Perpetual Complexity

This is the first blog entry for the My Learning Log category. It’s mainly for myself to keep track of what I learn but also to share with others like me the experience of playing with new technology.

1. Create My First C# Application
2. Run a Flex-PHP Application on my Windows Machine

To learn with me as I learn, read on. Create My First C# Application

Motivation: I am going to an interview with a company today. Though they did not seem to care that I don’t know C#, I would still like to get some hands-on experience with C# before going in today.

Go on to C# Development Center site and download. This C# installation package also contains SQL Server Express, which I opted to install.

Once installed, start the Visual C# 2008 Express Edition and find a “Getting Started” section on the main page. Double click on the “Create Your First Application” link to view the help page. You will be asked whether you would like to view online or local help pages from now on. I picked the online help pages.The only complaint I have on the online MSDN help pages it that when I am reading, the cursor kept swapping between the arrow and the sand clock. Maybe it’s just me, but it’s quite distracting.

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If it also does this funky thing to you, then I suggest using this direct link to MSDN site. This link took me to a page that describes how to build a web browser (it took me less than 5 minutes!).

Other than that, I am very happy with my first experience with C#. I also glance through the C# Language Primer and find its syntax very clear and easy to understand (for a person who knows both C++ and Java anyway). I can’t wait to learn more about C# and to start building C# application!

Run a Flex-PHP Application on my Windows Machine

Motivation: I want to deploy Flex-PHP apps to my web site, which runs on a PHP-enabled Apache web server.

If you have not install Adobe Flex, you can read this blog entry. I went to the Flex Development Center site and select the “Flex and PHP”.

Or you can go directly to the Flex-PHP Dev Site. Select “Flex quick start guide for PHP developers” or go directly to the tutorial HERE.

I plan to follow this tutorial page to get the Flex-PHP login application run on my windows box.