About Alexander DeForge

Alexander DeForge earned a Second Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Maryland University College, United States.

PHP for Backend Web Applications

Web Applications

It is reasonable to consider any website, whose functionality is entirely carried out by the client machine, to be a webpage. Alternatively, any website which requires communication with the server, after requesting a new page to display, could be considered a web application. PHP is one programming language which can be used on a web server in order to support web application functionality.
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Flex, Regular Expressions, and Lexical Analysis

 What Makes a Programming Language?

There is an alphabet, words, grammar, statements, semantics, and various ways to organize the previous in order to create a computer program in a programming language. Flex helps developers create a tool called a lexical analyzer which identifies the words of a program during the compilation/interpretation process.

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Linux From Scratch (LFS) Version 8.1 Overview

Choosing to use Linux means approaching a door through which is a deeper understanding of how computers work. In my opinion, completing a LFS project, or at least understanding what happens in a LFS project, is like a capstone to the sentiment in the first sentence.

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FPGA Setup: Interfacing with an External Circuit

The Introduction

For this post I will walk you through a project with a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), which was interfaced with a hand constructed clock circuit (an astable multivibrator).

FPGA setup

External circuit to be interfaced with Mojo v3 FPGA development board

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Traceroute to the Front Door: Trimming Public Net Hops

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Traceroute is a wonderful computer networking diagnostic tool. This article will attempt a traceroute script written in Python, including a customization that can identify just the routers within your private network (from the host up to and including the public/internet gateway). Continue reading