sleduc on May 3rd, 2010

Restate Requirements

In your own words

Locate and review a minimum of three sites per team that you believe will prove helpful as you begin thinking about the design of your robot. For each Internet site you discovered, create a paragraph that identifies the name and URL of the site, includes new things you learned and [...]

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sleduc on March 29th, 2010

Your client needs a PHP and MySQL application built in two days.  They want a Student Information Management System (SIMS) to organize their student information.

You will get credit for each fully functional working script.  Please work together to gain access to the resources and problem solve issues.
Maintain a work flow journal to document [...]

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sleduc on March 22nd, 2010

Creating an input page to add information into a database table entails three steps

Create the ’sims’ database table
Create the html input form connected to the php script that adds the information into the table
Create the php script

Database Table

HTML Input Form

PHP Input Form

Download

Sims_Table_and_Input_Files Take II (zipped)

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sleduc on March 21st, 2010

To create a simple search form and php script examine the following examples.  The HTML form and PHP script are all in one document.  You can download it below. Also remember to change the variables to your specific database and HTML form needs.
The HTML and PHP Form

Download

search.php (zipped)

The Tutorials
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sleduc on March 18th, 2010

You need an HTML and PHP file to delete material from your database table from a web browser. Below are screenshots of two samples.  Linked in the Download are more examples from the Head First PHP and MySQL Book Web Site.
HTML File

PHP File

Download

Remove_Files (zipped)
You will find a sample similar to the .php pictured above at [...]

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sleduc on March 18th, 2010

Sample Page Titled: authorize.php

Include the file pictured below in the same folder as the page you are trying to protect, like any page that allows someone to enter or delete data.  You can download this file at the end of this blog entry.

Script Included on Protected Page

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sleduc on February 25th, 2010

Resources

Web server address hulk.osd.wednet.edu

Your database is titled your OSD username and password
Accessing the Hulk Web Server on the Internet

Putty - Free SSH (Secure Shell) Clientto Access the Web Server
Tunnelier - Free SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) Program to Upload Files to the Web Server
WinSCP - Another SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) Program to Upload Files to the Web Server

Tutorials

http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp

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sleduc on February 24th, 2010

Resources

List of Text Editors

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PHP_editors

Basic Tutorials

Very good basic tutorial to get started with some nice scripts to run

http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/php/
http://inpics.net/phpbasics.html

Basic overview with extended reference to the php language options

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/

Script Samples

Huge list of pre-built php scripts

http://www.hotscripts.com/category/php/

Questions From Class

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sleduc on January 1st, 2010

Chapter 1: Adding Life to Web Pages with PHP

Goals

Learn the basic syntax and commands of PHP

Terms

HTML
PHP
Web Form
Browser
<?php ?>
Variable
Quotes
Echo
$_POST
Web Server
Array
Superglobal
Mail()

Concepts

HTML on Client side
PHP on Server side
PHP Syntax and command structure

Resources

Graphical Secure File Transfer Applications

Fugu (Mac)
WinSCP (Windows)

SSH (Secure Shell) Client

Terminal (Mac) - is already on all Macs
PuTTY (Windows and Unix)

HTML Editor

Kompozer

phpMyAdmin

Hulk Server Access

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sleduc on September 9th, 2009

There is a set of high achieving/high motivation students who are interested in high tech careers.
A Robotics I class would introduce them to Problem Solving, Engineering Principles, Project Management, Data Logging and Teamwork in a Robotics environment.
This would lead to Robotics II specializations:
System Design, Software, Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering
In this scenario, Robotics is used [...]

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