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Web Programming http://webprog.halavais.net A course in authoring for the web Wed, 06 May 2009 03:13:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Office hours and Incompletes Sorry to spam you during your busiest time of the academic year, but two items that I thought were important. 1. Office hours I'm not holding regular office hours (online or off) this week. However, if you would like to meet with me on Thursday afternoon, sometime after our faculty meetings ends ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/05/office-hours-and-incompletes/ Loose Ends The end of the semester approaches, and I wanted to take this moment to thank you all for your extraordinary efforts this semester. I hope you get to use what you have learned when you hire your next programmer or put together your next website. There are a few things ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/05/loose-ends/ Extended deadline Just a quick note. I rechecked my grades deadline, and I can extend the course deadline to May 9 and still have time to get my grades in. But really, midnight of the 9th (that is, the time when the 9th and the 10th collide--yes, people really do seem to ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/04/extended-deadline/ Office Hours & Undergrad Advising Hi! If you are planning to come by to see me during my office hours on Thursday, great! But please sign up for a slot in my schedule on my sign up list. Sorry this intersects with my regular office hours, but I have a bunch of undergads who need ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/03/office-hours-undergrad-advising/ Late penalties I just want to note that late penalties are at my discretion. So far, I haven't felt the need to enforce them, and I don't plan to for module 4. If you need a few more days to work, do not pull your hair out. The only reason there are ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/03/late-penalties/ On echoing strings This works: [sourcecode language='php'] echo ""; [/sourcecode] This does not [sourcecode language='php'] echo ; [/sourcecode] This works: [sourcecode language='php'] echo "".$name.""; [/sourcecode] This does not: [sourcecode language='php'] echo ""$name""; [/sourcecode] This works [sourcecode language='php'] echo "Name: ".$name; [/sourcecode] This does not: [sourcecode language='php'] echo "Name: "$name; [/sourcecode] This does not: [sourcecode language='php'] echo Name: ."$name"; [/sourcecode] In other words: echo has to be followed by a string. This can be a "string literal"-- which means a string surrounded ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/03/on-echoing-strings/ A dialogue Had a chat about one of the challenges with a student in office hours and with their permission, I am reposting it here in case it might be helpful to some of you struggling with module 4. Remember, this is chat, so some of the back & forth is overlapped. ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/03/a-dialogue/ 7-weekers course ending So, as you know, this site (along with the Diigo group) is shared between the 7-weekers, the 15-weekers, and a small number of the "Outsiders," who are not taking the course for credit. As of today, the 7-week semester is over for the course. 7-weekers still have one week of ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/03/7-weekers-course-ending/ Posting issues Is there anything I can do to compel you to post questions to the topic section of Diigo or to the Blackboard discussion rather than emailing me. I don't mind replying to emails, it's just many of you are hitting on similar issues. For example, an INSERT query needs to have ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/03/posting-issues/ Getting at jQuery This is good advice, and you should pay attention to it :). I'll mention that there is another way to access jQuery that is becoming very popular: [sourcecode language='html'] [/sourcecode] In retrospect, this is probably the route I should have gone in the demo. The advantage to this is that Google can probably ... http://webprog.halavais.net/2009/03/getting-at-jquery/