Interest - Coding

I'll freely admit it. I'm a bit of a code geek ...

After finding programming favourable to computer game playing, I haven't stopped hammering various keyboards. The aliens are safe from me!

Back in 1982, my own cherished setup was a BBC Microcomputer 'Model B' system. Cassettes, Floppy Discs. Eventually it even had Hard Disks! :)

The experience of structured coding using BBC Basic's Procedures and Functions support was my initial step into a few programming jobs in C & HP BASIC on UNIX and then to Microsoft Office with VBA. The latter, I successfully used as a contracting programming consultant for over twenty years!

However, now that I've moved away from general Microsoft application development, I'll use VBA and Microsoft Access for quick manipulations of data - but that's it. The moment of their joy has passed.

I believe front end interfaces are better done in a web browser, using scripting languages and web coding, especially to support multiple users.

As web projects are generally hosted in simpler environments, the supporting hardware (and me) is not anywhere as stressed as much. The support headaches of unmanaged Windows DLLs, Oracle Java installs and ActiveX, can just stay well away!

So, I'll eagerly code in HTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, VBS, PowerShell or JavaScript; and whatever new exciting scripting language or fashionable framework arises - I'd probably settle for PHP and client jQuery otherwise. KISS applies!

This Blogger based free website is a good target for my coding prowess. I find their templates easily configurable using XML, HTML, JavaScript and CSS.