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Server Side Scripting and PHP from a designers viewpoint
Last Updated on 07 November 2011
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As we jump into using server side scripting, and specifically PHP, I wanted to find out what some of you thought about it as most of us are brand new to this. As we have discussed in other classes, the world of Web Design has many different areas that an employee can go into. It totally depends on the organization you work for, but here are some examples of how it could work in the real world:
- Your a full time graphic designer who only designs the interface and does no coding at all
- Your a full time graphic designer who designs the interface and or images for the site, as well as codes the HTML and or CSS for the site.
- Your a full time Web developer who only does the actual coding of XHTML and CSS
- Your a full time Web developer who only does server side scripting
- And we could go on and on
So I wanted to see what you thought the first week by answering the following questions for me:
- Have you ever done any type of server side programming before, and if so, what specifically.
- What do you think of PHP so far (I know we only entered into if on a basic level so far)?
- What was the most challenging part of last weeks assignments for you?
- On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being absolutely no interest), how interested are you in learning how to create dynamic Web pages and or designing for them?
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1. I have taken C++ and SQL in the last year at TCC. My hardest classes.
2. I really like PHP much better than C++ and SQL. It makes more sense to me but also if I hadn’t taken these other classes before this assignment I think I would have struggled with completing it.
3. The calculator was the hardest, took the most time to figure out the variable for the counting.
4. I guess a 10, I am always interested in getting more knowledge with computer web or graphic design. That’s why I decided this semester to use a substitution I had for the Linux class that is no longer offered, to take a Graphic Design class with Mr. Rice. It has been a great learning experience to add to my knowledge as a designer.. so always up for learning new things.
1.Have you ever done any type of server side programming before, and if so, what specifically.
I have not really done any server side programming before this, I have done a little playing around with php, but it was a while ago, and I didn’t get very far into it.
2.What do you think of PHP so far (I know we only entered into if on a basic level so far)?
I like it, It reminds me alot of c++ but with smarter variable declorations. I think it would be useful to utalize and know more of.
3.What was the most challenging part of last weeks assignments for you?
I would think the most challenging part was my link not working, which was really more frustrating then a challenge, and It ended up not being related to what I was doing. I also had a little issue getting the title to work, but it ended up just being the way I was trying to do it, having to use the echo to get it to show up kinda threw me off a little bit. Besides that the worst/most challenging part would be not having dreamweaver to upload/synch my files for me, so I had to upload it many times with FTP.
4.On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being absolutely no interest), how interested are you in learning how to create dynamic Web pages and or designing for them?
I would say probabily like an 8, I think it would be very good to know and it seems pretty easy and fun. I would very much like to learn more php.
1. Have you ever done any type of server side programming before, and if so, what specifically.
No.
2. What do you think of PHP so far (I know we only entered into if on a basic level so far)?
I enjoy PHP very much. It seems to streamline coding to make the task easier for the coder if you use it properly.
3. What was the most challenging part of last weeks assignments for you?
Spent a few hours beforeI realized I wasn’t previewing the uploaded version of my assignment, so the changes I was making weren’t showing up. Status quo.
4. On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being absolutely no interest), how interested are you in learning how to create dynamic Web pages and or designing for them?
8.
1. No, I haven’t done Server Side Programming before.
Apparently I was doing something wrong, but I don’t know what. I love coding, but sometimes it can be frustrating.
2. I like how it works. It can make a web designer’s life much easier
3. It wasn’t easy to find out the right “relative path”. Then I found that when we need to move a directory up we need to put ../ I did that, it didn’t work. It took me 2 days to do that small part. Then all of a sudden, it decided to work. That was crazy.
4. I think is 10. It won’t hurt to learn more, right?
Have you ever done any type of server side programming before, and if so, what specifically.
No, this is my first real experience with Server Side Scripting.
What do you think of PHP so far (I know we only entered into if on a basic level so far)?
I love it and think is the specific tool that is required to make a website pop and just run much cleaner and more efficient, not to mention with much less work required.
What was the most challenging part of last weeks assignments for you?
Getting the back links just right, it took a little while for me to figure out, but once I did, the rest was a snap.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being absolutely no interest), how interested are you in learning how to create dynamic Web pages and or designing for them?
10 – I love this type of dynamic content and want to learn as much as I can.
1.Have you ever done any type of server side programming before, and if so, what specifically.
I have done a little server side scripting with both Java and Javascript. Its been a while since I have done so but the more practice, the better, of course.
2.What do you think of PHP so far (I know we only entered into if on a basic level so far)?
Its a different way of doing some of the same things in a different language (syntax). That this point, it just depends on what is more comfortable to the programmer or what syntax the can learn quicker.
3.What was the most challenging part of last weeks assignments for you?
The challenging part was figuring out the syntax to go up two folder from our main folder. Once I had that, everything else was straight forward.
4.On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being absolutely no interest), how interested are you in learning how to create dynamic Web pages and or designing for them?
I would say 10. The more languages that I can get my hands on and become more farmiliar with, the easier it will be to compare and contrast likes, dislikes, and determine which language I will use to create my own site.
As of so far, I’ve never done any server-side coding or anything of that sort. I might have done a little in some school assignments without really knowing it but other than that, I have no experience in it what-so-ever.
So far, I’m really liking PHP and how it works. It can really make things a lot easier when making a website with multiple pages and all of that. Plus, for me, a dynamic page with updating content is much more interesting to me than a static page.
The assignment wasn’t too challenging for me but I think the thing I had the most problems with was setting up the connection in DreamWeaver since I’ve never done that and I was using a CS4 version and your instructions was on a CS5 version. Other than that, it was pretty easy.
To rate this assignment, I’d give it a 8 or 9. I’m very interested in learning more about the server-side aspect of web design and how it works. Not only because it creates more appeal to your website, but also, that’s where a lot of the more popular websites are going towards, and if you don’t keep up with the times, you’ll be left behind.