jQuery is a “jQuery is a lightweight JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML. It was released January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JQuery

JavaScript library is “A JavaScript library is a library of pre-written JavaScript controls which allow for easier development of JavaScript-based applications, especially for AJAX and other web-centric technologies”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript_library

AJAX is “Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), or AJAX, is a group of interrelated web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications or rich Internet applications. With Ajax, web applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.^[1] Data is retrieved using the XMLHttpRequest object or through the use of Remote Scripting in browsers that do not support it. Despite the name, the use of JavaScript, XML, or its asynchronous use is not required.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)

I did not considered to learn Ajax because it seems too much advanced technology to me, last week what I learn  was that  Ajax is a interrelated  web development technique which creates an interactive website. Therefore, the website can perform some advanced effects which related with data on server side. It is a fantastic technology. And then some people developed JavaScript library, which is a pre-written JavaScript functions. And then some people  created jQuery  which  can provide sophisticated  effect  with  such a simple  code  when  the  libraries  were  uploaded  on the same  folder.  Usually  it  interact between JavaScript and HTML, such as hide and show paragraphes.

It was fun to learn and it will be much better if I using jQuery because it can be written in such a simple  way.   However in this project I will keep to lean JavaScript some effect on website.

ubiquitous [jubkwts]

adj existing, found or seeming to be found everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

ubiquitously adverb

After reading “Databases from scratch I: Introduction“

This website contains a lot of information about database, and this is the first page introduction section.

It was interesting to read, I had to remember what I did in 70s, and 80s. My first computer experience was in 1994. Even that period, I had to taste lotus, which absolutely unnecessary class for an ordinary house wife. But that class was the most important class in my whole life.

That class make gave me a lot of confidence in playing computer. That time most ordinary people believed that computer is something like a monster, something we had to afraid of.

It is interesting that ubiquitous is used by writer. I knew that this word is using in networking area. After reading explain, I understood.

It was a great reading, I had this database related subject when I studied in UWS in 2002. I remember that I was not difficult because I had a little bit of knowledge about Access. Anyway, this article reminds me all those terms and what I did for that particular subject. And I know database planning is not so easy to do, yet I have a great confidence in database stupidly

This the summary from that article.

A summary of the design process

Although your ultimate design will depend on the complexity of your data, each time you design a database, make sure you do the following:

• Break composite fields down into constituent parts. Example: Name becomes lastname and firstname.
• Create a key field which uniquely identifies each record. You may need to create an ID field (with a lookup table that shows you the values for each ID) or use a composite key.
• Eliminate repeating groups of fields. Example: If your table contains fields Location 1, Location 2, Location 3 containing similar data, it’s a sure warning sign.
• Eliminate record modification problems (such as redundant or inconsistent data) and record deletion and addition problems by ensuring each non-key field depends on the entire key. To do this, create a separate table for any information that is used in multiple records, and then use a key to link these tables to one another.

First wendy’s web was so easy.

challenge question was taken a bit of time, because I had to figure out what was the position.

It didn’t work on Internet Explore because it was version 7.

Here is the link.

http://cindyinsyd.com/uts/week6/box-model.html

Name: Youngsin Seo

Student Number: 10774331

Personal Learning Needs

I want to learn basic coding skills such as XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySql.

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

• Determination
• Patient
• Easygoing
• Generous

Weaknesses

• Hasty
• Concentration
• Imperfection

Opportunities

• Learning what I want to know
• Achievement
• I want to investigate how elderly people can learn something through a website, which they are not used to.

Threats

• Insufficient knowledge, skill, time, money and support.

Learning Needs in DMT

• HTML
• XHTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• PHP

Learning Plan

My learning plan is quite simple which is stick to the basic coding of each technology so I will have confident about my abiltiy to build a proper website.

Objectives

• Build a website
• Meet the standards (css, HTML and XHTML)
• Write code my hand so I will have better skill
• Learn the technologies which I choose in depth
• Gain more information about current trend and futurastic technology

what do I want to learn?

• How fast I can find the code what I want to use in my website.
• Reading and understanding other programmer’s work
• Stick to the basic so that I can learn fundimantals rather than cuttng edge skills
• Find out which skills I can adapt to my website though surfing relevant websites as much as I can

Strategies

• Planning detail
• Follow plan
• Do not give up

how will I do it?

