - Security Issues.
[3781] Private, Protected, Public in Ruby. What about interfaces and abstract classes in Ruby?
[2604] Tips for writing a test program (Ruby / Python / Java)
[945] Code quality counts
[source] private and protected

Module R117 - Ruby GUIs, XML, SQL Database Connectivity
[4679] Reading in XML in Ruby with xmlsimple
[4006] Ruby / SQLite3 example program, showing JOIN v LEFT JOIN
[2714] A simple example - XML from a Ruby program
[1890] MySQL database from Ruby - an example
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[article] Interfacing applications to a MySQL database engine
[source] SQLite example with table joins
[source] REXML - XML in Ruby - absolute basics
[source] Using MySQL databases from Ruby
[source] Sample XML data
[source] XML in Ruby with xmlsimple gem
[source] SQLite example

Module R118 - Ruby Sources and Resources
[3783] Load path, load and require in Ruby, and a change from 1.8 to 1.9
[3622] Loading Ruby classes - where does Ruby look?
[3435] Sorta sorting a hash, and what if an exception is NOT thrown - Ruby
[3426] Automed web site testing scripted in Ruby using watir-webdriver
[2931] Syncronise - software, trains, and buses. Please!
[2621] Ruby collections and strings - some new examples
[2610] Cheat Sheet - what do you need for Ruby on Rails?
[550] 2006 - Making business a pleasure
[source] logfile example watir-webdriver demo
[source] Testing a webiste with watir-webdriver
[source] Use of a debug flag to add and remove traces

Module R119 - Ruby Miscellany
[3799] Ruby Documentation through rdoc
[3783] Load path, load and require in Ruby, and a change from 1.8 to 1.9
[3622] Loading Ruby classes - where does Ruby look?
[3428] How many days to Christmas?
[3155] Rake - a build system using code written in Ruby
[1890] MySQL database from Ruby - an example
[1889] Ruby mixins, modules, require and include
[1720] Some Ruby lesser used functions
[1586] Variable types in Ruby
[1181] Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables
[article] Modules, Mixins and Comparators in Ruby
[source] Tax Calculation Module
[source] Mixins in Ruby - a short demo
[source] Work out tax - use Taxcalc.rb
[source] Tax Calculation Module for Mixin
[source] Time objects
[source] Delivery objects - postman sort

Module R202 - Ruby on Rails
[4013] Web Frameworks - nested templates
[4010] Really Simple Rails
[3919] What is a web framework?
[3780] Ruby of Rails - cleanly displaying model data in the view
[3779] Adding validation to form entries and sticky fields - Ruby on Rails
[3778] Providing a form to allow the user to add data to the model - Ruby on Rails
[3777] Multiple views in a single appication - sharing common parts of the template - Ruby on Rails
[3772] Hello World - Ruby on Rails - a checklist of each step
[3756] Ruby on Rails - how it flows, and where the files go
[3624] Why do we need a Model, View, Controller architecture?
[2609] Scope of variables - important to Ruby on Rails
[2607] Answers on Ruby on Rails
[2605] Ruby on Rails - a sample application to teach you how
[1745] Moodle, Drupal, Django (and Rails)
[1375] Python v Ruby
[1302] Ruby, Ruby, Ruby. Rails, Rails, Rails.
[1050] The HTML++ Metalanguage
[article] Ror - Ruby on Rails
[source] Template that encloses all pages in the application
[source] Some Ruby at the top of a view
[source] View to list out what we sell, listed aisle by aisle
[source] The view for the add product page
[source] How to validate an Aisle object
[source] Our main shop floor controller
[source] Home page for Ruby-on-rails sample application
[source] Rails - application to display from Model, Controller and View
[source] Controller General Helpers
[source] How to validate a Product object
[source] The view for the "add aisle" page
[source] Seeding data for use when application is installed
[source] Hello Rails World controller
[source] Routing for product and aisle resources - configuration

Module R203 - Installing and setting up Rails
[3772] Hello World - Ruby on Rails - a checklist of each step
[2610] Cheat Sheet - what do you need for Ruby on Rails?
[article] Ror - Ruby on Rails
[source] Controller for Hello Rails World
[source] Hello Rails World, Model
[source] View template - hello Rails world
[source] Seed data for product model

Module R211 - RSpec
[4681] Ruby testing with RSpec - a new example
[4579] Behaviour and test driven development in Ruby using RSpec
[4544] RSpec - Ruby testing (stand alone example / no cucumber)
[4386] Guide exercise to help you learn Gherkin, Cucumber and Rspec
[4383] Improved test in Cucumber with RSpec
[source] Class testing with rspec
[source] Definition of tables derived from behaviour and test specs
[source] Matrix of tests with rspec
[source] Testing with multiple data values
[source] First RSpec example (no cucumber)
[source] Behaviour definition - for a restaurant table
[source] Steps for implementing test behaviou for restaurant tables

Module R212 - Test::Unit
[4389] Cucumber example - test::unit, scenario outlines, datafile driven test
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code
[source] Test case data file
[source] Gherkin - A table of examples for a scenario
[source] Step definitions - using test::unit

Module R221 - Introduction to Cucumber
[4552] Scenario outlines - tables of values to test - in Gherkin / Cucumber
[4551] Testing your new class - first steps with cucumber
[4386] Guide exercise to help you learn Gherkin, Cucumber and Rspec
[4384] Installing Cucumber on Ubuntu - cannot load such file -- mkmf (LoadError) message
[4383] Improved test in Cucumber with RSpec
[4382] Second step Cucumber and Gherkin - beyond Hello World
[4381] Installing Cucumber (Ruby)
[4380] Behaviour Driven Development / Ruby and Cucumber
[source] Feature description - in Gherkin for Cucumber
[source] How the behaviour is to be tested
[source] Code to implement a behaviour / second example
[source] Scenario outline / table of example values
[source] Step implementation of third scenario - using RSpec
[source] Step implementation of second scenario
[source] Steps for scenario outline example
[source] Feature - Scenario, Given, When and Then
[source] Code to implement a behaviour

Module R222 - Cucumber / web site testing with watir webdrivers and capybara
[4501] Defining the behaviour of your web site and testing that it works
[4389] Cucumber example - test::unit, scenario outlines, datafile driven test
[4387] Regression Testing my website - Cucumber and Watir
[3426] Automed web site testing scripted in Ruby using watir-webdriver
[source] Test Application for Ruby / Cucumber
[source] First simple connectivity test
[source] Tests - using Selenium
[source] Feature - first test of lunches
[source] Simplest feature file
[source] Testing lunch requirements
[source] include file for microPHP site for testing
[source] First sample page to test
[source] Sample output of running final example
[source] features - back end JSON service
[source] Gherkin - Behaviour description
[source] implementation of first features
[source] Tests - using Watir
[source] implementation tests for lunch application
[source] Gherkin Behaviour for a web site
[source] Json sample
[source] steps for plym,tamar and gunnislake
[source] Step definitions for web site testing

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S: Databases and the MySQL database in particular

Module S050 - MySQL - General
[3361] Blowing our own trumpet - MySQL resources
[2861] MySQL and Java - connectivity past, present, and future thoughts
[2567] Extra MySQL course dates (2 day course, UK)
[2561] The future of MySQL
[2559] Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too
[2426] Which version of MySQL am I running?
[2240] How do I query a database (MySQL)?
[2134] Oracle take over Sun who had taken over MySQL
[2085] MySQL - licensing issues, even with using the name
[2053] What a difference a MySQL Index made
[article] Left Joins to link three or more tables
[article] Management overview of MySQL - background and Philosophies
[article] MySQL Extras
[source] Create a table with duplicate records to remove as an exersize

Module S151 - Introduction to SQL and MySQL
[3928] Storing your intermediate data - what format should you you choose?
[3269] Files or Databases? MySQL, SQLite, or Oracle?
[2786] Factory methods and SqLite in use in a Python teaching example
[2567] Extra MySQL course dates (2 day course, UK)
[2561] The future of MySQL
[2134] Oracle take over Sun who had taken over MySQL
[924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl
[918] Databases needn't be frightening, hard or expensive
[691] Testing you Perl / PHP / MySQL / Tcl knowledge
[591] Key facts - SQL and MySQL
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[444] Database or Progamming - which to learn first?
[382] Central London Courses - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, MySQL
[175] Worthwhile
[85] Present and future MySQL
[84] MySQL - nuggets
[article] Management overview of MySQL - background and Philosophies
[article] Justification - MySQL v Oracle, Open Source v Commercial

Module S152 - SQL Primer as Used in MySQL
[4007] Which database should I use? MySQL v SQLite
[3061] Databases - why data is split into separate tables, and how to join them
[3060] INSERT, DELETE, REPLACE and UPDATE - changing the content of SQL tables
[2240] How do I query a database (MySQL)?
[591] Key facts - SQL and MySQL
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[502] SELECT in MySQL - choosing the rows you want
[494] MySQL - a score of things to remember
[270] NULL in MySQL
[158] MySQL - LEFT JOIN and RIGHT JOIN, INNER JOIN and OUTER JOIN
[article] MySQL joins - using left join and right join to find orphan rows
[article] Left Joins to link three or more tables
[source] Create a database and table for a DVD collection
[source] First table for advanced join demos
[source] Two tables ... an illustration of the different joins
[source] Second table for advanced join demos
[source] Loading data from csv files
[source] MySQL example - table joins
[source] Insert rows into sample dvd table
[source] Create two tables, link them with left join
[source] Adding and amending data in a database table

Module S153 - Sourcing, Running and Configuring MySQL
[4487] Starting MySQL. ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file - how we fixed it.
[4406] Fixing damaged MySQL tables - Error 1712 and Error 2013
[4390] Checking MySQL database backups have worked (not failed)
[2458] Cant connect to local MySQL server through socket /tmp/mysql.sock
[2445] Securing MySQL on a production server
[2444] Potted MySQL installation
[2426] Which version of MySQL am I running?
[2209] Monitoring and Tuning your MySQL installation
[2085] MySQL - licensing issues, even with using the name
[1935] Summary of MySQL installation on a Linux system
[1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java
[1731] Apache httpd, MySQL, PHP - installation procedure
[1689] Some sideways thoughts on the news
[1131] MySQL - Password security (authentication protocol)
[1123] mysqldump and mysqlrestore
[1095] Apache httpd , browser, MySQL and MySQL client downloads
[907] Browser -> httpd -> Tomcat -> MySQL. Restarting.
[591] Key facts - SQL and MySQL
[535] MySQL permissions and privileges
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[489] Which MySQL server am I using?
[334] Symbolic links and hard links
[192] Current MySQL and PHP paths and upgrades
[article] Management overview of MySQL - background and Philosophies
[article] Justification - MySQL v Oracle, Open Source v Commercial
[article] Load balancing and robustness - httpd, tomcat, PHP, Servlets, MySQL
[article] Windows - running Apache and MySQL from a CD

Module S154 - Designing an SQL Database System
[4426] FileMaker Day to Unix Time conversion
[3494] Databases - when to treat the rules as guidelines
[3361] Blowing our own trumpet - MySQL resources
[3270] SQL - Data v Metadata, and the various stages of data selection
[2749] Delegate Question - defining MySQL table relationships as you create the tables
[2204] Images in a database? How big is a database? (MySQL)
[2085] MySQL - licensing issues, even with using the name
[2053] What a difference a MySQL Index made
[1771] More HowTo diagrams - MySQL, Tomcat and Java
[1575] Database design for a shopping application (MySQL)
[1423] MySQL - table design and initial testing example
[945] Code quality counts
[937] Display an image from a MySQL database in a web page via PHP
[918] Databases needn't be frightening, hard or expensive
[666] Database design - get it right from first principles
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[494] MySQL - a score of things to remember
[375] Oops - I got my initial database design wrong
[361] Binary Large Objects or bars
[59] MySQL - Pivot tables
[article] Mapping database rows to objects in a class
[article] Example - PHP form, Image upload. Store in MySQL database. Retrieve.
[article] When to denormalise your MySQL data
[article] Many to many table mapping (Pivot tables)
[article] Replicating servers in MySQL - Why and how
[source] Display normalised MySQL tables on a web page
[source] Database and table setup for design / complex join example
[source] Book table
[source] Pivot table
[source] Table Design - Restaurants / Category / Line item
[source] Select for design / complex join example
[source] Data for design / complex join example
[source] SQL to load book, author and pivot tables
[source] Skeleton application - design / complex join example
[source] Author table

Module S156 - Interfacing Applications to MySQL Databases
[4436] Accessing a MySQL database from Python with mysql.connector
[3455] MySQL, MySQLi, PDO or something else - how best to talk to databases from PHP
[3447] Needle in a haystack - finding the web server overload
[3099] Perl - database access - DBD, DBI and DBIx modules
[3035] How to display information from a database within a web page
[2790] Joining a MySQL table from within a Python program
[2745] Connecting Python to sqlite and MySQL databases
[2381] Checking the database connection manually
[2263] Mysqldump fails as a cron job - a work around
[1885] Hiding a MySQL database behind a web page
[1561] Uploading to a MySQL database through PHP - examples and common questions
[1518] Downloading data for use in Excel (from PHP / MySQL)
[1450] Easy selection of multiple SQL conditions from PHP
[1381] Using a MySQL database to control mod_rewrite via PHP
[723] Viewing images held in a MySQL database via PHP
[663] Python to MySQL
[644] Using a MySQL database from Perl
[104] mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect in PHP?
[article] MySQL version 5, PHP version 5 and mysqli
[article] MySQL and PHP - enquiry tool for ad-hoc requirements
[article] MySQL and PHP - enquiry tool for ad-hoc requirements
[article] Interfacing applications to a MySQL database engine
[article] Accessing a MySQL database via a browser, Perl and CGI
[source] Returning data from a database via a URL as an excel spread sheet in PHP
[source] Returning data, opening Excel including formulas, from PHP
[source] create tables for t1 demo
[source] Simple demo of PHP table from SQL
[source] PHP table insert into two tables / join / enquire

Module S157 - More MySQL commands
[4481] Extracting data from backups to restore selected rows from MySQL tables
[3270] SQL - Data v Metadata, and the various stages of data selection
[3061] Databases - why data is split into separate tables, and how to join them
[2647] Removing duplicates from a MySQL table
[2645] Optimising and caching your MySQL enquiries
[2644] Counting rows in joined MySQL tables
[2643] Relating tables with joins in MySQL
[2448] MySQL - efficiency and other topics
[2259] Grouping rows for a summary report - MySQL and PHP
[2110] MySQL - looking for records in one table that do NOT correspond to records in another table
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1735] Finding words and work boundaries (MySQL, Perl, PHP)
[1574] Joining MySQL tables revisited - finding nonmatching records, etc
[1331] MySQL joins revisited
[1235] Outputting numbers as words - MySQL with Perl or PHP
[1213] MySQL - the order of clauses and the order of actions
[673] Helicopter views and tartans
[591] Key facts - SQL and MySQL
[581] Saving a MySQL query results to your local disc for Excel
[572] Giving the researcher power over database analysis
[567] Combining similar rows from a MySQL database select
[517] An occasional chance, and reducing data to manageable levels
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[513] MySQL - JOIN or WHERE to link tables correctly?
[502] SELECT in MySQL - choosing the rows you want
[494] MySQL - a score of things to remember
[449] Matching in MySQL
[279] Getting a list of unique values from a MySQL column
[159] MySQL - Optimising Selects
[158] MySQL - LEFT JOIN and RIGHT JOIN, INNER JOIN and OUTER JOIN
[article] Copying databases and tables in MySQL
[article] MySQL joins - using left join and right join to find orphan rows
[article] MySQL SELECT - JOIN versus UNION, WHERE versus HAVING, GROUP etc.
[article] Left Joins to link three or more tables
[article] When to denormalise your MySQL data
[article] MySQL Extras
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] 6 tables ordering system model - Design and test in SQL
[source] Houses for sale - Trowbridge, Melksham, etc
[source] 6 tables ordering system model - perl program
[source] SQL statements for Agent and Property demo
[source] Estate agent details - Trowbridge, Melksham, etc
[source] 6 tables ordering system model - running output
[source] Data for join v left join demonstration

Module S158 - GUI tools for MySQL
[1724] addslashes v mysql_real_escape_string in PHP
[572] Giving the researcher power over database analysis
[article] MySQL and PHP - enquiry tool for ad-hoc requirements

Module S159 - MySQL 5 and PHP 5
[3455] MySQL, MySQLi, PDO or something else - how best to talk to databases from PHP
[2172] PHP4 v PHP5 - Object Model Difference
[1766] Diagrams to show you how - Tomcat, Java, PHP
[1754] Upgrade from PHP 4 to PHP 5 - the TRY issue
[1455] Connecting to MySQL 5 from PHP on Mac OSX Leopard
[1417] What software version do we teach?
[1131] MySQL - Password security (authentication protocol)
[515] MySQL - an FAQ
[494] MySQL - a score of things to remember
[104] mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect in PHP?
[article] MySQL version 5, PHP version 5 and mysqli
[source] A simple example using PHP mysql functions
[source] Using PHP mysqli functions - a working example
[source] How NOT to use mysqli - don't just add an i

Module S161 - Data Access and Security in MySQL
[4493] Forgotten / lost MySQL root password
[4491] Web Server Admin - some of those things that happen, and solutions
[4481] Extracting data from backups to restore selected rows from MySQL tables
[4406] Fixing damaged MySQL tables - Error 1712 and Error 2013
[4390] Checking MySQL database backups have worked (not failed)
[3270] SQL - Data v Metadata, and the various stages of data selection
[2647] Removing duplicates from a MySQL table
[2263] Mysqldump fails as a cron job - a work around
[2204] Images in a database? How big is a database? (MySQL)
[1131] MySQL - Password security (authentication protocol)
[947] What is an SQL injection attack?
[647] Checking for MySQL errors
[535] MySQL permissions and privileges
[401] What is an SQL injection attack?
[193] The wrong MySQL
[192] Current MySQL and PHP paths and upgrades
[article] Copying databases and tables in MySQL

Module S162 - Replication in MySQL
[2210] MySQL server replication
[article] Copying databases and tables in MySQL
[article] Replicating servers in MySQL - Why and how

Module S163 - Stored Procedures in MySQL
[2749] Delegate Question - defining MySQL table relationships as you create the tables
[2447] MySQL stored procedures / their use on the web from PHP
[2446] Learn about MySQL stored procedures
[source] Stored Procedure taking a parameter
[source] PHP call to a stored procedure to run a fixed query
[source] PHP call to a MySQL stored procedure passing a parameter
[source] PHP call to a MySQL store procedure that calculates / loops
[source] Stored procedure to return a result set
[source] PHP call to a MySQL stored procedure that returns a result set
[source] MySQLdump sample - twcrp test database for store procedure use
[source] Stored procedure calculating from a query
[source] Simple stored procedure definition
[source] Data to seed tables for stored procedure demos

Module S200 - SQLite
[4024] SQL databases from Python - an SQLite example
[4007] Which database should I use? MySQL v SQLite
[4006] Ruby / SQLite3 example program, showing JOIN v LEFT JOIN
[3269] Files or Databases? MySQL, SQLite, or Oracle?
[3139] Steering our Python courses towards wxPython, SQLite and Django
[3099] Perl - database access - DBD, DBI and DBIx modules
[2786] Factory methods and SqLite in use in a Python teaching example
[2746] Model - View - Controller demo, Sqlite - Python 3 - Qt4
[2745] Connecting Python to sqlite and MySQL databases
[2744] PyQt (Python and Qt) and wxPython - GUI comparison
[2561] The future of MySQL
[source] SQLite example - table joins

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T: Tcl, Tcl/Tk, wish and Expect programming and use

Module T050 - Tcl, Tcl/Tk and Expect - General
[4616] Still teaching Tcl in 2016?
[4460] Using Object Oriented Tcl and the Tk toolkit together - real life example
[4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates
[4206] Writing the perfect program in Tcl?
[3286] Should we cover expect and/or Tk on our public Tcl courses?
[3192] Tcl - Some example of HOW TO in handling data files and formats
[2681] Tcl - a great engineering language
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2474] Using Tcl and Expect to automate repetitive jobs
[2429] Tcl scripts / processes on a web server via CGI
[article] Why have Tcl/Tk been around for so long?
[article] Incr-Tcl - Object Oriented extension to Tcl
[article] The Typist and the Engineer
[source] File of function(s) for common operations
[source] A good - but not perfect - early program
[source] itcl and tk together - full app
[source] A good - but not perfect - second program

Module T201 - What is Tcl?
[4616] Still teaching Tcl in 2016?
[2463] Tcl - a true interpretive, command based language
[1268] Changes in advertising cut lines / Buscot / Tcl course
[1174] Installing Tcl and Expect on Solaris 10 - a checklist
[691] Testing you Perl / PHP / MySQL / Tcl knowledge
[382] Central London Courses - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, MySQL
[133] Tcl embeds
[article] Why have Tcl/Tk been around for so long?

Module T202 - Tcl Fundamentals
[4453] Tcl variable names - no real limits!
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[2442] Variable storage - Perl, Tcl and Python compared
[1469] Curley brackets v double quotes - Tcl, Tk, Expect
[1426] Buffering up in Tcl - the empty coke can comparison
[1282] Stringing together Tcl scripts
[1136] Buffering output - why it is done and issues raised in Tcl, Perl, Python and PHP
[782] Converting between Hex and Decimal in Tcl
[362] The ireallyreallywanna operator
[349] Comments in Tcl
[328] Making programs easy for any user to start
[210] Joining lists in Tcl. Indirect variables in Tcl.
[3] Looking for a donkey
[article] Brackets and Braces in Tcl
[source] A trivial Tcl program with comments
[source] Variables in Tcl - first use
[source] Comments - inline and continuations
[source] Double quote substitution in Tcl
[source] Reading from the user in Tcl
[source] Completed simple application in Tcl - pricing tickets
[source] Hexadecimal to decimal, and decimal to hex, in Tcl

Module T203 - Conditionals and Loops
[4455] Working out distance between places, using OS grid references and a program in Tcl
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[3571] Comparing loop commands in Tcl
[3570] Trapping errors in Tcl - the safety net that catch provides
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[3189] Tcl - the danger of square brackets in a while command
[2681] Tcl - a great engineering language
[2471] A short form of if ... then ... else
[2261] Tcl - nice and nasty
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1477] Decisions - small ones, or big ones?
[1401] Tcl - using [] or {} for conditions in an if (and while)
[210] Joining lists in Tcl. Indirect variables in Tcl.
[source] Lunches - validating user input within range
[source] The foreach command
[source] Answer to practical - minimum and maximum
[source] Is water a solid, a liquid or a gas?
[source] Alternative conditions - while loop
[source] breaking out of a Tcl loop
[source] Switch - exact, glob and regex
[source] F to C conversion - exercise
[source] More flexible alternative to a switch
[source] deferred execution blocks with { and }
[source] Lunches for each day of the week
[source] The for command
[source] The while command in Tcl
[source] The if command in Tcl
[source] Conditional Operator ? and :
[source] if, elseif and else in Tcl
[source] The switch command
[source] The ? : conditional operator
[source] Lunches - different places to go
[source] for while and foreach loops compared

Module T205 - String Handling in Tcl
[4455] Working out distance between places, using OS grid references and a program in Tcl
[4454] Everything is a string - even a list
[4205] Regular Expression Substitution - Tcl
[3576] Tcl - apparently odd behaviour of string trimleft
[3285] Extracting data from a string / line from file - Tcl
[3192] Tcl - Some example of HOW TO in handling data files and formats
[2472] split and join in tcl and expect
[1601] Replacing the last comma with an and
[1410] Tcl / regsub - changing a string and using interesting bits
[1403] Square Bracket protection in Tcl
[943] Matching within multiline strings, and ignoring case in regular expressions
[779] The fragility of pancakes - and better structures
[404] How to check that a string contains a number in Tcl
[article] Analysing incoming data lines
[source] Matching a date using a regular expression
[source] Using scan to get a field from a string
[source] format and append commands
[source] Getting information from a text string
[source] Opening and reading a file
[source] A further date match example
[source] Example of analysis of a log file
[source] Using scan's return value
[source] Postcode identifier and string splitter
[source] String matching using a regular expression
[source] Complete example - Access log file analysis
[source] Manipulating a string
[source] String matching - using globing
[source] Literally matching round brackets in regular expressions
[source] search for all icon references in a web log
[source] lappend and concat - the difference

Module T206 - Lists
[4455] Working out distance between places, using OS grid references and a program in Tcl
[4454] Everything is a string - even a list
[4209] Lists in Tcl - fundamentals in a commented source code example
[3618] lists and struct::list in Tcl - Introduction to struct::list and examples
[3583] Expanding a list of parameters in Tcl - {*} and eval
[3582] Tcl collections - lists, dicts and array
[3415] User defined sorting and other uses of callbacks in Tcl and Tk
[3394] The difference between lists and strings - Tcl
[3285] Extracting data from a string / line from file - Tcl
[2472] split and join in tcl and expect
[2468] What are Tcl lists?
[1601] Replacing the last comma with an and
[1405] Sorting in Tcl - lists and arrays
[1402] Tcl - append v lappend v concat
[1334] Stable sorting - Tcl, Perl and others
[1283] Generating traffic for network testing
[1282] Stringing together Tcl scripts
[781] Tcl - lappend v concat
[463] Splitting the difference
[144] Tcl sandwich - lists in Tcl
[source] extract field pairs from lines
[source] List basics in a nutshell
[source] Generate a series packet sizes for network testing
[source] Easting and Northing additions for OS grid references
[source] how an lsort callback works
[source] Look up Florida dialling codes
[source] Open and read a file line by line
[source] Handling a list of command parameters
[source] Finding distances between places base on OS grid references
[source] list manipulation with struct::list
[source] A list of days
[source] Treating lines of data read from file as a list
[source] station growth program

