WDIM361 Server Scripting 1

Submitted by wheelercreek on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:55pm

This page is the main webpage for our Server-side scripting course.  We'll be learning to program and develop websites with PHP and MySQL.  This course is taught at the Art Institute of Portland - Spring 2012.  Below you will find course homework assignments, and several other resources. 

Tools and download links - visit this page for links to installation tools (Xampp, MAMP), our textbook website, etc.

PHP programing instructional videos:

Because I'm going to be absent weeks 3 & 4 of our course, I'm in the process of screencasting my lectures for those weeks.  You will be required to watch these screencasts and follow along with the demonstrations.

Week 3 videos

  • PHP videos - Week 3 Part 1 - Covers include files, building & styling HTML forms, GET, POST, writing functions, passing arguments, variable scope, pass by reference & pass by value
  • PHP videos - Week 3 Part 2 - How to build an HTML "Contact Us" form, and using PHP to send the email. Capture the inputs, validate the email, etc.

Week 4 videos

  • PHP videos - Week 4 - More on functions, and also introducing basic OOP (object oriented programming) ideas

 

Class Assignments

  • Assignment 1 - Some PHP basics, capturing form inputs, string methods, date object
  • Assignment 2 - Multi-page assignment, show dynamic content based on user inputs.. writing simple functions
  • Assignment 3 - Write a "Contact Us" form, which uses functions in processing, and sends email.
  • Assignment 4 - OOP in PHP, designing and building your own classes and objects
  • Assignment 5 - Practice creating your own MySQL database, user & table.  Study for midterm..

 

Demo Files

Week 7 files to start (Winter 2013) - PHP New project start files
Week 7 files from end of class
Week 8 News Site files (Winter 2013)

Older Course Files:

Final Project

Description of the Final Project Requirements

 

Other videos
In searching around I found some other pretty good video tutorials on PHP out there.  Here's a collection that looks good:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SherzTutorials

If you hunt around on YouTube and Google you'll find more.. these are just nice resources - mostly for the basics.