Date:
January 11, 2012
Start Time:
12:00PM
Title:
Get public IP from Tim Williams
Description:
Because we wanted to make our server live to the world we first needed to acquire a public IP from
SAIT. This will allow us to simulate the same address space for testing and implementation and
hopefully allow for a seamless integration when we’re ready to go live.
Stop Time:
12:15PM
Lesson Learned:
We will need to clear our server by either Tim or Collin to ensure that it has
been properly secured from intrusion. The IP issued to us will be
207.148.63.41/24.
Helped by:
Tim Williams
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Date:
January 13, 2012
Start Time:
1:45PM
Title:
Learning how to create a Linux kernel from scratch
Description:
Rather than trying to determine the necessary services on a fully loaded Linux distribution we
decided to go with a ground up approach. We are each attempting to build a copy of linux from
scratch using the tool provided on www.linuxfromscratch.org. As I had attempted this last semester I
recommended to both Jeff and Josh that they download the two scripts to download the tarballs
required as I had done each one individually the first time and it took quite a long time. I’m hoping
to have this done for Monday.
Stop Time:
9:00PM
Lesson Learned:
The book provided is a very useful tool for discovering what the core utilities
of linux are and what processes and programs really aren’t needed on other
versions of linux.
Helped:
Jeff, Josh
Date:
January 17, 2011
Start Time:
9:00AM
Title:
Installed packages on vm
Description:
10:00AM
Read documentation on OpenBSD packages. Navigated ftp site to find needed packages and
installed them our vm. Packages installed were mySQL and apache.
Stop Time:
10:30AM
Lesson Learned:
The commands used to install packages are much different from a more
mainstream Linux distribution,
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Date:
January 17, 2011
Start Time:
10:00AM
Title:
Planned preliminary website idea
Description:
Brainstormed about layout and information needed for each page. Decided on general layout for
each page and features we wanted to use.
Stop Time:
11:00AM
Lesson Learned:
Working with different opinions can be challenging
Date:
Jan 18, 2011
Start Time:
8:30AM
Title:
tested FTP client
Description:
Installed FTP client on laptop and tested that upload and download was working. Found out that I
have forgotten my private key on my home desktop.
Stop Time:
9:30AM
Lesson Learned:
Always make sure that you’ve transferred all the things you’ll need from
home before coming to class.
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Date:
Jan 18, 2011
Start Time:
9:30AM
Title:
Planning for database structure
Description:
Brainstormed all information needed for database, organized them into various tables to be created.
Started configuration of mySQL server and installed a SQL client.
Stop Time:
11:00AM
Lesson Learned:
It was quite difficult for me to figure out the best information pairings while
trying to keep user information anonymous.
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Jan 24, 2012
Start Time:
8:00AM
Title:
Planning for PROJ354 website
Description:
Devised a layout for the website based on the required components found on Desire to Learn.
Stop Time:
9:30AM
Lesson Learned:
I learned how to make a multi-layer menu using css
Date:
Jan 24, 2012
Start Time:
9:30AM
Title:
Writing web pages
Description:
Started coding for the project website; finished layout leaving the actual content to be added at a
later date.
Stop Time:
10:45AM
Lesson Learned:
Writing a decent biography is quite difficult.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date:
Jan 27, 2012
Start Time:
1:00PM
Title:
Built database structure
Description:
Created needed table and key pair relationships. I then re-ordered some of the fields within the
tables to provide a smaller overall database.
Stop Time:
2:00PM
Lesson Learned:
I think that some of the stored procedures will be difficult to implement in
the databases current form.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date:
Jan 31, 2012
Start Time:
8:00AM
Title:
Schema Reorganization
Description:
Going to look up ways to configure a database schema.
Found a couple of websites with suggestions to always keep your query’s inside of the database and
never reference 'INSERT ...' in any sort of outside application to allow for schema reconfiguration.
Going to try to come up with a new way to make unique keys, not just auto-incrementing columns.
Stop Time:
8:15AM
Date:
Jan 31, 2012
Start Time:
8:19AM
Title:
Helped Jeff with Javascript
Stop Time:
8:25AM
Helped:
Jeff
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date:
Jan 31, 2012
Start Time:
10:04AM
Title:
Primary keys
Description:
investigated ways to create a multi-part primary key to better suit my uses. Found a blog from a
boston SQL developer with some very good articles.