Module T207 - Procedures and Variable Scope
[4398] Accessing variables across subroutine boundaries - Perl, Python, Java and Tcl
[3629] Sharing lots of values in Tcl without having lots of global declarations
[3414] Passing back multiple results in Tcl - upvar and uplevel
[3192] Tcl - Some example of HOW TO in handling data files and formats
[2929] Passing a variable number of parameters in to a function / method
[2520] Global and Enable - two misused words!
[2476] Tcl - uplevel to run code at calling level
[2466] Tcl - passing arrays and strings in and back out of procs
[1782] Calling procs in Tcl and how it compares to Perl
[1404] Tcl - global, upvar and uplevel.
[1163] A better alternative to cutting and pasting code
[775] Do not duplicate your code
[409] Functions and commands with dangerous names
[308] Call by name v call by value
[122] Passing arrays to procs in Tcl
[96] Variable Scope
[source] upvar to return a second value
[source] Using upvar to effect a variable in the calling code
[source] uplevel to store a value in parent
[source] Calling a proc with a variable number of arguments
[source] Sharing a variable using upvar and call by name - RECOMMENED
[source] Answer to final exercise
[source] Sharing a variable using upvar
[source] Better sample answer - "getnumber"
[source] Shared file of procs
[source] Variable default to being local
[source] First sample answer - "getnumber"
[source] Another upvar example for learners
[source] returning a variable - RECOMMENED for passing 1 piece of data back
[source] Exercise - please write the proc to complete
[source] The global scope
[source] Call by value and call by name
[source] Using upvar to call by name
[source] Using an array of inputs as if they were local variables in a proc
[source] Defining a proc (command) and using it
[source] Sample code to complete - final exercise
[source] Unloading an array of inputs as local variables in a proc
[source] Sharing a variable using global
[source] loading a file of procs shared with other applications
[source] Sharing a variable using uplevel - obscure!
[source] Changing a value within a proc and returning the altered value
[source] Optional parameter in Tcl

Module T208 - Arrays and dicts
[3638] Sorting dicts and arrays in Tcl
[3614] Tcl - dicts - a tutorial and examples
[3582] Tcl collections - lists, dicts and array
[3415] User defined sorting and other uses of callbacks in Tcl and Tk
[3192] Tcl - Some example of HOW TO in handling data files and formats
[2466] Tcl - passing arrays and strings in and back out of procs
[1614] When an array is not an array
[1427] Arrays in Tcl - a demonstration
[1405] Sorting in Tcl - lists and arrays
[1283] Generating traffic for network testing
[1282] Stringing together Tcl scripts
[779] The fragility of pancakes - and better structures
[122] Passing arrays to procs in Tcl
[source] Selecting elements from an array - glob matching to keys
[source] nested dicts
[source] setting up an array of lists, sorting, listing out elements
[source] dicts - using the various subcommands
[source] First use of arrays
[source] Setting up an array and sorting the elements by key
[source] test program for station data
[source] iterating through the keys of a dict
[source] search for icon references and count them
[source] Checking if an array key exists
[source] list, array, dict
[source] search for icon references; list icon names
[source] final exercise - array of dialling codes
[source] Conrol - using a string as a list
[source] Passing arrays in and out of procs - using upvar
[source] Access log counter using arrays
[source] File of procs to do with station info
[source] Sorting a dict
[source] looping though an array with array get
[source] dict for
[source] setting up and get, dict
[source] Demo of use of upvar
[source] 2nd program using railutils

Module T209 - File and Directory Handling
[4524] Tcl - a new example for data reformatting
[4523] Catching failed commands and not crashing the program in Tcl
[4461] Reading from a URL, and reading Json, from your Tcl script
[3617] The fileutil package and a list of file system commands in Tcl
[3429] Searching through all the files in or below a directory - Ruby, Tcl, Perl
[3320] Reading the nth line from a file (Perl and Tcl examples)
[3192] Tcl - Some example of HOW TO in handling data files and formats
[2467] Tcl - catching an error before your program crashes
[1467] stdout v stderr (Tcl, Perl, Shell)
[1426] Buffering up in Tcl - the empty coke can comparison
[1407] Reading from another process in Tcl (pipes and sockets)
[785] Running external processes in Tcl and Tcl/Tk
[779] The fragility of pancakes - and better structures
[source] Piping input from an operating system command
[source] using glob to check all files in a directory
[source] Data reformatting example / course end tie together
[source] Report file statuses
[source] Output to stdout and several files at the same time
[source] Find biggest file in or below a specified folder
[source] Using catch to trap file open failures
[source] Read a file, extract from it
[source] List all files modified in the last hour
[source] diary data for for_qa script
[source] fileutil package in use
[source] biggest below - practical example that traps empty folders
[source] Data extraction and reporting from multiple files

Module T211 - What is Expect? Why use it?
[4678] Expect with Ruby - a training example to get you started
[4405] Backup procedures - via backup server
[3572] Adding Expect on top of Tcl - what is it and where can I get a training course to learn about it?
[3286] Should we cover expect and/or Tk on our public Tcl courses?
[3009] Expect in Perl - a short explanation and a practical example
[2489] Parallel Pinging, using Python Threads or Expect spawn lists
[2474] Using Tcl and Expect to automate repetitive jobs
[1602] Automating processes through Expect
[1531] Expecting a item from a list of possibles
[1469] Curley brackets v double quotes - Tcl, Tk, Expect
[1411] Buffering of inputs to expect, and match order
[1409] What is Expect?
[1174] Installing Tcl and Expect on Solaris 10 - a checklist
[1173] Cheat Sheet / Check list for Expect maintainers
[435] Expect for Windows
[286] Automating regular manual procedures
[article] A Web interface for your Linux admin tasks
[source] Automated backup
[source] Expect for Windows - ping a host and guess its distance from you
[source] Grabbing a log file and locally analysing
[source] Grab a web page, report all links and images
[source] Expecting from a list (regular expression)
[source] Ping via expect, echo back a value from the report
[source] Grab a web page and report all links
[source] Expect to automate a series of pings
[source] Simplest ping check via expect
[source] Expect with some error checking and decisions
[source] expect - do not grab indeterminate
[source] quick ping around a series of hosts
[source] First Expect example
[source] Expecting from a list (expect block)

Module T212 - Expect Processes
[4678] Expect with Ruby - a training example to get you started
[3448] Checking all the systems on a subnet, using Expect and Tk
[2489] Parallel Pinging, using Python Threads or Expect spawn lists
[2474] Using Tcl and Expect to automate repetitive jobs
[1785] What is running on your network? (tcl and expect)
[1173] Cheat Sheet / Check list for Expect maintainers
[675] Adding PHP tags to an old cgi program
[287] Checking that all our servers are up and accessible
[source] parallel expect example - get robots.txt from several servers
[source] Checking network continuity using ping, Expect and a Tk GUI
[source] Checking which machines are online - Mac OSX
[source] Expect script, web server, CGI
[source] multiple processes through expect
[source] parallel pings - Caldera Linux version
[source] expect - multiple parallel pings, Red Hat Linux version
[source] Web based script - ping a series of remote hosts

Module T213 - Libraries, Packages and Namespaces
[4522] Loading packages in your Tcl program
[3418] Tcl packages, pkg_mkIndex, pkgIndex.tcl -what are they and why use them.
[3417] What is a namespace and why do we need them?
[3066] Separating groups of variables into namespaces
[2476] Tcl - uplevel to run code at calling level
[1529] Tcl - learning how to use namespaces, packages and libraries together
[1339] Packages and Namespaces are like Suitcases and Aircraft
[146] example of Tcl namespaces and packages
[source] Using packages and namespaces together
[source] shows how variables are lost between proc calls
[source] package chicken - part of dinpack demo
[source] Using a package that contains a namespace
[source] define a package to contain a namespace
[source] Adding a package to a namespace
[source] a namespace wrapped in a package
[source] Namespace export and import
[source] package goose - goes with dinpack
[source] Using a package - without namespaces
[source] packages with and without namespace
[source] Defining a package
[source] Variables saved between proc calls in the next code level up
[source] setting up and using a namespace
[source] uplevel - performed in calling code variable space
[source] Loading a package
[source] Saving variables in a namespace
[source] Package to go with twice demo
[source] Definition of a package with namespace
[source] Counting proc calls using a namespace - shorter example
[source] Definition of a package

Module T214 - Other Facilities in Tcl
[4762] Coverage map in Tcl - how many times has each proc been called?
[4525] What does Tcl do if you try to run a command that is not defined?
[4523] Catching failed commands and not crashing the program in Tcl
[4207] Exception handling in Tcl
[3583] Expanding a list of parameters in Tcl - {*} and eval
[3570] Trapping errors in Tcl - the safety net that catch provides
[3287] Exceptions - Tcl style
[2467] Tcl - catching an error before your program crashes
[1338] Handling Binary data in Tcl (with a note on C)
[1334] Stable sorting - Tcl, Perl and others
[1277] AgtInvoke - a command to drive Agilent Tcl software extensions
[782] Converting between Hex and Decimal in Tcl
[748] Getting rid of variables after you have finished with them
[461] Shortened interactive commands
[366] Error handling in Tcl through catch
[364] pu daily and p hourly
[239] What and why for the epoch
[article] errors v exceptions
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] Tcl program that uses the trace command to report the manipulation of a variable
[source] Finding size of .gif image in Tcl - binary scan
[source] Example of a Tcl program that fails
[source] catch - catching error, and error message too
[source] A Tcl program that uses catch to trap a run time error
[source] exceptions in Tcl
[source] Using catch to trap runtime errors
[source] catching exceptions - Tcl style
[source] proc coverage example
[source] unknown command calls unknown proc
[source] Tcl program that manipulates a variable
[source] Running an external process in Tcl

Module T216 - Introduction to Tk
[4460] Using Object Oriented Tcl and the Tk toolkit together - real life example
[4208] Tcl + Tk (Wish) - an introduction and revision example
[2040] Error: Cant read xxxxx: no such variable (in Tcl Tk)
[595] Add a friendly front end with Tk
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[source] Widgets, Geometry Managers and Events
[source] Classis Tk structure - procs, widgets, geometry ...
[source] Report Date Information on a widget
[source] Tcl/Tk - Report Date Information
[source] Tcl/Tk - Access Log File counter!

Module T217 - First Widgets, Geometry and Events
[4458] A new Tcl/tk example - a window to show system status
[3575] Multiple buttons calling the same proc in wish (tcl/tk)
[3415] User defined sorting and other uses of callbacks in Tcl and Tk
[309] Writing a Tcl/Tk GUI is as easy as baking a cake
[source] Deferred execution can cause a problem in Tk
[source] Sample answer 1 - coloured labels and layout question
[source] Sample answer 3 in development
[source] Tcl/Tk - button test 1
[source] Tk GUI to provide system state reporting box
[source] Tcl/Tk - button states
[source] Tcl/Tk - First Frame
[source] Tcl/Tk - button test 2
[source] Tk - attributes of a button
[source] Tcl/Tk - Event demo
[source] Sample answer 3 - Completed layout question

Module T218 - Geometry Managers
[1470] fill and expand on Tcl/Tk pack command
[1340] Tk locks up - 100% c.p.u. on a simple program (Tcl, Perl, Python)
[1335] Expanding a grid - Tcl/Tk
[787] Tk - laying out your GUI with frames, pack and grid
[445] Sticky news
[212] Tcl/Tk (wish) Grid layout example
[source] Grid geometry manager, using -rowspan and -columnspan
[source] Grid geometry manager - first example
[source] Laying out a numeric keypad on a grid
[source] Grid geometry manager - column weights to control resize behaviour
[source] Grid geometry manager, showing cell size via colour
[source] An example of the place geometry manager in use
[source] Grid geometry manager - cells spanning multiple rows and columns
[source] Grid geometry manager, expanding cells via -sticky news

Module T219 - Drawing on Canvases
[4460] Using Object Oriented Tcl and the Tk toolkit together - real life example
[2211] Tcl/Tk - why does the canvas widget use a display list?
[source] Histogram drawn on a canvas - generalised code
[source] Drawing on a canvas
[source] Line styles on a Tk canvas
[source] Demo of different graphic objects
[source] Drawing shapes on a canvas and dragging them with the mouse
[source] text options in Tk - colour, font, size, centring
[source] Placing a GIF on a canvas

Module T220 - Frames and Other Topics
[4459] Managing the window size (and layout) in Tcl/Tk
[1471] Cliff Lift simulator- Lynton to Lynmouth - in Tcl/Tk
[1335] Expanding a grid - Tcl/Tk
[787] Tk - laying out your GUI with frames, pack and grid
[source] Tk frames using variables to allow extra flexibility
[source] Slider, text variable and pop up
[source] Tcl/Tk - First Scales
[source] Check buttons - defaulting to be selected or not
[source] Display with frames, canvas, window manager
[source] Tk scales with variable feedback
[source] Nested frames - first completed example
[source] Tk - popup box to ask "are you sure" written using Tk basics
[source] Tk frames - flexibility of layout
[source] Scrolling a canvas (canvas, scrollbar, toplevel, frame, grid)
[source] Tcl/Tk - Scales linked like a cliff lift
[source] Tcl/Tk - Are you sure window using a message widget

Module T221 - Menus
[1475] Tcl/Tk - updating your display while tasks are running
[source] Various options for menu buttons
[source] Menu bar system based on array or lists
[source] use of update idle tasks to update the display
[source] First menu button

Module T222 - Resources
[1474] Using Tcl/Tk resource files for flexible applications
[source] Resources file for tk_res3
[source] Demonstration file of Tk resources
[source] Use of two files of Tk resources.
[source] Template for resource exercise

Module T223 - Textish Widgets
[1475] Tcl/Tk - updating your display while tasks are running
[596] The magic of -textvariable
[source] Sample answer - listbox to choose types of fruit.
[source] Form using Tk entry widget
[source] Second form using Tk entry widget.
[source] Simple text editor in Tk
[source] Tk listbox example
[source] Marks and tags and editing in a Tk text widget
[source] A Tktable is a tabulator widget in Tcl/Tk
[source] Tk - Text Widget - first easy example
[source] Tk second listbox example (code snippet only).
[source] a Tk text widget used as a vehicle for custom text editing

Module T224 - Events in Tk
[4258] Keeping you Tkinter display up to date while monitoring
[3575] Multiple buttons calling the same proc in wish (tcl/tk)
[1473] Making a variable dynamically visible in a Tcl/Tk GUI
[386] What is a callback?
[article] Defining events including variable values in Tk
[source] Button binding for all keys, down and up
[source] Events to toggle text on a widget.
[source] Button Binding example
[source] Binding canvas events and keys
[source] Keysym Tester
[source] Button bindings to a single proc.

Module T241 - Tcl on the Web
[4461] Reading from a URL, and reading Json, from your Tcl script
[2429] Tcl scripts / processes on a web server via CGI
[2238] Handling nasty characters - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Lua
[2040] Error: Cant read xxxxx: no such variable (in Tcl Tk)
[1785] What is running on your network? (tcl and expect)
[article] Nasty Characters in Web Applications
[source] Using Tcl as a CGI scripting language - form collection
[source] Reading json via http
[source] CGI , Server side programming basics
[source] Form for data entry for formrep.tcl demo
[source] web application - is it from New Zealand?
[source] Reading http from Tcl
[source] Sample Tclet to run within a browser

Module T242 - More on Expect
[3448] Checking all the systems on a subnet, using Expect and Tk
[3009] Expect in Perl - a short explanation and a practical example
[2475] Quick easy and dangerous - automated logins via Tcl / Expect
[1531] Expecting a item from a list of possibles
[1475] Tcl/Tk - updating your display while tasks are running
[1411] Buffering of inputs to expect, and match order
[1173] Cheat Sheet / Check list for Expect maintainers
[435] Expect for Windows
[article] The Typist and the Engineer
[source] Catching signals in expect
[source] Trapping multiple signals in Expect
[source] Expect - run rup on a named host
[source] Expect to run ping on a named host; able to switch host during run
[source] Send slow example - expect
[source] Telnet wrapper using interact
[source] Telnet wrapper using interact; provides filtering too
[source] Automated Logging In
[source] Check a subnet for pingable systems
[source] send_human in expect
[source] Second example of expect's "send_human" command.

Module T243 - Using Tcl from C
[3416] Storing Tcl source code encoded, and running via your own C program
[208] Examples - Gadfly, NI Number, and Tcl to C interface
[source] C program that invokes a Tcl Interpreter
[source] Run a Tcl script from an encoded file
[source] Demo Tcl for mytcl example
[source] Simplest call from C to Tcl - just a wrapper
[source] Makefile for C applications in this module
[source] Tcl used to demo extension with same command
[source] Extending Tcl with C - an extra command written in C

Module T244 - Socket Programming
[4462] Server program written in Tcl using sockets
[785] Running external processes in Tcl and Tcl/Tk
[source] GUI (Tk) client which uses information provided by kesserv server
[source] Tcl Server - read from a Linux device and serve information entered by TCP/IP
[source] food server - pass on previous persons contribution

Module T245 - [incr-Tcl]
[4460] Using Object Oriented Tcl and the Tk toolkit together - real life example
[4456] Objects in Tcl - iTcl - updated first steps example
[3142] Private and Public - and things between
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1528] Object Oriented Tcl
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[290] Object Orientation in Tcl - [incr-Tcl]
[article] index
[article] Loading incr-tcl into tclsh
[article] Incr-Tcl - Object Oriented extension to Tcl
[source] A simple class in [incr-tcl]
[source] class that loads Itcl into basic Tclsh
[source] [Incr-Tcl] Demonstration
[source] [incr-Tcl] - Base class and two classes that inherit from it
[source] List available classes in [Incr-Tcl]
[source] Example that loads Itcl into tclsh
[source] [incr-Tcl] - Inheritance and Polmorphism - main file
[source] itcl - second sample class
[source] Creating and using objects, cget and configure
[source] Multiple inheritance and constructor calls
[source] Multiple classes and inheritance demonstration
[source] Creating and using objects
[source] [Incr-Tcl] Demonstration 2
[source] Using [incr-Tcl] to hold a list of objects

Module T246 - Tix Megawidgets
[1327] Tktable - Laying out data in a matrix - Tcl/Tk
[source] Tix - Tree of big files below a specified directory
[source] Tix File selection application
[source] - mulitple feedbacks on Tix MegaWidgets
[source] Tix Control - feedback into widgets
[source] Tix Control widget demonstration
[source] Practical demo - Tix MegaWidget
[source] Tix Demonstration of standard widget options
[source] Showing a selection ot Tix Megawidgets

Module T247 - Advanced Regular Expressions
[4205] Regular Expression Substitution - Tcl
[1613] Regular expression for 6 digits OR 25 digits
[1412] Sparse and Greedy matching - Tcl 8.4
[1410] Tcl / regsub - changing a string and using interesting bits
[1336] Ignore case in Regular Expression
[1305] Regular expressions made easy - building from components
[1195] Regular Express Primer
[943] Matching within multiline strings, and ignoring case in regular expressions
[article] Pattern Matching - a primer on regular Expressions
[source] Tcl in use for CGI scripting
[source] Sparse v Greedy regular expressions
[source] Progressive regsub examples
[source] advanced regular expression match demo

Module T248 - A Review of Tcl and Tk Basics
[4208] Tcl + Tk (Wish) - an introduction and revision example
[1469] Curley brackets v double quotes - Tcl, Tk, Expect
[1181] Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables
[1174] Installing Tcl and Expect on Solaris 10 - a checklist
[1092] Tcl training - often for a larger group
[article] Brackets and Braces in Tcl
[article] What makes a good variable name?

Module T249 - The Tcltest Package
[4457] Test framework for TCL - Tcltest - some examples
[article] Using Tcl to test a system with the tcltest module
[source] Test under tcltest, version 2
[source] tcltest example using setup and cleanup blocks
[source] tcltest - an example running all the tests in a directory
[source] tcltest - first steps
[source] tcltest example that runs only if constraints are met

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Module U050 - Lua - General
[4575] Learning not just what a program does, but how to design it in the first place.
[4297] Lua courses - an update
[4260] Why we teach Lua
[3724] Learning to Program in Lua - public / open training course / class
[3528] December courses - PHP, Python, Perl - and a weekend Lua course
[2947] Teaching Lua to a Perl advocate
[2555] Bookkeeping
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2492] Lua Classes - open enrolement
[2331] Certification Revisted - Lua
[2318] For Lua Programmers AND for Town Planners
[2315] New Lua Examples - for last weeks delegates
[2309] Lua training class in Spanish
[2227] Learning PHP, Ruby, Lua and Python - upcoming courses
[source] Town Simulation - the program outputs ...
[source] Main program - town simulation exercise
[source] include file to load data and functioanllity
[source] Town simulation - town type definitions
[source] Overview of Town Simulation example
[source] Specification for town simulation exercise, and data

Module U101 - Introduction to Lua.
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[4271] Line, block and nested comments - Lua compared to other languages
[3724] Learning to Program in Lua - public / open training course / class
[2310] Learning to write high quality code in Lua
[1842] Lua Course, and the Wiltshire Countryside too
[1737] Rules, suggestions, considerations for Lua variable names
[1699] If you are learning Lua, here are some more examples
[1695] Lua Course - here is the index
[1111] Training in Lua
[article] What makes a good variable name?
[source] Read - calculate - conditionals - output
[source] Some Lua Basics
[source] Hello Lua World
[source] Some variable types in Lua
[source] Read - calculate - loop - output
[source] Testing to see if a fallback is needed
[source] Read keyboard - calculate - output result
[source] Calling standard functions / setting up variables
[source] Commenting - line and multiline

Module U102 - Numbers and the Math library.
[4569] Lua - changes to how integers and floats are handled - 5.2 to 5.3
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[2509] A life lesson from the accuracy of numbers in Excel and Lua
[2345] Automatically initialising Lua variables the first time
[1744] Lua examples, Lua Courses
[1699] If you are learning Lua, here are some more examples
[source] Lua Comments and Variables
[source] Reading from the keyboard, calculate and output
[source] Variable naming in Lua
[source] Lua basics - calculations, output and comments
[source] Take the VAT back off a gross amount
[source] All Lua numbers are floats
[source] Simple string format example
[source] Initialising Variables
[source] Lua - integer changes 5.2 to 5.3
[source] Comments in Lua
[source] io.write allows output with no new line

Module U103 - Conditionals and loops
[4574] repeat until in Lua - a one or more rather than a zero or more loop
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[4272] Lazy operators in Lua - what they mean, and examples
[3686] The goto statement in Lua
[3558] Python or Lua - which should I use / learn?
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[2455] Lua examples - coroutines, error handling, objects, etc
[2454] For loops in Lua
[2351] Ternary operators alternatives - Perl and Lua lazy operators
[1738] Clean code, jump free (Example in Lua)
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1685] Short circuit evaluation (lazy operator) in Lua
[source] repeat until
[source] string.find v string.gfind
[source] Swan family - Lua
[source] Example of a for loop
[source] Writing cleaner code without break or continue
[source] for loop termination
[source] for loop with start, end and step
[source] Changing loop counts
[source] if, elseif, else
[source] Lazy Operators
[source] Lua for loop - termination
[source] for loop with pairs and ipairs
[source] while and for loops
[source] Lazy and / or operators
[source] for loop in which end condition changes
[source] Comparison of while and until loops
[source] Loops and conditionals - exchange rate example
[source] while loop and repeat until loop

Module U104 - Strings and the String library.
[4274] String formatting in Lua - string.format as a wrapper for sprintf
[2500] Dynamically formatting your results (Lua)
[2357] Checking if the user has entered a number (Lua)
[2348] Finding literals rather than patterns in Lua
[1744] Lua examples, Lua Courses
[source] Wait until a NUMBER has been entered
[source] string.format
[source] Single and multiline strings
[source] Use of string.rep
[source] String formatting
[source] Reading from the keyboard and string basics
[source] backslash specials in character strings and other basics
[source] Using string.find and string.sub to split
[source] Basic String functionality
[source] Finding literal strings
[source] Excercise to print out exchange rate table
[source] Checking a NUMBER has been entered
[source] Answer to excercise - Theme park takings
[source] Spread money gift around a group of children

Module U105 - Tables and the table library.
[4571] Lua - using modules to add your own utilities
[4273] Dot or Colon separator between table name and member in Lua - what is the difference?
[4248] Metatables, Metamethods, classes and objects in Lua
[3725] Lua Tables
[3694] Special __ methods you can use in Lua metatables
[2703] Lua Metatables
[2699] Lua tables - they are everything
[2499] ourdog is Greyhound, Staffie and Ginger Cake
[2346] The indexed and hashed parts of a Lua table
[1742] Lua - Table elements v table as a whole
[1697] Sorting in lua - specifying your own sort routine
[source] Sorting with a user defined routine
[source] Tables - some basics
[source] Sorting tables
[source] User defined sorting in Lua
[source] implode in Lua
[source] What is in a table?
[source] Duplicate (clone) a table
[source] pairs, ipairs and #tablename iteration
[source] Assignment of a table - by reference
[source] Read file, split line, tables of tables
[source] mixing associative and normal in table
[source] Set up a table, output in reverse
[source] Read and store data until we get a blank line
[source] Getting the minimum number from a table
[source] . v ["...."] v insert
[source] Sorting an Associative table
[source] whole table v single member, pairs v ipairs
[source] Split and Join a string into / from a table
[source] Tables as associative arrays
[source] Reading a file and creating a table

Module U106 - Functions.
[3695] Functions are first class variables in Lua and Python
[2949] Lua - variable function arguments and select
[2723] Returning multiple values from a function - Lua
[2455] Lua examples - coroutines, error handling, objects, etc
[2356] Passing multiple results back from a function - Lua, Python, etc
[2347] Dot, dot, dot in Lua - variable length parameter lists
[2312] What are closures in Lua?
[1847] Lua - IAQ (Infrequently Answered Questions)
[1744] Lua examples, Lua Courses
[1743] First class functions in Lua lead to powerful OO facilities
[1699] If you are learning Lua, here are some more examples
[1697] Sorting in lua - specifying your own sort routine
[1685] Short circuit evaluation (lazy operator) in Lua
[source] returning multiple values
[source] First Closure demonstration
[source] An adaptive function in Lua
[source] Dynamic code loading
[source] global, local and call by value
[source] The problem of default global
[source] Need to use local to reduce cope of variables
[source] how sorting via callbacks works
[source] Loading functions from a file
[source] declaring variables local to avoid global issues
[source] sample module - exercise answer
[source] break v return
[source] exchange rate example as a function
[source] Code loads at run time not compile time
[source] Variable number of arguments
[source] function call via table
[source] A function to take a lot of parameters or a table
[source] variables local to a block
[source] Using tables and functions within them
[source] variable number of parameters and the select function
[source] functions to include within a test harness
[source] Function calling and definition in Lua
[source] Flexible Function Calls
[source] A table of functions, calling each in turn
[source] Symetric Functions
[source] Returning multiple results
[source] lazy operators / short circuit evaluation
[source] excersize - functions
[source] variable arguments - a function to add up numbers

