Supercomputer Applications
Web Presentations
Getting Started with HTML
The following pages will help you get started with HTML. You will
need to present your projects in a web-based format in this class, so if
you are having difficulty with these topics, please see Mr. Hyatt or some
of the other students in the class who know these skills.
Basic Unix Skills
Working with PHP
PHP is a new addition to HTML that allows a web designer to create
interactive and dynamic web pages easily. It interfaces nicely with
a database application called MySQL. To use MySQL, you will need to
get a special database account but PHP is available for every
application.
Perl Resources
Perl is a powerful language that is often used in writing scripts that help
handle functions on UNIX systems, and it has also been used for writing
interactive programs on the web. Unlike PHP, Perl programs that run
on the web must be placed in a special directory called cgi-bin
that is under the web-docs directory. Perl is probably still the
most commonly used language for writing CGI-scripts, but because languages
like PHP are easier to use, it may not be the language of choice in years
to come.