Day 1:
The XAMP suite was given to the attendees. The focus of the workshop was on PHP, MySQL, HTML. The workshop started with a discussion on the Client Server Architecure. It was followed by an introduction to HTML. Major HTML tags were covered, and the day ended with a simple page, covering most of the important tags.

Day 2:
The second day was devoted to PHP.  The basic concepts of server side scripting were covered. Also, the working of PHP, the syntax of PHP statements were taken up. At the end, the attendees were able to pass information from a form to another page and process the information

Day 3:
The focus of the third day was MySQL, and its connection with PHP. In the beginning, basic database concepts were discussed. MySQL was introduced, and basic queries such as INSERT, UPDATE, CREATE TABLE, DELETE, SELECT were discussed.
The Connection of PHP with MySQL with the particular functions was discussed in detail. Inserting values from a form into the database, and retrieving the data from the database and displaying it on the screen was demonstrated.

Day 4:
The day started with an introduction to Sessions and Cookies. The differences between Sessions and Cookies and their respective uses was highlighted. The creation and usage of sessions and cookies using PHP functions was demonstrated. The day ended with a simple login script demonstration. An insight was also given into Facebook application development using PHP, which will be covered in the next workshop.

For Ubuntu users:

• If your Ubuntu is the one from the Linux Install Fest, your system already has the required packages.
• If you dont have the packages , type the following commands in terminal :
  • sudo tasksel install lamp-server
  • sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

For other Linux users :

• Download the following package :
  • Link to Xampp for Linux

For Windows users:

• Download the following softwares :
  • Link to Notepad++ , a source code editor for windows.
  • Link to Wamp Server , package containing all the required software.

Spotlight Features:
1> Learn to make Facebook Applications
2> Learn the use of web-based frameworks to build web-sites in minutes.

Schedule :
Fundamentals of web development : 5th to 8th April
Including Html, PHP, Mysql.

FB App Development and Web-Frameworks : 11th to 13th April
Including FB Application Dev. and Web Frameworks.

Workshop is completely FREE and open to all.
No Registrations Required.

Venue : NLH 403

Day 1: The Qt SDK was given to the attendees. they were introduced to the Qt framework, with an insight into the internal working, and the difference with other frameworks was explained. It ended with an introduction to programming with Qt

Day 2: Some basic programs were explained. The Qt Designer was also demonstrated. The concept of Signals and Slots was also discussed. The day ended with the design of a functional Notepad application

Day 3 and 4: The Notepad application was completed. The features added were cut/copy/paste/clear, Save, Open, About. Most of the attendees were able to complete the application.

The overall reaction to the reaction was positive, with a decent turnout even on the last two days.

Install Fest :

LUG Manipal organisesd a Linux ( Ubuntu 9.04 to be precise ) Install Fest from 6th to 8th October . Well , this time , it was the job of the second years to do it . Most of us were noobs . We  should congratulate Saurabh for the excellent organisation of the entire fest which went without any major hiccups . Also ,at the last day , there was a small talk on the upcoming Web Development Workshop .

Web Development Workshop :

A workshop on how to make web pages covering HTML , MySQL and PHP conducted by LUGM .We ( LUGM ) focused on web development rather than web designing .We were planning this workshop from around 6 months but due to many problems it could not materialise . Kartik had prepared the slides way back in July .So , it was finally decided on the last day ( i.e 9th ) to conduct the workshop from 12th October 2009 . With only three days , we had plenty of work to do .The next day , we got the room booked ( NLH 405 ) . We got the top floor as there were many other events going on . The posters were up the next day at all important places in MIT .SMS’s were sent with a request to “Forward to all ” . LUGM website , the wiki page and the Facebook Fan page was updated . Also , a facebook event was created to futher publicise . Manu,  made class announcements in all the first year classes . He did the job single handedly ( Dunno why he likes the job so much ) . Meanwhile , slides were being given the final touches by Pratik and Saurabh . Kartik and Saurabh made a comprehensive plan of the entire workshop detailing each and every thing . Our seniors suggested some changes and then we were all set to roll .

So , finally the D-Day arrived . Most of us bunked classes to be in time for the workshop . The crowd was ok , almost the entire class room was filled . One more thing which is worth a mention is that we received a number of calls asking for registration and if there is any fees for it .

