linuxNUS started the Hack Workshop Series about a couple of months back, and I’ve been fortunate to be in touch with the core team driving this program. It’s a series of workshops covering both technical and non-technical material, and one of the aims of this program is getting people exposed to a range of skills [...]
Over the last four weeks, a significant amount of my time has been spent on developing Facebook applications. While it hasn’t been a stroll in the park by any means, it has been slightly easier than I had anticipated. Granted, there were occasional obstacles and roadblocks that got in the way, and the usual suspects [...]
The new year began with the familiar feeling the previous one did, that of worry and anxiety involving selecting modules for the upcoming school term. Despite trying to plan for the semester beforehand, complications always arise during CORS bidding with exam date clashes and what not. Besides the study break and examination period, these two [...]
I found some time over the last week to rebuild WebsiteDB, my first PHP/MySQL project. The original site was very simple and quite poorly coded in my opinion, so I decided to redevelop it and include additional features in the process, such as account creation (for anyone remotely interested in using it) and also a [...]
All good things come to an end, and my working relationship with Avant Global ended on a somewhat sour note. I never intended for it to end this way, and I’d devoted most of my time and energy to the development of the site for the past few weeks, so I was honestly quite disappointed [...]
I guess my first post of the new year should be about resolutions, although I haven’t really stuck to mine in the past few years. It wouldn’t hurt trying again this year, especially since I managed to attain the goals that I set for myself for the holidays in December. Looking back on the past [...]
As I previously anticipated, MySQL has proven to be a difficult language to learn. I’ve familiarised myself with most of the basic commands used to create and modify databases and tables, along with carrying out simple SELECT queries to retrieve data. I followed the examples provided in the book and I was honestly quite alarmed [...]
I spent some time in the past week getting started on PHP, and so far I’ve covered majority of the basic concepts. The syntax of PHP is quite similar to Java which I’m already familiar with, so the examples given have been easier to follow and understand. Another area that these languages have in common [...]
That’s the number of semesters I have left before I graduate, and minimally as well. I finished my last paper today, out of four, and I’m glad that the ordeal is finally over. Time has flown pretty quickly this past semester, and I’m sure many will share that sentiment. It won’t be long before this [...]