• specific
  • Spend certain amount of time to study
  • Put study as priority
  • Every week evaluating my work and revision
• quantifiable
  • Every school day, after 2pm to 8pm on Tuesday, I will study on this subject.
  • Every Saturday two hours I will study on this subject.
  • Every Monday after 9pm I will study on this subject.
• related to the fulfillment of the project
  • Since target users are aged people who do not have much exprience with web surfing, I have to find users to test and evaluating my website.

Resources

• What exactly will I use?google, various free codes websites, official website of each languages etc

• concrete
  • · http://www.codango.com/jsp/dir/tutorials/
  • · http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/syntax/2.0/syntaxref20.html
  • · http://www.apl.jhu.edu/%7Ehall/java/Servlet-Tutorial/
  • · http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/date-and-time-type-overview.html
  • · http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp
  • · http://www.php.net/links.php
  • · http://www.php.net/downloads.php

Proposed Project Description

1. what will you build?
   • I am going to build a website which can provide an information such as how can you turn off the computer in Windows oprating system.
   • And this website will provide a little bit of fun such as a small pretty icon will explain or lead the user where mouse pointer should move to the right place.
   • And When user pointed an articles, the text will be shown bigger.
   • And When user pointed a photo, it shows a explaination of the photo.
2. who is it for?
   • Users are 60s~70s years old, who do not have any exprience on computer
3. what technologies will it use?
   • XHTML
   • Java script
   • PHP
   • mySql
4. how does it satisfy your learning objectives?
5. The combination of technologies what I am going to use, are well known to be adapted and proven to web developers For example, Wikipedia, Google

sketches

Schedule

Working Schedule

On the home page, they stated their website as “Webmonkey is a free, public resource for web developers. Builders, designers and programmers like you — the people who know best — write the articles, tutorials, code snippets and other contributions.”

I think I can get a lot of useful help from this site.

http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/tag/web_basics

I am glad that I am learning something through each time different style, unfortunately my presumption leads me a wrong way.

And luckily, I am on the track again, and I realised that how hard it will be.

I do not give up yet so I am starting again with this posting.

It seemed so easy to accomplish this subject, now I know how much time and effort has to be contributed which looks almost impossible to me especially time managing.

Anyway, this subject’s aim is exactly matching with my learning objectives.

Youngsin

What attracted you to this course and/or subject?

Last week’s introduction session was very good for me. I felt how much the university itself is trying to evolve or to catch up in this rapidly changing modern time (I am a bit aged). My impression of this course is that whoever developed this course, it is considerate of the variety of students, trying hard to let student themselves learn on their own pace which is the sprit of university, in spite of all those criticisms that accuse university as only a job training institute. Therefore, my expectation is getting bigger.

When I read the introduction of this subject, I thought it was exactly what I tried to do for some years, but haven’t started yet. How lucky I am! And then I wondered, should I spend money, anxiety, stress and time for doing this study as UTS master course student?

If I add a little of cynicism, I wanted to enrol in “Digital Graphics and the Still Image” but it was full. There was no other choice.

What do you hope to gain by undertaking this subject?

As an amateur website developer, I crave all the time to gain thorough knowledge of fundamentals of coding or programming. As introduction of this subject suggested, if I learn all those skills or programming languages such as, simple HTML authoring, XHTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), browser scripting with Javascript, interaction with back-end database environments using scripting engines such as ColdFusion, PHP and WebObjects, as much as I can, this semester will be the most valuable time spent in my whole life.

I am looking at ColdFusion now, but I decided that I am not going to use or study ColdFusion because I want to learn or get used to basic coding as I mentioned earlier.

I will try to write line by line with my hands, I am so exciting that finally I can do the things I wanted to do for several years. Back to the basic!

What attracts you about Digital Media Technologies and Interactive Multimedia?

I don’t want to write how much Internet is important and how much Internet is interconnected in ordinary human being’s life, which we’re all aware of.

As a student of website development, I had to think about the usability, accessibility, layout, interactive user interface etc. Without digital media technology, we can hardly imagine Interactive websites of today. Therefore the knowledge and skills of digital media and multimedia are essential to whoever is working with websites.

