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I teach as an adjunct faculty in the Computer Information Systems department at Spokane Community College

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Course Technology - Ruby on Rails Presentation

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CIS 206 - Introduction to Unix

October 1st, 2007 |

Book and Reference websites

• “A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux”, Sobell
• http://learnlinux.tsf.org.za/courses/build/fundamentals/fundamentals-all.html
• http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/toc.html

Objectives

• Problem solving
• Understand Linux operating system
• Understand Open Source philosophy

Course Outline

• Chapters 1, 2, and 3 – Welcome, overview, and installation
• Chapter 4 – Introduction to Linux
• Chapter 5 – Linux Utilities
• Chapter 6 – Linux Filesystem
• Chapter 7 – The Shell
• Chapter 8 – GUIs
• Chapter 9 – Bourne Again Shell (BASH)
• Chapter 13 – Downloading and Installing software

CIS 234 - Windows Scripting

October 1st, 2007 |

Book and Reference websites

• “MS Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide”, Wilson
• http://www.csidata.com/custserv/onlinehelp/VBSdocs/VBSTUTOR.HTM
• http://www.mhuffman.com/notes/language/vbs_intro.htm

Objectives

• Problem solving
• Automation of setup, deployment, and management tasks
• Use VBScript effectively

Course Outline

• Chapter 1 – Starting from Scratch
• Chapter 2 – Getting into the Loop
• Chapter 3 – Adding Intelligence
• Chapter 4 – The Power of Many
• Chapter 5 – The Power of Many More
• Chapter 6 – Working with the FileSystem
• Chapter 7 – Fun with Folders
• Chapter 8 – Why WMI?
• Chapter 9 – More WMI
• Chapter 10 – WMI Queries

CIS 282 - Beginning Java

October 1st, 2007 |

Book and Reference websites

• “Ruby for Rails”, Black
• Learn to Program
• Pickaxe
• Ruby Docs
• Ruby Examples
• Ruby Tutorial and Study Notes
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/

Objectives

• Problem solving
• Developing algorithms
• Writing object-based programs
• Writing object-oriented programs

Course Outline

• Review – conditional expressions
• Chapter 9 – iterators, boolean, conversions
• Chapter 10 – strings, symbols, numerics
• Chapter 11 – Arrays and Hashes
• Chapter 4 – Methods
• Chapter 12 – Regular Expressions
• Chapter 5 – Classes and Objects
• Chapter 13 – Ruby Dynamics