By Laura Strickman
| Plan | Now that I've decided that I will make Datakeeper using PHP and MySQL, I need to learn more about using these tools. For this iteration I'd like to create a more advanced PHP page which interacts with MySQL. I've never used MySQL before, so I plan to spend much of this iteration familiarizing myself with it, as well as becoming more proficient with PHP. |
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| Design | I hope to make a test PHP page in which you can create a new account, enter your data, log on using an encrypted password, and generate a form displaying the data that you choose. |
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| Coding | By the end of this iteration I should have several test pages in which a database is accessed via a webpage. Look for these pages (as well as links to their source code) here. My programs will be written using a combination of PHP, MySQL and HTML. I have bought a book on PHP which will hopefully be of use. |
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| Testing | When I have finished my test pages, I'll enter in the data of several imaginary students, then see if I can log on as each and generate a form displaying my data. If I can properly log on using each student's password and if the forms display correctly, I'll know the coding was successful. |
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| Possible "Deployment" | By the end of this iteration an incremental release may be feasible- though Datakeeper will not yet have email or printable capabilities, students will be able to create accounts, log on and manipulate their data. |
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| Users | Since this is a product designed primarily for highschool students, I have asked several of my fellow students to help me test Datakeeper out. If they like it, perhaps I'll attempt to introduce it in a business setting. |
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