Bruce Axtens

Programmed Canon Canola calculators in 1977. Assorted platforms and languages ever since. Assisting with HOPL.info. I am NOT looking for work -- I've got more than enough to do.

Work

Software Engineer at Fortescue Technologies
Location

Perth, WA Australia
Education
Joined

Feb 23, 2019

Bruce Axtens

Aug 6

They're still talking COBOL

#cobol #legacy

1 min read

IIS UrlRewrite: How to rewrite from just a domain to domain and path

#urlrewrite #iis

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jul 30

toTimeString(), a JavaScript function to make sense of millisecond values

#javascript

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Bruce Axtens

Jul 26

A simple metrics (invocation count, run-time) tool in JavaScript/TypeScript/GoogleAppsScript

#typescript #javascript #googleappsscript

2 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jul 24

A Me() function for JavaScript and Google Apps Script

#googleappsscript #javascript

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jul 17

Now need help setting up a reverse proxy in IIS

#iis #reverseproxy

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Jul 16

Need help with NGINX

#nginx #networking

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jul 15

In a non-UI application, how do I handle “The calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it”

#csharp #clearscript

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Bruce Axtens

Jun 26

#todayilearnedSometimes JavaScript arrays don't compare

#todayilearned #javascript

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Jun 25

Can a paragraph inserted automatically after the insertion of a table be addressed programmatically?

#javascript #googleappsscript #googledocs

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Bruce Axtens

Jun 17

#todayilearnedHow to pre-dimension a 2D array in JavaScript

#javascript #todayilearned

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jun 15

Another random string generator

#deno #typescript #javascript

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Jun 14

Words that end with -ism (another Quora question)

#deno #javascript

1 min read

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Jun 14

#todayilearnedHowever, the Deno community chat is on discord

#discord #deno #javascript #todayilearned

1 min read

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Jun 13

There's a Spectrum chat for Deno

#deno #spectrumchat

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Jun 11

#todayilearnedLearning Deno and liking what I see

#deno #todayilearned

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jun 10

Doodling in C# at Quora

#csharp

2 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jun 3

#todayilearnedJavaScript polymorphism in Google Apps Script

#todayilearned #javascript #googleappsscript

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Jun 1

#todayilearnedWriting a COM DLL in C# and interfacing with JavaScript

#legacy #csharp #todayilearned #javascript

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May 19

#todayilearnedTry It Online

#todayilearned #scripting #languages

1 min read

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May 18

https://HOPL.info -- certificate installed!

#hopl #programminglanguages

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Apr 25

#helpWith Google Apps Script going to V8, whither ts2gas?

#googleappsscript #javascript #googlesheets #help

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1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Apr 23

For those who learn COBOL

#legacy #cobol

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Apr 23

COBOL - not dead; not dying; not even idle (#4)

#legacy #cobol

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Apr 17

COBOL - not dead; not dying; not even idle (#3)

#cobol #legacy

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Apr 16

COBOL's 60th birthday

#cobol #legacy

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Apr 16

COBOL - not dead; not dying; not even idle (#2)

#language #cobol #legacy

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Apr 15

#helpWordPress REST API, meta and <META>

#wordpress #html #help

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1 min read

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Apr 14

Linq Love

#csharp

2 min read

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Feb 26

HOPL bugs

#hopl

5 min read

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Feb 6

#helpHOPL again

#help #hopl

1 min read

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Feb 5

HOPL is coming out of hibernation

#languagelearning #hopl #languagehistory

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1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jan 21

#helpHow do I write a technical reference?

#help

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Jan 8

tbas, a tiny cross-platform basic interpreter

#basic #legacy #learning

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Dec 29 '19

#helpRead-once variable - R1V, ROV, ... - in C#

#help #csharp

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1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Dec 19 '19

#helpNeed help setting up Java 13 with JavaFX

#help #java #b4x #b4j

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2 min read

Bruce Axtens

Dec 13 '19

#todayilearnedWho am I? Me, the name of the currently executing method in C# (Part 2)

#csharp #todayilearned

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2 min read

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Dec 12 '19

Who am I? Me, the name of the currently executing method in C#

#csharp #javascript

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1 min read

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Dec 6 '19

#todayilearnedHelpful online tools

#todayilearned #todayisearched

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 30 '19

I struggle with pacing, do you?

#contentcreation #writing

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Nov 30 '19

XSharp, Bandol 2.10 release

#xbase #clipper #foxpro #dotnet

2 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 29 '19

8th language release v19.08

#eighth #forth #concatenative #crossplatform

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 29 '19

B4J v8 release

#java #b4x #programming

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 28 '19

#helpUnderstanding delegates in C# - did I get it right? Part 2

#help #csharp #delegates

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 27 '19

#helpUnderstanding delegates in C# - did I get it right?

#csharp #delegates #javascript #help

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2 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 22 '19

#todayilearnedHackathons, anyone?

#todayilearned #todayisearched

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 22 '19

Having exposed System.Data.DataTable into JS via ClearScript how do I express its objects for TypeScript?

#typescript #javascript #csharp #clearscript

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 22 '19

Another Asana library

#csharp #asana

6 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 14 '19

#todayilearnedFavicon and Linq

#todayilearned #csharp #linq #favicon

2 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 6 '19

BOZES - evaluating embedded programming language blocks in Zim

#zim #dotnetcore3 #csharp

2 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 4 '19

BOJasonNET - Bruce's Own JSON for .NET

#legacy #vbnet #json

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 2 '19

"The Beauty of the COBOL Programming Language"

#cobol #todayisearched

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1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Nov 1 '19

Dealing with an overabundance of chromedriver.exe

#csharp

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3 min read

Bruce Axtens

Oct 31 '19

#todayilearnedRetrieving OuterHTML without InnerHTML in C#

#csharp #todayilearned #html #dom

3 min read

Bruce Axtens

Oct 29 '19

How do I retrieve OuterHtml without the InnerHtml?

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1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Oct 26 '19

#watercoolerHow do you handle distraction?

#watercooler #discuss

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1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Oct 25 '19

System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard via ClearScript into JavaScript in C#

#csharp #clearscript #clipboard

3 min read

Bruce Axtens

Oct 24 '19

Google's Natural Language API, Content Classification, in C#

#csharp #naturallanguage #classifytext #api

1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Oct 24 '19

Google's PageSpeed Insights API, C# version

#csharp #pagespeed #api #javascript

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1 min read

Bruce Axtens

Oct 22 '19

HOPL - History of Programming Languages

#languagelearning #hopl #programminglanguages

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