Monday, January 31, 2011

ASP.NET MVC 3.0

 

Time flew so quick and I guess I was left out in the know. So to catch up I’ll get to review http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/getting-started-with-mvc3-part1-cs and download the installer here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=208140

Monday, January 24, 2011

Firing Up CodeIgniter over XAMPP

 

So you want to develop web sites/applications using CodeIgniter framework on XAMPP? Here are the initial steps to make your first page work:

We will assume (1) you have successfully installed XAMPP at C:\XAMPP\ folder on your Windows machine. Otherwise, you have to read about it. (2) you have downloaded (and extracted)CodeIgniter.

STEP 1: Copy the extracted CodeIgniter files to at C:\XAMPP\htdocs\somewebfolder\

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At this point you can open your favorite browser and navigate http://localhost/somewebfolder/ and you’ll see something like the below:

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I know you want to see your own work! Let’s move to the next step.

STEP 2: Open \somewebfolder\system\application\config\config.php and change as follows:

FROM:

   $config['base_url'] = http://example.com/;

TO:

   $config['base_url'] = http://localhost/somewebfolder/;

STEP 3: Open \somewebfolder\system\application\config\routes.php and do the following change:

FROM:

   $route['default_controller'] = "welcome";

TO:

   $route['default_controller'] = "home";

Now, if you try to navigate http://localhost/somewebfolder/ you’ll be seing a 404 Page Not Found message. That’s fine! We just need to add home.php at the controllers folder and add another home_view.php file at the views folder.

Initial content of home.php can be

<?php

class Home extends Controller {

    function Home()
    {
        parent::Controller();   
    }
   
    function index()
    {
        $this->load->view('home_view');
    }
}

/* End of file home.php */
/* Location: ./system/application/controllers/home.php */

 

While home_view.php can have as follows

<html>
<head>
    <title>Home Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is the home page!</h1>
</body>
</html>

There you have it! You have successfully created a home page in CodeIgniter over XAMPP.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Enabling Remote Desktop on Windows 7

 

Have you ever wanted to use another computer running Windows 7 within your local area network but does not want to physically move to the said machine? Here’s what you can do:

Configure the other computer to allow remote desktop connections!

STEP 1: Navigate Start Menu > Computer > Properties

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STEP 2: Click the Remote Settings link.

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STEP 3: Select “Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop” option. Hit the OK button.

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And there you have it. The other computer can now be remotely accessed from your machine.