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CECS 5100

Survey of Educational Computer Languages

Spring 2008

• General Information
  
• Syllabus
  
• Schedule
  
• Assignments
  

Schedule

The following is a tentative schedule that should be used to pace your progress throughout the class. The course e-mail list and on-line discussion using the CRG software will be the primary method for covering these materials and fine tuning the pace of the course as the semester progresses.

Additional Course Links

• web development
• php
• CSS
• Linux
• sql

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January 16, 2008
Class Meeting MH 306

View Audio Segments and Illustrations

Readings: p 71 - 92

• Course Review (syllabus overview and comments)
  
• Welcome
  
• Schedule and Readings
  
• Syntax Editor PhP Designer 2007 (they are now charging after 30 days), NoteTab Pro, BBEdit (Mac), or textmate (Mac)
  
• What is Programming ? and why do we do it ?
  
• Programming Languages what are they ?
  
• Using NoteTab & Basic HTML
  
• Software Life Cycle
  
• Software Porting
  
• HTML and PHP Main Areas of Interest in the Course
  

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January 23, 2008
Class Meeting MH 306

View Audio Segments and Illustrations #2

Readings: p 93 - 180

• Psuedo Code
  
• Code Blocks
  
• Basic Programming -- Key Concepts/Defs
  

• Review of Assignment #1
  
• Local and Global Variables
  
• Flow Control
  
• Operators and their use
  
• Order of Precedence
  
• Functions
  
• Arrays
  
• Strings
  
• Tools: Winscp and Putty
  
• Accessing Host Server
  
• Unix commands
  
• Creating an index.html home page and uploading it
  
• Creating a php web program
  
• Three important things to remember
  
• Creating a .php program that outputs HTML
  
• Discussion on Debugging PHP programs
  
• Uploading to your course account
• Test Upload HTML/PHP
• Debugging PHP
  

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January 30, 2008
CRG Session 9pm

• Review of Assignment #1
  

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February 13, 2008
Class Meeting MH 306

Readings: p 181 - 202

• Assignment 1 Due

• Review of Assignment #2
  
• Working with Forms
• Sending e-mail
• Data Validation

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February 20, 2008
CRG Session 9pm

• Review of Assignment #2
  

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February 27, 2008
Class Meeting MH 306

Readings: p 204 - 236

• Assignment 2 Due

• Review of Assignment #3
  
• User Sessions
  
• Working with Files and Directories
  
• MYSQL
  

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March 12, 2008
Class Meeting MH 306

Readings: p 261 - 332

• Assignment 3 Due

• Review of Assignment #4
  
• Learning the Database Design Process
  
• Using PHP in the mix
  

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March 26, 2008
CRG Session 9pm

• Review of Assignment #4
  

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April 2, 2008
Class Meeting MH 306

• Assignment 4 Due

• Discussion of final projects

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April 9, 2008
CRG Session 9pm

• Review of final projects

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April 16, 2008
CRG Session 9pm

• Review of final projects

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April 30, 2008
Class Meeting MH 306

• Final Project Presentation

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May 3, 2008
No Class Meeting

• Final Project Due