Spring and Fall Semesters 2003

A348 Web-based Bulletin Board

Sun-Tue Dec 21-23

Let's go back to this.

Let's work some more on the second part.

Sat Dec 20
Stop making fun of Apache!

Fri Dec 19
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:15:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348 Final Exam


The final exam is today at 5pm in Lindley 102 (the lecture room).

If you have taken the exam on Mon and you're happy with the grade
you received (if you received any) then you don't need to come today.

If you haven't taken the exam yet please come tonight. The exam is
open book and open notes and based on the review I posted earlier in
the week. See you tonight.

... Adrian

Thu Dec 18
Thanks to Manuel Augier for suggesting we write an example of stamps in JSP: 
<%
	String me = request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath(); // who am I? 
	
	String count = (String) session.getAttribute("count"); // retrieve state   
        Integer stamp = (Integer) session.getAttribute("stamp"); // this part is new (retrieve state) 
	
	int index = (count == null) ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(count); // initialize state 
        if (stamp == null) { stamp = new Integer(0); } 

        String whichWay = request.getParameter("fun"); // read input to change state (part I)
	
        if (whichWay == null) { // protecting against bad input 

	} else {

	    // the empty string is different from null!

            String userStamp = request.getParameter("stamp"); // read user's stamp (part of input) 
            boolean match; 
            try {
              match = (stamp.intValue() == Integer.parseInt(userStamp)); 
            } catch (Exception e) { match = false; } // comparing the stamps 

            if (match) { 

      	      String arg = request.getParameter("arg"); // reading input to change state (part II) 

	      if (whichWay.equals("up")) { // changing the state one way or another 

		index += Integer.parseInt(arg); 

	      } else if (whichWay.equals("down")) {

		index -= Integer.parseInt(arg); 

	      } else {

		// something went wrong (we don't do anything) 

	      }

              stamp = new Integer(stamp.intValue() + 1); 
  
              session.setAttribute("count", index + ""); // save state 
 
              session.setAttribute("stamp", stamp); // save the stamp (it's part of the state) 

           }  else { 
   
           } 

	}
 %>

<html>
  <head><title>My Last JSP</title></head>
  <body bgcolor=white><table>

    <form method="GET" action="<%=me%>"> 

      The result is currently: <%=index%> <p> 
	 <input type="text" name="arg" size=4>
	<p>
      Please choose an action: <select name="fun"> 
        <option value="nothing"> Click Me! 
        <option value="up"> Addition 
        <option value="down"> Substraction
      </select> <p> 

      Then press <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> 

      <input type="hidden" name="stamp" value="<%=stamp%>"> 

    </form> 

  </body> 
</html>

Wed Dec 17
Thanks to Andrew Royalty for reminding us of this example: 
import java.util.*; 
import java.io.*; 

class Worm implements Serializable {

  int calls; 

  Vector v = new Vector();

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Worm w;

    try {
      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("Worm");
      ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
      w = (Worm)ois.readObject();
      ois.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      w = new Worm();
    }

    System.out.println(
      "I have been called " + w.calls + " times."
    );

    w.calls += 1;

    w.v.addElement(new Date());

    for (int i = 0; i < w.v.size(); i++)
      System.out.println(
        "***(" + w.v.elementAt(i).toString() + ")***"
      );

    try {
      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("Worm");
      ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
      oos.writeObject(w);
      oos.close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Something went wrong when writing.");
    }

  } 
}
Can you see how state is being kept in this example?

Here's a session with it: 

frilled.cs.indiana.edu%ls -ld *
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty       959 Dec 16 17:48 Worm.java
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%javac Worm.java
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%ls -ld *
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty      1587 Dec 16 17:49 Worm.class
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty       959 Dec 16 17:48 Worm.java
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%java Worm
I have been called 0 times.
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:19 EST 2003)***
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%ls -ld *
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty       266 Dec 16 17:49 Worm
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty      1587 Dec 16 17:49 Worm.class
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty       959 Dec 16 17:48 Worm.java
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%java Worm
I have been called 1 times.
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:19 EST 2003)***
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:25 EST 2003)***
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%java Worm
I have been called 2 times.
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:19 EST 2003)***
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:25 EST 2003)***
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:29 EST 2003)***
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%java Worm
I have been called 3 times.
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:19 EST 2003)***
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:25 EST 2003)***
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:29 EST 2003)***
***(Tue Dec 16 17:49:33 EST 2003)***
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%ls -ld *
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty       314 Dec 16 17:49 Worm
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty      1587 Dec 16 17:49 Worm.class
-rw-------   1 dgerman  faculty       959 Dec 16 17:48 Worm.java
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%

Tue Dec 16
http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:11400/cgi-bin/fall2003finalappts/schedule

That is the link for appointments this week.

