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Thanks for the feedback. In my course, I will definitely cover PHP for the reasons you folks have mentioned, plus I want to make sure the students learn the basics of PDO (and PDO's usefulness in avoiding certain injection attacks). At this point, I…
We've been developing GWT a good bit, and are quite happy with their release versions.
(We did not have the need to get top of trunk)
Overall, we've found GWT to be pretty stable. We've used a good part of its widgets along with other frameworks. T…
If I was a student taking a Web Development class, I'd probably want to get an overview of PHP, since it is so popular. I would also like to build a simple app using Python, since it is pretty cool :) While at it, deploying it on AppEngine is simple…
The only reason to teach PHP is for work purposes. (#1 language in Job Openings). But it isn't really that respected in the community. Both Python and Java are, however. Someone who could quickly put together sites using Google's AppEngine would be…
Les,
I agree that GWT will always have the latest and greatest. I just think that it may be easier to start with Pyjamas (if you don't know Java), and move to GWT when you realize you need the latest and best features. I am pretty impressed with ho…
Looks interesting, and a good way to teach Python, but for production, I'd focus on GWT as you've got lots of Google engineers working on it.
Also, as Google pointed out in one of the I/O keynotes, it's a good idea to use GWT Top of Trunk as that's…
Hi,
I just joined the group as I have just started to look at the Google Web Toolkit. I think it has great promise and will probably introduce this to my students in ICS 111 next semester. When I started looking at GWT, I ran across Pyjamas (a Pyth…
Discussions about Google Web Toolkit, howtos, gotchas, do's and don'ts for this quickly evolving and promising technology.
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- Occupation:
- Educator
- Company:
- Honolulu Community College
- Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):
- Web programming, Process Management
- Software Language Proficiencies / Interests:
- C, HTML, Java, PHP, Python, XML
- About Me:
- I teach computer courses at Honolulu Community College. I regularly teach an introductory programming course in Python, and am currently teaching a LAMP applications course that shows students how to create a virtual LAMP server and goes into the basics of using PHP with MySQL databases. I am also trying to get a project going that will create web-based tools for our campus utilizing PHP PDO and a PostgreSQL backend.
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 8:26am on May 26, 2009,
Daniel Leuck said… - Hi Vern. Its probably best to just use the existing groups and forums. We have groups for Flex and RoR.
re: RoR Books
This would be a good question to post in the Ruby Developers or Rails Hackers group. I'm certainly not an expert on RoR, but I liked Agile Web Development with Rails from Pragmatic. Ignore the three star rating - thats just because its a new edition with only six reviewers. Previous editions had 4-5 star ratings with hundreds of votes.
- At 4:21am on May 26, 2009,
Daniel Leuck said…
- I think its a fantastic idea. We have hundreds of members using both technologies (Flex and Ruby on Rails), and we are always looking to increase student involvement in the community.
Have you read Flexible Rails? Its a great book about writing apps using Flex and RoR.
- At 10:27pm on May 24, 2009,
aaron kagawa said…
- Vern,
Thanks for the details. It sounds like a great program! I'd be very interested in learning more about it when you hear back from NSF.
Thanks again,
Aaron
- At 10:33pm on January 9, 2009,
- hey vern, i read your comments on the Finding & Retaining Talent in Hawaii. I'd be interested to learn more about your IT Academy.
- At 6:40am on November 21, 2008,
- great question.
i have no idea... i'm no expert in flex. at one point i was learning about it and didn't get a chance to really hack in it for a real project. you might want to join up with the flex group, and ask them that question. i'm sure there are experts there.
good luck!
- At 9:10pm on November 20, 2008,
- greetings vern, welcome to the group.
- At 3:02pm on November 20, 2008,
Mika Leuck said… - Aloha Vern. re: Flex - Dan knows more about Flex, but he is currently working mostly with GWT. I deal with sys admin work (Linux servers, network stuff, etc.)
We have a Flex group with some very experienced people. You might want to post your question there. Local companies like Sprout and Inovaware do a lot of Flex development. They seem to like it. :-)
As to being the first instructor from HCC to join, there are some others that I will try to encourage to join.
Great!
- At 9:19am on November 20, 2008,
Mika Leuck said…
- Welcome Vern! I think you are our first instructor from HCC.
The FAQ is a good place to learn about the site. You may want to join some of the interest groups such as Java Developers and Science & Technology Educators.
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