Programming Managed Networks
Projects
Here's a short presentation on what to include in your Progress To Date Presentation.
Past Papers
Here are some example past papers. Remember: the actual papers set are available in the LRC.
Notes
- Some information on MVC.
- Useful background reading on on web development.
- All the skinny on HTTP, including a discussion of the GET and POST methods.
- HTML overview.
- More than you would probably want to know about SQL.
- Databases in a hurry, based on material from the first half of Head First SQL (see below).
- JavaScript The Good Parts (video, just over 1 hour long).
Articles
Here are a bunch of useful articles:
- Beginning Ajax.
- JavaScript, Forms and Ajax.
- Ajax Application Design.
- An Ajax-Enhanced Web-Based Ethernet Analyzer (showing AJAX in action, using Ruby).
- Prototype (JavaScript library).
- Scriptaculous (JavaScript library).
- Dojo (JavaScript library).
- Dojo Events and Ajax.
Books
Here are a list of books that I used throughout the year:
- Using Google App Engine.
- Programming Google App Engine.
- Learning Python.
- Head First SQL.
- Head First JavaScript.
- Head First AJAX.
Websites
Rich Internet Applications
- Here is a PDF with brief notes on setting up and playing with OpenLaszlo.
- Here's the example LZX files (including get_data.rb).
- Here's a local copy of Adam Wolff's excellent webcast which showcases some of the things you can do with OpenLaszlo 4.
- Be sure to check out my Linux Journal article, too.
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