Module U107 - Object Orientation - the Lua way
[4753] Lua, Tcl, Python, C and C++ courses - at our Melksham HQ or on your site - forward from July 2017
[4573] Classic style OO code - in Lua
[4572] Tables with values and code in Lua - looks like an object?
[4273] Dot or Colon separator between table name and member in Lua - what is the difference?
[4248] Metatables, Metamethods, classes and objects in Lua
[4117] Is Lua an Object Oriented language?
[3730] What is a metatable? How do I set one up? How do I use them? Lua
[3727] Using Lua tables as objects
[3694] Special __ methods you can use in Lua metatables
[3683] Weak references in Lua - what are they, and why use them?
[3524] Metaclasses (Python) and Metatables (Lua)
[3396] Tables as Objects in Lua - a gentle introduction to data driven programming
[3142] Private and Public - and things between
[2710] __index and __newindex in Lua - metatable methods
[2703] Lua Metatables
[2701] Is Lua an Object Oriented language?
[2455] Lua examples - coroutines, error handling, objects, etc
[2359] A fresh example - objects the Lua way
[2318] For Lua Programmers AND for Town Planners
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1743] First class functions in Lua lead to powerful OO facilities
[1699] If you are learning Lua, here are some more examples
[1692] Towards Object Oriented Programming in Lua
[source] a table for each station
[source] Overriding an operator on a table
[source] using tables as classic objects
[source] adding in extra behavious
[source] redefining operators
[source] bus and train tables, and printing metatable
[source] Definition of a dice object - Inheritance
[source] Operator (+) and to_string overloading, Lua
[source] Access log - exercise framework
[source] introducting metatables
[source] Definition of a class in Lua
[source] definition of visit objects
[source] Comparing dot and colon
[source] Definition of a sphere object
[source] Polymorphism in Lua - table of objects of different types
[source] Adding user methods via a metatable
[source] Simple use of a metatable to create a class
[source] Metatables - the mechanism
[source] Program to use visit objects
[source] pre-metatables
[source] Define special behaviours ...
[source] Sample data file for animal demo
[source] Polymorphism in Lua - table of objects of different types
[source] creating and using a table of tables("objects")
[source] Tables to associate functions with data
[source] Using a metatable to define print, <, etc
[source] We can keep funtions in a table too
[source] Illustrates use of a class of objects
[source] Metatable to change a table characteristics
[source] Setting up tables and printing them out - control
[source] The OO paradigm applied in Lua
[source] __index and __newindex
[source] Hello Object World
[source] preparations for metatables - this is just a table
[source] Definition of a cube object
[source] Moving towards Lua objects - Metatables
[source] table for data and functionallity

Module U108 - Pattern matching
[4366] Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages
[3687] Binary / bitwise operations in Lua with the standard bit32 library
[2727] Making a Lua program run more than 10 times faster
[2702] First and last match with Regular Expressions
[2383] Lua Regular Expressions
[1847] Lua - IAQ (Infrequently Answered Questions)
[1744] Lua examples, Lua Courses
[source] Pattern matching in Lua (not Regular Expressions)
[source] Pattern substitute, pattern match and extract
[source] Pattern matching - FAST code
[source] Anchoring and delimiting patterns
[source] String Pattern Matching
[source] iterating through a string, choosing a pattern
[source] Pattern matching - SLOW code
[source] Pattern match and extract - a postcode
[source] split or explode in Lua

Module U109 - Modules
[4571] Lua - using modules to add your own utilities
[2455] Lua examples - coroutines, error handling, objects, etc
[2358] Encapsulating shared code in a Lua module
[1699] If you are learning Lua, here are some more examples
[source] Program to use a module
[source] ... then moving logic out to a module
[source] get distance between points - uses module
[source] How strict.lua can trap globals
[source] Sample answer to exercise - an include file
[source] where do modules / namespaces load from?
[source] first program to use shared utilities
[source] Excercise on loading functions from a file
[source] utility functions for multiple examples
[source] Second program to use shared utilities
[source] Separating out detailed logic into separate functions
[source] First Lua Module
[source] Namespace definition in Lua
[source] How strict.lua can trap globals
[source] A module to handle web access log records
[source] where do namespaces load from?

Module U110 - Input / Output
[3558] Python or Lua - which should I use / learn?
[2344] Reading a data file and sensing EOF in Lua
[1841] Formatting with a leading + / Lua and Perl
[1744] Lua examples, Lua Courses
[source] Command line and data file use / full course example
[source] file read and write - line by line
[source] Finding the latest log file and analysing it (popen, ls)
[source] Soccer ground data for Lua and Python example
[source] Log file analysis
[source] Processing a file of records, splitting each record
[source] Looking for (and counting) email addresses in a log file
[source] File open, read
[source] keyboard and screen read and write
[source] Soccer grounds - Lua
[source] Some file reading fundamentals

Module U111 - Trapping and handling errors.
[2706] Error trapping in Lua - no exceptions.
[2455] Lua examples - coroutines, error handling, objects, etc
[2360] Error Handling in Lua with assert and pcall
[source] trapping Lua errors - nil and error
[source] Assert - test a condition and exit with your error if it fails
[source] 'Control' for error trapping - failing example
[source] pcall to trap errors in a lua function call
[source] error checking through pcall
[source] trapping an error via pcall
[source] Stack Traceback
[source] Error handling on file open
[source] trapping Lua errors - assert

Module U112 - Other Standard Library features.
[2951] Lots of way of converting 3 letter month abbreviations to numbers
[1847] Lua - IAQ (Infrequently Answered Questions)
[source] Time / date and timers
[source] What is in os module?
[source] convert 3 letter month abbreviation to number
[source] What is my host operating system (in Lua)
[source] Global variables via _G
[source] List all tables and contents
[source] Maths functions and random number generators
[source] Directory listing

Module U113 - Installing Lua
[4102] Installing Lua 5.2.2 on Mac OS X 10.7.4
[2461] Luac - getting lua to start fast by precompiling
[1632] Lua - a powerful, up and coming scripting language
[source] Install procedure for LuaSocket

Module U114 - Threading and Coroutines.
[4270] Embedding Lua to perform tailored code at an interval
[3395] Parallel but not really parallel. Moving game characters. Coroutines in Lua.
[2455] Lua examples - coroutines, error handling, objects, etc
[2314] Passing parameters to a coroutine in Lua
[1870] What to do with a huge crop of apples
[1699] If you are learning Lua, here are some more examples
[1691] Co-routines in Lua - co-operative processing
[source] setting off a number of timers
[source] Multiple coroutines in parallel use
[source] NOT using coroutines - filling a table then using it instead
[source] simple coroutine example
[source] Illustration of Coroutines
[source] coroutine for game player movements
[source] coroutine basics
[source] using a coroutine as a generator
[source] Passing parameters to coroutines

Module U116 - Network Lua.
[2238] Handling nasty characters - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Lua
[source] Web Page via CGI in Lua
[source] Using http client library to retreive a web page
[source] Using the socket library to read a web page
[source] Web Page via CGI in Lua

Module U117 - Other Lua Subjects
[2461] Luac - getting lua to start fast by precompiling
[1845] Passing a table from Lua into C
[1844] Calling functions in C from your Lua script - a first HowTo
[source] Lua program that loads and runs C code
[source] Lua script to load and run C functions - Mk 3
[source] Lua code that calls a C function, passing params and returning value
[source] C code - callable from lua with parameters passed
[source] What is my host operating system (in Lua)
[source] C code callable from Lua - Mk 3
[source] C code callable from Lua - Mk 1

Module U118 - Resources.
[2319] Graphics in Lua - an example using the gd library
[1847] Lua - IAQ (Infrequently Answered Questions)
[1695] Lua Course - here is the index
[1111] Training in Lua
[source] Command Line parameters in Lua
[source] Using the gd module and library

Module U196 - Testing and Development in Lua
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code

Module U198 - New in Lua 5.2
[3690] Changes in Lua 5.2 - Garbage Collection
[3687] Binary / bitwise operations in Lua with the standard bit32 library
[3686] The goto statement in Lua
[3683] Weak references in Lua - what are they, and why use them?
[source] The bit32 library
[source] Weak references - set up and practical use
[source] Lua goto - introduced in 5.2

Module U199 - Programming Standards in Lua
[3685] Programming Standards in Lua
[source] pre-optimise
[source] postoptimised Lua example
[source] Functions to include within a test harness

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W: Web site programming and techniques

Module W501 - Introduction to Web Site Structure
[2552] Web site traffic - real users, or just noise?
[2282] Checking robots.txt from Python
[2214] Global Index to help you find resources
[2094] If you have a spelling mistake in your URL / page name
[1969] Search Engines. Getting the right pages seen.
[1686] FTP - how not to corrupt data (binary v ascii)
[1636] What to do if the Home Page is missing
[1431] Getting the community on line - some basics
[1198] From Web to Web 2
[1176] A pu that got me into trouble
[1168] Moving out some of the web site bloat
[1031] robots.txt - a clue to hidden pages?
[1024] Web site - a refresh to improve navigation
[528] Getting favicon to work - avoiding common pitfalls
[332] Looking up IP addresses
[source] Telling robots to bypass certain URLs

Module W502 - HTML Document Anatomy
[4034] The VERY basics of a web page ... and web site
[3563] How big is a web page these days? Does the size of your pages matter?
[3517] Tags used in writing this blog
[2675] Redirecting to your main domain for correct security keys
[2246] What difference does using the XHTML standard really make?
[1811] Alternative URLs using % symbol encoding
[1463] All the special characters in HTML ...
[1431] Getting the community on line - some basics
[1187] Updating a page strictly every minute (PHP, Perl)
[1160] HTML - example of a simple web page
[993] Positioning with Cascading Style Sheets
[857] Strikingly busy
[source] XHTML Page
[source] XHTML Page with PHP, dynamic reload and style
[source] XHTML Page with PHP, dynamic refresh (metatag), style (css) and image (jpg) that resizes to browser window via Javascript
[source] ASCII codes for HTML special characters
[source] XHTML Page with PHP, dynamic reload, style and image
[source] XHTML Page - PHP clock, auto reloads every minute
[source] XHTML Page with PHP (current time and date)

Module W503 - Hypertext
[4036] HTML tags uses in these blog articles
[4035] Special characters in HTML
[1630] To provide external links, or not?
[1034] The new web site look spreads

Module W504 - Not Just Text
[3133] An image from a website that occasionally comes out as hyroglyphics
[2554] Adding retrospective ALT attributes to IMG
[1806] Dealing with overhead cables in a photograph
[1749] Using server side and client side programming together
[1618] A small picture does not always cut it!
[847] Image maps for navigation - a straightforward example
[665] PHP Image viewing application
[553] Keep that image small
[351] Is photoajustment an addiction?
[source] Tiled background (random image)
[source] elementary formatting and images
[source] Multiple images in a piece of HTML
[source] Random image using PHP

Module W505 - Tables
[1493] Comparison - cellpadding versus cellspacing
[887] HTML tables - telling whats wrong from the display

Module W506 - Forms
[3532] Sharing the user experience - designing a form with the customer in mind
[source] target page for a link
[source] A first page with links to other pages and scripts (via form)
[source] A first script - just echo inputs

Module W507 - Frames
[220] When to use Frames
[article] Using Frames with PHP
[source] hierarcy navigation - PHP without frames
[source] hierarcy navigation - PHP with frames

Module W508 - Which Browser?
[3128] How does your browser find out about itself?
[2135] What features does this visitors browser support? (PHP)
[1519] Flipping images on your web page

Module W509 - Style
[2223] CSS Style Diagrams - working out where attributes come from
[1519] Flipping images on your web page
[1034] The new web site look spreads
[1019] span and div tags - a css comparison

Module W510 - Executable Content
[2628] An example of an injection attack using Javascript
[1814] Javascript/HTML example, dynamic server monitor
[1813] Ajax - going Asyncronous and what it means
[1812] Starting Ajax - easy example of browser calling up server data
[article] Running CGI scripts in Apache Tomcat
[article] Running SSI (Server Side Include) scripts in Apache Tomcat

Module W511 - Further Aspects
[1970] Plagarism - who is copying my pages?
[1187] Updating a page strictly every minute (PHP, Perl)
[1001] .pdf files - upload via PHP, store in MySQL, retrieve
[876] Making pages clearer - easy Disability Discrimination Act Compliance
[528] Getting favicon to work - avoiding common pitfalls

Module W512 - Site Design Aspects
[3589] Promoting a single one of your domains on the search engines
[3563] How big is a web page these days? Does the size of your pages matter?
[3517] Tags used in writing this blog
[2214] Global Index to help you find resources
[1598] Every link has two ends - fixing 404s at the recipient
[1353] Mood shots
[1054] UK legal requirements for your commercial web site
[1047] Maintainable code - some positive advice
[1015] Search engine placement - long term strategy and success
[918] Databases needn't be frightening, hard or expensive
[859] Put the answer in context - it may be printed
[823] An excellent use for a visitor count?
[795] Remember a site's non-technical issues too
[718] Protecting images from theft
[649] Denial of Service ''attack''
[556] Colour doesn't have to mean colourful
[510] Dynamic Web presence - next generation web site
[391] One mans pleasure is another mans poison
[352] Improved mining techniques!
[345] Spotting a denial of service attack
[319] Accommodation and landing pages
[288] Colour blindness for web developers
[261] Putting a form online
[229] A fortunate accident

Module W601 - Structure of Networks and Webs
[2246] What difference does using the XHTML standard really make?
[1798] What does an browser understand? What does an HTML document contain?

Module W602 - Client Side Technologies
[4310] Problem ... I want to print a series of numbered forms
[4277] Sending a message to the server and changing text on a page when a button is pressed
[3128] How does your browser find out about itself?
[2628] An example of an injection attack using Javascript
[2390] Dynamic / changing images on your web page
[1814] Javascript/HTML example, dynamic server monitor
[1813] Ajax - going Asyncronous and what it means
[1812] Starting Ajax - easy example of browser calling up server data
[1749] Using server side and client side programming together
[1681] Adding a button to a web page to print the page
[1322] Flash - is it available to your web page?
[522] Javascript events - a good example
[411] Javascript examples (some PHP and MySQL too)
[source] Roll over an image to change another image
[source] Sensing whether Flash is available on a browser
[source] Javascript event handling on a form (textarea)
[source] Reporting back your latitude and longitude
[source] Dynamic Image (Using Javascript)

Module W603 - Server Side Technologies
[4277] Sending a message to the server and changing text on a page when a button is pressed
[3915] How does PHP work?
[3705] Django Training Courses - UK
[2282] Checking robots.txt from Python
[2055] Effect on server when memory runs out and swapping starts
[1749] Using server side and client side programming together
[1615] PHP training courses every month
[1554] Online hotel reservations - Melksham, Wiltshire (near Bath)
[1365] Korn Shell scripts on the web
[1355] .php or .html extension? Morally Static Pages
[1031] robots.txt - a clue to hidden pages?
[1020] Parallel processing in PHP
[732] Where is a web site visitor browsing from
[653] Easy feed!
[642] How similar are two words
[source] PHP clock refreshes every minute

Module W604 - Beyond the Server
[4178] Where are you? How to write a geosensitive application
[2355] See this page in French
[468] Stand alone PHP programs

Module W611 - Actionscript
[2390] Dynamic / changing images on your web page
[1926] Flash (client) to PHP (server) - example
[1352] Actionscript / Flash / Flex (IAQ/FAQ)
[1322] Flash - is it available to your web page?
[source] PHP script that shows server side interaction
[source] Sensing whether Flash is available on a browser
[source] Actionscript to server interaction
[source] Interaction from Actionscript to server and database
[source] HTML shell to load a flash movie

Module W701 - Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
[1677] CSS training - Cascading Style Sheets (UK course)
[1016] Modernising from tables to cascading style sheets
[999] Cascading and the buses
[994] Training on Cascading Style Sheets
[993] Positioning with Cascading Style Sheets
[article] Introduction to Cascaded Style Sheets
[article] Elements of Cascading Style Sheets
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - laying out your page
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - putting it all together
[source] Using an external style sheet file
[source] First example of the application of style
[source] Style sheet - external files, first example
[source] Cascading style sheets - a simple cascade example

Module W702 - Elements of cascading style sheets
[4037] Cascading Style Sheets and formatting your web page
[1998] Text on a background image
[1831] Text formating for HTML, with PHP
[1677] CSS training - Cascading Style Sheets (UK course)
[1019] span and div tags - a css comparison
[1017] css - handling white space and pre
[999] Cascading and the buses
[994] Training on Cascading Style Sheets
[article] Introduction to Cascaded Style Sheets
[article] Elements of Cascading Style Sheets
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - laying out your page
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - putting it all together
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] document heirarcy
[source] text demonstration of styles
[source] relative font sizes using percentages
[source] flexibility in text styles
[source] block and inline display attributes
[source] style sheet applied to a heirarcy
[source] different types of element selector

Module W703 - Page layout with cascading style sheets
[1017] css - handling white space and pre
[1016] Modernising from tables to cascading style sheets
[994] Training on Cascading Style Sheets
[article] Introduction to Cascaded Style Sheets
[article] Elements of Cascading Style Sheets
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - laying out your page
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - putting it all together
[source] Standard tags v classes v tables
[source] Laying out elements of a page
[source] Overflow and scroll - cascading style sheets
[source] Style screen for positioning demos

Module W704 - Cascading style sheets - putting it all together
[4037] Cascading Style Sheets and formatting your web page
[2223] CSS Style Diagrams - working out where attributes come from
[1677] CSS training - Cascading Style Sheets (UK course)
[996] Setting your colour theme through PHP
[994] Training on Cascading Style Sheets
[565] Using PHP to output images, XML, Style sheets, etc
[501] .css - using PHP to make dynamic style sheets
[article] Introduction to Cascaded Style Sheets
[article] Elements of Cascading Style Sheets
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - laying out your page
[article] Cascading Style Sheets - putting it all together
[source] Page layout included within style
[source] Styles within page
[source] Style for example 4
[source] Direct coding
[source] page layout is within style sheet
[source] Direct Coding
[source] with tags embedded in page
[source] Direct code - older style tags
[source] holding page
[source] Style sheet for example no. 3

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Y: Python programming and use

Module Y050 - Python - General
[4712] A reminder of the key issues to consider in moving from Python 2 to Python 3
[4656] Identifying the first and last records in a sequence
[4558] Well House Consultants - Python courses / what's special.
[4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates
[4408] Additional Python courses added to our schedule
[4295] A longer Python ... training course
[4236] Using Python to analyse last years forum logs. Good coding practise discussion.
[3935] Whether you have programmed before or not, we can teach you Python
[3911] How well do you know Perl and / or Python?
[3903] Python Programming class for delegates who have already self-taught the basics
[3902] Shell - Grep - Sed - Awk - Perl - Python - which to use when?
[3816] Want to escape the Olympics? Learn to program in the countryside!
[3798] When you should use Object Orientation even in a short program - Python example
[3519] Python - current versions and implementations (CPython, Jython, IronPython etc)
[3489] Python courses and Private courses - gently updating our product to keep it ahead of the game
[3463] Busy weekend of contrasts.
[3076] Python through the Snow
[2822] Python training courses for use with ESRI ArcMap software
[2778] Learning to program in Python 2 ... and / or in Python 3
[2504] Learning to program in ...
[2394] Two days of demonstration scripts in Python
[2367] Learning to program - how to jump the first hurdles
[2285] Great new diagrams for our notes ... Python releases
[2227] Learning PHP, Ruby, Lua and Python - upcoming courses
[2020] Learning Python - many new example programs
[2017] Python - a truly dynamic language
[16] Python training
[article] Python Fast Start
[source] Reading a web page 'as if it was a local file'
[source] generatings lists of 365 elements to convert day of year to month and day
[source] Running an operating system command via a pipe
[source] early python demonstration - using, re-using, copying variables
[source] First steps in Object definition and use
[source] First 'real' application
[source] Reading a file line by line (good for huge files)
[source] Trying to modify a tuple
[source] Web Access Counter - parsing big data file
[source] Some early list demonstrations!
[source] loading functions from shared file
[source] File read and write - program 'samples' every 10th line of a log file
[source] Generator function to prevent need for intermediate list
[source] A one-liner to print a file's contents
[source] Converting a file on disc to a list of objects in memory
[source] A file of functions for 'from' or 'import'
[source] first real application - simple calculation
[source] Tracking start and end records
[source] ways of looping through a list
[source] lists of functions, lambdas, callbacks (posh/flexible ways to use functions)
[source] Using a generator to avoid a large intermediate list - control
[source] transport in Ireland
[source] file to be included to bring in application globals
[source] Lists, lists of lists, mutable and immutable
[source] Use of xrange rather than range to avoid huge intermediate lists
[source] Sample class with test harness too
[source] Decorator, lots of __ methods, formatting, and more
[source] Simple log file analysis
[source] How EVERYTHING is an object - even functions!
[source] Some examples of the % (string formatting) operator
[source] Station growths
[source] Hiding algorithms in functions - 'encapsulation'
[source] Regular Expression to extract data from log file (and dictionary analyse)

Module Y101 - Introduction to Python
[4590] Progress on moving from Python 2 to Python 3 - training for both versions
[4298] Python - an interesting application
[4118] We not only teach PHP and Python - we teach good PHP and Python Practice!
[1663] Python in an afternoon - a lecture for experienced programmers
[1375] Python v Ruby
[950] Python and the Magic Roundabout
[949] Sludge off the mountain, and Python and PHP
[909] Python is like a narrowboat
[846] Is Perl being replaced by PHP and Python?
[834] Python makes University Challenge
[753] Python 3000 - the next generation
[745] Python modules. The distribution, The Cheese Shop and the Vaults of Parnassus.
[712] Why reinvent the wheel
[710] Linux training Glasgow, Python programming course Dundee
[629] Choosing the right language
[444] Database or Progamming - which to learn first?
[382] Central London Courses - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, MySQL
[380] Bridging to the customer requirement
[317] Programming languages - a comparison
[article] Python Fast Start
[source] "Hello World" in Python
[source] Hello world - Python v Java
[source] Printing strings in Python 2
[source] Reform 0 sample data
[source] Factory demo
[source] Samsung example
[source] Singapore Dollar Answer
[source] Simple data manipulation
[source] Python is "default local"
[source] Printing strings in Python 3

Module Y102 - Python - Fundamentals
[4712] A reminder of the key issues to consider in moving from Python 2 to Python 3
[4442] Mutable v Immuatble objects in Python, and the implication
[4324] Learning to program - variables and constants
[3917] BODMAS - the order a computer evaluates arithmetic expressions
[3886] Formatting output - why we need to, and first Python example
[3551] Some terms used in programming (Biased towards Python)
[3278] Do I need to initialise variables - programming in C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby or Java.
[3181] Beware - a=a+b and a+=b are different - Python
[3083] Python - fresh examples from recent courses
[2778] Learning to program in Python 2 ... and / or in Python 3
[2442] Variable storage - Perl, Tcl and Python compared
[2368] Python - fresh examples of all the fundamentals
[1878] Pascals Triangle in Python and Java
[1461] Python - input v raw input
[1448] Question on division (Java) - Also Perl, PHP, Python ...
[1430] Integer v float - Python
[956] Python security - trouble with input
[748] Getting rid of variables after you have finished with them
[633] Copying a reference, or cloning
[328] Making programs easy for any user to start
[article] Python Fast Start
[source] input with built in coercion
[source] Simple first steps - prompt, read, calculate, report
[source] Constants in Python
[source] Maths operations in Python
[source] Output - with and without spacing
[source] Commenting your program
[source] Pascals Triangle
[source] Deleting a variable v deleting its contents
[source] Constant Strings
[source] More about print statements
[source] raw input
[source] input v raw_input
[source] Answer to end of module exercise
[source] Stripping leading and trailing space
[source] early example of formatting output
[source] Conversion, Coercion, and 2 forms of print
[source] Running a python program without having to type in "python" every time
[source] Strings several lines long
[source] Operator precedence in Python

Module Y103 - Conditionals and Loops
[4723] Conditional operators in Python
[4713] Equality (in Python)
[4545] Method, Class, Module, Package - how to they relate in Python?
[4541] Setting up and tearing down with the Python with keyword
[4402] Finding sum, minimum, maximum and average in Python (and Ruby)
[4323] Learning to program - Loop statements such as while
[4322] Learning to Program - the conditional statement (if)
[4210] If elif elif elif - multiway selection in Python
[4092] Identity in Python
[3895] Flowchart to program - learning to program with Well House
[3762] Learning to program - the if statement. Python.
[3620] Finding the total, average, minimum and maximum in a program
[3558] Python or Lua - which should I use / learn?
[3439] Python for loops - applying a temporary second name to the same object
[3397] Does a for loop evaluate its end condition once, or on every iteration?
[3200] How a for loop works Java, Perl and other languages
[3083] Python - fresh examples from recent courses
[2899] Groupsave tickets - 3 or 4 train tickets for the price of 2
[2778] Learning to program in Python 2 ... and / or in Python 3
[1696] Saying NOT in Perl, PHP, Python, Lua ...
[1661] Equality, sameness and identity - Python
[1477] Decisions - small ones, or big ones?
[1201] No switch in Python
[909] Python is like a narrowboat
[835] Python - when to use the in operator
[788] New - Conditional expressions in Python 2.5
[668] Python - block insets help with documentation
[657] The ternary operator in Python
[353] Wimbledon Neck
[299] What - no switch or case statement?
[article] the while and else structure
[source] Days and months exercise - answer using methods
[source] Nested blocks
[source] Shorthand operators
[source] single and multiple statement blocks / conditionals
[source] Singapore Teapot - exercise answer
[source] with as and in
[source] Singapore Teapot - exercise answer (2)
[source] loop controls - break and else
[source] an if statement in python
[source] Alternative to switch, case and default
[source] Groupsave ticket calculator
[source] is or == in Python
[source] Combining conditions with and and or
[source] if statments - various ways of writing them
[source] a loop in python
[source] Exchange Rate Conversion answer
[source] if - elif - else conditional
[source] Comparions
[source] if with a block
[source] if / elif / elif - how it works
[source] when is a number "false"?
[source] if, elif and else
[source] Swan family - Python
[source] First Loop