Mon Dec 15
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:38:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348 Final Exam Reminder


Dear A348/A548 Friends,

Reminder that there's an optional final exam tonight

(Mon Dec 15) in Lindley Hall 102 from 7:15pm to 9:15pm.

The other exam is on Friday (at a different time so I'll
send a reminder about it as we get closer to that date).

The appointments script is still available at:

http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:11400/cgi-bin/fall2003finalappts/schedule

The exam is open book, open notes, bring whatever you want
to bring (except a laptop). See you tonight.

... Adrian
Useful link, should you need it.

As it turns out this and this (same) are the current links.

Apparently there's even information on server-side Javascript objects.

Sat-Sun Dec 13-14
Thanks to Andrew Royalty for suggesting this example: 
<html><head><title>JSP Stage One</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white">

First we run the scriptlet. <p> 

<% Integer count = (Integer)session.getAttribute("count"); 

   if (count == null) {
     session.setAttribute("count", new Integer(1)); 

     int[] a = new int[10];
     for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) a[i] = a.length - i; 

     session.setAttribute("array", a); 

   } else { 

     int[] a = (int[]) session.getAttribute("array");      
     int aux = count.intValue(); 
     aux = (aux + 1) % a.length; 
     session.setAttribute("count", new Integer(aux)); 

     for (int i = 0; i < a.length && i <= aux; i++)
       out.println(i + ": " + a[i] + "<br>"); 

   } 

 %>

<p> Which you can't see. <p> 

Then we print <%= count %> 

</body>
</html>
Notice this is a modified JSP from Lab Eleven.

It initially alocates and stores an array in a session.

It then shows you more and more of the array, with each access.

The HTML in the output doesn't make much sense.

I only kept it so you know what JSP I modified.

Notice the special kind of casting.

Fri Dec 12
Here are the two programs developed in class yesterday: 
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*; 

public class Hangman extends HttpServlet {

    String[] words; 
    String secretWord; 

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, 
		      HttpServletResponse response) 
	throws ServletException, 
	       IOException {

        if (words == null) {
          words = new String[26000]; 
        } 

	response.setContentType("text/html"); 
	PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); 

        try {
          FileInputStream stream = 
            new FileInputStream("/usr/share/lib/dict/words"); 
          InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(stream);
          BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(reader); 
          String line = b.readLine();
          int i = 0; 
          while (line != null) {
            words[i] = line; i++; 
            // out.println("(" + line + ")<br>"); 
            line = b.readLine(); 
          }      
          stream.close(); 
        } catch (Exception e) {
          out.println("Something went wrong: " + e.toString()); 
        } 

        secretWord = request.getParameter("secretWord"); 
        if (secretWord == null || request.getParameter("reset") != null) { 
          secretWord = words[(int)(Math.random() * words.length)];
        } 

        String me = request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath();

        out.println(

"<html><head><title>Hangman</title></head><body bgcolor=\"white\">" + 
"<form action=" + me + ">" +  
"  Guess the word (" + 
secretWord + "): " + 
"<input type=\"text\" name=\"guessedWord\"> <p> " + 
"  <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"secretWord\" value=\"" + secretWord + "\">" +  
"<p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"reset\" value=\"reset\">" + 
"</form></body></html>" 


        );

    }

}
The JSP: 
<%! 
    String[] words; 
    String secretWord; 
 %>

<% 
        if (words == null) {
          words = new String[26000]; 
        } 

	// PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); 

        try {
          java.io.FileInputStream stream = 
            new java.io.FileInputStream("/usr/share/lib/dict/words"); 
          java.io.InputStreamReader reader = new java.io.InputStreamReader(stream);
          java.io.BufferedReader b = new java.io.BufferedReader(reader); 
          String line = b.readLine();
          int i = 0; 
          while (line != null) {
            words[i] = line; i++; 
            // out.println("(" + line + ")<br>"); 
            line = b.readLine(); 
          }      
          stream.close(); 
        } catch (Exception e) {
          out.println("Something went wrong: " + e.toString()); 
        } 

        secretWord = request.getParameter("secretWord"); 
        if (secretWord == null || request.getParameter("reset") != null) { 
          secretWord = words[(int)(Math.random() * words.length)];
        } 

        String me = request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath();

 %>

<html><head><title>Hangman</title></head><body bgcolor="white"> 
<form action="<%=me%>">  
Guess the word (<%=secretWord%>):  
<input type="text" name="guessedWord"> <p> 
  <input type="hidden" name="secretWord" value="<%=secretWord%>"> 
<p><input type="submit" name="reset" value="reset">
</form></body></html>
Notice that the part that's missing should be in the prototype.

