Availed Assistance

Schedule of My Focal Studies

  1. April: using MySQL and PHP for registration and access to forums, galleries, etc.
  2. May: creating quick client-server interaction using Ajax and Javascript
  3. June: creating 3-D and animated user environments (Flash, Maya, Poser)
  4. July: creating a cyberstore (arranging suppliers, building a shopping cart, automating cost and availability info)
  5. August: setting up a Linux server (CentOS installation, adding users/groups, system optimization, adding tools, securing the system)

Topics in which Chris Gray hopes to help (Thursday/Friday noon-4pm)

operating systems

  1. MacOSX (Tiger, Leopard)
  2. Linux (Debian, Fedora, CentOS)
  3. Unix (BSD, System V, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX)
  4. Windows

servers

  1. server plan differences: shared, VPS, dedicated, co-located
  2. server UIs: Plesk, CPanel, Gnome, KDE
  3. transfer of files
  4. using terminals and secure tools (scp, ssh, sftp) for communications
  5. VPN (virtual private network)
  6. VNC (virtual network computing)
  7. tunneling

networking

  1. routers, switches, and broadband modems
  2. shared peripherals (printers, scanners, external drives)
  3. handshakes and protocols (SNMP, ethernet/tokenring, MIBs)
  4. firewalls, security, passwords, and internet protocol addresses
  5. back-ups for files and for power
  6. strategies and tools to deal with viruses, spam, and phishing

software design process

  1. techniques for designing before implementing
  2. documenting your projects and code
  3. utilizing coding style
  4. integrating functionality, maintainability, modularity, and usability
  5. testing for quality, robustness, dependability
  6. expanding web access (translators, printers, localization/internationalization, cross-platform)
  7. safe and simple with version control, file structuring, and standardized naming conventions

programming and scripting languages

  1. web programming (XHTML 1.0, CSS 2, CGI, Javascript, PHP, MySQL querying)
  2. shell scripting in a Unix/MacOSX/Linux environment (e.g., Bourne/sh, C-shell/csh/tcsh, Korn/ksh)
  3. using interpretive languages (Tcl, Perl, Python, Tk, Jython)
  4. using compilable languages (C, FORTRAN, Pascal, Modula-2, compilers)

databases and their administration tools

  1. MySQL
  2. PHPMyAdmin
  3. scanning in data
  4. engines, middleware, data algorithms, and GUIs
  5. setting up a forum

software tool selection

  1. web/text/programming editors
  2. development environments
  3. animation
  4. graphics and photography
  5. network management
  6. Dreamweaver
  7. BBEdit
  8. Komodo
  9. streaming servers

streaming

  1. streaming/webcasting audio and music
  2. streaming/webcasting video and film
  3. setting up DSS (Darwin streaming server) on a web-hosting server
  4. use of various stream players (MPlayer, iTunes, NiceCast, Quicktime Player, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, etc.

eCommerce

  1. coding and tweaking a shopping cart
  2. securing web payments
  3. setting up product drop-shipping
  4. SEO (search engine optimization)
  5. arranging mercantile banking
  6. selecting a web hosting service that is secure and safe

Miscellaneous

  1. editing a "batch" of files using "vi/vim"
  2. using regular expressions in conjunction with 'grep', 'sed', 'cat', and 'awk'
  3. using Unix/MacOSX/Linux terminals and their commands

email availability: rasputin@teleport.com
telephone availability: (925)682-8733 from 5-7pm
in-class availability: Thursday and Friday from noon-4pm
computing resources: http://www.lust-for-life.org/Lust-For-Life/Computing/Computing.htm
availed assistance: http://www.lust-for-life.org/Lust-For-Life/Computing/LabSkills/LabSkills.htm