Module Y104 - Lists and Tuples
[4722] Embedding more complex code into a named block
[4368] Shuffling a list - Ruby and Python
[4027] Collections in Python - list tuple dict and string.
[3763] Spike solutions and refactoring - a Python example
[3669] Stepping through a list (or an array) in reverse order
[3348] List slices in Python - 2 and 3 values forms, with an uplifting example
[3257] All possible combinations from a list (Python) or array (Ruby)
[3181] Beware - a=a+b and a+=b are different - Python
[3118] Arrays of arrays - or 2D arrays. How to program tables.
[2996] Copying - duplicating data, or just adding a name? Perl and Python compared
[2719] Traffic lights in Python
[2368] Python - fresh examples of all the fundamentals
[2284] Strings as collections in Python
[2280] Creating and iterating through Python lists
[1789] Looking for a value in a list - Python
[1641] Tektronix 4010 series / Python Tuples
[1220] for loop - how it works (Perl, PHP, Java, C, etc)
[955] Python collections - mutable and imutable
[899] Python - extend v append on a list
[657] The ternary operator in Python
[383] Overloading of operators on standard objects in Python
[article] Python List, Python Tuple, Python Dictionary
[source] 4 different ways of parsing a list
[source] list manipulation
[source] using +=
[source] Days and months exercise - answer using methods
[source] Whole list or just elements of list?
[source] Copy list v Clone list
[source] Shuffle a list of numbers using supplied shuffle method
[source] solving exersise using a function
[source] Going through a list backwards
[source] Shuffle a list of numbers
[source] list slices
[source] Parking exercise - final sample answer
[source] using function from exercise
[source] range to go through each element of a list
[source] A list of lists - works like a 2 D array but better ;-)
[source] looping throught a station file
[source] List Comprehensions
[source] Parking exercise - mark 2
[source] Using the power of lists to reduce loops (control)
[source] Alternative answer to exercise 1
[source] Two alternatives - day of year -> day of month and month of year
[source] All possible pairs from list
[source] First use of a tuple
[source] Use of range to give list indexes
[source] mutable v immutable
[source] some excercises with lists
[source] + and * operators on a list
[source] Comparing lists
[source] for loop to handle each element of a list
[source] Answer - excercise 1 - day and month numbers
[source] List slices - 1 2 and 3 value forms
[source] Converting a list to a tuple
[source] The in operator - is a value in a list
[source] Using the power of lists to reduce loops (actual)
[source] Copying a list (or rather - copying a reference to a list)
[source] List - first example
[source] using + and re-assigning
[source] Parking exercise - mk 1
[source] How a function takes different shapes

Module Y105 - Functions, Modules and Packages
[4724] From and Import in Python - where is the module loaded from?
[4722] Embedding more complex code into a named block
[4719] Nesting decorators
[4662] Recursion in Python - the classic example
[4645] What are callbacks? Why use them? An example in Python
[4448] What is the difference between a function and a method?
[4441] Reading command line parameters in Python
[4410] A good example of recursion - a real use in Python
[4407] Python - even named code blocks are objects
[4361] Multiple yields and no loops in a Python generator?
[4212] Python functions - an introduction to how they work
[4161] Python varables - checking existance, and call by name or by value?
[4029] Exception, Lambda, Generator, Slice, Dict - examples in one Python program
[3945] vargs in Python - how to call a method with unknown number of parameters
[3931] Optional positional and named parameters in Python
[3885] Default local - a good choice by the author of Python
[3852] Static variables in Python?
[3766] Python timing - when to use a list, and when to use a generator
[3695] Functions are first class variables in Lua and Python
[3662] Finding all the unique lines in a file, using Python or Perl
[3474] Python Packages - groupings of modules. An introduction
[3472] Static variables in functions - and better ways using objects
[3464] Passing optional and named parameters to python methods
[3459] Catching the fishes first?
[3280] Passing parameters to Python functions - the options you have
[3159] Returning multiple values from a function call in various languages - a comparison
[2998] Using an exception to initialise a static variable in a Python function / method
[2994] Python - some common questions answered in code examples
[2929] Passing a variable number of parameters in to a function / method
[2878] Program for reliability and efficiency - do not duplicate, but rather share and re-use
[2766] Optional and named parameters to Python functions/methods
[2718] Python - access to variables in the outer scope
[2520] Global and Enable - two misused words!
[2506] Good example of recursion in Python - analyse an RSS feed
[2481] Sample code with errors in it on our web site
[2440] Optional parameters to Python functions
[2439] Multiple returns from a function in Python
[2011] Conversion of OSI grid references to Eastings and Northings
[1879] Dynamic code - Python
[1871] Optional and named parameters in Python
[1870] What to do with a huge crop of apples
[1869] Anonymous functions (lambdas) and map in Python
[1790] Sharing variables with functions, but keeping them local too - Python
[1784] Global - Tcl, PHP, Python
[1464] Python Script - easy examples of lots of basics
[1202] Returning multiple values from a function (Perl, PHP, Python)
[1163] A better alternative to cutting and pasting code
[1134] Function / method parameters with * and ** in Python
[959] It's the 1st, not the 1nd 1rd or 1th.
[949] Sludge off the mountain, and Python and PHP
[913] Python - A list of methods
[912] Recursion in Python
[900] Python - function v method
[821] Dynamic functions and names - Python
[775] Do not duplicate your code
[749] Cottage industry or production line data handling methods
[745] Python modules. The distribution, The Cheese Shop and the Vaults of Parnassus.
[668] Python - block insets help with documentation
[561] Python's Generator functions
[418] Difference between import and from in Python
[386] What is a callback?
[340] Code and code maintainance efficiency
[308] Call by name v call by value
[303] Lambdas in Python
[294] Python generator functions, lambdas, and iterators
[105] Distance Learning
[96] Variable Scope
[article] Python Calling functions and methods. Using objects and modules.
[source] Optional parameters, and variable number of parameters
[source] A module with doc strings and attributes defined
[source] Dynamic function definition
[source] map to transform and filter to select from a list
[source] Dynamic function definition
[source] Good structure of named blocks of code
[source] Exercise answer - net and tax from gross amount
[source] retaining a variable from one call to the next
[source] A Lambda function - one line function definition
[source] * and ** in function calls
[source] Good structure of named blocks of code
[source] Using a generator
[source] Example that uses mystuff.py
[source] Using a generator function to provide an iteration
[source] Main program - methods and attributes from a module
[source] Not using a generator - each runs to completion
[source] recursive example - factorial
[source] Generator v regular function
[source] use of functions from a module
[source] static variables in Python?
[source] A second program that uses shared functions in mod2.py
[source] Local and global variables
[source] Sample data for jenny demo
[source] Using objects to pass in (and out) of generators
[source] a generator function - carries on where it left off at previous call
[source] vargs in Python
[source] Using a generator to process a big file
[source] demonstration of a Python Package
[source] Recursion - when a function calls itself
[source] use of a standard module (sys)
[source] generator - multiple yields and no loop!
[source] Functions that we'll share between applications
[source] Program that uses the module in local.py
[source] functions to work out tax and net from gross
[source] Generator with multiple yields
[source] Calling program - sample answer with separate module for functions
[source] Program to use a module and the attributes of its functions
[source] Use of the map function to transform a list
[source] Demonstration of variable scope in Python
[source] importing a name from a module into the current namespace
[source] Sample data for dfg
[source] Module with documentation string and test harness
[source] List of fucntions and callback demo
[source] Defining and calling a function - postal delivery order
[source] A generator - two code branches both live
[source] A further Good structure of named blocks of code
[source] A tiny module
[source] Another example of a module reuse
[source] File of functions to be loaded by other examples
[source] functions, statics, test code, doc strings ...
[source] Sample data for jenny demo
[source] Mandatory, optional, ordered and named parameters
[source] alternative example using mystuff.py
[source] code to use a restaurant (table)
[source] definition and use of a function
[source] A bunch of functions in a module
[source] Scope of variables - some samples
[source] Brining in elements from a namespace
[source] An extra x - range v xrange and readlines v xreadlines
[source] Full module, documentation, test harness, static variables
[source] demonstration of a Python Package - the module
[source] function calling - options demonstrated
[source] Collecting function parameters
[source] Functions are objects
[source] code that DEFINES a restuarant table
[source] Assorted function call examples
[source] Anonymous variables and subs and lambdas
[source] more options with modules and functions

Module Y106 - Object Oriented Python
[4721] When to check an object type - Python isinstance example
[4650] Why populate object with values as you construct them?
[4591] From single block to structure and object oriented programming
[4448] What is the difference between a function and a method?
[4129] Simple OO demonstration in C++, comparison to Python
[4028] Really Simple Class and Inheritance example in Python
[4021] Spike solution, refactored and reusable, Python - Example
[3947] this or self - what are they, and what is the difference? (Python)
[3878] From Structured to Object Oriented Programming.
[3673] Object oriented or structured - a comparison in Python. Also writing clean regular expressions
[3436] Moving from scripting to Object Orientation in Python
[3399] From fish, loaves and apples to money, plastic cards and BACS (Perl references explained)
[3085] Object Oriented Programming for Structured Programmers - conversion training
[2604] Tips for writing a test program (Ruby / Python / Java)
[2169] When should I use OO techniques?
[2017] Python - a truly dynamic language
[1925] Introduction to Object Oriented Programming
[1348] Screw it or Glue it? Access to Object variables - a warning
[1306] Python class rattling around
[900] Python - function v method
[834] Python makes University Challenge
[477] Class, static and unbound variables
[article] all variables are objects
[article] Python Calling functions and methods. Using objects and modules.
[article] copying an object - copy the reference
[source] retaining data objects for iteration
[source] Defining and using a class - early steps
[source] table, round table and rectangular table
[source] Shapes used for items in junkroom
[source] looking at an object type
[source] mutable v immutable objects
[source] test program for containers in junkroom
[source] Object using generator - directory file traverser
[source] Simple class - with a class (static) variable
[source] Object equality, identity and sameness
[source] Saving a lambda in a variable and other tricks
[source] Test harness for writer class
[source] Work in progress - survey analysis
[source] Web Server access - directory report
[source] A simple class - constructor, object method and class method, no inheritance
[source] definition and testing of a class
[source] Class of records - forum log file analysis
[source] Sample class (exercise) - animal
[source] Shows danger of using direct access to a member variable
[source] OO sample - definition and use of two dog objects
[source] Test application for "writer" class
[source] Exercise answer - program to test class animal

Module Y107 - Dictionaries
[4668] Sorting a dict in Python
[4661] Unique word locator - Python dict example
[4469] Sorting in Python 3 - and how it differs from Python 2 sorting
[4409] Setting up and using a dict in Python - simple first example
[4029] Exception, Lambda, Generator, Slice, Dict - examples in one Python program
[4027] Collections in Python - list tuple dict and string.
[3934] Multiple identical keys in a Python dict - yes, you can!
[3662] Finding all the unique lines in a file, using Python or Perl
[3555] Football league tables - under old and new point system. Python program.
[3554] Learning more about our web site - and learning how to learn about yours
[3488] Python sets and frozensets - what are they?
[3464] Passing optional and named parameters to python methods
[2994] Python - some common questions answered in code examples
[2986] Python dictionaries - reaching to new uses
[2915] Looking up a value by key - associative arrays / Hashes / Dictionaries
[2368] Python - fresh examples of all the fundamentals
[1145] Using a list of keys and a list of values to make a dictionary in Python - zip
[1144] Python dictionary for quick look ups
[955] Python collections - mutable and imutable
[103] Can't resist writing about Python
[article] Python List, Python Tuple, Python Dictionary
[source] Python 3 - sorting a list
[source] Is a key used in a dictionary?
[source] listing words using set
[source] Simple use of dict
[source] Analysing blog accesses
[source] Class used by dictionary with object key example
[source] data file with duplicated lines
[source] Defining and looking up in a dictionary
[source] Analysing visit lengths to web site - using cache
[source] Sort all lines in a file, sort by frequency, list lines they occur on
[source] Can I sort a dictionary?
[source] Dictionary of objects - exercise and sample answer
[source] Report each line from a file
[source] Unique visitors / visited pages per month
[source] Variable scope when sorting a dictionary by value
[source] Python 3 - sorting with sorted
[source] Python 2.7 - sorting a list
[source] Soccer - league table, old v new point system
[source] counting occurrences in a file
[source] Joining 2 lists into a dictionary
[source] Can I sort a dictionary?
[source] dict with digit strings as keys (python 3)
[source] Soccer League table
[source] Optional, list and dictionary params
[source] counting words using dictionary
[source] counting server accesse
[source] Illustration of a program that would benefit from dictionaries
[source] multiple values at same key
[source] Analysing visit lengths to web site - no cache
[source] dict with digit strings as keys
[source] report unique lines from file
[source] Looping through all the elements of a dictionary
[source] dict - members with same key
[source] finding words by their count in a data file
[source] count of each line in a file, sorted by count
[source] dictionary with object keys - example

Module Y108 - String Handling
[4659] Prining a pound sign from Python AND running from the command line at the same time
[4595] Python formatting update - including named completions
[4593] Command line parameter handling in Python via the argparse module
[4360] Python - comparison of old and new string formatters
[4307] Identifying and clearing denial of service attacks on your Apache server
[4213] Formatting options in Python
[4152] Why are bus fares so high?
[4027] Collections in Python - list tuple dict and string.
[3886] Formatting output - why we need to, and first Python example
[3796] Backquote, backtic, str and repr in Python - conversion object to string
[3469] Teaching dilemma - old tricks and techniques, or recent enhancements?
[3468] Python string formatting - the move from % to str.format
[3349] Formatting output in Python through str.format
[3218] Matching a license plate or product code - Regular Expressions
[3090] Matching to a string - what if it matches in many possible ways?
[2814] Python - splitting and joining strings
[2780] Formatted Printing in Python
[2765] Running operating system commands from your Python program
[2721] Regular Expressions in Python
[2692] Flexible search and replace in Python
[2406] Pound Sign in Python Program
[2284] Strings as collections in Python
[1876] Python Regular Expressions
[1608] Underlining in Perl and Python - the x and * operator in use
[1517] Python - formatting objects
[1195] Regular Express Primer
[1110] Python - two different splits
[970] String duplication - x in Perl, * in Python and Ruby
[954] Splitting Pythons in Bradford
[943] Matching within multiline strings, and ignoring case in regular expressions
[903] Pieces of Python
[773] Breaking bread
[560] The fencepost problem
[496] Python printf
[463] Splitting the difference
[324] The backtick operator in Python and Perl
[article] Analysing incoming data lines
[source] Regular expression with comments in it
[source] formatted printing variety - format method
[source] Share 10000 pound between 1 to 10 children
[source] Python Formatting via the str.format method
[source] formatting a pound sign and a #! line
[source] Strings - how to write them
[source] Formatting strings / multiple use of % operator
[source] split and join
[source] Splitting at a literal v splitting at a regex
[source] writing understandable regular expressions
[source] translate, reverse and join - reversing dna sequence
[source] Comparison of regex and string splitting
[source] revision - string basics
[source] Regular Expression - Maya strings
[source] Web site - population penetration
[source] reading and handling command line options
[source] Exercise answer - formatting prices and aligning columns
[source] Substitute for a regular expression
[source] Command line handler function in Python
[source] Checking the type of characters entered
[source] Command line handler function in Python
[source] Two forms of formatting
[source] Split - regular expression v literal string
[source] Search and find, replace, and replace with result
[source] Fencepost problem and solution
[source] Search for regular expression and replace
[source] Ordnance Survey Ireland - Grid Reference Conversion
[source] Distortion of bus prices due to concessionary fares
[source] Unicode text string
[source] Formatting - time and money using the % operator and format method
[source] List all methods available on an object
[source] The String formatter
[source] Conversion to a string with the backtick operator
[source] raw and regular strings
[source] Formatting output - floats, ints, etc
[source] generating text with character
[source] Strings, raw strings, triple quoted strings
[source] Multiline string
[source] Using the replace method on a string
[source] formatting - old and new ways
[source] Regular Expression Overview
[source] Parse a file checking each line against a criterion
[source] Handling a string as a list of characters

Module Y109 - Exceptions
[4444] Elements of an exception in Python - try, except, else, finally
[4161] Python varables - checking existance, and call by name or by value?
[4029] Exception, Lambda, Generator, Slice, Dict - examples in one Python program
[3930] Reporting the full stack trace when you catch a Python exception
[3913] How many times ... has this loco headed west through Tenby? - Python exceptions
[3664] Error checking in a Python program - making your program robust via exceptions
[3441] Pressing ^C in a Python program. Also Progress Bar.
[3433] Exceptions - a fail-safe way of trapping things that may go wrong
[3177] Insurance against any errors - Volcanoes and Python
[2998] Using an exception to initialise a static variable in a Python function / method
[2994] Python - some common questions answered in code examples
[2622] Handling unusual and error conditions - exceptions
[2408] Robust user input (exception handling) example in Python
[2368] Python - fresh examples of all the fundamentals
[2281] Python - using exceptions to set a fallback
[2018] UnboundLocalError - Python Message
[1236] Trying things in Python
[1042] Nested exceptions in Python
[381] Exceptions in Python
[article] errors v exceptions
[source] Use of pass to provide an empty block
[source] Example of a runtime error
[source] Handling multiple exceptions types
[source] Program with a bug!
[source] static variable - initialise via exception
[source] Example of a syntax error
[source] Answer to exercise
[source] Raising Exceptions yourself
[source] static variable in Python
[source] Busiest and quietest stations
[source] Using excpetions to allow *some* user errors
[source] Try, except, else and finally
[source] Events spread over a number of units
[source] try and except within a loop
[source] trapping ^C in Python
[source] Read from a URL resource with error trapping
[source] Status line. Also trapping ^C
[source] try, except, finally example
[source] full traceback log from exceptions
[source] Read an integer - validated
[source] passing exceptions back to calling code
[source] Use of try and except
[source] Exception, Lambda, dict
[source] Example of a piece of code that sometimes crashes
[source] Using excpetion for fail-safe error handling

Module Y110 - File Handling
[4717] with in Python - examples of use, and of defining your own context
[4708] Scons - a build system in Python - building hello world
[4663] Easy data to object mapping (csv and Python)
[4593] Command line parameter handling in Python via the argparse module
[4451] Running an operating system command from your Python program - the new way with the subprocess module
[4438] Loving programming in Python - and ready to teach YOU how
[3764] Shell, Awk, Perl of Python?
[3558] Python or Lua - which should I use / learn?
[3465] How can I do an FTP transfer in Python?
[3442] A demonstration of how many Python facilities work together
[3083] Python - fresh examples from recent courses
[2870] Old prices - what would the equivalent price have been in 1966?
[2282] Checking robots.txt from Python
[2011] Conversion of OSI grid references to Eastings and Northings
[1442] Reading a file multiple times - file pointers
[183] The elegance of Python
[114] Relative or absolute milkman
[source] Inflation data - UK - annual factors
[source] using a generator to source data from a file
[source] File overwrite and append in python
[source] using with to limit the scope of a file handle
[source] List a directory sorted by age of object
[source] Read from a URL as is reading from a file
[source] Improved version - program to handle data recently appended to a log file
[source] polymorphism in action
[source] Parsing a large file, looking for matching lines
[source] Trapping a non-existant file error
[source] Read whole file, report on lines matching a pattern
[source] Object using generator - directory file traverser
[source] Inflation Calculcator - what would it have cost?
[source] Reading a file line by line
[source] Jumping around an input file (random access)
[source] Handling huge data
[source] Soccer grounds - Python
[source] Find the title of a web site
[source] Disc space free within an application
[source] running OS subprocesses in Python
[source] json and csv handling
[source] Read file into list and process each line
[source] Short file parser
[source] Fixed Length Record to CSV
[source] Checking whether a file exists, and things about it ...
[source] File checks - is it a directory, when was it modified
[source] import CSV data into dict

Module Y111 - More on Collections and Sequences
[4442] Mutable v Immuatble objects in Python, and the implication
[4398] Accessing variables across subroutine boundaries - Perl, Python, Java and Tcl
[3797] zip in Python
[3439] Python for loops - applying a temporary second name to the same object
[3348] List slices in Python - 2 and 3 values forms, with an uplifting example
[3150] Python dictionaries - mutable and immutable keys and values
[2996] Copying - duplicating data, or just adding a name? Perl and Python compared
[2920] Sorting - naturally, or into a different order
[2894] Sorting people by their names
[2718] Python - access to variables in the outer scope
[1873] List Comprehensions in Python
[1869] Anonymous functions (lambdas) and map in Python
[1310] Callbacks - a more complex code sandwich
[1304] Last elements in a Perl or Python list
[899] Python - extend v append on a list
[633] Copying a reference, or cloning
[386] What is a callback?
[61] Python is a fabulous language
[article] Python List, Python Tuple, Python Dictionary
[article] User defined sorting - what is a callback?
[article] copying an object - copy the reference
[source] List - shallow copy
[source] Sorting and subsorting into your own order
[source] Natural sorting of a list of strings
[source] using a callback to map a list
[source] A list of lists (a matrix?)
[source] copy reference and shallow copy
[source] alias, shallow copy and deep copy comparison
[source] Sorting in a non-standard way
[source] Collections - initial setup and reference
[source] Further methods that run on lists - looking things up
[source] Sorting by surname
[source] List - revision
[source] list slices - revision
[source] List - multiple dimensions
[source] Python equivalent of Schwartzian transform
[source] List - copy through assignment
[source] Sorting of a list of strings - user routine ignoring case
[source] List - deep copy
[source] Sample answer - module exercise
[source] Sorting a dictionary?
[source] Encapsulating changes in a function
[source] Counting in a dictionary, and sorting

Module Y112 - Objects - Intermediate
[4719] Nesting decorators
[4718] Defining an object that is a modified standard type in Python
[4717] with in Python - examples of use, and of defining your own context
[4649] Object and Static methods - what is the difference; example in Python 3
[4541] Setting up and tearing down with the Python with keyword
[4450] Deciding whether to use parameters, conditional statements or subclasses
[4449] Spike solution, refactoring into encapsulated object methods - good design practise
[4410] A good example of recursion - a real use in Python
[4366] Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages
[4356] Object factories in C++, Python, PHP and Perl
[4344] Python base and inherited classes, test harness and unit testing - new examples
[4094] Python Properties - how and why
[4028] Really Simple Class and Inheritance example in Python
[3887] Inheritance, Composition and Associated objects - when to use which - Python example
[3796] Backquote, backtic, str and repr in Python - conversion object to string
[3524] Metaclasses (Python) and Metatables (Lua)
[3472] Static variables in functions - and better ways using objects
[3442] A demonstration of how many Python facilities work together
[3002] A list of special method and attribute names in Python
[2994] Python - some common questions answered in code examples
[2905] Defining static methods in Python
[2889] Should Python classes each be in their own file?
[2785] The Light bulb moment when people see how Object Orientation works in real use
[2764] Python decorators - your own, staticmethod and classmethod
[2722] Mixins example in Python
[2720] Multiple inheritance in Python - complete working example
[2717] The Multiple Inheritance Conundrum, interfaces and mixins
[2693] Methods that run on classes (static methods) in Python
[2485] How do I set up a constant in Python?
[2409] TypeError: super() argument 1 must be type, not classobj (Python)
[2368] Python - fresh examples of all the fundamentals
[1819] Calling base class constructors
[1661] Equality, sameness and identity - Python
[1644] Using a utility method to construct objects of different types - Python
[1517] Python - formatting objects
[1217] What are factory and singleton classes?
[1146] __new__ v __init__ - python constructor alternatives?
[964] Practical polymorphism in action
[903] Pieces of Python
[831] Comparison of Object Oriented Philosophy - Python, Java, C++, Perl
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[477] Class, static and unbound variables
[383] Overloading of operators on standard objects in Python
[296] Using a Python dictionary as a holder of object attributes
[article] Inheritance
[article] all variables are objects
[source] Class example - restaurant
[source] Python 3.4 tables interitance and factory demo
[source] Factory, comparator, inheritance etc
[source] Singleton class
[source] Polymorphism demonstration - uses cat and dog objects from hound.py
[source] Multiple Inheritance Complete Example
[source] Utility method to construct different objects
[source] Accommodation base clase
[source] Data file for Python 3.4 inheritance model
[source] Data file for "tu2" example
[source] New style class - with inheritance
[source] definition and use of property with lambda
[source] Data for p4.py example
[source] Sample application using hotel and bandb
[source] Operator (+) and to_string overloading, Python
[source] Callbacks in Python
[source] Multiple Inheritance
[source] metaclass setup and use
[source] backquote / backtic operator
[source] Illustration of how the + (add) operator is really defined
[source] Defining a class of goats and overriding addition
[source] Polymorphism and inheritance with Christmas and Easter Characters
[source] Mixins Complete Example
[source] Inheritance demo
[source] Class heirarcy in a single file
[source] Classes, subclasses, static method, test harness
[source] Class with Body Mass Index method
[source] definition of a property
[source] Sample data for accoms program
[source] Sample program (1) using c1.py demonstration classes
[source] Decorator v modifier; static methods
[source] objects within objects - access log hits and visits
[source] calling an attribute [property]
[source] getitem and getslice
[source] Definition of two objects to demonstrate polymorphism
[source] New Style classes and inheritance
[source] nested decorators
[source] Sample program (2) using c1.py demonstration classes
[source] definition of subclass hotel of accom
[source] all together table example
[source] Simple base class, subclass and polymorphism
[source] using with to open and close an object
[source] static (class) methods via decorators
[source] Class, subclasses, test harness. Inheritance, Poymorphism and Overloading
[source] OO demo - multiple classes, inheritance, test program
[source] data for pub.py
[source] class exercise - add 200 count please
[source] Old Style classes and inheritance
[source] program to show use of "person" class
[source] new style classes, as module with inheritance and test harness
[source] class, subclass, utility, factory, etc
[source] Overloading (redefining) addition and how a variable is printed
[source] Sample data for person.py demo
[source] Define your own add and print methods
[source] Factory method
[source] static methods, overloaded operator, propertys, inheritance and polymorphism ...
[source] definition of subclass bandb of accom
[source] wholesale factory method - read file to list of objects

