noynaert

GIT for School

This is an introduction to git. Frankly, git can be confusing. Relevant XKCD (Be sure to check the "mouseover.)

Benefits for Students

I think there are at least four reasons for CSC and ACT students to learn git.

It is a skill employers like to see.
It makes development easier.

Students often comment out large blocks of code. Eventually there are more comments

Installing Laravel on Linux

Note: This document is not finished.

Written for Laravel 2.3 and PHP 7

This is written for Ubuntu, LinuxMint, and oter debian derivatives that use apt or apt-get. I have tested it on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Also, this installation may not be the minimum. In particular, some of the php files May not be absolutely necessary, especially if you are not running nginx and valet.

I have this guide on Fedora using "dnf" instead of apt should work in most places. A few of the PHP bundles are a bit differentently, but It still worked. The Fedora packages seem to be more inclusive, so all of the important PHP components seemed to be loaded.

Homestead

Homestead is a useful tool. but it can be overwhelming at first if you are trying to learn both Laravel and Homestead.

	package main
	//
	// This is a bit of an improvement over the code I did in class.
	// There are two changes that might make your life easier
	// 1) You can just use "string" instead of the XML data type.
	// 2) You can include both the xml and json in the same backtick.
	// All you have to do is put in a comma, like this:
	// TypeOfError string `xml:"type,json:"type"
	//
	// The really nice thing about 2) is that you can use just one

	package main

	import (
	"fmt"
	"net/url"
	"encoding/xml"
	"net/http"
	"log"
	"io/ioutil"
	"encoding/json"

	package main

	import (
	"fmt"
	"net/url"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
	"encoding/xml"
	)

	// From https://golang.org/src/encoding/xml/example_test.go
	// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
	// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
	// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

	package main
	import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
	"os"