Research into Section Three: Code Warrior
Section Three is the area where I have the least amount of background knowledge, and needed to do the most research to prepare the course material. I have been interested in web applications for many years, and the possibilities of a global information base linked to the power of custom-written computer programs. Many observers of the internet and IT world believe web applications will one day replace the standard installed software we use today. While I did some programming at university, the rigors of learning a programming language caused a few headaches along the way.
I used PHP as it is open source (free) software and is implemented on virtually every web-server connected to the internet. Also, PHP is designed to be used with MySQL, an open source database program designed to be used with the internet. PHP has many MySQL related functions built in, which makes it easier to connect to and manipulate information stored in the database. I hope to add a MySQL section to a future edition of this site.