Adventures in Computing
Adventures in Computing
Adventures in Computing
Fri Jun 20
Here's what we have so far in terms of selecting students to volunteer in class.

Fri Jun 20
We will probably install MySQL today and PHP on Monday.

Notes to be used in class today:

  1. Installing MySQL.
  2. Installing PHP.
  3. Basic database design.
  4. DBI.pm: CGI/Perl connection to MySQL.
  5. MySQLdb: CGI/Python access to MySQL.
  6. PHP access to databases (MySQL).
  7. Basic help with Homework Two (the shuffle program).
  8. Installing a password protected folder.

Thu Jun 19
Installing a password protected folder: page one, two.

Wed Jun 18
Here's the portfolio you need to build for this class.

Tue Jun 17
Notes have been posted for the first three days of the week.

The What's Due? page has been updated to include a sketch of the ten tasks for this class.

Here's the HTML we typed yesterday in class:

<html>
  <head> <title> This is an HTML form </title> </head>
  <body>

    <form> 
      <table border>
        <tr> 
          <td> Name </td> 
          <td> <input type="text" name="who" size=12 maxlength=16> </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> Age  </td> 
          <td> <input type="text" name="age" size=4 maxlength=4> </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table>
    
      Press <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> to send data. 

    </form>     

  </body> 
</html>
Here's the URL for my file: 
http://silo.cs.indiana.edu:9306/one.html
And here's what the URL became as soon as we typed the information in and pushed Submit: 
http://silo.cs.indiana.edu:9306/one.html?who=Larry+Bird&age=51

http://silo.cs.indiana.edu:9306/one.html?who=Kobe+Bryant&age=29

Fri Jun 13
Class starts today in LH115.

Individual student blogs will be used for feedback..

Here's the plan for the 14 lectures.

A general syllabus for this class is posted on What's Due?.

The minute paper for today is here.