Module Y113 - Python and SQL databases
[4537] example of SQLite using a local database file through SQLalchemy
[4535] SQLAlchemy - first examples with a Python Object Relationship Mapping system
[4445] Graphing presentations in Python - huge data, numpy and matplotlib
[4436] Accessing a MySQL database from Python with mysql.connector
[4086] Cacheing class for Python - using a local SQLite database as a key/value store
[4024] SQL databases from Python - an SQLite example
[3139] Steering our Python courses towards wxPython, SQLite and Django
[3136] A framework with python - Django - first steps
[2790] Joining a MySQL table from within a Python program
[2786] Factory methods and SqLite in use in a Python teaching example
[2746] Model - View - Controller demo, Sqlite - Python 3 - Qt4
[2745] Connecting Python to sqlite and MySQL databases
[source] SQL Alchemy - connect, inserts and queries
[source] Cacheing class object / sqlite3
[source] Using our JSON service from Python with key / value cache
[source] Local MySQL test prior to running examples
[source] SQL Alchemy - connect and first query
[source] reading from http://www.wellho.net/data/wiltshire_busstops.csv
[source] MySQL / Python (1) - connect, drop, create, insert, select, drop
[source] Simple selector (MySQL database of 168,000 records)
[source] sqlite3 - connect, create, insert, select
[source] sqlalchemy orm with sqlite demo - Python 2.x
[source] MySQL / Python (3) - with prepared statements
[source] MySQL / Python (2) - connect, drop, create, insert, select with iterate, drop

Module Y115 - Additional Python Facilities
[4709] Some gems from Intermediate Python
[4593] Command line parameter handling in Python via the argparse module
[4536] Json load from URL, recursive display, Python 3.4
[4451] Running an operating system command from your Python program - the new way with the subprocess module
[4439] Json is the new marshall, pickle and cPickle / Python
[4298] Python - an interesting application
[4211] Handling JSON in Python (and a csv, marshall and pickle comparison)
[4085] JSON from Python - first principles, easy example
[3469] Teaching dilemma - old tricks and techniques, or recent enhancements?
[3442] A demonstration of how many Python facilities work together
[3089] Python regular expressions - repeating, splitting, lookahead and lookbehind
[2790] Joining a MySQL table from within a Python program
[2786] Factory methods and SqLite in use in a Python teaching example
[2765] Running operating system commands from your Python program
[2764] Python decorators - your own, staticmethod and classmethod
[2746] Model - View - Controller demo, Sqlite - Python 3 - Qt4
[2745] Connecting Python to sqlite and MySQL databases
[2721] Regular Expressions in Python
[2655] Python - what is going on around me?
[2462] Python - how it saves on compile time
[2435] Serialization - storing and reloading objects
[2407] Testing code in Python - doctest, unittest and others
[1876] Python Regular Expressions
[1337] A series of tyre damages
[1336] Ignore case in Regular Expression
[1305] Regular expressions made easy - building from components
[1149] Turning objects into something you can store - Pickling (Python)
[1136] Buffering output - why it is done and issues raised in Tcl, Perl, Python and PHP
[1043] Sending an email from Python
[901] Python - listing out the contents of all variables
[753] Python 3000 - the next generation
[672] Keeping your regular expressions simple
[663] Python to MySQL
[463] Splitting the difference
[239] What and why for the epoch
[208] Examples - Gadfly, NI Number, and Tcl to C interface
[183] The elegance of Python
[article] Python threads - a first example
[article] Pattern Matching - a primer on regular Expressions
[article] Interfacing applications to a MySQL database engine
[source] Find email addresses in line of text
[source] recover a pickled object
[source] Subprocess module - replacement for os.popen
[source] Looking for postcodes in a string
[source] Looking for part of a string that repeats later
[source] Some common regular expressions
[source] Get Operating System information
[source] Json data for http://www.wellho.net/resources/ex.php?item=y115/hostcounter
[source] Regular Expression test engine
[source] From Python 2.7 - currency alternative
[source] Running an SQL query - Gadfly
[source] Report on command line parameters
[source] Regular expression - first example
[source] Splitting at a string v splitting at a regular expression
[source] Hello MySQL World in Python
[source] Sqlite3 / Python 3 example
[source] Python, MySQL, CGI (Web) board
[source] Using a MySQL database - select across multiple tables
[source] evaluating a net list in EQN format
[source] Store an object via cPickle
[source] Scanning log file for instability
[source] Running an operating system command in Python
[source] Formatting a currency using Regular Expression
[source] Loading in an object saved via the marshal module
[source] Marshal converts an object to a string
[source] class for use in pickle / unpickle demo
[source] MySQL to Python using MySQLdb
[source] Extract host computer information - strip comments with regular expressions
[source] Regular expression split over several lines
[source] Stripping spaces
[source] Find largest 5 files in or below a directory
[source] Regular expression then split
[source] Some time handlers
[source] MySQL to Python using MySQL Connector
[source] Decorators - your own, plus @classmethod and @staticmethod
[source] Some time handling
[source] All the files in a directory - which is largest?
[source] Create a Gadfly (SQL) database and insert data
[source] Extract data from huge flow. Save and restore via Json
[source] Python environment variables

Module Y116 - Applying OO design techniques and best practise
[4718] Defining an object that is a modified standard type in Python
[4359] How to avoid too many recalculations within an object
[4118] We not only teach PHP and Python - we teach good PHP and Python Practice!
[4028] Really Simple Class and Inheritance example in Python
[3887] Inheritance, Composition and Associated objects - when to use which - Python example
[2604] Tips for writing a test program (Ruby / Python / Java)
[2523] Plan your application before you start
[2485] How do I set up a constant in Python?
[2407] Testing code in Python - doctest, unittest and others
[2363] Alpaca Case or Camel Case
[1181] Good Programming practise - where to initialise variables
[945] Code quality counts
[836] Build on what you already have with OO
[668] Python - block insets help with documentation
[656] Think about your design even if you don't use full UML
[340] Code and code maintainance efficiency
[article] What makes a good variable name?
[source] Good practise tips and documentation string
[source] Traffic survey - Python without Objects
[source] Caching design pattern
[source] Caching design pattern / Control
[source] Traffic survey - Python and Objects
[source] inheriting from a standard data type object
[source] Constants in Python
[source] Recursion and special collections in Python
[source] Data for novel and story examples
[source] completion of example t6 - add factory, comparator, etc
[source] inherited and associated / composite objects

Module Y117 - Already written modules
[4710] Searching a Json or XML structure for a specific key / value pair in Python
[4708] Scons - a build system in Python - building hello world
[4697] Month, Day, Year number to day of week and month names in Python - English and Swedish
[4696] Programming with random numbers - yet re-using the same values for testing
[4452] Binary data handling - Python and Perl
[4441] Reading command line parameters in Python
[4086] Cacheing class for Python - using a local SQLite database as a key/value store
[4085] JSON from Python - first principles, easy example
[3479] Practical Extraction and Reporting - using Python and Extreme Programming
[3465] How can I do an FTP transfer in Python?
[3442] A demonstration of how many Python facilities work together
[2931] Syncronise - software, trains, and buses. Please!
[2890] Dates and times in Python
[2506] Good example of recursion in Python - analyse an RSS feed
[2020] Learning Python - many new example programs
[source] Day of week, month of year names and locales
[source] Data for jdemo3
[source] Random - really and replay
[source] Using our JSON service from Python
[source] Date and Time - short example
[source] Using our JSON service from Python with cache
[source] Regular Expressions
[source] Command Line Parameters
[source] FTP transfers
[source] finding a specifically keyed within json structure
[source] interpretting binary data

Module Y118 - numpy, scipy and matplotlib
[4445] Graphing presentations in Python - huge data, numpy and matplotlib
[4440] A first graph with Matplotlib in Python
[3554] Learning more about our web site - and learning how to learn about yours
[2997] 3D graphics - web site usage - simple matplotlib and python example
[2993] Arrays v Lists - what is the difference, why use one or the other
[2992] Matplotlib - graphing in Python - teaching examples
[2991] Loading and saving data - Python / numpy
[2990] What are numpy and scipy?
[source] Straightforward line plot using huge data
[source] Loading binary data from file into numpy array
[source] Extract data for graphing and save to Json
[source] Loading and storing numpy objects
[source] alternative scheme for loading binary data
[source] 3d and contour plots through numpy and matplotlib
[source] Tuple and list to numpy array conversions
[source] Hello matplotlib world
[source] Two graphs on a canvas - top to bottom
[source] Basic objects in numpy
[source] Data for graph.py - formatted json
[source] Plotting multiple user data sets
[source] Graph x,y,z via numpy from a Json file
[source] Loading data into numpy
[source] Two plots on a canvas - left to right
[source] Plotting a user data set

Module Y150 - Python Development Tools and Environments
[3151] Disassembling Python and Java - previously compiled code
[2452] Making executable binaries in Python (or Perl)
[2370] C++, Python, and other training - do we use an IDE
[2123] Using Python with OpenOffice
[745] Python modules. The distribution, The Cheese Shop and the Vaults of Parnassus.
[316] Development Environments
[source] using dis to look inside code

Module Y151 - Python & XML
[4710] Searching a Json or XML structure for a specific key / value pair in Python
[4594] XML handling in Python - a new teaching example using etree
[3082] XML handling in Python - SAX, DOM and XSLT examples
[2555] Bookkeeping
[2506] Good example of recursion in Python - analyse an RSS feed
[2378] Handling XML in Perl - introduction and early examples
[source] Useful extraction with minidom
[source] Parsing XML stream for pertinent data - SAX
[source] report structure with minidom
[source] Attributes and text extracted via SAX
[source] xslt program for Python / xslt / xml demo
[source] First SAX based xml handler
[source] More sophisticated SAX output example
[source] Extracting information via SAX
[source] command line params (argparse) and xml (ElementTree)
[source] parse and check with minidom
[source] Process an XML file through an XSLT Stylesheet in Python with libxml2 and libxslt
[source] XML data for simsax and sidom demonstrations
[source] Grabbing an RSS feed in Python
[source] XML data used by demonstration program
[source] further extraction including data with minidom
[source] Reading XML into memory structure - DOM
[source] Modifying a document structure with minidom

Module Y199 - Python - Fast Start
[4713] Equality (in Python)
[4712] A reminder of the key issues to consider in moving from Python 2 to Python 3
[4709] Some gems from Intermediate Python
[4707] Some gems from an introduction to Python
[3519] Python - current versions and implementations (CPython, Jython, IronPython etc)
[2017] Python - a truly dynamic language
[article] Python Fast Start
[source] While loop
[source] base and subclasses, decorator, data from file, factory
[source] What are the keywords in Python?
[source] for loop
[source] Sample data file used in source examples
[source] Fundamentals of Python - variables and output
[source] If, elif and else
[source] Fast start example 2 - inputs and strings

Module Y200 - Python - using functions, objects and modules.
[4719] Nesting decorators
[4438] Loving programming in Python - and ready to teach YOU how
[418] Difference between import and from in Python
[article] Python Calling functions and methods. Using objects and modules.
[source] bring module into its own namespace
[source] bring module into current namespace
[source] Some built in functions
[source] Inheritance, factory, etc
[source] Calling a method which alters the object it runs on
[source] functions v methods

Module Y201 - Python for DataMunging and System Admin
[4438] Loving programming in Python - and ready to teach YOU how
[4211] Handling JSON in Python (and a csv, marshall and pickle comparison)
[4088] Some tips and techniques for huge data handling in Python
[3479] Practical Extraction and Reporting - using Python and Extreme Programming
[article] Log file analysis - short Python example
[source] Spike solution - Data extraction and reporting
[source] Demonstration program - many aspects of Python
[source] Splitting a line at any white space
[source] Data Munging Example
[source] Data for spam signup demo

Module Y202 - Python on the Web
[4536] Json load from URL, recursive display, Python 3.4
[4404] Which (virtual) host was visited? Tuning Apache log files, and Python analysis
[4089] Quick and easy - showing Python data hander output via a browser
[2365] Counting Words in Python via the web
[2238] Handling nasty characters - Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Lua
[1745] Moodle, Drupal, Django (and Rails)
[903] Pieces of Python
[433] FTP - how to make the right transfers
[426] Robust checking of data entered by users
[237] Crossfertilisation, PHP to Python
[article] Nasty Characters in Web Applications
[source] Web application mark 1 - 3 pages, sessions, hidden fields
[source] Analysing a web access log file
[source] Translation coster - CGI script
[source] Python / CGI - read from a form, run an application, fill in a template to respond
[source] Python, MySQL, CGI (Web) board
[source] Translation coster - HTML form
[source] Python 3.4 urllib urlopen and json
[source] Web application, Mark 2 - 3 pages, sessions, hidden fields
[source] Simple web demo - produce form, complete form, act on data entered to form
[source] basic web server
[source] Template for simple web example
[source] CGI, Python, Web server, HTML - reporting server time
[source] Analysis of current web log file
[source] Template for hsapp1 and hsapp2
[source] Browser client
[source] Running a Python program through CGI
[source] Embedding plain text app on the web

Module Y203 - GUIs and Graphics in Python
[3477] Choosing your Python GUI - wx, Qt, Tk or GTK?
[2744] PyQt (Python and Qt) and wxPython - GUI comparison
[1036] Python Qt, wX, TkInter, and Jython - training??

Module Y204 - The TkInter GUI
[4258] Keeping you Tkinter display up to date while monitoring
[3476] Tkinter - an easy to use Python Graphic User Interface - introductory examples
[source] Hello TkInter World
[source] Practical Tkinter GUI

Module Y205 - Further uses of Python
[1663] Python in an afternoon - a lecture for experienced programmers
[1340] Tk locks up - 100% c.p.u. on a simple program (Tcl, Perl, Python)
[1036] Python Qt, wX, TkInter, and Jython - training??
[745] Python modules. The distribution, The Cheese Shop and the Vaults of Parnassus.
[595] Add a friendly front end with Tk
[190] Python engines
[source] Hello GUI world (Tkinter example)

Module Y206 - Python and the Qt GUI
[2746] Model - View - Controller demo, Sqlite - Python 3 - Qt4
[2744] PyQt (Python and Qt) and wxPython - GUI comparison
[1036] Python Qt, wX, TkInter, and Jython - training??
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[source] Hello World - Python and Qt GUI
[source] Python / Qt. Popup windows, Button Widgets, slots and signals
[source] Python 3 / PyQt 4 - simple voting GUI
[source] Python Qt - Widgets, Geometry layouts, slots and signals
[source] Altering a label as a result of button presses - Python Qt

Module Y207 - wxPython
[4589] Principles or a GUI and their practical application using wxPthon
[3139] Steering our Python courses towards wxPython, SQLite and Django
[3092] wxPython geometry - BoxSizer example
[3086] Sizers (geometry control) in a wxPython GUI - a first example
[3081] wxPython - simple example to add GUI to a server log file analysis
[2887] Snow Leopard and Python (that is OS X 10.6 and wxPython)
[2744] PyQt (Python and Qt) and wxPython - GUI comparison
[2013] wxPython - Introduction and sample
[903] Pieces of Python
[article] Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[article] Solution Centre - all article listing
[source] Application with 2 windows
[source] Model for wx Framework demo
[source] Event handlers to provide feedback
[source] Simple complete application - wxPython
[source] Simple "hello world"
[source] Status bar with events on wxPython frame
[source] Python 2.6 / wxpython - simple voting GUI
[source] Final example - GUI interface to rail data
[source] Simple menu with modal "about"
[source] Geometry Manager - First Example
[source] Putting it together - food selector
[source] Single event handler for many buttons
[source] Principles of a GUI - app frame
[source] GUI with feedback (manual placement)
[source] GUI with feedback (Boxsizer placement)
[source] Log file analysis is a wxPython GUI wrapper
[source] wxPython text editor with open, save, etc
[source] Hello wxPython world
[source] Vertically arranged widgets with a BoxSizer
[source] principles a GUI - with code
[source] Panel and event handler

Module Y209 - Python GTK.
[1140] Python GTK - Widget, Packing, Event and Feedback example
[source] Python GTK Hello World
[source] Python GTK - events, layouts, quit button
[source] Python GTK - feeding back into the GUI

Module Y212 - Code testing, patterns, profiles and optimisation.
[4716] Profiling your Python program
[4618] Pytest - second example beyond hello world
[4617] Pytest - starting example
[4542] The principle of mocking - and the Python Mock package
[4540] Unittest of a Flask application including forms
[4538] Flask and unittest - hello web app test world
[4470] Testing in Python 3 - unittest, doctest and __name__ == __main__ too.
[4446] Combining tests into suites, and suites into bigger suites - Python and unittest
[4344] Python base and inherited classes, test harness and unit testing - new examples
[4326] Learning to program - comments, documentation and test code
[4090] Test Driven Development in Python - Customer Comes First
[3658] Using Make for a distribution
[3478] Testing your Python classes with the unittest package - how to
[3464] Passing optional and named parameters to python methods
[3442] A demonstration of how many Python facilities work together
[3441] Pressing ^C in a Python program. Also Progress Bar.
[2616] Defining a static method - Java, Python and Ruby
[2123] Using Python with OpenOffice
[1555] Advanced Python, Perl, PHP and Tcl training courses / classes
[1148] Python decorators - wrapping a method call in extra code
[1146] __new__ v __init__ - python constructor alternatives?
[1140] Python GTK - Widget, Packing, Event and Feedback example
[235] Preparation for a day's work
[source] doctest - a longer example
[source] Pytest - chaining test no setup repeats
[source] unittest nesting demonstration
[source] doctest - an example that triggers a failure report
[source] decorator - to log function calls
[source] MTBF class - overwrides + and *, and associated unittest
[source] Mocking - setting up and calling a mocked method
[source] Doctest / Python 3 - failing example
[source] Simple unittest demonstration
[source] Test Driven Development - step 1
[source] data for profiler demo
[source] Unit test for mary class
[source] Unit test - Python 3 / train class
[source] using and running the profiler and stats analyser
[source] Web server log access class
[source] unittest for Transport group of classes
[source] Pytest - multiple setup fixtures
[source] Test Driven Developemnt - using unittst
[source] Hello Pytest world
[source] Sample class - Test Driven Development
[source] Unit Test (2) for transport classes
[source] Static Method in Python (all versions)
[source] Makefile - for a python test and build distribution project
[source] function for Pytest to test
[source] Test driven exercise
[source] pytest - simple example with setup
[source] Pytest / class test with setup fixture
[source] Static Method in Python (Decorator - 2.4 and later)
[source] Test Drive Developement - extending unit testing
[source] doctest - a clean example
[source] Pytest with setup fixture
[source] Polymorphism demonstration - used to demonstrate the profiler
[source] Test program for use in build demonstration - with unittest
[source] unittest for travel.py classes
[source] Test class for profiler
[source] Object definitions for profiler desmonstration
[source] Sample config file for Pytest
[source] station class - for testing demo
[source] Combining Test Suites - unittest
[source] Test program for use in build demonstration - first principles
[source] Test for stations class
[source] train class to be tested
[source] class for testing in doctest
[source] Tests for myTrain classes
[source] bound method running on a class FAILS
[source] Test Driven Development - multiple objects
[source] Test program for use in build demonstration - with doctest
[source] Static Method in Python (classmethod - all versions)
[source] inheritance, factory, decorator, comparators, static methods, caching, etc

Module Y300 - Python 3 - What is new, what's changed and why
[4712] A reminder of the key issues to consider in moving from Python 2 to Python 3
[4711] Convering from Python 2 to Python 3 - an update, and the 2to3 utility
[4650] Why populate object with values as you construct them?
[4649] Object and Static methods - what is the difference; example in Python 3
[4590] Progress on moving from Python 2 to Python 3 - training for both versions
[4470] Testing in Python 3 - unittest, doctest and __name__ == __main__ too.
[4469] Sorting in Python 3 - and how it differs from Python 2 sorting
[2871] Moving from Python 2.6 to Python 3
[2778] Learning to program in Python 2 ... and / or in Python 3
[2559] Moving the product forward - ours, and MySQL, Perl, PHP and Python too
[2285] Great new diagrams for our notes ... Python releases
[2277] Python classes / courses - what version do we train on?
[1791] The road ahead - Python 3
[1788] Python 2 to Python 3 / Python 3000 / Py3k
[753] Python 3000 - the next generation
[source] simple inheritance example - Python 2.7 and Python 3
[source] Class definition and use - Python 3
[source] Python 3 - ONLY - Hello World
[source] Python 3 using classes of objects for data filtering
[source] Python 2 - ONLY - Hello World
[source] Class definition and use with a static method - Python 3
[source] print in Python 3 - print now a function
[source] input and raw_input - Python 2 and Python 3
[source] Python 3 - converted from Python 2.6 example
[source] Poor class definition and use
[source] Generator in Python 3, range replaces xrange
[source] Python 2 and Python 3 - Hello World
[source] Construct and Populate methods separated
[source] Python 2.6 for conversion to Python 3
[source] print in python 2
[source] Integer v float arithmetic
[source] Generator and xrange - Python 2
[source] inputs in Python 2
[source] Inputs in Python 3 - input replaces raw_input

Module Y301 - Class Interaction - an example
[3442] A demonstration of how many Python facilities work together
[964] Practical polymorphism in action
[236] Tapping in on resources
[article] Log file analysis - short Python example
[source] timetabling tool - Graham Ellis, 17th February 2018.
[source] Tap simulation example (Mk 1) in Python
[source] Multiple classes interacting - tap simulation example (Mk 2) in Python

Module Y302 - Threads - What why and how
[2489] Parallel Pinging, using Python Threads or Expect spawn lists
[903] Pieces of Python
[article] Python threads - a first example
[source] Threading to ping 254 IP addresses in parallel batches
[source] Threading - to Ping a complete class C subnet
[source] checking hosts in parallel threads
[source] Checking hosts one by one

Module Y303 - Python Network Programming
[4087] Python network programming - new FTP and socket level examples
[2765] Running operating system commands from your Python program
[2695] TCP v UDP / Client v Server - Python examples
[2694] Multiple processes (forking) in Python
[2368] Python - fresh examples of all the fundamentals
[2365] Counting Words in Python via the web
[source] Basic mechanism of forking
[source] Reading from a web resource in Python
[source] FTP from within a thread and monitoring it
[source] FTP from Python, checking exceptions
[source] Simple tcp/ip server using sockets
[source] Talking direct to a socket
[source] Reading from a remote host via http as a stream
[source] pipe and fork - communicating with your children
[source] Demonstration of simple http client (browser)
[source] Parallel processing with forks
[source] UDP Server
[source] UDP client

Module Y305 - Optimising Python
[4088] Some tips and techniques for huge data handling in Python
[3766] Python timing - when to use a list, and when to use a generator
[2462] Python - how it saves on compile time
[2369] Using a cache for efficiency. Python and PHP examples
[2277] Python classes / courses - what version do we train on?
[source] Analysing visit lengths to web site - using cache
[source] Long job, showing interactive monitoring
[source] load a list then iterate through it
[source] Analysing visit lengths to web site - no cache
[source] iterate through a file using a generator

Module Y306 - The Django web framework
[4095] Django - first steps - Updated
[4013] Web Frameworks - nested templates
[3919] What is a web framework?
[3705] Django Training Courses - UK
[3698] How to stop forms on other sites submitting to your scripts
[3640] Sessions (Shopping Carts) in Django - the Python Web Framework
[3639] Demonstration of a form using Django
[3634] Defining database relations in your Django model
[3633] Nesting Templates in Django
[3624] Why do we need a Model, View, Controller architecture?
[3140] Django - separating the HTML from the view / model
[3139] Steering our Python courses towards wxPython, SQLite and Django
[3138] Django - adding your own views, and then templating your views.
[3136] A framework with python - Django - first steps
[1745] Moodle, Drupal, Django (and Rails)
[source] Template for Django lesson 3 (tag language)
[source] Django 1.5 - Story 0
[source] Django 1.5 - Story 0
[source] Transforming a model to a view in Django
[source] Django 1.5 - Story 0
[source] url mapping - URLs without extensions
[source] Django 1.5 - Story 0
[source] Definition of Django managed tables
[source] Modified look and feel for admin app
[source] Template - django, stage 2
[source] Register the System class with the admin app
[source] Django - URL to view mappings - phase 2
[source] Django integrated view
[source] Django settings for oursystems project - phase 2
[source] Django 1.5 - Story 0
[source] Django 1.5 - Story 0
[source] Django settings for oursystems project - phase 1
[source] First view in Django - checking URL mapping
[source] url to application mapping
[source] model to view transforms in Django - phase 2
[source] Complete set of Django files

Module Y307 - The Flask micro webdevelopment framework for Python
[4540] Unittest of a Flask application including forms
[4538] Flask and unittest - hello web app test world
[4534] Flask - complete MVC site to navigate around a data set
[4533] Sessions in flask
[4532] Flask - first forms and responses with wtforms
[4531] Jinja2 - Flask templating
[4530] Requests in Flask
[4529] Flask - calling in the templating engine
[4528] Routing in Flask
[4527] Hello Flask world / Python web micro framework
[source] Flask with request - response cycle
[source] Template for "third" flask example
[source] Hello Flask World
[source] jinja2 MVC inner template - iindividual station page
[source] Flask - Jinja 2 introduction
[source] template for request / response demo
[source] Flask - form that picks up answer
[source] Form - Jinja2
[source] Running Flask with template in unittest
[source] Flask with routing and templates
[source] jinja2 MVC inner template - station index page
[source] Form and response - Jinja2
[source] Running Flask unittest with form and POST method
[source] model - first flask MVC demo
[source] data for stations.py demo
[source] Flask Station Navigator - Router and controller for MVC demo
[source] Flask first form
[source] Flask with routing
[source] base html - supertemplate - for rrt
[source] jinja2 MVC - common outer template
[source] Flask form demo / tuned to also work under unittest
[source] template including session report
[source] features of jinja2 for rrt demo
[source] Running Flask in unittest
[source] Flask - form that stores answers in sessions