And that has nothing to do with a distributed application per se.

Thu Dec 11
Location of script for final appointments next week.

Steps for the installation of the bulletin board:

  1. cp -r /l/www/classes/a348/software/javaxslt/newsgroups
  2. INTO $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/bulletinBoard (that's step one)

  3. then define the bulletinBoard context in server.xml (step two)

  4. then copy partOne.jar and partTwo.jar
  5. FROM /l/www/classes/a348/software
  6. INTO $CATALINA_HOME/common/lib (that's step three, the last one)

  7. stop the server. Check it's stopped.

  8. Now start the server. You're done.

Wed Dec 10
Don't forget there's a review posted for the final exam!

Both exams next week in LH102.

Here's the code for the RMI paper.

Here's the Aquaserver source code.

(Compare or relate it to this, this, and this).

Here's the Aquaserver web site.

Here's the Flash code for the web chat.

Sat-Tue Dec 6-9
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:31:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348 Final Update (fwd)

Dear A348/A548 Friends,

The review for the final has been finished and posted:

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a348/software/rmipaper/fsm.pdf

There is a final on Mon Dec 15 at 7:15-9:15pm and another one on
Fri Dec 19 at 5-7pm. They have the same format, and you can take
them both. The better score will be kept.

Homework assignments Six and Seven ask you to implement the four
midterm problems using Java servlets (two problems) and JSP (the
other two problems). It's OK if you just keep state on the client
side with hidden fields (that's what the review mentioned above
does too). You are of course welcome to use sessions if you want.

Lab Twelve requirements:

a) the bulletin board installed (we did it three times in class)
b) the content syndication exercise installed
c) the XML-RPC exercise completed (to be shown today)
d) understand the HTTP based web chat
e) go through the RMI exercise once (if you can)

(a) and (b) are the more significant requirements. (c), (d), and
(e) are more or less optional (depending on your time). Please let
me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Next week we will be setting up individual appointments for us to
talk about your projects one on one. The scheduling script will be
up soon. Today in class we will also wrap up the Flash MX/XML-based
web chat. See you later today.

... Adrian

Fri Dec 5
Here's the paper (review) for the final.

Thu Dec 4
For the Flash-XML based chat we'll start from: 
/l/www/classes/a348/software/model-aqua
So tonight we look at Flash, chat rooms, RMI, XML-RPC, and sockets.

Wed Dec 3
Draft of a Rock Paper Scissors JSP developed with Paul White: 
<%

  String message;

  int compoint, mypoint;   
 
  String items[] = { "stone", "scissors", "paper" };

  String computer = null; 

  if (session.getAttribute("compoint") == null || request.getParameter("reset") != null) {

    message = "Hello and Welcome to the game.";
    session.setAttribute("compoint", new Integer(0)); compoint = 0; 
    session.setAttribute("mypoint", new Integer(0)); mypoint = 0;

  } else {

    message =  "Game has started.";

    compoint = ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("compoint"))).intValue(); 

    mypoint  = ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("mypoint"))).intValue();

    computer = (String) session.getAttribute("computer");    

    String answer = request.getParameter("answer"); 

    if (request.getParameter("answer") != null) {

      if(answer.equals("stone") || answer.equals("scissors") || answer.equals("paper")){
    
        message = "Choice in this round: " +
                  "The computer's choice was" + computer + 
                  "Your choice was" + answer;

        if ((request.getParameter("answer")).equals(session.getAttribute("computer"))) {

          message = "The game is a draw." + 
                    "The score is now, Computer: " + compoint + "You: " + mypoint;

        } else if ( 
		(request.getParameter("answer")).equals("stone") && (session.getAttribute("computer")).equals("paper") || 
		(request.getParameter("answer")).equals("paper") && (session.getAttribute("computer")).equals("scissors") || 
		(request.getParameter("answer")).equals("scissors") && (session.getAttribute("computer")).equals("stone")) { 

          compoint +=1;
          message = " Too bad! You lost this round." + 
                    "The score is now, Computer: " + compoint + "You: " + mypoint;
        } else {
          mypoint +=1;
          message = "Very good! You win this round." 
                  + "The score is now, Computer: " + compoint + "You: " + mypoint;
        }
      }
    }

    session.setAttribute("compoint", new Integer(compoint)); 
    session.setAttribute("mypoint", new Integer(mypoint)); 

