REBOL

Master REBOL-the exciting new machine-independent messaging language-with help from this authorized resource. REBOL: The Official Guide covers all important aspects of REBOL with complete, step-by-step instructions and real-world code examples. You'll find all the information you need on multi-platform network and Internet programming, datatypes, functions, debugging, parsing, objects, and ports. A distributed database management system and consumer database dialect are developed to implement an Internet store. A time-saving CD-ROM with the full distribution of REBOL, a sample script library, and all of the ready-to-use programming examples from the book is also included.

Topics covered:

• Words and data types
• Series
• Functions and program structuring
• Debugging
• Objects and contexts
• Database access
• CGI implementation
• Internet protocol support
• REBOL ports
• REBOL dialecting

Learn to:
Install and configure REBOL/core and the REBOL interpreter
Write, debug, and deploy robust, platform-independent REBOL applications
Employ values, words, datatypes, blocks, and REBOL functions
Solve problems and return results using advanced Internet programming techniques
Use domain-specific dialecting to exchange concepts and data
Collect and extract online information
Navigate interactively through objects using an object navigator
Synchronize objects and database records