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Z: Miscellany

Module Z100 - Daily life
[4222] Five lessons learned or re-learned on my travels
[3743] Sunday - no longer a day of rest
[3553] Changes to morning routines
[3463] Busy weekend of contrasts.
[3319] Moving on - a task for the hotel staff!
[3316] Twitter Phishing Trips ... and a great new alert service
[3125] The family is defunct. Long live the family.
[2868] A move towards the family
[2580] C course inspires new teaching examples
[2450] Family Gathering at 404, The Spa
[2401] Back Tomorrow
[2371] Quiet summer days? I think not!
[2264] Learning about others private lives
[2217] Enjoying the summer weather
[2164] Updating my public profile - Graham Ellis
[2159] A long day to guess where
[2141] Town Crier competiton
[2121] Out in the Vale of Pewsey
[2118] Spring Sprung
[2106] Learning to Twitter / what is Twitter?
[2105] Hire Car, from Atlanta Airport
[2090] Melksham to Georgia
[2068] Playing Catchup
[2064] East of Melksham Countryside
[2034] Through Snow and Flood to Linux and Tomcat
[2030] The final step to being British
[2027] Who sticks by you in the snow?
[2024] Carry on Training - in spite of the weather
[2008] The Month Ahead - What is happening in Melksham
[2000] 2000th article - Remember the background and basics
[1979] Looking forward, in Melksham, in 2009
[1953] End of Training, 2008
[1810] Middle aged subsidise young and old
[1643] A lack of technical content
[1429] Remembrance day - inside a church and inside the day
[1303] Heading Upstate New York
[1272] Behind closed doors?
[1189] Meet, greet and welcome
[1178] Ducking stool for Melksham?
[1151] Gordon Dodge, R.I.P.
[1138] The Holiday - unlikely romantic comedy?
[1100] Wondering where I have been
[1061] Take vehicles off the road - put all the passengers into one
[1057] Selling by phone and Skype - our policy
[1056] Another frantic posting!
[992] Enthusiastic, but ....
[978] Wellhouse Manor, Hotel, Melksham
[921] French Exchange
[911] Letter Home
[908] And so to Inverness
[897] Too much for the National Trust
[882] Rocks, hard places, trains and funerals.
[843] To join an organisation?
[817] Working on Weekend in Wiltshire and others
[777] On Crosby sands
[752] Over zealous police activity?
[724] Helping mental health through diet, exercise and other lifestyle matters
[706] May day away
[698] Catch up weekend
[692] Healthier eating
[655] Can some food be TOO different?
[654] Making use of disabled facilities
[645] Lost Camel
[635] Odd one out.
[623] Behind every face is a person and a story
[613] Greetings from Dublin
[612] Coming or going?
[605] Design your day with a walk
[584] Loosing breath with Gerald
[580] What to do with milk
[516] Open source questions? Anyone can ask.
[474] Vintage Bus Day
[473] Looking different in town
[455] A Stengthening day
[446] Up early
[363] Greetings from Edinburgh
[330] An O level comes in handy
[307] Farming yesterday
[283] Natural or man-made?
[271] Different course every day
[238] Difficulties with a trolley
[232] Diverse activities
[228] Beard Justification
[206] Fox and Python
[149] Fish stocks
[110] Friday, busy week!
[26] Matching Cat
[20] Not two the same
[19] interesting products and subjects

Module Z101 - Health
[4600] A big change in August
[4514] An update - and my absence in recent weeks
[3733] More hazards of modern life
[3525] Melksham has a heart - come and see the pictures. Sunday, 11 to 3, Assembly Hall
[3521] Emergency First Aid at Work (HSE) training in Melksham - places available for 19.1.2012
[3034] Birth Notice - Aeryn Cassandra Ellis
[2858] The healthy option - away from the private car
[2587] Bowerhill as a cycling community
[1776] Does fruit and veg drag on?
[1032] Chronic fatigue help - a new discussion forum
[611] Look out for the motor cyclist

Module Z200 - Places
[4730] San Juan Capistrano
[4729] The oldest part of Los Angeles
[4683] Saudi Arabia or Weymouth?
[4671] Ruby training, half a world away
[4643] From last July (2015)
[4497] Around the world from Melksham
[4490] What and where are the Azores?
[4488] Election day, 2015
[4486] Newark to New York - the PATH suburban railway
[4480] Crossing between continents
[4479] Pictures from around Rekjavik
[4477] Yesterday - off on leg one of our holiday
[4411] Location, location location. And a chance of a giggle!
[4348] Taking my life in my hands in Swansea
[4331] Musings on a Welsh town
[4220] Thun, Switzerland
[4214] A busy week, and a long flight
[4203] A weekend away - Four in a Bed returns to Happy Donkey Hill
[4184] A fond memory
[4182] Welcome to Salford and Oldham
[4125] The first Luas of the morning
[4052] The PHP course this week is in... Salford
[4011] From Salford
[3854] Busmans Holiday - I like being a busman
[3803] A Walk on the South Bank
[3667] A modern area of Cambridge - some thoughts provoked?
[3654] On a sunny afternoon in London
[3631] Getting around Dublin by public transport - some observations
[3603] Another cold night
[3595] Looking up
[3529] Sharpness, Gloucestershire - a place in transport history
[3393] Rodwell Trail, Weymouth
[3353] Off the beaten track - non-quite-so-tourist spots
[3330] A lot of exercise this week
[3297] A long day, a long journey, and families and similarities the world over
[3204] Two views of a war memorial
[3185] Day Trip to Hereford, in pictures
[3175] The Rhine in winter
[3070] Belfast, on a cold November evening
[3064] On the way to the course this week
[2985] Right place, right season
[2907] Dartmouth, Kingswear and Torbay
[2897] The Land of the Black Labrador
[2809] Frankfurt in 90 minutes
[2808] From home to Nurnberg - journey pictures
[2802] After the Perl course in Nurnberg
[2799] Nuremberg - some pictures
[2754] At Arlington and the Pentagon
[2733] Travel Troubles and Jesus again
[2624] Skyline and looking up in London
[2411] Further North - long summer days and lovely countryside
[2392] Lymington, New Forest - some pictures
[2387] to Clifton Down and Avonmouth
[2316] Guadalajara - a special tour of a lovely city
[2207] North Antrim Coast - a jewel thats well worth a visit
[2205] An evening walk in Carrickfergus
[1837] Alfred the Great
[1807] A sad town in the sunlight
[1804] Colvin and Carlisle
[1755] Istanbul
[1730] Punting on the Cam
[1715] Pictures from South Hampshire
[1714] Hillier Gardens, Hampshire
[1652] Old Sarum airfield brings back fond memories
[1639] Minehead Marauder
[1638] Pictures far apart
[1624] From Freddie the fallow
[1617] Steam Engines at Bressingham
[1590] All Change, Portsmouth Harbour
[1537] To Wales - where theres still a toll on the bridge
[1536] A Weekend in Liverpool
[1524] Nottingham - just text!
[1460] Christmas fare in Ljubljana
[1457] A day in Ljubljana
[1456] Right up to the top of the City
[1425] Melksham v Ely
[1307] Troy, up state New York
[1298] From Leeds
[1244] FolksFest Bristol - German beer, Bratwurst and music
[1229] Where am I?
[1204] Spot the difference
[1147] A picture (mostly in words) of Helsinki
[886] Signs of Leek
[778] Weekend in Ireland
[740] Finishing up in Dhahran
[730] Reading the newspaper and working with other restrictions
[727] A journey, an arrival, a people
[713] Pictures from my travels
[685] A couple of days away
[670] Architectural Heritage - Devizes
[403] Full circle - made it back to an old haunt
[218] Golden Nugget
[186] Lull
[92] Hard work, Hard sell
[70] Red Luas - early life and times
[66] A Taste of Ireland

Module Z201 - Holidays and Business Trips
[4731] To Oceanside and San Clemente Pier
[4728] Visiting Los Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
[4643] From last July (2015)
[4513] Yesterday, Weymouth
[4478] Home in Melksham to Gatwick Airport - easy by public transport
[4473] Fishguard to Melksham - third part of Dublin journey
[4472] Rosslare to Fishguard - foot passenger on the ferry
[4471] Leopardstown to Rosslare by train
[4433] Different views of a Welsh Valley - but headed home
[4249] An evening in Glasgow
[4215] Great beauty, but great natural danger
[4126] Where are we now? On holiday!
[3998] Travelogue - from the Netherlands to London via Hook and Harwich
[3853] Blanford Forum, Dorset
[3742] Dysenni Valley, and nearby
[3737] Postcards from Barmouth
[3681] Kicking up a stink, the Victorian way?
[3381] Report - day trip from Swindon / Chippenham / Melksham to Weymouth
[3372] Wearing the new London uniform
[3346] Gibraltar - said to have a few residents less than Chippenham
[3345] Cruising
[3321] Travelling around
[3306] Photogenic Place
[3303] Flying tonight
[3300] Wildlife and other pictures from holiday
[2803] Travelling across Europe
[2797] Sur la T.G.V.
[2796] Sunday - waiting for the ferry.
[2759] Touching base
[2469] Beyond the Pale
[2313] Seeing Guadalajara - a first glimpse downtown
[2306] Melksham to Mexico for the week
[2269] Sipping at York
[2265] A chance to do the tourist thing
[2208] A beautiful coastline
[2200] England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
[2198] On the road, at a Service area thats a cut above the others
[2101] A B C D of GA and TN
[2100] Visiting Family
[2098] A room without a view
[2090] Melksham to Georgia
[2030] The final step to being British
[1992] A good time to travel
[1868] Liverpool - a friendly city
[1746] London for the visitor, for free
[1740] Vertical London
[1657] Farewell, Newcastle to Stavanger, Haugsund and Bergen
[1457] A day in Ljubljana
[1454] From Sunday to Monday, from Melksham to the Balkans
[1308] Good to be home
[1299] In the USA for a few days
[1293] Weymouth - Sunny Summer Sunday afternoon
[1291] Day trip to Weymouth
[1231] Sur le Continent
[1150] Helsinki - what comes naturally
[1143] A course in Helsinki
[1120] 1200 miles in 3 days
[1025] Tomorrow's keywords - London, Training, Course, PHP, Ruby.
[1004] Old dog, old tricks
[878] Easy criteria to meet
[684] Staying in the country
[620] Familiar names, close to home
[548] San Francisco
[518] Passport office - a much improved system
[420] Towards Tebay
[374] Instant availability
[373] Vik, Iceland to Melksham, England
[370] From Iceland
[368] Vacation Week
[81] Café keyboards
[65] Ireland

Module Z202 - Just Pictures
[4768] 2017 - the final six months
[4755] Back and continuing to feed pictures!
[4754] A quiet Sunday afternoon
[4752] Welcome to July. Picture labelling continues!
[4750] Thurday images
[4749] Pictures for Wednesday
[4748] A second batch of images for today
[4747] Image feed for Tuesday ...
[4746] Image library - labelling continues!
[4745] More pictures - final labelling set for today
[4744] Updating image labels
[4743] Further picture labelling!
[4742] Third and final set of older picture for today
[4741] Catching up on labelling more images
[4740] Labelling images
[4133] In the hills above Harlech, and on the coast too
[3990] Stripes of Snow
[3925] Red sky at night
[3907] Weather pictures
[3894] A wet Saturday
[3846] Signs of Autumn
[3837] Evening behind Melksham Spa
[3713] Verticals ... last month
[3678] Potteries and Staffordshire in the Sunshine
[3655] Sights and scenes - more London trip pictures
[3616] Bus top - colours of London
[3562] Christmas Day - for unique pictures
[3473] Picture - Havant Station at Dusk
[3356] Holiday patterns - just the art, not the content
[3350] A set of pictures without point
[3289] New Camera - very first picture, and next from first films
[3241] Spring in the countryside near Melksham
[3220] Panasonic Lumix TZ20
[3195] Sunny day - Clanger and Picket Woods, Shearwater, and Westbury
[3101] The week before Christmas
[3096] Contrast in pictures
[2989] Oddballs in Plymouth
[2914] Older picture.
[2888] Recent Pictures
[2819] Some more pictures ...
[2767] Back from a Python course in Glasgow
[2760] Views of Scotland
[2756] Same subject - different pictures
[2677] Blowing out the winter cobwebs
[2611] Sunday Evening, City of London
[2582] Starting to arrange the picture library
[2553] On a short walk from home
[2549] Christmas Day ...
[2518] Through the arches
[2464] Beauty in pictures
[2412] Autumn Fruits and Bristol Old Station
[2404] Low Sun - Autumn is here
[2298] Melksham Carnival Parade - the people
[2266] Travelling
[2202] Bright Colours
[2168] In honour of the photograph, I present ... a walk from Reybridge to Lacock
[2146] An evening excursion to Devizes and Avebury
[2140] Beware - giving copyright away when you upload a picture - Dogs Trust
[2121] Out in the Vale of Pewsey
[2101] A B C D of GA and TN
[2098] A room without a view
[2093] Leading Lines
[2034] Through Snow and Flood to Linux and Tomcat
[2006] Contrast
[1986] Walk to Bowerhill
[1981] Bitter cold
[1931] Frosty Morning, foggy evening
[1919] Transition
[1854] Three Seasonal Pictures
[1838] Oxford in Pictures
[1818] Icelandic Badge
[1770] 3 hours from Milton Keynes
[1740] Vertical London
[1620] Norwich and London
[1546] The geometry of East London
[1489] Pictures of December
[1400] Dark Dawn
[1398] Someone else's wedding
[1392] Autumnal lighting on a London trip
[1234] A review of a week and a trip to Brugge
[1233] Horses of Brugge
[1216] Five of the best - pictures from London
[1172] May day 2007 in pictures
[1162] Cheddleton, Staffordshire
[1152] Course, right place, right time
[1099] Passenger flows
[1064] Light and shadows at Beach
[1005] Stirling at night
[958] Plain Ole nice pictures
[870] Autumn comes to Wiltshire.
[786] First Light, Bootle Docks, Liverpool
[772] Training in Liverpool
[713] Pictures from my travels
[708] Linescapes of Mull
[625] February pictures
[557] A new sign
[548] San Francisco
[416] Mixing up swallows and martins
[412] Bristol Balloon Festival
[365] Letterbox Pictures
[360] Spring turns to Summer
[298] Sharing pictures of Wiltshire

Module Z203 - Cat and Dog
[4666] Spring at Well House Manor
[4526] Day trip to Lancaster
[4517] Black dog day - and Bobby still seeks his new home
[4507] In favour of adoption rather than puppy purchase - dogs!
[4433] Different views of a Welsh Valley - but headed home
[4417] Crisp morning, fast run
[4333] Misty Melksham Morning
[4316] Too many Staffies, too many lurchers
[4189] Who are we - Lisa, Graham, Gypsy and Billy
[4180] Exceptionally, I sign a petition - on a life and death issue for Irish dogs
[4130] Soft furnishings up a Welsh Mountain
[4016] Red, yellow, green or pink dog? Yellow Dog Project
[3943] With us for a year already!
[3936] Lisa is home today ...
[3920] Challenge for a photographer
[3908] Black dogs at Halloween
[3906] Taking the lead, not the dog, for a walk.
[3737] Postcards from Barmouth
[3675] Spring 2012
[3674] Off to walk the dogs
[3625] An update on Billy the Greyhound and Gypsy the Lurcher
[3606] Gypsy and Billy enjoy the snow
[3561] Happy Christmas ... a Christmas morning walk in Melksham
[3553] Changes to morning routines
[3541] I loves Melksham
[3537] Letting the foster parents know ... too little or too much?
[3533] No message - just doggy pictures of the new doggy
[3530] A typical weekend??
[3338] Return trip - Dogs Trust, Newbury
[3324] Rabbit Shelter
[3096] Contrast in pictures
[2897] The Land of the Black Labrador
[2787] Sleeping in on Sunday
[2689] Can my dog eat potatoes? Doggie Dietary Research, and political sleaze!
[2555] Bookkeeping
[2499] ourdog is Greyhound, Staffie and Ginger Cake
[2496] A better design of mouth
[2456] Bright Eyes
[2451] Gypsy says
[2450] Family Gathering at 404, The Spa
[2295] The dog is not in trouble
[2271] Dogs Trust, Dog Show, Newbury
[2252] Leaping dog, Leaping horse, copyright of old masters
[2167] Watching the tele
[2140] Beware - giving copyright away when you upload a picture - Dogs Trust
[2138] Ski bore ... train bore ... dog bore
[2132] Learning about Lurchers
[2029] Also for the eyes of the cat
[771] From cat breeder to Cobol to Perl
[744] We can offer a room, but we can't operate on a dog
[547] Taking the dog for a walk
[96] Variable Scope
[62] Technical Open House

Module Z210 - Christmas and New Year
[4365] The changing face of Christmas
[4364] Christmas day in Melksham
[4363] A quiet evening in Melksham - awaiting Santa
[4357] Seeing Christmas Coming to Melksham
[4329] Does Santa Claus need a CRB check?
[4235] Sharing my personal best of 2013
[4227] Happy Christmas from the Well House Manor team
[3957] The week before Christmas
[3765] Christmas in June? Melksham hotel bookings and Santa train
[3562] Christmas Day - for unique pictures
[3561] Happy Christmas ... a Christmas morning walk in Melksham
[3557] Melksham Christmas Lights - Town, Shops and Private Houses
[3538] Santa Train - another successful trip - 4th December 2011
[3535] Melksham, Luxury Hotel Rooms, Christmas.
[3530] A typical weekend??
[3116] Are there newspapers on New Years Day? Do the shops open on Easter Sunday? Do trains run at Christmas?
[3110] The days after Christmas
[3101] The week before Christmas
[3095] The Christmas Season has arrived
[2978] Christmas 2010 - Well House Manor, Melksham, Hotel
[2549] Christmas Day ...
[2543] Day and night at Christmas
[2529] Santa Special, 2009
[2528] Melksham Christmas Lights
[2486] Santa Special - Trowbridge and Melksham to Swindon
[1959] -
[1952] Small Print
[1942] Christmas scenes and events
[1931] Frosty Morning, foggy evening
[1914] It must be nearly Christmas
[1484] A christmas message
[1483] What have hotels and bananas got in common?
[1481] The Christmas Letter
[1462] 10 training days to Christmas.
[980] Street Scene
[953] Christmas in November
[573] Giving an excuse for Christmas
[543] The world didn't stop for Christmas
[541] Christmas is for everyone
[540] Christmas Party
[162] A Change is as good as a rest
[161] Christmas break

Module Z211 - Easter
[3688] Shopkeepers take an Easter break too
[3116] Are there newspapers on New Years Day? Do the shops open on Easter Sunday? Do trains run at Christmas?
[2460] Mothers Day or Mothering Sunday?
[1775] Easterholic
[1591] Easter Sunday at 404, The Spa
[1309] Dates for Easter - 2008 to 2015
[258] Easter at Well House Consultants

Module Z212 - Public Holidays and festivals
[4287] TransWilts CRP - walking in Melksham Carnival
[4141] My pictures of Melksham Carnival, 13th July 2013
[4140] Riots in Melksham
[4120] American Circus in Melksham
[3513] Olympic Torch - dates and places in Wiltshire in 2012
[3360] Melksham Carnival, 2011 - pictures
[3207] Lambing at Lackham
[3191] Date of the Census (which month and day?)
[3062] Melksham Carnival - getting ready for 2011
[2875] A long day in Melksham ...
[2671] Melksham - Carnival, Party in the Park, and Spot the Oddity
[2656] Melksham Carnival
[2498] Remembrance Sunday 2009, Melksham
[2298] Melksham Carnival Parade - the people
[2297] Standing on the corner, Melksham Carnival
[1770] 3 hours from Milton Keynes
[1631] Looking back through some photos
[1540] Chinese New Year
[1269] Party in the Park - review
[1209] Where did the Bank Holiday go?
[637] Carnival
[429] Charlie on Monday
[131] Thanksgiving dinner
[35] Autumn arrives right on time
[30] Bank Holiday

Module Z300 - Politics and Religion
[4735] Revisiting - should I stand for Melksham Without Parish Council in May?
[4734] Thoughts on the new Blackmore Ward of Melksham Without Parish
[4729] The oldest part of Los Angeles
[4725] Writing Python 2 such that Python 3 is easy
[4720] Celebrating our diversity rather than discriminating for it
[4625] Where does Wiltshire bus subsidy money come from?
[4614] PC Plod - alive and scaremongering in Wiltshire?
[4597] Not standing as your local councillor
[4548] Melksham - two small townships, or one big one?
[4489] Election results - what if we had a party list system?
[4485] Misusing statistics? - the seedy side of election campaigning
[4476] Upcoming election - Chippenham Constituency - the major candidates compared
[4354] Wiltshire Police - assuming someone is guilty just on the say-so of a member of the public?
[4343] Politics and the railway the connects Wiltshire
[4286] Reaction in Radstock to new First bus prices
[4275] Eurpoean Elections, and other elections ahead. Some thoughts on campaigns and policies
[4223] Democracy - alive and well with the beauty pagent starting up again
[4079] Melksham Area - Unitary Council results, May 2013
[3921] On rememberance, on war, and on preventing the war cycle
[3905] How should we choose our Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner?
[3845] Good cause giving - getting the charity beggars off the street
[3806] 2011 Census results - initial figures for Wiltshire.
[3676] Rising prices, changing habits and society
[3592] Are we one man, one vote? No, and we never have been.
[3438] Melksham to become a part of Trowbridge?
[3325] The Olympic Torch, and Melksham House
[3323] Is Melksham town centre dying?
[3313] What does our MP do on a Bank Holiday?
[3264] Alternative Vote (AV) - explaining and an example
[3051] Positively reforming the system - could it be done?
[2971] Should the public sector compete with businesses? and other deep questions
[2948] Melksham shamefully makes the national headlines
[2870] Old prices - what would the equivalent price have been in 1966?
[2864] Changing with weather and seasons
[2856] Two sides of the coin
[2824] A pint of Black Rat, and a lazy barman
[2792] Should Government compete with private industry?
[2757] Bodicea, Lincoln, and our new MP
[2752] Voting day - UK General Election
[2740] Melksham Hustings at George Ward School
[2712] A more informed decision than ever before
[2689] Can my dog eat potatoes? Doggie Dietary Research, and political sleaze!
[2640] How is your tax pound spent?
[2353] All change - Wiltshire Parliamentary
[2288] Wiltshire Community Area Partnerships
[2279] Understanding the new local government structure in Wiltshire
[2270] Wiltshire - a chance to improve life for everybody
[2257] Ramblings on church and state linkage in Melksham
[2206] Spot the odd one out
[2178] Melksham Candidates for Wiltshire Unitary Election
[2075] Supporting Parkinsons and Trains
[2028] Things people say on the phone
[2012] The Wiltshire Police
[1987] One Cheer for Local Democracy - Asda in Melksham
[1882] Wiltshire Council says - part 2
[1881] Wiltshire Council says - part 1
[1872] Barack Obama wins US Predidency
[1769] July child ponders on August children
[1729] Back from the future
[1579] Rome, and the faith of Rome
[1573] Budget tax increases hit vehicle market
[1526] Carers at work - court case changes
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game
[1386] New software product for warmblooded programmers
[1350] FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) Western Region
[1260] An inspirational business talk from one of our prospective MPs
[1247] An afternoon at a public enquiry
[1175] Local elections - choosing who to vote for
[1135] Government pressure on me to shut up after I make the papers
[1109] False imprisonment - a contrast from the news
[1060] What a relief from the tax office.
[1003] Room at the Inn, Guy at the station
[967] Realistic on line shoot'em up
[875] Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
[780] Separation and Integration
[750] Almost everyone loses
[696] Is than an uphill or downhill task?
[682] Iran has enriched uranium ...
[674] Wiltshire to get an extra MP
[671] Both ends of the animal
[607] On being British
[602] MP face to face
[539] rich and famous
[505] Would you steal ... petrol? ... a training course?
[469] Yesterday was Kiss and Ride
[415] Campaign Drift and efficiency.
[384] Managing conflict and disappointment
[377] A Strengthened City
[335] Sad priorities
[326] UK Tax payment totals and where the money is spent
[313] Making bona fide international marriages more difficult
[301] General Election day, UK
[289] MP for Devizes, Wiltshire
[280] Spotted - the local MP
[257] Politics gets nasty. Must be an election coming up.
[216] Cheap purchase - votes paid for with selfish promises

Module Z301 - Current Affairs
[4691] Real life PHP application using our course training MVC example
[4637] People matter - but there is a tradeoff between different people in there
[4599] Happy Christmas - and a Christmas thought
[4429] Wind Turbines - beauty or menace?
[3720] Melksham ATC - freedom of the town
[3646] Exploring Melksham with a film maker
[3467] Charities v Charitable. The cost of collecting your donation.
[3385] Do university courses teach the right things for life at work later on?
[3357] Business, priorities, and volunteering
[3347] The Anthony trial - Orange County, Florida. Thoughts on conclusion
[3282] The future of canal management and charities - Kennet and Avon Canal bias
[3265] Alternative Vote (AV) - cutting the crap
[3231] Footpath, Bridleway, Byway, Road used as Public Path
[3228] What can you take on a public footpath? Pram? Wheelbarrow? Dog? Shopping Trolley? Horse? Cycle?
[3183] Redevelopment on the banks of the Avon in Melksham
[3126] Car Parking in Melksham - thoughts on the proposed scheme, and wider thoughts too
[3030] Liquorice allsorts and Dolly Mixtures
[3028] VAT rise in January - it is really up 14% not just 2.5%
[2995] A river in Melksham is not just for boaters.
[2982] Travel, Transport and Tourism - A vision for Melksham, 2026
[2904] Melksham Area Board meeting of last week
[2852] Atworth Village Fete - on the Melksham Community Area Partnership stand
[2776] Regional Spatial Strategy and the next 20 years - Whence Wiltshire under the new government?
[2666] Random thoughts on Melksham Town Planning and development
[2602] East of Melksham - Building Work Starts
[2574] Summary of Wiltshire Core Strategy responses
[2514] The road show has been - where now?
[2508] Community Area Partnership - inaugural AGM
[2289] pre-Inaugural briefing - Melksham Community Area Partnership
[2128] Wiltshire - where everybody matters
[2112] Whatever next ... the joys of being an employer
[1987] One Cheer for Local Democracy - Asda in Melksham
[1960] Christmas Survivors
[1275] Incident in Melksham
[1214] New Serieses for the summer on TV
[614] News in Ireland
[377] A Strengthened City
[33] 10 Years of experience

Module Z401 - Federation of Small Businesses
[3522] Networking - North and West Wilts FSB Style
[3214] Melksham Campus - any last minute inputs from Melksham businesses?
[3032] Coincidence, or Conspiracy - a wrong email address
[2524] An update on legal changes from the FSB?
[2517] Blogging accuracy - open invitation for any corrections
[1937] Getting hold of the wrong end of the stick
[1880] Melksham Chamber of Commerce, or the FSB
[1855] Volunteer v Employee - a skewed balance? (FSB)
[1823] FSB - an update.
[1654] The old sayings are the best (FSB)
[1544] FSB, EGM, AGM.
[1515] Keeping staff up to date on hotel room status
[1512] Summer Ball at Bowood - Saturday 12th July 2008
[1479] FSB leaves its members feeling like mushrooms
[1350] FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) Western Region
[1286] A wasted evening?
[1284] An update on the West Wilts show ...
[1278] West Wilts Show
[1249] Is this how to run a business for businesses?
[1246] An oddball day. Strange experiences!
[1157] Speed Networking - a great evening and how we arranged it
[1133] B-2-B Networking, 20th April. Useful for YOUR business?
[1097] Train and business balls all in the air!
[1078] Wiltshire - multicultural community

