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.

• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001

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

• Python.
• Learn Python.
• Google App Engine.
• Learn App Engine.
• SQLite 3.
• MySQL.

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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