2018-02-23

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-03-20T11:53:34+0100

Meeting Notes: Sat 23rd Feb 2019 Main purpose of the meeting was to try and establish a project to work on and a format for the meetings going forward. Still very much in their infancy and this will likely change, but for now the basic premise is that we will work together on a larger project at any one time with the experienced guys showing the newbies around how to do things.

2018-03-17

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-03-24T14:17:00+0100

Meeting Notes: Sun 17th March 2019 Hi all, here are some notes from the meetup today: We went through making sure everybody had an Amazon EC2 instance they could access, then we installed mysql, created a database and user, then installed an admin tool, Adminer.

2018-04-06

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-04-06T15:58:27+0100

Meeting Notes: Sat 6th April 2019 We worked through some demos of how to connect to a database and pull out some data with PHP. Here is the code we used:

2019-02-23

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-06-11T15:51:05+0100

2019-03-17

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-10T11:22:52+0100

2019-04-06

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-15T10:58:47+0100

Meeting Notes: Sat 6th April 2019 We worked through some demos of how to connect to a database and pull out some data with PHP. Here is the code we used: Note: This isn't functioning code. It was used as an example to talk through what was going on

2019-06-11

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-06-12T17:30:16+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 11th June 2019 Welcome! This is the notes page for our first learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon Bar. The plan is to run something like this every two weeks to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-06-25

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-06-26T11:09:49+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 25th June 2019 Welcome! This is the notes page for our second learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon Bar. The plan is to run something like this every two weeks to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-07-09

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-07-21T18:24:32+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 9th July 2019 Welcome! This is the notes page for our third learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in McPhabbs (downstairs). The plan is to run something like this every two weeks to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-07-23

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-07-23T17:30:35+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 23rd July 2019 Welcome! This is the notes page for our fourth learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon, Kent Road. The plan is to run something like this every two weeks to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-08-13

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-14T14:23:08+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 13th August 2019 (Level 0) Welcome! This is the notes page for our fifth learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon, Kent Road. The plan is to run something like this every two weeks to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-08-20

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-21T11:36:56+0100

Linux command line basics for beginners (no set-up necessary) Guided exploration of the Linux server command line. When Tue August 20th 2019, 6:30pm Where The Avalon Lounge, Kent Road Informal and relaxed meeting in the quiet lounge of Avalon bar on Kent Road. You'll need a laptop to take part (but feel free to just observe if you'd prefer).

2019-08-27

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-28T10:55:04+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 27th August 2019 (Level 1) Welcome! This is the notes page for our sixth learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon, Kent Road. The plan is to run something like this every two weeks to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-09-10

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-11T10:30:47+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 10th September 2019 (Level 0) Welcome! This is the notes page for our seventh learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon, Kent Road. The plan is to run something like this every month to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-09-17

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-18T10:08:19+0100

Open Source Social Media: An overview of Mastodon and ActivityPub A short talk and Q&A on the future of open source social media. When Tue September 17th 2019, 6:30pm Where The Avalon Lounge, Kent Road Attendees (ref) Name Fediverse URL Brian Hunter

2019-09-24

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-27T11:58:01+0100

Linux command line basics for beginners (no set-up necessary) Guided exploration of the Linux server command line. When Tue September 24th 2019, 6:30pm Where The Avalon Lounge, Kent Road Informal and relaxed meeting in the quiet lounge of Avalon bar on Kent Road. You'll need a laptop to take part.

2019-10-01

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-01T20:08:08+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 1st October 2019 (Level 1) Welcome! This is the notes page for our twice monthly learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon, Kent Road. The plan is to run something like this every two weeks to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-10-15

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-27T11:56:22+0100

Meeting Notes: Tue 15th October 2019 (Level 0) Welcome! This is the notes page for our set-up-an-Ubuntu-web-server-and-learn-to-code-from-scratch meeting in The Avalon, Kent Road. The plan is to run something like this every month to get people up and running with basic web development and system admin.