Stop Time:
10:30AM
Lesson Learned:
Primary keys are just one or more values that make a record unique
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Feb 1, 2012
Start Time:
8:09AM
Title:
Helped Jeff with php
Stop Time:
8:15AM
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Feb 1, 2012
Start Time:
8:15AM
Title:
Creating stored procedures
Description:
Going to brainstorm the necessary stored procedures for our project.
Planning to finish them by next week, so far I have 8 stored proceedures.
Stop Time:
8:45AM
Date:
Feb 1, 2012
Start Time:
9:30AM
Title:
Creating a Bio for the SAIT project website
Description:
Going to make a bio for the project website. Trying to include goals for the project as well as
personal goals.
Stop Time:
10:30AM
Lesson Learned:
I had more goals for myself then I had thought.
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Feb 3, 2012
Start Time:
3:00PM
Title:
Updated stored procedures
Description:
Talked with Jeff about what he needed for the website to function the way he wanted it to. Voiced
some concerns about how the web app would interface with the database.
Stop Time:
3:30PM
Lesson Learned:
Sometimes you have to work around what another team member is
expecting when creating mechanics for interoperability.
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Date:
Feb 7, 2012
Start Time:
8:00AM
Title:
Data Entry
Description:
Populated some of the databases tables with the required information. Preformed a backup to
prevent data loss. Uploaded to FTP website.
Stop Time:
8:45AM
Date:
Feb 8, 2012
Start Time:
9:00AM
Title:
Testing stored procedures
Description:
Did a test from the database command line to test the functionality of the created stored
procedures was working correctly. Found a few logical errors and corrected them
Stop Time:
10:00AM
Lesson Learned:
It is always a good idea to test all of your functions before calling them
through the web app to confirm where the problem lies.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date:
Feb 8, 2012
Start Time:
10:20AM
Title:
Developed next project deliverable
Description:
Brainstormed with the group to figure out what our next deliverable for our project would be.
Determined that the active websites with minimal functionality would be the next step.
Stop Time:
10:40AM
Lesson Learned:
Some work is hard to present with a physical representation.
Date:
Feb 10, 2012
Start Time:
11:30AM
Title:
Implemented added stored procedures
Description:
Discovered that the stored procedures were not joining information correctly. Rewrote all
procedures to add necessary primary/foreign key relationships within the tables.
Stop Time:
12:30PM
Lesson Learned:
Always check to make sure that the data you store is useful and meaningful.
Double check everything!
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Feb 15, 2012
Start Time:
8:00AM
Title:
Creating profile information
Description:
I am going to add some fields to our user profiles. The things I’ve selected are hobbies, age, sex,
location, phone number, email, and program major. After these are added I plan to test with a few
sample users.
Stop Time:
8:40AM
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Feb 15, 2012
Start Time:
8:45AM
Title:
Creating edit profile procedures
Description:
I am going to create stored procedures to edit all of the new profile information. Next I’ll be thinking
about adding some triggers to allow for the automation of profile deletions and updates.
Stop Time:
9:35AM
Date:
Feb 15, 2012
Start Time:
9:40AM
Title:
Creating profile triggers
Description:
I’m having some issues with the triggers for deleting a profile. I’m going to see if I can dig up a good
article on dev.mysql.com which has been super helpful to date. Found one that looks like it will help.
Stop Time:
10:10AM
Lesson Learned:
http://dev.mysql.com is a great resource for most of the problems
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date:
Feb 15, 2012
Start Time:
10:25AM
Title:
Attempted file upload
Description:
I’m starting to get a little nervous about how the files are going to be stored within the database.
Checked w3schools to see a php file upload example to try and play around with.
Stop Time:
10:40AM
Lesson Learned:
The file upload from w3schools are only stored locally until they’re moved.
Not sure how I’m going to store this in the database right now.
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Feb 28, 2012
Start Time:
8:10AM
Title:
Data entry
Description:
We decided to change the information to store about our users. Going to update the database to
include multiple major selection as well as remove hobbies.
Stop Time:
8:30AM
Date:
Feb 28, 2012
Start Time:
8:40AM
Title:
Problems with my control flow logic
Description:
Jeff pointed out that my course selection procedure was not working; noticed that the mySQL error
message was complaining about syntax. Going to look into how control flow works in the mySQL
language.
Stop Time:
9:15AM
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Feb 28, 2012
Start Time:
9:30AM
Title:
Learning mySQL predefined functions
Description:
Reading some articles on control flow logic and discovered that my syntax was off. Going to correct
select_courses() and update the SQL dump file on the FTP site.
