Below is the primary study material for the ITC280 class.  Please refer to the material here first, before studying other materials, such as our textbook.

You will find example files, assignment elaboration and links to related material I hope you find interesting.

In a perfect world, you would become familiar with the material here, prior to class.

You may be able to use this section as a refresher on what was is covered in class. Tests will be created from the material here, as well.

Refer to the Class Notes for items covered on specific days.

"We call them lessons, because our confusion lessens every day..." (apologies to Lewis Carroll) 

1. Servers & Scripting: In which our heroes learn of the nature of the world in which they have landed, and the perils therein.
2. PHP Language Fundamentals: In which our heroes learn basics of the language used in this strange land.
3. Structural Include Files: In which our heroes learn to divide & conquer.
4. PHP Development: In which our heroes fashion tools to prepare for their adventures.
5. Conditionals: In which our heroes learn to place a fork in the code.
6. POST & GET with Forms: In which our heroes learn the fundamental difference between a web application, and a web page.
7. Troubleshooting: In which our heroes who now know how to get into trouble, learn techniques for getting out.
8. Arrays: In which our heroes learn to work with data presented in 'sets' instead of individual items.
9. Email FormHandler: In which our heroes learn to send and combat spam.
10. UNIX /File Access: In which our heroes learn some of the mysteries of UNIX at the command line and file access.
11. MySQL: In which our heroes work with MySQL, primarily at the command line.
12. PHP & MySQL: In which our heroes first join the power of PHP and MySQL in their pages.
13. Functional Includes: In which our heroes place their favorite functions into one place for safe keeping.
14. List/View: In which our heroes create their first web application.