    // answer = (String) session.getAttribute("answer");        
    // message = (String) session.getAttribute("message");  

  }

  computer = items[(int) (Math.random() * 3)];

  session.setAttribute("computer", computer); 

  message += "The computer has chosen (" + computer + ").<p>" + 
            "Now it's your turn. You can choose paper,scissors, or stone.";

%>

<html>
 <head><title> stone-scissors-paper Game</title></head>
  <body bgcolor=#CCCCCC> 
  <form action="<%=request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath()%>"> 
    <!--Score is: Computer (<%=compoint%>) - User (<%=mypoint%>) ->
    <%=message%> <p> <!-- The computer has already chosen: <%=computer%> <p> -> 
    Please type your choice here: <input type="text" name="answer"> <p> 
    Submit your choice <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> <p>
    To start a new game please press <input type="submit" name="reset" value="Reset"><p> 
  </form>
  </body>
</html>
Do you see any bugs?

(I am not saying there are any, but are there any---what do you think?)

Tue Dec 2
Service links: one (another one), two, three (four).

Alternate Final Exam time: Monday Dec 15 at 7:15pm-9pm.

You can also (still) take it on Friday Dec 19 at 5pm-7pm.

These files are needed (and no others) for the Bulletin Board in Lab 12. 

frilled.cs.indiana.edu%pwd
/nfs/grouchy/home/user2/www/classes/a348-dger/software
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%ls -ld part*
-rw-r--r--   1 dgerman  faculty   1037500 Dec  2 12:08 partOne.jar
-rw-r--r--   1 dgerman  faculty     28165 Dec  2 12:08 partTwo.jar
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%

Mon Dec 1
"So, this is Monday... And how have you been?"

Wed-Sun Nov 26-30
Thanksgiving Break.

Tue Nov 25
Final exam schedule for this semester.

Mon Nov 24
Here are two sets of notes to be used for Lab Twelve:

Fri-Sun Nov 21-23
Here's a diagram from some time ago.

Can you build a similar one describing your Tomcat?

Mail processing with PHP:

Here's another JSP from a while ago: 

<% int count, right; String message = "Hello and welcome to the addition quiz!"; 
   if (session.getAttribute("count") == null || request.getParameter("reset") != null) { 
     session.setAttribute("count", new Integer(0)); count = 0; 
     session.setAttribute("right", new Integer(0)); right = 0; 
   } else { 
     count = ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("count"))).intValue(); 
     right = ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("right"))).intValue(); 
     try { 
        if (Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("answer")) == ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("answerKey"))).intValue())
              right += 1;
        else 
              right += 0; 
     } catch (Exception e) { } 
     count += 1; 
     message = right + " out of " + count; 
     if (count == 10) { 
       message = "Final result: " + message + ". New game started "; count = 0; right = 0; 
     } else 
       message = "Your performance thus far: " + message;
     session.setAttribute("count", new Integer(count)); 
     session.setAttribute("right", new Integer(right)); 
   }
   int one = (int) (Math.random() * 100 - 50), 
       two = (int) (Math.random() * 100 - 50); 
   session.setAttribute("answerKey", new Integer(one + two)); 
 %>
<html>

<body>
<form action="<%=request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath()%>">
  <%=message%> <p> 
  Question <%=count+1%>. <%=one%> + <%=two%> = <input type="text" name="answer"> <p> 
  <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> <input type="submit" name="reset" value="Reset"> <p> 
</form>

</body>
</html>
It is clean and compact, and a pleasure to study (I hope).

(The long lines, you ask? Aye (for one) am really really happy it's so easy to use them on the web.)

If you need to upload binary files with PHP.

