Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Our summer schedule has been confirmed! Our last day of this session will be June 11, 2009. There will be no school on Friday, June 12, 2009.
The summer session will run from June 15, 2009 – August 4, 2009. Class will be held from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday. We will have every Friday off and a four day [...]

Dear Students:
This letter will give you information about swine flu in Contra Costa County. Some cases of swine flu have been identified in children at Highlands Elementary, an elementary school in Pittsburg, CA. These children have been mild to moderately ill. The school will be closed until May 7th as a precaution. We hope they will [...]

Some California unemployment offices to stay open Saturdays
Source: KSBY 6 Action News

Reported by: Bethany Tucker
The state is working to make things a bit easier for the unemployed. Twenty-five employment offices will open on Saturdays to help thousands of Californians file for unemployment benefits.
The state’s unemployment rate hit 10.5 percent last month, and more than a half million claims were filed [...]

Many students have asked me about the Conflicker Worm. I thought I would share an article from FoxNew.com.
At some point on April 1, the Conficker virus, which has quietly infected millions of PCs worldwide to herd them into a “botnet” of linked machines, will phone home for new instructions.
What it’ll do next is anyone’s guess. It could muster enough [...]

The Joomla unit is done.  We will be using Joomla! A User’s Guide as the course text. Because the software version of Joomla! has changed since the book was written, I have written extensive notes on the assignment sheet to accompany the book. The second edition of the book is supposed to release Q1/Q2 2009. Until then you can use [...]

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour Sunday, March 8, 2009: 2:00 AM forward to 3:00 AM!

My Web sites have been moved to my new hosting company, Host Gator. I was very pleased with Host Gator’s service and help with moving my Web sites.
Free student Web hosting for students enrolled in the ROP Web Development Program is back online. This hosting program is not available to the general public. All current students will have to sign [...]

There will be no school on February 13 & 16, 2009.
Enjoy the long holiday!!

Due to negative student feedback, I have selected a new book for the JavaScript unit. We will now use JavaScript The Missing Manual, which includes more hands-on tutorials and was written by David Sawyer McFarland, the author of CSS The Missing Manual. Hopefully, students will be pleased with the new JavaScript unit – the explanations seem clearer and there are [...]

Friday, 12/19/08, is our last day of class before the winter break. We will have a potluck on Friday; the sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board.
We will return to school on January 5, 2009.
I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday season and enjoy your time away from class!