Stop Time:
10:30AM
Lesson Learned:
You need an ‘END IF;’ after each if block in addition to a ‘THEN’ statement
after the IF condition.
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Feb 29, 2012
Start Time:
9:00AM
Title:
coordinating the php and database
Description:
Jeff and I are looking at ways to best integrate the output of the stored procedures to make dynamic
menus in css. Came up with some ideas as to what should be returned by each function. Next will be
modifications to the program and course selection functions.
Stop Time:
10:00AM
Date:
Feb 29, 2012
Start Time:
10:10AM
Title:
updating course and program selection
Description:
After making the necessary changes I have uploaded the new version of the database to allow for
testing. Hopefully we will have this working by Monday; next will be looking at how to accomplish
selecting more than one program major.
Stop Time:
10:40AM
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March 1, 2012
Start Time:
10:50AM
Title:
File upload v2
Description:
Found more examples of how to make the file stay permanently on a web server. Next, I’ll be trying
to get something working to store either the path or the file itself within the database.
Stop Time:
11:30AM
Lesson Learned:
I didn’t have the greatest of success with this. It seemed that the path would
only be correct about half of the time and it would not store for most linux file extensions. I’ll have
to see if I can find something on dev.mysql.com.
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March 6, 2012
Start Time:
8:30AM
Title:
Looking into user manuals
Description:
I'm going to look into creating our user manual. I've decided first I will take a look at some available
manual I already have. I chose the user manuals for our Sait laptops (Toshiba 1400A), a video game
manual as well as the manual for my rice cooker.
Stop Time:
8:40AM
Date:
March 6, 2012
Start Time:
8:45AM
Title:
Toshiba 1400A Manual
Description:
I'm going to look at the layout for this manual to try to get a sense of how most technical user
manuals are presented. Hopefully this will help with the creation of our user manual.
Stop Time:
9:20AM
Lesson Learned:
This manual presents its information in the following way
1. Safety
2. Product Description
3. How to operate
4. Troubleshooting
5. Maintainance
I'm going to compare this to the other two manuals I've selected and see if they follow a similar
layout.
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March 6, 2012
Start Time:
9:25AM
Title:
Video Game Manual
Description:
Going to read through to get a sense of how they've chosen to lay out their manual. I have a feeling
it will be mostly similar but am not certain of this yet.
Stop Time:
9:40AM
Lesson Learned:
Discovered that this user manual had hardly any information other then how to use the product.
Information about product specifications and troubleshooting were not there an only a little bit of
information on safety was covered.
Date:
March 6, 2012
Start Time:
10:00AM
Title:
Panasonic Rice cooker sR-42HZPl42F
Description:
After reading the last two manual I feel that I should have a pretty good guess as to what I'll find in
this manual. I suspect to find safety information as well as usage instructions. I doubt that much
troubleshooting will be included and assume that the maintenance information will primarily be how
to wash the device.
Stop Time:
10:20AM
Lesson Learned:
I was mostly correct with regards to my prediction but discovered that there was a much larger
section on the actual product components then I had thought. Also the maintenance section that I
had assumed would be there was practically non-existent.
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March 7, 2012
Start Time:
9:10AM
Title:
Creating up a user manual layout
Description:
I'm going to work on laying out the order that our user manual will be create from. After reviewing
the 3 manuals yesterday I feel that I can take the best from each one and create I good template. I'll
get Jeff and Josh to take a look and see if they have any changes after I'm done.
Stop Time:
9:40AM
Lesson Learned:
Although all of the user manuals were different I've chosen to go with the simplest layout that I can
think of.
Date:
March 7, 2012
Start Time:
9:45AM
Title:
Installing Apache
Description:
I'm going to create a page so that I can test the functionality of uploading files to our database. This
will require the use of php and a web server so I'll need to install those things first
Stop Time:
10:15AM
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March 7, 2012
Start Time:
10:20AM
Title:
Installing php
Description:
I'm going to add php so that I can use server side database calls.
Stop Time:
10:40AM
Lesson Learned:
The installer for php is quite confusing. My first installation was for a different version of Apache and
did not complete correctly. I discovered that you need to check for a v6 or a v9 php so that the right
binaries are included. Also when selecting whether or not to include a webserver during the
installation I had to point to the path where Apache was installed.