plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Hey Guys, Just looking to get a feel of we all code in for the web. ASP.NET or PHP? Regards, Plugged_in
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 I have had a little look at that. Is it difficult to pick up?
contink Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I've been coding in PHP for years so it's somewhat hard to break the habit... not least because I've produced mods for phpBB2 and maintain them when I can. Rails has a good write up though and is where a few web coders I know have gone with their work.
Geoff Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 No, it's very easy and there's some excellent tutorials on the net. http://www.rubyonrails.org/docs This one in paticular I found entertaining and instructive. http://poignantguide.net/ruby/
Lee_K_81 Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 ASP.NET personally. with a C# code behind. I liked C/C++ and Java so it was pretty intuitive to pick up.
webman Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 PHP, cross-platform and faster than ASP. Having said that, I used Classic ASP for our intranet simply for the easy AD integration.
Nij.UK Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I did a bit of JSP work when i was at uni, but since i have been in education, i have gone down the PHP route..... i just found it very easy to pick up and there is loads of information on the web about it
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 I am a PHP programmer too. So far it seems this is what seems to be the main language.
browolf Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I've done both at work and I find that php is easier.
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 Ok i was hoping to create my own VLE in PHP. Do you think this would be difficult?
contink Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Ok i was hoping to create my own VLE in PHP. Do you think this would be difficult? As a rule of thumb, whenever I start figuring out the timing for a project I take a reasonable figure, double it... go away think about it for a couple of hours.. add 12 hours, divide the number of hours by 8 hours to get days and then triple that number to get a rough estimate on time. I'd imagine you'll have a job on your hands though.
CyberNerd Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Ok i was hoping to create my own VLE in PHP. Do you think this would be difficult? Yes, I think it would be difficult. Install Moodle and add things to that, your not likely to get your own VLE to that standard soon - and if you don't like Moodle - patch it
webman Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Yes, I agree it would also be difficult. Contributing to and working on Moodle would be a better way forward I reckon.
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 That is some great advice lol You should do project managment!!! I would really like to see if it can be done. Probably have it branded under edugeek.
limbo Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 We have a VLE coded entirely in vb asp - so it is possible.
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 O wow. Has anyone done one online? Like web 2.0 style. Just a thought.
limbo Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I would say ours is heavily based on the Web 2.0 ideal - all staff have the ability to add resources, our students have blogs and can hand assignments set for them in electronically. No one person puts everything into the system - in fact now that I have written it I will probably have very little to do with it in terms of populating it. But I would have though things like Moodle would qualify for this too, plus anything based on sharpoint services or similar.
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 O yes i like it. Do you mind if i pick your brains then? The problem i can see myself having is whats the easiest way of getting the students details in the database and what layout should the table follow if any? You help would be much appreciated. (and rewarded)
CyberNerd Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 The problem i can see myself having is whats the easiest way of getting the students details in the database and what layout should the table follow if any? Pull it directly out of the MIS. We modified CMIS database and used the SQL integration tool in moodle
limbo Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Because we host our website / extranet / VLE in house we have a live link into our CMIS database using SQL. This means that the second assessment data or student changes are made in the main CMIS system they are reflected on the VLE. Zero maintenance! (my favourite phrase)
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 OK cool so i am really asking i suppose is: The student records database is there particular fields that need to go into an SQL database. Can this be exported as CSV file? I dont have access to any MIS systems.
plugged_in Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 Like if someone was to export it and i was into insert it into the table that i create in SQL what would the column names be? ID's? FIRST_NAME? etc Thanks all.
NetworkGeezer Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 @plugged_in Is your avatar a Transformer holding a gun in his left hand and wearing a bra? I've been looking at this screen too long
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