For the record, LUGM does not charge people for attending a workshop neither is there any registration . ( Check out the guiding principle of LUGM )

Coming back to the topic ,the first day went pretty well .HTML and beginning of MySQL was dealt with . As expected , the turnout on the second day was less than the previous day. The second day consisted of MySQL and beginning with PHP . At the end of the day , we gave a small assignment which involved the use of forms and POST . Many had made the effort of completing the assignment . The third day basically consisted of integrating PHP with MySQL , Sessions and Cookies .On the last day , we were expecting a low turnout , but the turnout was far less than we expected . We had kept this day only for application , so we demonstrated a login page complete with Remember Me feature from scratch .Although the turnout was less but the response was amazing .We had divided the entire application into modules and then gave some time for the students to complete . We were glad that many were easily able to complete the modules in time .

For more ,

The post about the workshop on the LUG Website

Slides of the workshop

Refer to the Guiding Principles of LUGM

Wiki of LUGM

LUG Manipal Website

Facebook Fan Page

LUGM Forums

LUGM on Twitter

Slides

LUG Manipal is organizing yet another workshop — “A Web Development Workshop” covering HTML , MySQL and PHP.
This will be a 4 days workshop Starting on 12th of October 2009 at 5:30pm at NLH 405 , MIT.
Our main focus will be to promote Open Source Technology for Web Development and Design.

The content material for this workshop will be basic HTML for getting a start to web programming. The basics of this tagged language can be learnt at W3Schools. We will then advance to the basics of server side and client side scripting and the differences between them.

PHP is the choice of language for Server side Web Design. There is usually a lot of spectaculars between ASP and PHP. Some of the most famous places where its used is Wikipedia, WordPress (most famous blogging software), most of the Content Management System. Even Google and Yahoo make use of PHP for their pages. It is a very simple language which borrows it’s syntax from Perl, another classical language. It is time to make PHP your friend.

Now turning to MySQL, this is the most widely deployed database software which has more than 5,000 downloads per day as the statistics revealed by MySQL AB. Being the world’s most famous Open Source Database, its bound to be quite attractive. Being a very lightweight database software, its easy to install even on desktops.

The scripting will be done on Apache Web Server, its the world unchallenged king when it come to server deployments, covering some 70%of the webservers. Lightweight, extensibility , great features make it the no 1 choice of web developers all over the world.

A brief Schedule :
Day 1 : Introduction to Web , installation , distribution and basic HTML , MySQL
Day 2 : PHP overview , variables , functions and HTML forms , get and post methods
Day 3 :MySQL through PHP , sessions and cookies
Day 4 : Full Fledged Login Script demonstration from scratch

Please bring your laptops

It is advised that you go through the following links to have a better understanding .
MYSQL
PHP

Further References :

Get the Official PHP Manual from its website.
Get the Official MySQL Manual from its website.
Past Workshop’s PHP and MySQL Portion Syllabus

So we bring to you the  Introductory Meet for LUG Manipal. It’s completely free and everyone is invited! We will be covering the reasons you would want to use linux, dispelling myths about it and in general increasing your Tech Awareness. Here is a brief gist of what we will be doing:-

1) Introduction to the FOSS Movement & the motivation behind it.

2)  Introduction to the Linux operating system.

3) Clarifying the LUG’s internal structure and how you can be a part of it.

4) What you get out of being a part of it.

This is going to be no workshop or class. This is a meet with a difference. Everyone attending is on an equal platform, and they can express their ideas without any other considerations. There will be a free interflow of ideas and knowledge, and youll learn quite a bit. Come down and find out what “freedom” is about!

Date:- 1st October 2009

Venue:- NLH (Academic Block 3)

(The exact room number will be put up at the Venue)

• An installfest spanning two days for those yet to find a foothold in the linux world. The distro to be installed is Fedora 10 Cambridge.
• A user’s day which would consist of sessions taken by various LUG members on different softwares like office suites, productivity tools etc. available on the linux platform that’d help the new users in making the transition from Windows to Linux.
• Another couple of days have been devoted to Developer’s Day which would be about getting interested programmers started off with development in the Linux environment. It’s no secret that Linux is the development environment of choice around the world because of it’s open nature and no self-respecting programmer in Manipal would want to miss out on these two days!
• Finally, the last day would be a Hackathon to bring out the hacker in the participating coders. They’d be trying to make a firefox extension for a certain web service which would be decided on the spot. Needless to say, it’d be fun. The choice of the software to be hacked on remains flexible though and the enthusiasm and the coding expertise of the participants will also be taken into account

Do checkout the event wiki page for further details.

These are the awesome posters that have been put up around Manipal for the Open Week promotion and kudos to Sheeladitya for the awesome work