PHP+MySQL Introduction Course. 24-28 September
When building complex web applications, HTML soon shows its limitations, and
it becomes necesary to use a server-side programming language in order to
create dynamic pages, database queries, etc. PHP is the most popular web
programming language, which, together with a MySQL database, allows us to
build powerful online applications. The SIE is organizing an introductory
course on building web pages with PHP and MySQL, from September 24 to 28. In
this course we will learn how to create simple dynamic web pages and how to
interact with a MySQL database; some HTML, CSS and internet knowledge is
required. The number of participants is limited to 10-12; if you are
interested, just reply to the post in the SIE's Forum:
http://venus/SIE/forum/viewtopic.php?p=415#415.
Web Collaboration and Content Management Systems
Web collaboration tools are applications used to plan and organize working
groups. They usually contain calendar events, address books, time sheets, task
managers, etc. shared by the group members. Among the many options available,
here at the IAC we have selected and installed
egroupware.
Content Management Systems (CMS) are used to build general-purpose websites.
Here at the IAC we use both
Website
Baker, a simple but complete CMS with which we build and develop conference
and workshop web pages, and
Joomla, a
powerful, features-loaded CMS for more complex sites such as the
Helas
IT platform and
Consolider-Ingenio-GTC.
For more details, please read our
SIEpedia
article.
Jump on the on-line education bandwagon with Moodle!
As you probably remember, last year the SIE installed Moodle (a very popular
course management system that can help teachers to build quality on-line
courses) in the IAC external server:
http://research.iac.es/ensenanza/aula/.
A number of courses have already made use of the platform during the last
year, and with the new academic year about to start it is now the time to
remind you that creating a new account is as simple as getting in touch with
us (). At the same time,
perhaps you are not aware that there are hundreds of modules that can
increase Moodle's functionality (
http://moodle.org/modules), but if you
would like to add any of these, please let us know as soon as possible, since
we will not be able to install new modules once the classes begin.
Software updates plus change of IDL license servers
Back from holiday, you'll find many updated software packages, with bug
fixes and expanded/improved functionalities:
CFITSIO
to v3.060;
Eric3
to v3.9.5;
g95
to v2007-08-28;
HEAsoft
to v6.3.1;
LyX
to v1.5.1;
R to
v2.5.1;
Starlink
to Puana release and
GAIA
to v.4.0.0;
Swarp
to v2.16.4;
Telarchive
to v1.3;
Texmaker
to v1.6;
TOPCAT
to v.3.1;
Yacas
to v1.1.8;
WCSTools
to v3.7.0
Also the following
Python
modules were updated: biggles to v1.6.5; iPython to v0.8.1; Numpy to
1.0.3.1; Pyrex to 0.9.5.1a; PyTables to v2.0; SciPy to v0.5.2.1
Finally, please note that the IDL license servers have changed; while the
old servers are still active, they will be shut down shortly. If you have a
laptop or a desktop standalone machine with IDL mounted locally and using
the floating licenses (NOT with a node-locked license), please get in touch
with us as soon as possible to make the appropriate change to the IDL
license file.
Travel tips: 10 ways to jump the queue at check-in
Have you ever found yourself rushing to the airport, with only a few minutes
left before the check-in deadline, only to find huge lines at the check-in desks?
And fearing you're going to miss the flight? In such cases, why not use some
of these not very orthodox but quite effective tricks to jump the queue, suggested
in the Alitalia website:
http://www.alitalia.com/IT_IT/saltalacoda/repartition_elastic_3_en.htm?