Module Z402 - Melksham Chamber of Commerce and Industry
[4738] Melksham Chamber of Commerce - my final Presidents report
[4672] Annual review of Melksham Matters for Chamber of Commerce AGM
[4399] The Campus in Melksham - name, logo, and livery choice
[4278] Future Swindon - Westbury train services. At current level into the future?
[4170] Herman Miller coming to Melksham - the Chamber of Commerce is briefed
[4164] Melksham Market - every Tuesday
[4151] Tell me a bit about Melksham
[4103] Questions from children about Melksham Campus
[4097] Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Report for AGM, 21st May 2013
[4046] Over a hundred welcoming businesses - Melksham Town Centre
[4041] Report on the last year - Melksham Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Melksham Without Parish Council
[4014] Costa Coffee in Melksham - is it a good idea?
[4002] Images of Melksham you havent seen before
[3987] Melksham Chamber of Commerce - join us in our future
[3948] Quiet little town? Advanced Technology Centre?
[3889] Melksham Chamber of Commerce - whence in 2013 and beyond?
[3880] Chamber of Commerce - looking forward in Melksham and in Wessex
[3867] The difficult interface between the business, council and voluntary sectors
[3850] Bus times - Chippenham Station to Melksham, with London connections
[3818] Making things happen - litter and ASB and lost dogs in Melksham
[3812] The Melksham News - July 2012 - Part 1, Campus and Chamber of Commerce
[3787] Melksham Pride - the Chamber of Commerce, and the future
[3768] Melksham Chamber of Commerce - looking to our future shape. Pivotal meeting next Tuesday
[3767] How well do you know Melksham?
[3752] Melksham Visitors Map - Bus routes and train lines to and from the town
[3751] Public transport for international arrivals into Melksham
[3748] Not everyone has a computer - 9 more ways to learn about the Melksham Campus
[3739] Go green - business seminar in Melksham
[3732] Ten more visitors to your premises every day?
[3714] Just 12 winners? Or 371 or more? Town Centres.
[3710] Encouraging business in Melksham and its neighbourhood - keep business local??
[3706] An exciting Chamber of Commerce AGM - sound like an Oxymoron?
[3700] Why do people use chains rather than independent traders?
[3697] Events in Melksham - read all about them, and tell us about yours
[3696] Melksham government and business organisations
[3693] Wiltshire Business Support Service
[3682] Melksham Business Newsreel
[3677] Some advise for guest speakers at meetings
[3672] Melksham Train Service - please support the TransWilts case for regular trains
[3663] Changing shops and organisations - Melksham, the last and next five years
[3627] Meeting Report - Tuesday 21st Feb - to Melksham Chamber of Commerce from Shadow Community Operations Board
[3598] Melksham Civic Awards - report and pictures
[3560] Melksham, Month by month through 2011
[3527] Melksham - changing times, an opportunity for the future
[3496] Melksham - Business to Business Speed Networking - build ahead for 2012
[3495] Looking forward - Chamber of Commerce has 2012 and beyond on the agenda
[3492] Upcoming events in and about Melksham - more dates for your diary
[3481] Some thoughts in answer to some Melksham Campus questions
[3475] Havant - Shop Frontages.
[3470] Currently pictured in Melksham
[3438] Melksham to become a part of Trowbridge?
[3427] What is on the Melksham Agenda?
[3423] 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 12?
[3420] Making best use of the new enthusiasm for Melksham
[3383] Are people who walk into Melksham being asked to subsidise parking?
[3380] Melksham Jelly - An Occasional Office for Home Workers
[3343] Summer Sunday Train Service Starts - Swindon Chippenham and Melksham to Weymouth
[3340] Summer Sunday Timetable - TransWilts Trains
[3334] A lesson from the sporran market?
[3325] The Olympic Torch, and Melksham House
[3307] Melksham Community Radio launches
[3299] Presidents Report to Melksham Chamber of Commerce, 24.5.2011
[3279] Letter to The Editor
[3275] Melksham Chamber of Commerce - grows to appoint new Press Officer. Welcome. Sam
[3272] Melksham Car Parking - current charges and limits
[3249] Events - Spring and Early Summer 2011 in Melksham
[3246] Melksham - the way forward. 26th April, Well House Manor
[3217] Vandalism and riot from the minority - the effect
[3214] Melksham Campus - any last minute inputs from Melksham businesses?
[3193] Melksham Campus - what, why, questions, concerns and how you can input
[3188] What proportion of the British Workforce still works a Monday to Friday, 9 to 5, week?
[3173] What is the Melksham Chamber of Commerce?
[3172] On consultations, car parking, and Melksham town centre
[3162] Keep your business customer-friendly!
[3141] Wiltshire Rail services - a golden opportunity
[3117] Opportunities for Melksham - new businesses in the town
[3113] Trowbridge and Melksham to Chippenham - more roadworks, even slower journey over the winter
[3088] Melksham - two many councils?
[2995] A river in Melksham is not just for boaters.
[2982] Travel, Transport and Tourism - A vision for Melksham, 2026
[2959] A Melksham news roundup
[2957] Welcome to Countrywides new Melksham store
[2932] Getting into and out of Wiltshire towns .. a.k.a. Car Parking?
[2891] Wiltshire Council ask how they can help businesses
[2883] Melksham Oak - photos of the new community school
[2872] Moved - Melksham Lorry Park
[2867] Cycling in Melksham, and looking forward
[2853] Transport in Wessex - today and into the future
[2837] Lorry Parking in Melksham
[2827] Melksham - a gem in Wiltshire
[2782] Tell the Melksham Chamber or you only have yourself to blame
[2779] The history and future of Melksham Chamber of Commerce
[2770] Melksham Chamber of Commerce - Presidents report to AGM
[2725] How do our tactics help us meet the strategy, for the greater good?
[2683] Car Parking in Melksham
[2666] Random thoughts on Melksham Town Planning and development
[2640] How is your tax pound spent?
[2594] Melksham Area - your community view is sought
[2568] Forums for your Melksham and open source discussions
[2546] How well do you know Melksham - a quiz for Christmas
[2544] Vision for Wiltshire
[2540] Rock and hard place .. and the relaxing right one won
[2531] Melksham - new Tuesday Market
[2521] Melksham Market - Tuesdays, 09:00 to 14:00
[2514] The road show has been - where now?
[2508] Community Area Partnership - inaugural AGM
[2495] Planning the future of Wiltshire
[2487] Melksham Forum
[2465] Melksham Town - asleep or awake?
[2459] New Web Site for Melksham Chamber of Commerce
[2437] Wiltshire Unitary News - Chamber of Commerce Intelligence
[2328] Melksham - no trains, no southbound buses through the town
[2289] pre-Inaugural briefing - Melksham Community Area Partnership
[2288] Wiltshire Community Area Partnerships
[2260] Important - the future of Melksham / Chamber of Commerce
[2220] Melksham Traders - where do we go?
[2194] Melksham Business Map - Chamber of Commerce, Tourist Information and Town Council
[2181] You cannot please all of the people all of the time
[2119] Make your business a DESTINATION business
[2111] Business Networking for Melksham - 23rd April
[2095] Blue Ridge and Melksham Chambers of Commerce
[2043] Confidence, Customer Service and Tourism in Melksham
[1987] One Cheer for Local Democracy - Asda in Melksham
[1979] Looking forward, in Melksham, in 2009
[1934] Lidl opens in Melksham
[1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes
[1892] Melksham Chamber of Commerce and Industry
[1881] Wiltshire Council says - part 1
[1880] Melksham Chamber of Commerce, or the FSB
[1792] All the pieces fall into place - hotel and courses
[1748] Hotel room prices - Melksham, Wiltshire
[1642] Summer!
[1633] Changing a screen saver from a web page (PHP, Perl, OSX)
[1507] Comments on proposed Asda Superstore for Melksham
[1504] Flooding by Asda-s proposed new supermarket
[1476] Shopping for Christmas and looking forward
[1432] Wiltshire County Council - Budget Consultation
[1429] Remembrance day - inside a church and inside the day
[1250] Business speed networking - a place tonight!
[1223] Asda opening large new store in Melksham
[717] A customer service company

Module Z403 - Organisations
[4548] Melksham - two small townships, or one big one?
[4039] Seed Swap at Well House Manor
[4020] Melksham Community - Annual Report / MCAP
[3774] Melksham - a new dawn
[3712] Some unpublished and historic pictures - Museum of Melksham
[3704] The Bowerhill Villager - a newsletter for Bowerhill, Melksham
[3677] Some advise for guest speakers at meetings
[3604] Melksham Campus - a blog you can read, and a place you can comment
[3511] Melksham has a heart - have your picture taken and support the defibrillator appeal
[3484] A Melksham Timeline - Domesday to present day
[3317] Self Portrait (in words)
[2902] Community consultation - a true open input
[2869] Contact Information for Melksham Oak Community School
[2807] Canal through Melksham - the options and issues
[2585] Consultation in Melksham, on Melkshams future
[2574] Summary of Wiltshire Core Strategy responses
[2271] Dogs Trust, Dog Show, Newbury
[2236] Alumni - revisiting and supporting the old University
[2128] Wiltshire - where everybody matters
[2026] Melksham Climate Friendly Group
[2015] Service Excellence Awards
[2012] The Wiltshire Police
[1280] West Wilts - no longer Wet Wilts - show
[1278] West Wilts Show
[1258] A day looking ahead for Well House Consultants
[981] Finalist reception - Wiltshire Business of the Year
[472] Are you free on 29th October - Charity ball
[307] Farming yesterday
[58] Call Centres, selling, and a pause for thought

Module Z405 - Melksham Campus
[4423] Campus - about the logos / way marks you have been choosing from
[4418] Melksham Community Campus - which of these potential signs do you like?
[4399] The Campus in Melksham - name, logo, and livery choice
[4311] Melksham Campus - how is it going - October 2014
[4103] Questions from children about Melksham Campus
[4048] Art, Catering, Transport - Melksham Campus Elements - reaching local experts
[3901] How much parking should there be at Melksham Campus?
[3888] What a difference a year made - Melksham Campus
[3812] The Melksham News - July 2012 - Part 1, Campus and Chamber of Commerce
[3748] Not everyone has a computer - 9 more ways to learn about the Melksham Campus
[3741] Low carbon and other environmental lessons for the Melksham Campus?
[3736] Abstraction
[3735] A walk around Melksham this morning. Can you place all of these?
[3520] Quintessentially English - scenes from our Wiltshire town
[3518] Melksham House / Melksham Campus - Seniors Input Sought
[3503] Melksham House - a community facility
[3500] Campus Shadow - a great responsibility
[3481] Some thoughts in answer to some Melksham Campus questions
[3325] The Olympic Torch, and Melksham House
[3279] Letter to The Editor
[3277] Between a rock and a hard place.
[3246] Melksham - the way forward. 26th April, Well House Manor
[3225] Campus - answer to business questions
[3224] Melksham Campus - a win / win opportunity, but a severely lacking decision process
[3214] Melksham Campus - any last minute inputs from Melksham businesses?
[3193] Melksham Campus - what, why, questions, concerns and how you can input

Module Z406 - TransWilts Community Rail Partnership
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House
[4726] TransWilts Partner Update for Melksham Area Board
[4706] Melksham trial train service is to be made permanent
[4704] Three months in community rail pictures
[4695] Melksham Rail Development Group becoming Melksham Rail Users Group
[4688] Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 5 (services and prices)
[4647] On the problems of a printed train timetable
[4638] TransWilts Community Interest Company AGM - 13 Feb 2016, Swindon
[4612] TransWilts - robust these days - no longer the first service to be cancelled
[4601] Management view - TransWilts and transport at the end of 2015
[4568] Moderation - and the tendency to over-moderate
[4513] Yesterday, Weymouth
[4512] The Weymouth Wizard - Saturdays in August from Wiltshire
[4510] Learning from the others - Community Rail
[4500] The TransWilts Community Intergrated Transport Corridor
[4497] Around the world from Melksham
[4494] Monday to Friday / TransWilts train times from 18 May to 11th December 2015
[4467] Neighbourhood Plan - travel and transport thoughts
[4463] Rail Conference, Nottingham
[4435] Images of our rail promotion campaign
[4424] Looking Forward - TransWilts Community Rail Partnership and TransWilts CIC
[4397] TransWilts / Press and Publicity report for AGM / 30th January 2015
[4371] Why are people using the TransWilts?
[4362] What a difference a year makes
[4353] Celebration pictures, year 1
[4351] A little thing can make a big difference
[4343] Politics and the railway the connects Wiltshire
[4328] Folk music train, Westbury to Swindon round trip, 14th December 2014
[4313] Moving community rail support from amateur to professional
[4309] Even in the dark of night, the train comes bearing passengers
[4291] Train Online article - ACoRP / TransWilts introduction
[4288] Some questions on how our Community Rail Partnership works
[4287] TransWilts CRP - walking in Melksham Carnival
[4284] Talk and walk to promote train service - Melksham Carnival
[4243] Taking Greyhounds and Lurchers to London for the day
[4229] Thin end of the wedge - plan to be thicker in 2014
[4225] Melksham Resident? Commuter? Save yourself 2000 pounds and 100 hours in 2014, and have a better journey!
[4219] TransWilts train services - up from 2 to 8 per day
[4218] A THANK YOU to those who have brought the new train service to fruition
[4198] New trains for 2014 - Swindon to Westbury. Meetings Melksham, Swindon, Trowbridge, Chippenham and Westbury
[4196] Official - Trowbridge and Melksham to London train improvements
[4194] TransWilts Link - meeting notes from 19th October
[4191] Getting people to and from Melksham Station - not 20 but 700 times a day
[4163] TransWilts Community Rail Partnership - formally constituted
[4160] Bank Holiday Monday - pictures of a great train trip to Weymouth
[4148] Special General Meeting, Adoption of Constitution for TransWilts Community Rail Partnership
[4142] Passenger survey at Chippenham - report and pictures
[3986] Rail services in Wiltshire - up in the air? We need to say what is best required.
[3881] Wiltshire Public Transport User Group co-ordination

Module Z407 - Option 24/7 - the way forward for Wiltshire buses
[4703] What do people use the bus for in Wiltshire - survey interim results.
[4694] Supported Bus Services in Wiltshire - analysis of written-in comments
[4693] Wiltshire supported bus service consultation, early 2016 - interim results published
[4692] How are bus support payments currently calculated?
[4691] Real life PHP application using our course training MVC example
[4690] Buses in Wiltshire - potential changes and where we stand at the moment
[4669] Buses - how did we get into the situation we are in?
[4667] Wiltshire Supported Bus consultation - final few days
[4660] What is happening on the 231 bus? What are you going to do about it?
[4658] The end of competition on a bus route - the effects from then end of the 234
[4657] Rumours of bus changes by First in Wiltshire - what we know and suspect
[4654] Getting to the Royal United Hospital - the Hopper and the alternatives
[4648] Why is bus funding a much hotter topic than a new set of traffic lights?
[4636] Rail user groups worried about what is happening on the buses
[4631] What would the Wiltshire Council bus cuts mean for Melksham?
[4630] The story behind the bus cuts, and what they could mean
[4625] Where does Wiltshire bus subsidy money come from?
[4624] Campaigning for a sensible bus solution and not against anyone!
[4621] The power of scripting
[4619] Buses - not about the buses, but about the people who use the buses

Module Z408 - TravelWatch SouthWest
[4424] Looking Forward - TransWilts Community Rail Partnership and TransWilts CIC
[4397] TransWilts / Press and Publicity report for AGM / 30th January 2015
[4188] Extended Weekend - but not a quiet one!
[4186] Melksham to Bath and Zigzag buses - at a turning point?
[4185] TransWilts Trains - running a successful campaign talk
[4173] Train and Rail Travel - who runs it and where do I ask questions?
[4040] Report on the last year - Melksham Railway Developement Group for Melksham Without Parish Council
[3904] Want to help us improve transport in Wiltshire? Here is how!
[3882] Community Transport - Pewsey, Taunton, and the whole picture too
[3677] Some advise for guest speakers at meetings
[3221] How long is a speech?
[3194] Buses - what they cost and their future direction in the SW and in Wiltshire
[2954] Railway meetings, trips and meetups this autumn
[2748] Monitoring the success and traffic of your web site
[2666] Random thoughts on Melksham Town Planning and development
[2664] Oliver Cromwell at Bristol Temple Meads
[2438] Listening to The Minister
[1966] Background to the TransWilts Train Fiasco
[1560] HST Power Car TravelWatch SouthWest

Module Z501 - Public Transport - Rail
[4770] GW franchise - my response
[4765] Breich Station - current pictures, and future options
[4764] Some thoughts on the closure proposal for Breich station
[4760] Rotary Talk, 25/7/2017
[4727] Learning from travelling further afield
[4726] TransWilts Partner Update for Melksham Area Board
[4706] Melksham trial train service is to be made permanent
[4699] Melksham Rail Development Group - a celebration of 20 years
[4695] Melksham Rail Development Group becoming Melksham Rail Users Group
[4688] Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 5 (services and prices)
[4687] Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 4
[4686] Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 3
[4685] Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 2
[4684] Melksham Station - as at May 2016 - Part 1
[4677] Swindon, Chippenham and Melksham - day trips by train to Weymouth start for 2016
[4665] Chippenham to Salisbury by public transport - what we have and what we could have
[4640] Who was Doctor Beeching and what was his axe?
[4636] Rail user groups worried about what is happening on the buses
[4623] Rambling from Westbury
[4612] TransWilts - robust these days - no longer the first service to be cancelled
[4598] 21 places to get your train and bus timetables for TransWilts
[4596] Call for help counting passengers - TransWilts, 12th to 14th December
[4578] Rail electrification - far, far too optimistic so over budget and late
[4539] TransWilts public transport corridor
[4515] Why has the hourly Chippenham to Trowbridge train been withdrawn?
[4512] The Weymouth Wizard - Saturdays in August from Wiltshire
[4511] The Royal Albert Bridge as you do not normally see it
[4496] Sunday train times - 17th May to 6th September 2015
[4495] Swindon to Westbury train services - Saturdays from 23rd May 2015
[4486] Newark to New York - the PATH suburban railway
[4478] Home in Melksham to Gatwick Airport - easy by public transport
[4475] New car park at Melksham Station - ideal for commuters from Seend, Hilperton, Yarnbrook and Holt
[4473] Fishguard to Melksham - third part of Dublin journey
[4471] Leopardstown to Rosslare by train
[4467] Neighbourhood Plan - travel and transport thoughts
[4464] Catching up on a week all in a single post (?)
[4425] A Welsh valley - what the transport looks like in 2015
[4397] TransWilts / Press and Publicity report for AGM / 30th January 2015
[4378] What FGW passengers want to talk about / and PHP programming to find out
[4367] A year of rail memories!
[4365] The changing face of Christmas
[4353] Celebration pictures, year 1
[4352] A long day on the trains, but a rewarding one
[4342] My first official measure - Passenger Entrys and Exits - revisited 9 years later
[4312] Officially overcrowded in the first year
[4306] Four time target - good news. Four time prediction - poor forecasting.
[4289] It may be cheaper to buy in bulk
[4276] Swindon to Weymouth - by train, the traditional way - 2014
[4269] Survey - Journeys
[4268] Metrics - historic and current TransWilts train use
[4267] How effective is our publicity?
[4263] Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge, public transport over Easter (2014)
[4256] Train fare look expensive? There may be a cheaper option
[4253] Easter Weeks - Melksham to Weymouth
[4252] Staveton Halt, former station between Trowbridge and Melksham
[4251] Broughton Gifford Halt, TransWilts Railway Line
[4250] Lacock Halt - former TransWilts Station
[4238] A Question series posed to Melksham Tourist information
[4226] Saturday train to Swindon - two weeks in
[4224] TransWilts - first day pictures
[4219] TransWilts train services - up from 2 to 8 per day
[4218] A THANK YOU to those who have brought the new train service to fruition
[4217] New train service - launch plans and timetable links
[4216] Los Angeles - post modern transport system
[4202] Excellent Railfuture conference, but some setup lessons
[4199] Draft Westbury - Melksham - Swindon train times, from December 2014
[4196] Official - Trowbridge and Melksham to London train improvements
[4195] Booking for Santa, Melksham Railway Development Group, 8th December 2013
[4194] TransWilts Link - meeting notes from 19th October
[4191] Getting people to and from Melksham Station - not 20 but 700 times a day
[4190] A radical proposal - a cheap and effective way to provide home to city commuter transport
[4185] TransWilts Trains - running a successful campaign talk
[4176] International and off island travel from Melksham
[4173] Train and Rail Travel - who runs it and where do I ask questions?
[4163] TransWilts Community Rail Partnership - formally constituted
[4160] Bank Holiday Monday - pictures of a great train trip to Weymouth
[4159] People WILL walk to the station in Melksham, but they need a path and trains
[4154] August Bank Holiday - day out from Melksham to London or Weymouth
[4150] Melksham Regular Public Transport Map - as at August 2013
[4148] Special General Meeting, Adoption of Constitution for TransWilts Community Rail Partnership
[4146] A few more trains means a LOT more passengers. Why?
[4142] Passenger survey at Chippenham - report and pictures
[4131] West Coast (of Wales) - railway and stations in pictures
[4113] Wiltshire and Melksham Transport - what is going on?
[4110] TransWilts meeting ...
[4105] Our day trip by train from Swindon, Chippenham and Melksham to Weymouth
[4104] Weymouth vis the TransWilts - the day out today
[4080] Fancy a day at the seaside? Weymouth from Melksham
[4040] Report on the last year - Melksham Railway Developement Group for Melksham Without Parish Council
[4022] A request for all of Melksham transport groups to work integrated
[3995] Onward from Brussels
[3994] On board Eurostar - a running commentary
[3993] Two trains a day ... how many fares to London? Guess!
[3986] Rail services in Wiltshire - up in the air? We need to say what is best required.
[3942] Santa Trip - Melksham Railway Development Group, 2012
[3938] A long overdue meeting - a steeping stone towards coordinate transport user inputs
[3937] Agenda for Wiltshire Link Travel groups meeting, Saturday 1st December 2012
[3923] 35 minutes is only a slight delay on our railway service
[3904] Want to help us improve transport in Wiltshire? Here is how!
[3899] Father Christmas to be on train in Melksham
[3893] Public Transport across Wiltshire - a new map
[3890] Here comes Santa - on the train from Melksham to Swindon on 2nd December 2012
[3882] Community Transport - Pewsey, Taunton, and the whole picture too
[3881] Wiltshire Public Transport User Group co-ordination
[3879] Mixed mode travel - Information systems
[3873] Henbury loop, Bristol - a freight railway line with passenger potential?
[3872] Trains across Wiltshire - an update on the TransWilts
[3860] Melksham to Steam in Swindon, by train - great day out
[3826] TransWilts trains - what the next franchise period will bring
[3815] The Melksham News - July 2012 - Part 2, TransWilts Rail, Wilts and Berks Canal
[3804] Scenes from commuting by train
[3802] What a difference a year makes
[3795] Like a bathroom company with no plumbers
[3793] Excellent Rail News - what it really means
[3786] Improving Wiltshire Rail Offer - it WILL be happening
[3784] Steam train calls at Melksham - Pictures
[3765] Christmas in June? Melksham hotel bookings and Santa train
[3761] Melksham - placed 2254 out of 2255. What can be done about it?
[3736] Abstraction
[3728] The future needs for rail services to Melksham - change needed; current service an insult
[3699] Bristol 50? Bristol 25?
[3671] Future train services in Wiltshire - please write in to support a better service
[3668] Kings Cross - new concourse - between Python in Cambridge and Objective C in London
[3642] Wiltshire Travel Times - Chippenham, Trowbridge, Salisbury and other places too
[3631] Getting around Dublin by public transport - some observations
[3626] There is so much to see travelling by train
[3601] Rail Travel - has it become more unreliable?
[3579] Transport in Cambridgeshire - seen by an outside observer. What can Wiltshire learn?
[3565] What would an appropriate train service on the TransWilts line mean
[3564] I wish I was not a special case
[3550] Provide a useable train service, and people will use it!
[3538] Santa Train - another successful trip - 4th December 2011
[3501] Santa Claus - on the train from Melksham on 4th December 2011
[3493] West Wilts Rail User Group - Walk yesterday from Bradford-on-Avon to Trowbridge
[3487] Public transport - road and rail
[3486] How important is public transport to people in the Melksham area?
[3452] Which or ATOC - who reads train fares right?
[3434] Sundays - and over eating
[3410] A review of the Summer Sunday extra trains on the TransWilts line
[3408] Journey home by public transport for a Bank Holiday
[3403] Last chance this summer - Swindon and North Wiltshire to Weymouth by through train
[3392] What costs 8.20 from Melksham, or 22.30 via Chippenham?
[3378] New product - ensuring that supply matches demand
[3371] From Wiltshire to Weymouth on Sundays
[3370] Standing Challenge
[3364] Dogs Legs on the Dogleg
[3362] Swindon, Chippenham and Melksham to Weymouth - Sunday Train Service Starts
[3336] Efficient travel - from Melsksham to Edinburgh by Sleeper Train
[3331] Comparing Alloa and Melksham - stations and services
[3328] Summer Sundays - days out by train from Swindon on the TransWilts
[3318] Summer Sunday Trains - outings from Swindon, Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge and Westbury
[3274] Small scale improvement - big scale gain. And they CAN be done with local knowledge
[3273] Wanted - a look to the future
[3198] TransWilts rail - coming together, wanted and needed
[3187] Past and Present - Melksham Station
[3178] The cost of roadworks on the economy of our town - 1800 pounds per hour?
[3176] Comparing German, Dutch and British Railways
[3171] Train and boat journey - the passenger accommodation
[3167] Can I take my dog by train? And other questions
[3161] TransWilts rail - what picture represents us
[3141] Wiltshire Rail services - a golden opportunity
[3135] A time to be brave? We should ask for what is best for our area.
[3119] TransWilts - some things to see and do
[3114] Transwilts Link - both Wiltshire and beyond
[3113] Trowbridge and Melksham to Chippenham - more roadworks, even slower journey over the winter
[3111] TransWilts Link - Days out from Swindon to Weymouth?
[3080] Santa Special - rather more special than usual - December 2010
[3079] TransWilts Rail News ... Melksham (Santa Special) Edition ... 5th December 2010
[3033] Rail services back to Radstock?
[3031] Get all your ducks in a row ... and they may turn into swans
[3017] Seventh day traveller on the six day railway
[3006] Santa announcement, 5th December 2010, Melksham
[2982] Travel, Transport and Tourism - A vision for Melksham, 2026
[2955] Melksham Railway Station - new information point
[2954] Railway meetings, trips and meetups this autumn
[2931] Syncronise - software, trains, and buses. Please!
[2930] Walk - Tilehurst to Pangborne
[2919] London to Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Bradford-on-Avon, Chippenham by public Transport
[2908] How Green is my train?
[2901] Ambassador or Anorak?
[2855] Train Services - Melksham to Bath and Bristol (and airport)
[2808] From home to Nurnberg - journey pictures
[2696] Garlic bread without garlic
[2678] Reaching out to the community - a good case for support
[2664] Oliver Cromwell at Bristol Temple Meads
[2662] Is Melksham public transport actually used?
[2658] Save the Train - a significant change in approach
[2634] London to and from Melksham by public transport
[2627] Saturdays out from Melksham - to Oxford, to Didcot or to Swindon
[2626] On Malachite Green
[2568] Forums for your Melksham and open source discussions
[2557] Rail Campaign - response to core consultation
[2556] Railway Station Survey - please complete today or tomorrow
[2533] Five guests, three groups, one car
[2529] Santa Special, 2009
[2522] Integrated public Transport - what could be done for Melksham
[2513] Wiltshire Council purchases Melksham Station Land
[2511] The story of the railway land at Melksham Station
[2486] Santa Special - Trowbridge and Melksham to Swindon
[2477] By train ...
[2473] Exploring Old Railways
[2457] Railway Arithmetic
[2438] Listening to The Minister
[2395] From Lymington by train - last of the slammers
[2391] Great Western Route Utilisation Strategy - Draft for Consultation
[2372] Public Transport from (and to) Melksham on Sundays
[2328] Melksham - no trains, no southbound buses through the town
[2318] For Lua Programmers AND for Town Planners
[2268] Westbury Bypass Refused - looking forward
[2133] Bigger and better this year!
[2057] Train and Coach fares from London (and airports) to Melksham
[2042] Wiltshire Rail Service Update
[2026] Melksham Climate Friendly Group
[2024] Carry on Training - in spite of the weather
[1999] How low can you sink?
[1966] Background to the TransWilts Train Fiasco
[1965] How much does a train service actually cost
[1964] Why hasnt the fiasco been put right
[1905] A Gold Star for First Great Western Customer Service
[1858] Camera with night vision, youth with no vision
[1848] 30th November - Santa Trip from Melksham
[1757] Preserved railways - struggling to the future?
[1729] Back from the future
[1708] A Train Service Update for Melksham Party in the Park
[1616] Not daring to be an anorak
[1567] Melksham - Swindon. Train v Bus v Car
[1558] Getting somewhere with the train service
[1530] Railway Acronyms and Abbreviations
[1452] Santa on the train to Melksham
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game
[1424] Closer than you think - the next step
[1382] First Great Western - information for customers
[1358] Look forward with a new broom - Wiltshire Train Service
[1314] Business travel by train in the USA
[1303] Heading Upstate New York
[1291] Day trip to Weymouth
[1274] Radio coverage for railway issues
[1273] Melksham or Weymouth? Meal or day out?
[1228] Some progress on the train campaign
[1139] Overcrowded trains around Bristol
[1097] Train and business balls all in the air!
[1093] Wiltshire Train - can YOU come on 5th March?
[1076] Save the Train - an update
[1069] Rail trouble forced me to buy hotel
[1063] Bradford-on-Avon - 150 years of passenger trains
[1045] Bang! Train campaign hits home
[1044] Call for appropriate train services - Swindon, Bristol, Bath, West Wilts, Severn Beach etc
[1033] Empty at Easleigh, Missing at Melksham, Overflowing at Oldfield
[976] Santa at the station
[974] The last commuter train through Melksham
[952] Coming from London to Melksham by train for a course
[877] Yes, but what do we do now??
[814] Melksham Railway Calendar 2007
[803] Not shouting
[790] Shadow Transport Minister to visit Melksham
[697] For any North and West Wilts and Swindon Readers
[688] Are you free on Friday evening?
[648] West Wilts Railway Users Group and trains to Lacock
[634] Real chance to make a difference
[632] Moral dilemma
[527] Greater Western Franchise Awarded
[524] Santa comes to Melksham
[521] Proof needed? Please just use common sense!
[488] Looking for railway groups and users - Swindon, Salisbury, Southampton
[486] Rail services under threat - Swindon, Melksham ... and Newquay and Bicester too
[447] Tomorrow's meeting.
[434] Through public transport connection, Chippenham to Salisbury, to cease
[428] Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury train service
[154] Railway train service, Melksham station
[source] Station entrances and exits - 2006/7
[source] station entrances and exits - 2009/2010
[source] station entrances and exits - 2004/5
[source] Station entrances and exits - 2002 - 2003
[source] Rail stations - postcode, OS and lat/long data source
[source] Station entrances and exits 2007 - 2008
[source] station entrances and exits - 2005/6
[source] Station entrances and exits - 2008/9
[source] Railway Station codes, locations, usage 2004 - 2010 (+2011 added 29.3.2012) (+2012 added 4.4.2013)