Some help with the Lindley portfolio: 

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*; 

public class One extends HttpServlet {

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, 
                      HttpServletResponse res) 

        throws ServletException, 
               IOException {
        
        res.setContentType("text/html"); 
        PrintWriter out = res.getWriter(); 

        String one, two; 

        String what = req.getParameter("picture"); 

        if (what == null) {
            what = ""; 
        }

        if (what.equals("one")) { one = "One"; } else {
            one = "<a href=\"/examples/servlet/One?picture=one\">One</a>"; 
        } 

        if (what.equals("two")) { two = "Two"; } else {
            two = "<a href=\"/examples/servlet/One?picture=two\">Two</a>"; 
        } 

        out.println("<html><head><title>Mamma mia!</title></head><body bgcolor=\"white\">" + 
                    "<table border><tr><td>" + 

                    one + 

                    "</td><td>" + 

                    two +

                    "</td><td>Three</td><td>Four</td></tr>" + 
                    "<tr><td colspan=4 align=center>Picture</td></tr>" + 
                    "<tr><td colspan=4 align=center>Caption</td></tr>" + 
                    "</table></body></html>"); 
        
        

    }
}
Here now is the starting point for the calculator. 

<html><head><title>My calculator</title></head><body>

<% Integer a = (Integer)session.getAttribute("acc");

   if (a == null) { a = new Integer(0); } 

   String argument = request.getParameter("arg"); 

   if (argument == null) { argument = "0"; }

   int conv; 

   try { 
     conv = Integer.parseInt(argument); 
   } catch(Exception e) { conv = 0; } 

   a = new Integer(a.intValue() + conv); 

   session.setAttribute("acc", a);

 %>

<form>

The accumulator is now: <%= a %> <p> <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> </form>

</body></html>

Writing a (web) server in Perl.

Here's an improvement on a Pavel Anaschenko very clever observation from last Summer.

Recall the examples from lecture notes whatever.

Then consider this: 

class BasicCalculator {
    int add(int n, int m) {
        if (m == 0) return n;
	else return add(n+1, m-1);
    }
}

class BetterCalculator extends BasicCalculator {
    int add(int n, int m) {
        if (m < 0) return -super.add(-n, -m); 
        else return super.add(n, m); 
    }
}

class Experiment {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	BetterCalculator a = new BetterCalculator(); 
        System.out.println(a.add( 2,  3)); 
        System.out.println(a.add(-2,  3)); 
        System.out.println(a.add( 2, -3)); 
        System.out.println(a.add(-2, -3)); 

	BasicCalculator b = new BasicCalculator(); 
        System.out.println(b.add( 2,  3)); 
        System.out.println(b.add(-2,  3)); 
     // System.out.println(b.add( 2, -3)); // won't work (don't even try)
     // System.out.println(b.add(-2, -3)); // won't work (don't even try))

    }
}

/*********************************(sample run)*******
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%javac Experiment.java
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%java Experiment
5
1
-1
-5
5
1
frilled.cs.indiana.edu%
*****************************************************/

Improvement assumes you can't or don't want to touch the code you already have.

(That is the add in the class BasicCalculator).

Thu Nov 20
Here's the JSP (slightly modified, for Fibonacci). 

<%
        // notice the benefit of having used the conventional names for the 
        // request parameter and session variable (the parameter does not need 
        // to be initialized, the session variable does not need to be declared
        // and/or initialized, since the JSP system takes care of those steps). 

        String arg = request.getParameter("arg"); // read input 

        String me = request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath(); // who I am 

        String acc = (String) session.getAttribute("acc");          // state (part one)
        String message = (String) session.getAttribute("message");  // state (part two)   

        int accVal = (acc == null) ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(acc); // o-ho!!

        String alpha = accVal + "", beta = "undefined", gamma = "undefined"; // why? 

        if (message == null) { message = "Welcome!"; } else {  // let message be important! 

            accVal += Integer.parseInt(arg); // we are processing state woo-hooo!! 

            beta = arg; 

            if (accVal > 100) { message = "User won."; } else { // we should reset here!!

                int comp = (int)(Math.random() * 10 + 1); 

                accVal += comp; 

                gamma = comp + ""; 

                if (accVal > 100) { message = "Computer wins."; } else { 

                    message = "Game is under way."; 

                }

            }

        } // this was the processing of state 

        session.setAttribute("acc", accVal + ""); // save state (I)
        session.setAttribute("message", message); // save state (II)

 %> 

<html>
  <head><title>Homework Five</title></head>
  <body bgcolor=white><table>

    <form method="GET" action="<%=me%>"> 

      Accumulator: <%=alpha%> + <%=beta%> + <%=gamma%> = <%=accVal%> <%=message%> <p>  

      Enter a number: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p>  

      Then press <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> 

    </form>

  </body>
</html>

Wed Nov 19
Here's the servlet developed yesterday: 
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*; 

public class Six extends HttpServlet {
    
    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, 
                      HttpServletResponse response) 
                throws ServletException, IOException {