2019-10-29

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-27T11:56:54+0100

Linux command line basics for beginners (no set-up necessary) Guided exploration of the Linux server command line. When Tue October 29th 2019, 6:30pm Where The Avalon Lounge, Kent Road Informal and relaxed meeting in the quiet lounge of Avalon bar on Kent Road. You'll need a laptop to take part.

app_ideas

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-09T10:57:43+0100

Suggestions for apps that might be a good fit for new developers: * Mobile Home Page * The Quiz App * Glasgow datasets

basic_form

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-10T12:06:08+0100

* Back to Getting Started Overview * (previous) Getting Started Part 4: Editing files Getting Started Part 5: Basic HTML Form Creating a basic HTML form Create a new file on your server called form.php and enter this code. Visit it in your browser and see the result.

create_a_file

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-13T15:11:29+0100

How do I create a file? This depends on what program you are using. Notepad++ For those that are using Notepad++, it's just a case of right clicking on your web directory [i.e. the www folder] (in the folder navigator on the right side) and choosing

create_an_account

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-03-18T13:39:51+0100

Create an account I'm still in the process of setting up email etc so we can verify new accounts (and integrating it all together). So in the meantime, either send me a message on IRC or by email to neil@mckillop.org and I'll create you an account and send back the login details.

creating_an_ssh_shortcut

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-07-19T14:24:20+0100

Using SSH keys on Linux/macOS Mac and Linux systems have builtin OpenSSH tools to connect to your server. It is fine to use the command ssh -i , but you can avoid typing it every time by adding the key to the authorisation agent:

editing_files

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-11T00:21:25+0100

* Back to Getting Started Overview * (previous) Getting Started Part 3: Hello World Getting Started Part 4: Editing Files How to edit files on a remote server (i.e. on your Amazon EC2 instance): Windows Download Notepad++ from (alternative download link) Once installed, click Plugins->Plugins Admin and search for NppFTP, tick the checkbox then click

functions

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-07-30T12:28:08+0100

Functions How do I know which function to use? It's basically a case of reading the manual. I know we are working with strings of characters (the answers), so I look at the index of string functions: We're doing a comparison, so I just searched (CTRL + F) the list for comparison functions. There are a few choices, but most are overkill, so I picked the simplest one. Same for case sensitive functions, I searched for 'case' and picked somethin…

getting_started

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-10T12:01:22+0100

Getting Started: Welcome! Guides * 1) Getting Started Part 1: Setting up an Amazon EC2 instance (how to use AWS to create an EC2 instance) * 2) Getting Started Part 2: Setting up - How to set up your webserver and database as well as PHP and Adminer * 3) Getting Started Part 3: Hello World - Your first hello world program (and how to set file permissions and create your first file)

getting_started_part_2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-10T19:28:25+0100

* Back to Getting Started overview * (previous) Getting Started Part 1: Setting up EC2 Getting Started Part 2: Installing Web/DB/PHP * Now we'll install the web server (Apache), the database (MySQL) and PHP: sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2 php php-mysql mysql-server * Connect to the database as the root (admin) user:

getting_started_part_3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-03-12T15:27:11+0100

* Back to Getting Started overview * (previous) Getting Started Part 2: Installing Web/DB/PHP Getting Started Part 3: Hello World Your first Hello World program Setting permissions First, we need to give our current user (ubuntu) permission to edit files on the webserver, then we change to the web directory and move the old index.html file out of the way:

getting_started_part_6

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-10T12:02:55+0100

* Back to Getting Started * (previous) Getting Started Part 5: Basic form Getting Started Part 6 What To Do Next Got your server all set up and you're able to create files and view them in your browser? No Visit the Getting Started page and work through the list (or ask someone and we'll help you through it) Yes Great! Let's look at what we could do next.

