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WEB PROGRAMMING M&IS 24065. Overview: A little Bit About me! Introduction of Web Programming Structure of building Successes Hardships Concluding Presentation & Future in CIS. Shaiana Jones December 10 th , 2010. A Little Bit About ME!.
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WEB PROGRAMMINGM&IS 24065 • Overview: • A little Bit About me! • Introduction of Web Programming • Structure of building • Successes • Hardships • Concluding Presentation & Future in CIS. Shaiana Jones December 10th, 2010
A Little Bit About ME! • My name is Shaiana Jones and I am from Akron, Ohio. • I am a Junior here at Kent State University- Main Campus and I double major in Accounting and Computer Information Systems (CIS). • I am an active member in the Beta Alpha Psi Organization and was currently congratulated for becoming the BAP Membership Chair for the 2010 Spring Semester. • I plan to be at Kent, at the most, for two more years, then journeying off into the “wonderful” world of the “real world” full of technology. • With that being said, let the journey start here…
Introduction of Web Programming • As a student throughout the year you register for classes twice. Once for the spring semester and the other for the fall. Last spring, I registered for (11882 MIS 24065 001 WEB PROGRAMMING 3.000 Standard Letter KC TR 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Business Administration Bldg 00205 Geoffrey Steinberg (P) Lecture Aug 30, 2010 Dec 12, 2010) this Web Programming course. Little did I know what was ahead of me at that time. • I had no idea what this class was about or what it entailed but it sounded very interesting to me. • The first day of class was instruction-based, syllabus and what was expected from the course from Dr. Steinberg. • I had, had him before in Computer Apps. So I knew that he was a good teacher. • I kept the course and began the work as most students would.
Structure of Building • As the class progressed, the work wasn’t hard but it began to become time-consuming. • Putting together coding that I knew nothing about was definitely a task that I had to achieve, and Quickly! • The coding we focused on for the term was: XHTML, JavaScript, PHP, and PHP and MySQL. • XHTML and JavaScript were not challenging at all to me. These codes were short, and to the point. An example of these two types of coding was a homework assignment we did early on in the semester.
Continued Structure… • It began to become complicated when we started to work on PHP. Coding, code hygiene, and comments had to be very specific. • We worked on PHP for a couple assignments then we were introduced to PHP and MySQL along with it. • MySQL was not hard creating but tying it into PHP became a task. • A homework assignment that we created using PHP and MySQL is one that I recently turned in last week.
Successes • My successes came easy! • XHMTL • JavaScript • These were easy coding that didn’t consist of a lot to think about. Commenting on this coding was easy as well and I wasn’t lost of confused about XHTML or Javascript. • MySQL • This was an easy database. You put the information you needed into it and that was that. It was simple but yet complex.
Hardships • PHP • PHP was the hardest code that I had to deal with this semester. • At times I wanted to do this to my computer and pull my hair out because I could not figure out what was wrong with my code. • I would sometimes just sit at my computer for hours and stare at each line of coding. • I knew that I had to figure it out and get my work submitted. • I was not going to turn in an incomplete assignment. So I knew that I had to do what I had to do and if it took me 7 hours or more to do so then I had to do it. • PHP is definitely coding that you have to pay attention to with every detail in order for your result to work.
Concluding….Future… • As I conclude, Web programming has been a great experience and a huge wake up call for me dealing with CIS as a major. I plan to take on more classes like this one in hopes to become one of the best CIS majors at Kent State University. • Choosing CIS as a major was just as important to me than me choosing accounting. I knew that those two majors, hand in hand, will take me far if I learn what I need to know and take the opportunities given to me seriously such as this one today. • Hopefully, this learning experience here at Kent and the resources available to me will throughout my college life will lead me to a bright and successful future. • I would like to thank you all for listening in on what I have presented to you and hope that you see a great student and a future analyst, programmer, accountant, software developer, or any profession in CIS or accounting in me. Thank You!!