VU ACM2008 Blog

Week 8

bena1 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:45:21 +0000

This week was an important lessons. Again we did a lot of php and mysql. Some things were hard and some thing were easy. I’m finally understanding it more and more. We learn’t how to connect our php page to mysql and how to add and delete entries from the database using different commands. I know that things are going to get difficult but if you keep up with the class work you should be fine. I’m liking this subject lots i look forward to next week and doing more php and mysql. Bring in on!

Week 7

bena1 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:21:49 +0000

This week we were introduced to MySQL. MySQL is a database used in the back-end. We were also introduced to phpMyAdmin which is the interface used the make databases. The SQL language seems like a very easy language to grasp i have understood all of the concepts that have been talked about. We where also introduced to adding databases with PHP, i think this is essential in make more complex websites such as Facebook and Amazon. It is very interesting to learn and look forward to learning more PHP with MySQL.

Week 6

bena1 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:11:30 +0000

No this week.

Week 5

bena1 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:47:58 +0000

In our week 5 class we did a worksheet and our assignments. The worksheet this week was really helpful because it had everything we had to know in order for our quizes to work. It was good to learn more about the sssion variable and how to actually make it work. It was also good to learn about if/else statements and how to properly use them. I also did my assignment and finished the whole back-end side of it. There were some errrors but they were just syntax errors and in the end i managed to fix them. Everything works now all i have to do know is add some more design elements to my quiz.

Week 4

bena1 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:57:08 +0000

In Week 4 we done more tutorials on PHP. Unfortunately i missed the lecture so i only got to attend the tutorial. In our tutorial we did some more PHP. We mostly did the same stuff we did last week such as creating forms and testing them to see if they work. One thing that i found hard was debugging PHP code because i was not use to creating PHP code so i had to look at different examples to make sure i was using the right syntax but eventually it was ok. I like how if you have an error PHP will break the code and tell what is wrong with the code with a line number reference so you know the position of the error.

Week 3

bena1 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:58:01 +0000

In week 3 we were taught about the steps in developing an application. We where taught about clients and how to handle them. Design documents and doing designs on paper. Developing the application, debugging and testing. These are all usefull things to know because web designing and developing isn’t just about programming and creating things. In our tutorial we where continued with PHP and wrote up some more code and tested them on the server. I got the hang of most the scripts and what it was trying to say. It became easer as we continued with the exercises.

Week 2

bena1 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:37:49 +0000

In week 2 we started to get into PHP. We were introduced to some PHP code and where thought about the $_REQUEST array. This function allowed us to request the information that the user had input into the forms. Here we got our first taste in back end development which was very good. In our tutorial we had to do our week 2 exercise where we had to write and copy some code into Dreamweaver to create our forms and fuctionality as described above. I look forward to learning my PHP in the next classes.

Week 1

bena1 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:58:20 +0000

In Week one we were introduced to a programing language called PHP – Php Hypertext Preprocessor. This is a good language to start because we are able to create dynamic web pages and add more functionality to a website instead on using static websites. PHP lets you interact with databases. I think we are using Apache as our server and MySQL for our databases. A good thing about PHP is that it is free and open source so it is updated regularly. I think it will be good learning experience for all. In this subject i hope to be able to further my understanding of PHP.

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bena1 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:37:57 +0000

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