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Linux Korn Shell Interactive Primer Tutorial

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Linux (or unix) support a number of shell command line environments, the default being Bash for Mac OS X and its Terminal application. My favourite shell is called Korn shell, because I got used to it a lot doing work … Continue reading →

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LibreOffice Primer Tutorial

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Here is a tutorial that introduces you to a great suite of office automation programs called LibreOffice, by The Document Foundation. LibreOffice has functionality like the Microsoft Office suite of programs, bringing the user a lot of the feel of … Continue reading →

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Java Swing ActionListener KeyListener Primer Tutorial

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Here is a tutorial that uses Swing functionality in Java to create a GUI (Graphical User Interface) desktop program on a Mac laptop (but same code may well work, compiled on a Windows laptop (the same way)) that tests your … Continue reading →

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Windows Command Line Start Primer Tutorial

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A lot of Windows desktop processing tasks require you to do more than one thing at a time (calling all afficianados of multitasking). Windows (from Microsoft) caters well for people who multitask, and there is a cute keyboard shortcut for … Continue reading →

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Windows Right Click Primer Tutorial

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If you’ve used Windows (by Microsoft) as a desktop/laptop operating system a lot and then switch to a Mac OS X environment new to you, for a while, you miss a lot of the features of Windows. As with many … Continue reading →

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Objective-C Player and Game OOP Primer Tutorial

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There is change in the wind. And they call the wind Mariah. Do you see how those butterflies in Brazil have been flapping faster? Let me explain. With Apple iOS 8 there could be big changes to programming arrangements, and … Continue reading →

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VB.Net Console Application Primer Tutorial

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Today we follow up on a Yahoo Answers question here (thanks) to investigate the simplest VB.Net project idea using the Windows .Net Framework IDE called Visual Studio … namely, the Console Application. This Console Application project type in Visual Studio … Continue reading →

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Windows Desktop Email Client Calendar Macro Primer Tutorial

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Here we have a tutorial that uses Windows Desktop Email Client application Microsoft Outlook (of Microsoft Office suite) to serve a Gmail (of Google) email account. This desktop approach is an alternative to the webmail approach using a web browser … Continue reading →

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