What constitutes ‘success’ for you in this subject?

This is a really good question that I should establish all the time when I start any of my subjects. Although I couldn’t quite figure out for this subject, I know this subject is quite straight forward and technical.

Being realistic, if I can construct my experimental new website with my own knowledge and skill, I will consider it as a success.

What do you feel are your personal strengths?

I am a positive thinker, a good organiser, a problem solver and a person who appreciates being a human.

What do you feel you need to improve upon, or would like to develop?

I just cannot sit in one place, being a woman and a mother for such a long time (whole my life). It is hard for me to concentrate on one thing for a long time. I have to train myself to be used to it and it is not easy to me.

What are the opportunities you see for yourself in learning and applying knowledge and skills in your technical area of interest? What, if know, are your learning objectives?

As I mentioned earlier, this subject is exactly what I wanted to do for quite some time but haven’t started yet. I wish this subject will give me the opportunity to learn those techniques.

Actually I couldn’t see much, I wish that there is a certainty, it says that if you passed this subject, you will get such and such. Surely I don’t think you will get a job offer even if you are going to have a good grade of subject, of course, you will have a good confidence as much as you’ve devoted on the topic.

What, if any, are the potential threats, challenges or obstacles you feel you might face in achieving your objectives?

Well, as usual, I’ll have to deal with it on a case by case basis. Time management, prioritising, and being careful to not set too many objectives, regular self assessment etc. will be the strategy I will use.

My first obstacle is the opportunity this subject will provide me with. My son‘s idea is that it is a total waste of money and time because I don‘t have any talent with developing website. Yes, I am already facing a fundamental threat to do this subject. Still, I want to do it because I believe that a chance will only be given to someone who’s prepared to take that chance.

Describe any production, design or technical skills or experience you have with digital media technologies OR give us a brief description of your background and experience.

I do not have anything to write here unfortunately, although, I have a personal website that I hardly look after these days.

www.cindyinsyd.com

This website was started by me in 2002 and changed two times, and almost a year ago, I changed the home page spending just two days, and never updated since.

Yes, it’s always under my skin and bugs me with guilt that I am not doing what I’m suppose to do.

I have a master degree in networking (Master of IT; networking from James Cook University 2005).

Still I am looking for what I really want to do for living.

I thought or I wish this website development is the one.

I love beautiful graphically oriented websites rather than contents which is not proper way of thinking as a website developer and I do not have any way near to make such websites.

Post a URL that tells the group something about your area of interest in digital media technologies. It can be a resource website or an example of an interesting or innovative use of web technologies. Why have you chosen to share this particular URL with the group?

http://www.agimo.gov.au/archive/mws/introduction

“The purpose of this guide is to assist Australian Government departments and agencies implement the Government’s minimum website standards”

Good thing or bad thing?

Australian government websites are following strictly text based standard. I guess there are many reasons behind this, for example, bandwidth of networking, to achieve clear objectives, etc. However, as an ordinary internet user, this strictly text based websites are really unattractive. Why is that? I am curious as to how much difference there is between delivering information to user through a graphically oriented website and a text based website.

I am teaching basic computer skills to elderly people (40~60s) in various communities as volunteer worker. It’s really interesting how they learn, and how they feel happy about learning something new. I couldn’t make clear cut but there are certainly some special characters about learning process in these age groups. If I can, I want to develop a website which can provide important information and provide some fun to the people who have not experienced Internet surfing.

Tell us about a technology topic, area or issue you feel passionate about? What would be the three most important points about this you feel you must convey to the group?

I haven’t been passionate with these web programming languages (PHP, HTML, CSS, SQL, Java Script) yet, but if I can gain any amount of knowledge of them it will be a good fortune to me.

Which group?

If this group means that I have to give them a peer review, there is not much I can talk about. Maybe, I am expecting that some one who love their work, a bit of enthusiasm and sharing knowledge, something like that.

Thank you for your time.

http://cindyinsyd.com/uts/Week4Prac/week4prac-origin.php

And this is changed format file link

http://cindyinsyd.com/uts/Week4Prac/week4prac.php

I feel that I am cheating or something like that because right under the main description of date, there was the exact sample format.

So I did copy and paste the code and then it worked fine.

Well, I suppose I have to read all description at least….