Scripting language for filling out web form

I have a job as an intern at a technology company, I was given the unfortunate job of performing some data entry into our web management system. The information entered into the web form is stored in a MySQL DB. Upon receiving the data I realized I would have to submit this online form about 1000 different times all consisting of about 10 different text fields / check boxes per form. (So in other words, would be completely mind numbing and be a ridiculous waste of time and resources, or so I thought…)

What software models are appropriate for daily builds and continuous integration?

On reading the joel test and about daily builds, a discussion with a few tech-lead friends of mine in various companies revealed that they never did daily builds or continuous integration because according to them:

Heredoc or an external template file in my bash script – how it affects readibility/maintanance?

I realise that this question may be down to personal preference but I’m pretty new to Bash / shell scripting so thought it’d be worth some research to see if there’s some sort of standard/best practise or agreeable consensus.

What scripting languages can be embedded within HTML?

Most of scripting languages (like Pythong, Perl, etc) generates the whole HTMLfile. However, PHP code can be embedded within html codes. PHP will process only code between <?php ?> tags and ignore other lines.

Where should I define constants in scripts?

When writing scripts using a modern scripting language, e.g. Powershell or JavaScript, where should I define constants? Should I make all constants global for readability and ease of use, or does it make sense to define constants as close to their scopes as possible (in a function, for instance, if it’s not needed elsewhere)? I’m thinking mostly of error messages, error IDs, paths to resources or configuration options.

Scripting custom drawing in Delphi application with IF/THEN/ELSE statements?

I’m building a Delphi application which displays a blueprint of a building, including doors, windows, wiring, lighting, outlets, switches, etc. I have implemented a very lightweight script of my own to call drawing commands to the canvas, which is loaded from a database. For example, one command is ELP 1110,1110,1290,1290,3,8388608 which draws an ellipse, parameters are 1110×1110 to 1290×1290 with pen width of 3 and the color 8388608 converted from an integer to a TColor.

Should extension scripts be run in a sandbox?

In particular, this is about game extensions written in lua (luajit-2.0). I was contemplating whether I should restrict what these scripts can do, and arrived at the conclusion that I probably shouldn’t:

Requiring multithreading/concurrency for implementation of scripting language

Here’s the deal: I’m looking at designing my own scripting/interpreted language for fun. I’m only in the planning stages right now; I want to make sure I have a very strong hold on exactly how I will implement everything before I start coding.

What is the standard term for my role?

I’m doing work that involves writing code and managing developers in a “special projects” division of a large company. I’d like to define my role better and figure out if there’s an industry standard term for what I do, so that it will be easier for me to research best practices and work on a career path

REST efficiency on count and sum methods

For example, if I have a Customer Transactions Table and I create a REST for it. The fields are: date, description, and total_amount.