CCSCNE 2008 Workshop

Contents 1 Teaching and Building Humanitarian Open Source Software2008 CCSCNE Workshop 1.1 Presenters 1.2 Introduction (Ralph, 20 min) 1.3 A Typical Web-based Development Environment (Jana, Trishan 20 min) 1.4 Download and Install (Trishan and Ralph, 15 min) 1.5 Break (15 min) 1.6 Warm up Exercises (Time permitting. Jana 10 min) 1.7 VMOSS (Sahana) Volunteer Management System (Ralph, Trishan 35 min) 1.8 Sample Courses (15 min) 1.9 Wrap Up Discussion (All, 50 min.)

Teaching and Building Humanitarian Open Source Software
2008 CCSCNE Workshop

Presenters

• Ralph Morelli, Trinity College
• Trishan de Lanerolle, Trinity College
• Janardhan Iyengar, Connecticut College

Introduction (Ralph, 20 min)

• The Humanitarian FOSS Project
• Workshop Goals CCSCNE

A Typical Web-based Development Environment (Jana, Trishan 20 min)

• Introduction: Three-Tiered Web Architecture
• Platform and Server Software: Apache, MySQL, PHP
• Development Tools: CVS, SVN, PHPMyAdmin, and PhpDoc
• Integrated Development Environment (IDE): Eclipse
• A Web-based (PHP) Application: Sahana

Download and Install (Trishan and Ralph, 15 min)

• Download and Install the Development Environment

Break (15 min)

Warm up Exercises (Time permitting. Jana 10 min)

• A PHP Example
• A PHP/MySQL Example
• A PHPDocumentor Example (Optional)

VMOSS (Sahana) Volunteer Management System (Ralph, Trishan 35 min)

• Sahana Online Demo
• The Sahana Code Base
• Creating a Hello World Module
• VMOSS Model View Controller Architecture
• Extending the VMOSS Application (Time permitting)

Sample Courses (15 min)

• First year course, Spring 2008
• Sophmore level course, Spring 2007

Wrap Up Discussion (All, 50 min.)

• Pedagogical Issues??
• Applications to CS curriculum??
• Spring 2009 Curriculum Workshop
• Starting a Project at Your School