glasgow_datasets

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-09T15:34:45+0100

Dataset Resources Build apps around datasets provided by third parties. Lots of interesting data to use (e.g. census, council information etc): Tool to visualise JSON: Ready to use Live air quality * *

hello_world

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-06-25T10:53:25+0100

Your first Hello World program Setting permissions First, we need to give our current user (ubuntu) permission to edit files on the webserver, then we change to the web directory and move the old index.html file out of the way: sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /var/www/html/ cd /var/www/html/ mv index.html old.html

irc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-03-18T13:38:56+0100

IRC Our server is irc.armchairscientist.co.uk, port 6697, channel #coding. If you don't know what this is, you can read more about it here, or just go directly to the Guest Web login (remember to enter #coding as the channel name). There is also a Discord server set up, which is far superior, but I'm a stickler for open technologies :)

lesson_levels

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-07-23T15:45:47+0100

Lesson Levels Each event we create will have a level number that guides you on the type of stuff we'll cover. Read the descriptions below to decide which level suits you best. Please note, this is mainly to make sure regulars aren't rehashing the same lessons too often, but if you'd like to come along and help teach others (or if you have some questions on what you're currently working on and don't mind sitting through others getting set up - then please do feel free to come along to any even…

mobile_home_page

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-10T19:10:14+0100

Personal Homepage for your mobile device This is designed to teach basic elements of HTML. Let's create a file called homepage.php and enter the framework for a very simple HTML page: My Personal Homepage

My Mobile Home Page

…

mud

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-06T17:26:17+0100

There is a MUD running on mcpubs.com port 2860. Partly to re-live the 80s and partly as an experiment with linking it to a VR world. Come join! There is a web interface at Creating objects You can create any object using the @create command, for example:

project_plan

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-03-24T14:46:35+0100

LGBT Scotland Map Project Twitter Scraper * Extract from twitter Website Server * Pull from database * Plot on Google Map Admin/Control Interface * Edit/remove posts Database

setting_up_ec2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-03-12T15:23:44+0100

* Back to Getting Started Getting Started Part 1: Amazon EC2 Setting up your Amazon EC2 instance Visit Amazon Web Services and create an account You will have to put credit card details in, but you won't be charged for your first year if you select a product in the free tier (the free tier has an adequate server for what we'll need, just don't create a second one).

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-04T10:21:35+0100

Welcome to the wiki for the Glasgow Coding Meetup. Click here to create an account. * Who's Who Upcoming meetings * Tue 15th October 2019 - Setting up an Ubuntu web server from scratch (aka Level 0 Web programming in PHP for complete beginners) * Tue 29th October 2019 - Linux command line basics for beginners (no set-up necessary) Content * Getting Started * Troubleshooting * Lesson Levels * Functions * App Ideas: * Mobile Home Page * The Quiz App * Glasgow dataset…

teaching_links

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-16T14:42:27+0100

* For when we eventually get around to passwords and databases

the_quiz_app

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-27T11:42:58+0100

The Quiz App A basic quiz app in PHP that teaches beginners the basics of HTML forms, database access, arrays and JSON. Questions First, the questions. Create a file called questions.php and enter something like this:

the_quiz_app_v2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-27T18:47:50+0100

The Quiz App Version 2 At this point, you should have a basic, working quiz that is pulling questions from a database. If not, take a look at The Quiz App to get started. This is what your code should look like before we get started, make sure you understand each line (and that it works). Look at the Troubleshooting section below if you run into problems.

troubleshooting

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-06-26T10:03:04+0100

Troubleshooting ---------- Can't login to Adminer This might have stemmed from a typo in the original instructions (the quotes were messed up after a copy/paste). These steps should help resolve it: * Log into mysql from the EC2 terminal: sudo mysql -u root

who_s_who

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-09-24T17:07:01+0100

A list of our member profiles in case you want to keep in touch or follow up on a discussion: * Adam * A.B. YOUNIS * Andreea * Angelina Blyth * Ashir (Organiser) * Ben Ross * Cédric Chantreau * Chris Cavani * David Taylor * Gareth King * Gordon Mckerrell * Hammy * John Carlin * Jude Nelson * Kamil Tomzik * Kevin * Ed * Steven * Meriem * Neil McKillop (Event Organiser) * Rasika Purohit * Ross M (Assistant Organiser)

working_with_rss

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-08-02T15:19:31+0100

Working with RSS Let's take a look at the Fediverse feed for the hashtag we're using for the coding meetup: This is formatted for a web browser. If we look at the source then we can see a line in the HTML that specifies how to access the data in format that can be used by programs (

Coding Meetup Wiki