Edubuntu Synaptic Package Mngr for Apache, MySQL and PHP5
Dennis Daniels and Demostudio and VNC
11 min – 19-Jan-06

This tutorial walks you through getting Apache, MySQL and PHP5 via the synaptic package manager.

The Edubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Edubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.
–http://www.edubuntu.org/

I made this video by VNCing from my XP machine over to my Edubuntu machine on my network. I recorded the VNC session using Demostudio. If there was an equally easy to use and powerful screencasting tool for Linux that offered mpeg recording then I’d use that instead. Please post your own screencasts on how to use Linux! There are so many curious people about Linux but many have never seen it in action! Make a screen cast and post your own successes, and failures, under Linux.

keywords: software, training, tutorial, evangelism, screencast, OSS, network, education, Linux, ubuntu, Gnome, desktop, productivity, LTSP, thin client, server, apache, synaptic, mysql Read the rest of this entry »

PHP Video Tutorial – 1 – Installing Software

9 min – 18-Oct-07

http://idealprogrammer.com presents PHP Video Tutorial Series. In this first 9-minute video, you will learn how to install Apache and MySQL by using XAMPP. You will also write a small application. Read the rest of this entry »

Salesforce.com AppExchange Overview and Q&A
Google engEDU
1 hr 3 min – Aug 15, 2007

Google Tech Talks
August 18, 2007

ABSTRACT

Wondering why developers are talking about Salesforce.com and Appexchange?

What’s the big deal? Software for sales teams? Big whoop?

Salesforce.com has pioneered a business application development and delivery model and they have proven it to the tune of thousands of business customers of all sizes who swear by them.

And why do developers care?

Because Salesforce has opened up their infrastructure for developers to leverage in building their own applications. Bang! Instant scalability and reliability!

Wow! So developers save thousands by not having to build their own data center?

Ah, but there’s more! Salesforce has created a revolutionary platform for developers to market, sell, and distribute their applications!

All On-Demand, no infrastructure required!

Now that is a big deal!

Come hear the Salesforce developer relations team talk about how it all works…

Their pioneering distribution platform: the Appexchange Their On-Demand developer platform: Apex Their developer network: Apexdeveloper network Read the rest of this entry »

Ruby Sig: How To Design A Domain Specific Language
Google engEDU
1 hr 3 min – Oct 5, 2006

Google Tech Talks
October 5, 2006

David Pollak has been developing commercial software for 28 years. He founded Athena Design and wrote Mesa, the first real-time spreadsheet. David wrote Integer, the first online, collaborative spreadsheet. Since 2000, David has been developing domain specific languages for security and general web development.

ABSTRACT
David will describe a framework for developing DSLs which includes:

* Identifying the constituents in a development project;
* Determining the costs and benefits of a DSL for a particular constituency vs. hand-coding functionality for that constituency based on interviews and specs;
* Identifying the ‘thought leader’ in a given constituency and interviewing him or her to determine the semantics of the domain;
* Determining syntax of the DSL;
* Mocking up the DSL and ‘test driving’ it with the thought leader;
* Finding appropriate integration points for the DSL into the application;
* Defining the process by with the Domain Experts will update code in the DSL (e.g., they have a web page where they can change tax calculation rules vs. they make a change to particular Ruby files as part of a development/staging/production cycle.); and
* Iterate over the semantics, syntax, and process to fully integrate Domain Experts into the development process. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey, What’s That? A Map Hack
Google engEDU
51 min – May 8, 2007

Google Tech Talks
May 8, 2007

ABSTRACT

Designed to answer the question "What am I looking at?" when standing on a hilltop or pulled over at a scenic overlook, HeyWhatsThat.com has garnered reviews like "Just when I thought I was in danger of becoming a jaded customer of the mass mapping space, here’s a site that effortlessly returns me to a state of slack-jawed wonder" (OgleEarth). In addition to peak detection and identification, it offers viewshed computations, elevation contours, elevation profiles, and integration with Google Maps and Google Earth. This talk — given by Michael Kosowsky, designer and proprieter of HeyWhatsThat.com — will focus on what it is and how it got to be that way.

http://www.heywhatsthat.com/

http://www.heywhatsthat.com/faq.html

Speaker: Michael Kosowsky

Michael Kosowsky has more than 25 years of experience in software development, on platforms ranging from embedded microprocessors to supercomputers. Currently sole proprietor of the HeyWhatsThat.com web site, previous roles include founder and CTO of Great Point Design, where he developed its desktop photo application and web service; founder and CTO of Momentum, Inc., where he led the development and patenting of a portable client-server communications technology; and software engineer for The Jackson Laboratory and DNA Sciences, where he implemented systems for visualizing and sharing genomic data. Read the rest of this entry »