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Everything about XBase
Programming language and database format
xBase is the generic term for all programming languages that derive from the original dBASE (Ashton-Tate) programming language and database formats. These are sometimes informally known as dBASE "clones". While there was a non-commercial predecessor to the Ashton-Tate product, most clones are based on Ashton-Tate's 1986 dBASE III+ release — scripts written in the dBASE III+ dialect are most likely to run on all the clones. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: XBaseA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Learn dBase programming in a dayThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: xBASE, a collection of online databases for bacterial comparative genomicsCited 53 times
- Go sideways: DBaseA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Clipper (programming language)A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Learn dBase programming in a dayRussell Allen Stultz · 1993
The Minimum You Need to Know About Java and xBaseJRoland Hughes · 2010- 📕Learn dBASE Programming in a Day/Book and Disk · 1992
Xbase programming for the true beginnerEugene Kaluzniacky · 1996- 📕From Xbase to WindowsJoseph D. Booth · 1996
Xbase cross reference handbookSheldon M. Dunn · 1993
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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