Module Z504 -
[4500] The TransWilts Community Intergrated Transport Corridor

Module Z511 - Public Transport - Road
[4703] What do people use the bus for in Wiltshire - survey interim results.
[4692] How are bus support payments currently calculated?
[4690] Buses in Wiltshire - potential changes and where we stand at the moment
[4683] Saudi Arabia or Weymouth?
[4670] The end, or the start?
[4667] Wiltshire Supported Bus consultation - final few days
[4664] Mallory Place bus stop - services to Bath
[4660] What is happening on the 231 bus? What are you going to do about it?
[4654] Getting to the Royal United Hospital - the Hopper and the alternatives
[4648] Why is bus funding a much hotter topic than a new set of traffic lights?
[4639] Working out the costs of running a bus service through the day
[4636] Rail user groups worried about what is happening on the buses
[4631] What would the Wiltshire Council bus cuts mean for Melksham?
[4629] Making travel time useful time on public transport
[4624] Campaigning for a sensible bus solution and not against anyone!
[4619] Buses - not about the buses, but about the people who use the buses
[4615] Questions for First (West of England)
[4592] A comparison of the public transport alternatives to the Royal United Hospital, Bath - from Melksham.
[4547] RUH Hopper - experience and thoughts forward
[4546] Is the RUH hopper a limited, duplicate service running unnecessarily and at high cost?
[4500] The TransWilts Community Intergrated Transport Corridor
[4425] A Welsh valley - what the transport looks like in 2015
[4290] National Express replaced by train and by Megabus from Chippenham to London
[4286] Reaction in Radstock to new First bus prices
[4263] Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge, public transport over Easter (2014)
[4257] Over a pound a kilometre - my bus in Weston-super-mare
[4247] You wait a long time - then buses come in threes. It's timetabled that way!
[4240] Melksham Rail Link
[4228] Mallory Place, The Spa, Wellington Drive, Melksham - a Christmas present for you
[4194] TransWilts Link - meeting notes from 19th October
[4192] A positive progress behind the scenes
[4191] Getting people to and from Melksham Station - not 20 but 700 times a day
[4190] A radical proposal - a cheap and effective way to provide home to city commuter transport
[4186] Melksham to Bath and Zigzag buses - at a turning point?
[4181] Grumbling about trains? Buses can be far worse!
[4179] Changing transport and destinations - looking forward to a good future
[4171] Mapping road accidents in Melksham and elsewhere too
[4152] Why are bus fares so high?
[4150] Melksham Regular Public Transport Map - as at August 2013
[4149] Bus changes to Bath - good idea, but I despair at information available
[4143] Bus times - Melksham to Bath from 28th July 2013
[4124] Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge bus changes next month
[4123] New timetables from 28th July - bus routes 271 and 272
[4113] Wiltshire and Melksham Transport - what is going on?
[4111] Zigzag bus - forward for the future, or decaying service?
[4108] The painful cost of local travel to Melksham
[4032] Easier public transport from Melksham to Bristol Airport
[4023] Melksham to Chippenham (Station) bus services - times and routes
[4022] A request for all of Melksham transport groups to work integrated
[3951] Christmas Bus Schedule for Melksham - First Bus
[3938] A long overdue meeting - a steeping stone towards coordinate transport user inputs
[3937] Agenda for Wiltshire Link Travel groups meeting, Saturday 1st December 2012
[3929] Melksham Bus Issues - to be raised at First Bus Customer Panel
[3904] Want to help us improve transport in Wiltshire? Here is how!
[3893] Public Transport across Wiltshire - a new map
[3879] Mixed mode travel - Information systems
[3877] Public Transport Services - from and to Melksham
[3866] Celebrate! Buses from Meksham to Bath
[3850] Bus times - Chippenham Station to Melksham, with London connections
[3849] New bus times - Melksham to Bath
[3699] Bristol 50? Bristol 25?
[3631] Getting around Dublin by public transport - some observations
[3580] Melksham Area - buses, trains, cycles, and roads. Meeting, 17.1.2012
[3579] Transport in Cambridgeshire - seen by an outside observer. What can Wiltshire learn?
[3564] I wish I was not a special case
[3523] When competition is not a good idea - Melksham Bus Absurdity
[3504] Coaches from Trowbridge and Melksham to London
[3487] Public transport - road and rail
[3486] How important is public transport to people in the Melksham area?
[3471] Vintage Bus Running Day in Warminster. An example of good bus practise.
[3404] Buses on the Cambridge Guided Busway
[3301] Using public transport - USA style
[3290] Changes (and no changes) at Melksham bus stops
[3194] Buses - what they cost and their future direction in the SW and in Wiltshire
[3126] Car Parking in Melksham - thoughts on the proposed scheme, and wider thoughts too
[2983] Strong arm tactics in the bus industry? Poor result for the customer!
[2982] Travel, Transport and Tourism - A vision for Melksham, 2026
[2958] What do these road markings mean? Could Confusion Kill?
[2933] Bath - Melksham - Devizes buses from September
[2919] London to Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Bradford-on-Avon, Chippenham by public Transport
[2903] Bath to Devizes bus via Melksham - changing again in September
[2857] Park and Ride at Batheaston - will it solve Wiltshires Ills?
[2791] Bath to Melksham buses - times
[2789] Melksham to London (Heathrow, and Central London)
[2771] Melksham to Calne by public transport
[2672] Dear Planners, please provide viable alternatives
[2662] Is Melksham public transport actually used?
[2533] Five guests, three groups, one car
[2522] Integrated public Transport - what could be done for Melksham
[2515] Why we have two buses an hour - but not a half hourly service
[2431] Moving busstop!
[2372] Public Transport from (and to) Melksham on Sundays
[2328] Melksham - no trains, no southbound buses through the town
[2268] Westbury Bypass Refused - looking forward
[2083] Do you support a decent train service? Please sign up!
[2075] Supporting Parkinsons and Trains
[1777] The Rise and Rise of First Bus Fares
[1723] Bath - Melksham - Devizes. Bus route changes, new timetable
[1668] Talk on TransWilts train service to Green Party
[1567] Melksham - Swindon. Train v Bus v Car
[1560] HST Power Car TravelWatch SouthWest
[1511] Buses from Well House Manor, Melksham, to Bath
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game
[1315] Two years of campaigning for a train service
[1254] Comparing bus stops
[1125] Train service - petititon reply
[1085] Lawrence Webb's Melksham Taxi service
[818] Heard, yes. Considered, no. The case for the train.
[764] Journey planning - Xephos v Transport Direct
[474] Vintage Bus Day
[459] Kiss and Ride
[187] a popular bus number
[119] PHP course. Come by train.

Module Z521 - Navigable waterways - Canals, Rivers and Sea
[4577] An update - Melksham Link Canal and river
[4472] Rosslare to Fishguard - foot passenger on the ferry
[3998] Travelogue - from the Netherlands to London via Hook and Harwich
[3815] The Melksham News - July 2012 - Part 2, TransWilts Rail, Wilts and Berks Canal
[3483] Canals, watererways in the Melksham area
[3482] Taking a boat down Caen Hill Locks
[3345] Cruising
[3282] The future of canal management and charities - Kennet and Avon Canal bias
[3266] Easter on the Canal - near Melksham, Wiltshire
[3183] Redevelopment on the banks of the Avon in Melksham
[3157] A new monopoly on the ferry to Northern Ireland
[3023] Autumn walk from Bowerhill
[2950] Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, turns first sod in Melksham Link Canal
[2807] Canal through Melksham - the options and issues
[2796] Sunday - waiting for the ferry.
[2730] Bird Watching on the Melksham Avon
[2588] Freddies Wood and the K and A Canal
[1986] Walk to Bowerhill
[1657] Farewell, Newcastle to Stavanger, Haugsund and Bergen
[820] Robert and William Whitworth
[793] The Wilts and Berks Canal
[776] Naming Rooms
[708] Linescapes of Mull
[598] Should we cruise around the world?

Module Z531 - Cycling and Walking
[4022] A request for all of Melksham transport groups to work integrated
[3938] A long overdue meeting - a steeping stone towards coordinate transport user inputs
[3904] Want to help us improve transport in Wiltshire? Here is how!
[3771] Fine evening, country walk from Melksham - pictures
[3689] Can I cycle or ride my mobility scooter on the pavement?
[3580] Melksham Area - buses, trains, cycles, and roads. Meeting, 17.1.2012
[3579] Transport in Cambridgeshire - seen by an outside observer. What can Wiltshire learn?
[3376] Kennet and Avon - Walk from Bedwyn to Pewsey. TransWilts day out.
[3231] Footpath, Bridleway, Byway, Road used as Public Path
[3228] What can you take on a public footpath? Pram? Wheelbarrow? Dog? Shopping Trolley? Horse? Cycle?
[3216] Images of a Spring Walk
[3023] Autumn walk from Bowerhill
[2958] What do these road markings mean? Could Confusion Kill?
[2858] The healthy option - away from the private car
[2709] Old trackways and routes near Melksham
[2707] A walk on the Kennet and Avon
[2704] A walk within without - Melksham Without
[2666] Random thoughts on Melksham Town Planning and development
[2490] Friendly Hotel in Melksham, near Bath
[2253] Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire
[1802] Motorcycles welcome at Well House Manor
[1640] Walking on The Wiltshire Downs

Module Z600 - History
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House
[4730] San Juan Capistrano
[4729] The oldest part of Los Angeles
[4285] Pictures of Melksham Heritage Discovery Fair
[3731] Now Open - A Museum for Melksham. Come in and see us.
[3726] Press Release - Museum to explore the story of Melksham
[3510] The skull above the door in Melksham Town Hall
[3484] A Melksham Timeline - Domesday to present day
[2037] The Interview and The Lift
[102] The Romans got it right
[33] 10 Years of experience
[article] Time Line - growth of our Open Source training

Module Z700 - People
[4736] Our changing world
[4728] Visiting Los Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
[4646] Sometimes you wonder about people. And perhaps you should not.
[4482] People in New York
[4349] When I am old, what will worry me?
[4193] Using our non-found page to help look for missing persons
[3981] Melksham - a town of some remarkable people
[3905] How should we choose our Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner?
[3775] Alan Turing - 1912 to 1954
[3512] A colleague and friend who changed my life
[3466] Passing of Steve Jobs - R.I.P.
[3355] Family Pictures
[3298] Quiet Monday in
[3297] A long day, a long journey, and families and similarities the world over
[3268] Baby Pictures
[3184] Visiting relatives
[3125] The family is defunct. Long live the family.
[3055] Zyliana Kyrei Cox
[3034] Birth Notice - Aeryn Cassandra Ellis
[3008] Dulwich College Preparatory, and Sevenoaks, Schools
[2886] Congratulations, Kimberly
[2846] Catching up with an old friend
[2795] Simon says
[2503] Melksham manslaughter case concludes - sort of
[2132] Learning about Lurchers
[2100] Visiting Family
[2078] A lot has changed - but the memory lingers on
[1988] Melksham, Wiltshire. Town Crier Competition, 2009
[1980] Michelle
[1916] Why I remember East Grafton
[1627] Amazing family members
[1570] London Midland ... Merrymaker ... Percy Danks
[1522] Paging Martin Noke, who petitions for more trains from Trowbridge to Swindon
[1385] Delegates of all shapes and sizes
[1303] Heading Upstate New York
[1279] The Gdansk fireball
[1238] The kind spirit of Melksham
[1197] Back off home with our best wishes
[1151] Gordon Dodge, R.I.P.
[1119] The Last Word on the road
[1107] Weekend Visitors
[1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction
[1064] Light and shadows at Beach
[820] Robert and William Whitworth
[794] Perl delegate - much more than just a delegate
[771] From cat breeder to Cobol to Perl
[763] Much more that the world cup
[704] Erin Brent - rest in peace
[650] A person of few words
[611] Look out for the motor cyclist
[601] A fond memory of Sir Freddie
[584] Loosing breath with Gerald
[543] The world didn't stop for Christmas
[530] Perl course during the week, getting married at the weekend
[423] A Victorian Lady
[392] No Smoking
[388] BBQ Season
[207] Canteen Dragon
[article] Portrait of the Author of PHP

Module Z800 - Whimsy
[4392] Interview conditions,and other instructions to staff
[4329] Does Santa Claus need a CRB check?
[4067] The woman, the television, the bullock and Darlington
[3922] Twerp - A person regarded as insignificant and contemptible
[3912] Sand to Arabia, Coals to Newcastle or Woodburners to Russia
[3868] How to make an ohno cake
[3851] Who is this? Picture Puzzle
[3738] Adoptive homes sought for abandoned babies
[3462] Hangers, luggage and possessions
[3369] Local Council leads bans on many activities
[3288] Random Questions ...
[3226] A busy morning for railway announcements
[3223] Answering at my earliest convenience
[3215] Solution looking for problem
[3203] Melksham Town Council announces ...
[3030] Liquorice allsorts and Dolly Mixtures
[2945] Last, final, etc
[2676] Changing Times
[2626] On Malachite Green
[2542] My armpit was like a zebra crossing
[2496] A better design of mouth
[2397] Signwriting is dead. Long live the sign.
[2256] Is it Python past cheetah already?
[2251] Over a third of numbers start with the digit 1
[2250] Bluegrass comes to Melksham
[2180] Patterns in numbers - room occupancy
[2157] From the 51773 family
[2152] My four feet!
[2143] Throughout the year, around the world
[2138] Ski bore ... train bore ... dog bore
[2131] Patterns in street names
[2127] Call in the professionals!
[2108] Funny Amusing, Funny Amazing and The Smarts
[2089] The Longest Day - Wednesday, 28th September
[2050] Why the Pony Tail?
[2028] Things people say on the phone
[2009] The Royal Mail Receipt
[1988] Melksham, Wiltshire. Town Crier Competition, 2009
[1980] Michelle
[1977] Going round the block
[1952] Small Print
[1886] Keys to friendless churches
[1662] Westonbirt Arboretum Postcode
[1604] M25 / South Mimms Service Area
[1440] Useful command or messy screen?
[1241] If I say 'I am fine', what do I mean?
[1171] Traffic light control for horses
[1167] Leaning tower of Cheeser
[1075] I'm not the father
[973] Too much used to Skype
[892] A pattern in change
[850] Lighter moments
[807] Telling large from small
[784] Which way to turn?
[761] Great new inventions
[758] Very good for woodlice
[701] Minature Cyclists only - limited headroom
[689] The call of nature
[661] Dressed up for a phone call
[610] Need a hankie
[568] NB ''Aspiration''
[547] Taking the dog for a walk
[520] Three life changing comments
[395] Making Orangutangs
[346] No Smoking Pubs
[331] 08:45 is a difficult time
[300] Dentist's Waiting Room Syndrome
[156] Signage
[151] Coffee Standards
[94] Special change
[69] John Toner
[44] Serious subject
[39] A Change is as good as a rest
[24] Impossible terms

Module Z801 - Pettifog
[4720] Celebrating our diversity rather than discriminating for it
[4651] Pressure selling in the fire safety business
[4630] The story behind the bus cuts, and what they could mean
[4354] Wiltshire Police - assuming someone is guilty just on the say-so of a member of the public?
[4304] Please do not ask me to be the chair!
[4282] On tipping - and the expectation of a tip
[4167] The important customers are the majority, not the celebrity
[4140] Riots in Melksham
[3900] The Xxxxx Guest House in Xxxxxxxxxxx - my stay reviewed
[3835] The Information age - not yet truly with us?
[3749] Removal of water safety equipment, and how to use a lifesaver ring
[3302] Are you a half full or half empty person?
[3084] Can you trust the big brand names?
[3030] Liquorice allsorts and Dolly Mixtures
[3013] Audio equipment
[2944] What others cannot do in 10 months takes Virgin 10 minutes
[2937] The cat in the dustbin
[2788] Cost of Sales
[2761] A small business, facing a big government questionnaire
[2625] Both feet on the same pavement
[2193] Excellent product, excruciating customer service. 3 Mobile Broadband
[2122] Commission Creep
[1972] Pettifog and forum boards away from public view
[1862] Remember your units
[1839] Job application
[1783] Think before you send
[1741] Age Concern
[1349] Cash is not an acceptable way of paying
[1337] A series of tyre damages
[1170] Smoking, or no? The law insists we spell out the obvious
[826] Fighting illegal net use by imposing download limits
[815] Time trickles like water through a sieve
[791] Strange housewarming
[783] Good follow up ... my thanks
[638] A pile of sand? Where do we stand?
[600] It costs nothing to say THANK YOU
[562] Smoke and mirrors
[519] New Road
[478] Watch what you wear
[471] And it gets even better
[439] You cant
[323] 1 in 48 steel
[90] Rude old people
[87] Too sittings
[52] International awareness
[article] Phone and fax to 070059 numbers in the UK

Module Z900 - The rest
[4516] Looking ahead on the blog
[4188] Extended Weekend - but not a quiet one!
[2807] Canal through Melksham - the options and issues
[2113] Answering a question with a question
[905] Not proud to be British
[810] A bad place for security firms
[700] As I walked in to Oxford
[678] Why are maps rarely to scale?
[275] See 8 but buy 6. See 6 but you can buy 8.
[214] Futility of war?
[178] Calling a spade a spade
[169] A pleasure to train
[147] Recent technical articles
[106] Far from the sea, but close to the heart
[100] Life is frail
[97] What makes a professional photographer?
[60] Birth Notice
[21] two plus two equals seven
[14] London - Most expensive city??
[8] How much does fuel cost for an airline flight?

Module Z950 - Purely Personal
[4767] Some thoughts on 2017, and looking forward to 2018
[4761] Looking forward to the autumn.
[4759] Sale of effects and furniture - 12th and 13th August 2017
[4756] Learning how to be a more effective community partner
[4739] A year of changes for Lisa and Graham Ellis, and Well House
[4737] Why you should vote for Lisa in Melksham Central
[4735] Revisiting - should I stand for Melksham Without Parish Council in May?
[4734] Thoughts on the new Blackmore Ward of Melksham Without Parish
[4728] Visiting Los Alamitos Bay Yacht Club
[4714] The technical article feed continues - personal updates more proactive on Facebook now!
[4698] Lisa writes - on the referendum vote today
[4669] Buses - how did we get into the situation we are in?
[4658] The end of competition on a bus route - the effects from then end of the 234
[4657] Rumours of bus changes by First in Wiltshire - what we know and suspect
[4625] Where does Wiltshire bus subsidy money come from?
[4600] A big change in August
[4489] Election results - what if we had a party list system?
[4485] Misusing statistics? - the seedy side of election campaigning
[4476] Upcoming election - Chippenham Constituency - the major candidates compared
[4308] What can you and I learn from online quizzes?
[4286] Reaction in Radstock to new First bus prices
[4281] A different vision for the future
[4275] Eurpoean Elections, and other elections ahead. Some thoughts on campaigns and policies
[4235] Sharing my personal best of 2013
[4221] Celebration of the fruits of LSTF, and of the people who have helped and are helping
[4201] Looking to the future at Melksham Station
[4187] Not treading water, but not risking the ship for a 0.5th of tar either
[4165] Improving travel advise information in Wiltshire
[4157] Wedding Photos - Kim Ellis to Kyle Londors, 22nd August 2013
[4111] Zigzag bus - forward for the future, or decaying service?
[3905] How should we choose our Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner?
[3711] Kiss
[3602] Emerging proposals for land to the east of Spa Road, Melksham
[3566] Initial thoughts - response to GW Rail Franchise Consultation for Wiltshire
[3556] Aeryn at 1
[3511] Melksham has a heart - have your picture taken and support the defibrillator appeal
[3450] A threat in the post? Poor marketing practise from Smiletrain?
[3413] If its Sunday, must it be Weymouth?
[3298] Quiet Monday in
[3283] The juggler
[3240] Melksham Town Council - vacancy in the Spa Ward
[3224] Melksham Campus - a win / win opportunity, but a severely lacking decision process
[3108] My First Christmas
[3055] Zyliana Kyrei Cox
[3037] Looking back and forward personally - 6 years each way
[3034] Birth Notice - Aeryn Cassandra Ellis
[2982] Travel, Transport and Tourism - A vision for Melksham, 2026
[2886] Congratulations, Kimberly
[2698] Ruth Davis, 1916 - 2010
[2547] The great thing about snow ....
[2195] A two day gap - first time in five years?
[1051] Too busy to blog it - but it's great (mostly)
[1014] Christmas Season Piccies

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Module Z999 - new and uncategorised articles
[4766] Moving on from Sunnyside and Devizes
[4758] Even more images!
[4757] Images ... continued
[4733] Python examples - updates under way
[4732] Reviewing TransWilts performance 2015-16
[4576] If it's Tuesday it must be Belgium?
[4509] Throwing a die - exercise in Ruby
[4508] Melksham to London by train - dont buy more than you need
[4484] TransAtlantic crossing - the starter
[4242] A busy January
[4237] Why the long gap?
[4127] Exploring the area ... Ynys, near Harlech
[4054] On Salford Docks - mind over matter?
[4047] Looking for Creative Design, Catering and Transport inputs to help with Melksham Campus
[4044] What to do on a wet weekend in Melksham?
[4043] Bus stop audit - what is missing?
[4042] Bright Spring Morning
[3857] Why has the mouth not said much for the last week or two?
[3801] A year ago today, a server upgrade and a new Perl example
[3578] A busy start to 2012
[3567] First of the year
[3363] Should we take sponsored adverts on our site?
[3342] A Holiday

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