When writing a script, I like it always to be a valid script, one
that can run without any syntax errors.
When I write the outline of a for or while
loop, I want it to be an executable piece of code even before I have
written the code that will go inside it.
The basic loop will not do:
I am a web designer, developer, and coder in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
I produce accessible web sites that work in any standards-compliant browser, in any size of window, under any operating system.
My sites follow the KISS principle, so that you will be able to maintain your own site without a complicated content management system. You will get a tutorial on how to create your own pages using a template I’ll provide.
See the Toronto web design page for more information.
WoodbineGerrard.com is a neighbourhood web site for the area around the intersection of Woodbine Avenue and Gerrard Street East in east-end Toronto.
I have been composing cryptic crossword puzzles for more than 30 years. My puzzles have appeared in various publications, beginning with the University of Toronto alumni magazine, The Graduate, in 1979. They currently appear in Good Times, the Canadian Magazine for Successful Retirement.
Email me
at
chris@cfajohnson.com
or phone me at 416-577-8586.
The word finder and anagram solver began when my hard disk drive failed and I didn't have the money to replace it (SCSI drives were not cheap). The drive contained the software I used for composing crossword puzzles.
I had just started my first web site, and the host gave shell access. I uploaded my word lists to the shell account and wrote a couple of Unix shell scripts to replace my Amiga software.
After I learned about CGI programming for the Web, I wrote an HTML front end for the scripts, and the WordFinder was born.
My second book, Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell was published by Apress in October 2009. The book is a programming tutorial using bash (the Bourne-again shell) as the programming language.
My previous book, Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is a collection of (mostly) POSIX shell scripts. It is still available through on-line booksellers.
