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I created a guide to using MySQL Connector/C++ for a class a while back which showed a not-too-pretty way to put data into a DB, and I created a second part using prepared statements, locking, rollbacks and all that other good stuff – then I never posted it! Well, no more

Details: MySQL & Connector/C++ Introductory Guide – Part 2 of 2
Format: Powerpoint 2003 (Best readability in Powerpoint 2003 onwards, LibreOffice and OpenOffice)
Slide Count: 19
Link: MySQL-Connector-Guide-Part-2.zip

If you find anything that needs correcting feel free to let me know! Cheers!

Learning actionscript? Want to know the gist of object creation and extending classes to do neat things? Then you’ve come to the right place…

Download slides link: An Introduction to ActionScript 3.0 – Week 4, Lesson 2
Audience: Beginners who know a little about variables and how to perform some basic programming math.
Format: Powerpoint 2003 (so they can be opened in LibreOffice/OpenOffice, MS Office 2K3/2K7/2K10 etc.)
Template: OOo2 by Chih-Hao Tsai
Content License: These slides are released under a creative commons non-commercial attribution share-alike 3.0 license by me (r3dux) and come with no guarantee of correctness, fitness for purpose or anything of the sort.

EnJoY!

I stopped organising the slides for web publication after week 3 lesson 2 (back in March 2010!) because I just wasn’t seeing any demand, and if no-one’s using them, there was no point in me working on ‘em. Apparently at least one person has found the slides useful and asked about any further sets, so I’m happy to put ‘em together if they’ll be used.

As you might have worked out from the title slide above, we’re covering variables, constants, arrays and loops and some push/pop stuff – all good, solid first steps to getting fun stuff done w/ AS3 =D

Download slides link: An Introduction to ActionScript 3.0 – Week 4, Lesson 1
Audience: Beginners who know a little about variables and how to perform some basic programming math.
Format: Powerpoint 2003 (so they can be opened in LibreOffice/OpenOffice, MS Office 2K3/2K7/2K10 etc.)
Template: OOo2 by Chih-Hao Tsai
Content License: These slides are released under a creative commons non-commercial attribution share-alike 3.0 license by me (r3dux), which means that you are encouraged to copy, distribute and modify the work, but must attribute the original author. Further, you may not use the work for commercial purposes, and any derivative works must be released under the same license. These slides come with no guarantee of correctness, fitness for purpose or anything of the sort. They are correct to the best of my knowledge, nothing more – nothing less. The work and any comments therein contain my own personal opinions and not those of my employer or anyone related to education in Australia in any way, shape or form. Issues, comments? Put something in the contact form in the top right or leave a comment on this article. Cheers!

I threw together a set of slides on the topic for a class which was presented today… Thought maybe they’ll be of use to someone else.

Details: MySQL & Connector/C++ Introductory Guide
Format: Powerpoint 2007 and OpenOffice Impress
Slide Count: 26
Link: MySQL-Connector-Guide-1.zip

If you find anything that needs correcting feel free to let me know and I’ll make any changes as required.

Also, there’ll be a second set of slides posted soon on using prepared statements, rollbacks and enforcing transactional integrity – isn’t life fun? =P

Update: Second part now available here.

We’re still finding our feet a little here in Week 3 of CUFDIG302A – Author Interactive Sequences, so we’re looking at functions, symbols, instances and the start of using event listeners with functions to control things on the screen.

If you’ve not gone through any of the previous weeks slides and you’re new to coding, then take a step back to and take it order – it’ll really help. Otherwise enjoy!

Oh, and the class has moved from just one 3-hour session per week to a 3-hour session plus a 2-hour session – so expect more updates from now until the end of the course in a couple of weeks time, at which point we might decide to take on some more complex ActionScript for a more involved course…

As usual, the download link to the slides along with some legal gubbins regarding their use is after the break, so jump on in and assert your control!

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