GPU Farm

I created a pipe that feeds from two well known hardware blogs.
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JavaScripts evil twin brother

JavaScript is the easy, friendly, robust client side scripting method for most people. It does however, have a twin brother which lurks in the dark shadows of server operation. Ever wonder how websites get those fancy, flashy animations and smooth design schemes? Well, that's probably PHP at work behind the scenes of the server that website is connected to. PHP is a scripting language that is compiled by the server into HTML for the browser to render. You cannot actually download PHP script files directly from the web page as that would be a huge security breach in the server itself. Instead, what you get is a messy, sloppy HTML page that the website is actually rendering. This sloppy HTML, albeit much better looking than anything MS Word could ever do, is not something that anyone in their right mind would ever actually write as an HTML project. You can, however, write PHP to generate this sloppy HTML and the actual PHP file looks much more appealing to the coder's eye. Of course, there are several tutorials for those daring to reach into the depths of scripting languages. Here is a tutorial for those willing to do exactly that.

May the force be with you.

Scripting made easy

At first, scripting on a webpage seems like a daunting task and most are not overly enthusiastic about learning and applying it in regular practice. I know I wasn't too excited about it at first either. However, that fear can easily be pushed aside with a few lessons on how to actually write simple scripts and apply them to larger scale applications in less than a few hours at most.

As the title of the video suggests, you can learn JavaScript in 30 minutes. There are several parts to this set of videos, each 30 minutes long, but during each of these videos, you can learn how to apply new steps in JavaScript and get to work on getting a working script setup on your own websites.

Boy... this website sure does look bland... Let's fix that!

Custom Style Scripts (CSS) is one of the most widely used languages for making your website look visually appealing to whoever decides to visit. It is, however, no small task to work with CSS, especially for beginners. There are many resources available to help with the small stuff in the beginning, but the easiest way to learn is to practice it for yourself.

But how can you practice if you don't know where to begin? Well you're in luck because there happens to be a website solely dedicated to teaching CSS to first time learners. It's aptly named, www.csstutorial.net. Stop by for a visit and you'll be right on your way to learning how to make your website pretty!

The web's greatest beginner's guides to web development

YouTube... yes... youtube... It has a bad reputation for it's vulgar community when it comes to comments on videos, but the videos themselves are some of the greatest resources the internet has to offer. With nearly thousands of videos, chances are you'll probably find something related to what you're looking. For beginners, the best place to start is right here at the front lines of the whole process.

The attached video is one of the best places to start with simple HTML and setting up small webpages to practice before moving into the bigger picture. HAVE FUN!

The all-in-one coding helpdesk

A lot of people are fairly familiar with stackoverflow, so it's no revelation that it's one of the best places to get help with any type of coding from PHP, to JavaScript, to C++, etc. More often than not, you can easily find a post that has already asked and answered your question that's causing you problems with whatever you're working on, but in the event that you can't, it's fairly simple to sign up and create your own post and ask for help. The community there is fairly friendly and willing to help, but it's mostly understood that you have some idea of what you're talking about. It isn't necessarily a place for asking, "Where do I begin? I don't know what I'm doing!". It's more of a place for specific, detailed questions to address a unique problem and it will provide, usually, simple answers to solve the problem.

So this is meant specifically for Intro to Internet Computing (COP3813). I'm Steven Odlum and I have extra outlets available to anyone who needs them to plug in their laptop. Just look for the guy sitting next to the surge protector, that's probably me.

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