        String arg = request.getParameter("arg"); // read input 

        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter(); // so I can print 

        String me = request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath(); // who I am 

        HttpSession session = request.getSession(); // get ready to retrieve state 

        String acc = (String) session.getAttribute("acc");          // state 
        String message = (String) session.getAttribute("message");  // state             

        int accVal = (acc == null) ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(acc); 

        if (message == null) { message = "Welcome!"; } else { 

            accVal += Integer.parseInt(arg); // start processing state 

            if (accVal > 100) { message = "User won."; } else { 

                int comp = (int)(Math.random() * 10 + 1); 
                accVal += comp;                              // keep processing state 

                if (accVal > 100) { message = "Computer wins."; } else { 
                    message = "Game is under way."; 
                } // one final change 
            }
        } // this was the processing of state 

        session.setAttribute("acc", accVal + ""); // save state 
        session.setAttribute("message", message); 

        response.setContentType("text/html"); // get ready to show and ask for input

        out.println(
 
"<html>" + 
"  <head><title>Homework Five</title></head>" + 
"  <body bgcolor=white>" + 

"    <form method=\"GET\" action=\"" + me + "\"> " + 

"      Accumulator: " + accVal + " (" + message + ") <p> " + 

"      Enter a number: <input type=\"text\" name=\"arg\"> <p>" + 

"      Then press <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Proceed\"> " + 

"    </form>"  + 

"  </body>" + 
"</html>" 
 
        ); 

    }
    
}

Tue Nov 18
Former A548 student Brad Loveall

So here it is: 

 ----------
 From:         Boardman, Theodore D
 Sent:         Monday, November 10, 2003 9:07 AM
 Subject:      Website Assistant Developer position available with IU Alumni Association
 
 Website Assistant Developer
 
 Description: Assist IU Alumni Association with updating and building new
 Web services. Convert documents for use on Web, create and edit graphics,
 build cross-platform/cross-browser compatible Web pages that comply with
 accessibility guidelines. Experience creating database-driven Web pages with
 PHP and SQL, as well as design and layout with Adobe and Macromedia products
 is desired. Ability and willingness to learn new tools is a plus.
 
 Application procedure/deadline: E-mail resume and links to samples of work 
 to tboardma@indiana.edu by November 24
 
 Location of work and hours: Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center, minimum 20 hours
 
 Compensation: Paid, based on experience.
 
 
 Ted Boardman, Director of Online Services
 Indiana University Alumni Association 
 1000 E. 17th St., Bloomington, IN 47408 
 tboardma@indiana.edu 
 (812) 855-0401 
 (800) 824-3044 
 fax: (812) 855-4228 
 http://www.alumni.indiana.edu 
 
 Connecting alumni. Serving IU.

Mon Nov 17
Here's the draft of a paper we might discuss when addressing RMI.

Here's the motivation for the paper: 

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:28:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German 
To: jett-list
Subject: Follow-up paper. 

Greetings and a wonderful day to everybody!

I wrote and posted a follow-up paper to the JETT session "network games".

You can find it here:

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a348-dger/software/rmipaper/rmi.pdf

It's also indexed at the top of session 5

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/jett/dgerman/session5/

The purpose of the paper is to investigate and summarize the nature
of networked interaction in Java as discussed in the JETT session of
Saturday November 1. It is shown that using RMI the network becomes
transparent. More important is that the development of a distributed
application in Java is equivalent to writing a standalone application
so one can (and should) design, debug, and test without any network,
then switch to a (distributed, networked) run-time environment at the
end, in a most straightforward fashion. Thus using RMI for networking
is just as powerful as using try/catch blocks for exception handling.
There should be a similar increase in productivity, for example.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the paper, or if
a more introductory level paper on RMI is needed. Thanks a lot and I
hope everybody's doing well.

... Adrian

Fri-Sun Nov 14-16
Thanks to Paul White for help with developing this Homework Five sample exercise: 
<html><head><title>First to 100</title>

  <script language="javascript">

    var acc = 0; // state 
    var message = ""; // also part of state 

    function calculate() {

      arg = document.forms[0].arg.value; // read input 

      var oldAcc = acc; // so it would look like fibonacci in the end (for fun and better reporting) 

      if (arg > 10 || arg < 1) { message = arg + " is not a legal value."; } else { // process the state 

        acc += eval(arg); 

        if (acc >= 100) { message = "Game ends. You win."; } else { 

          var comp = Math.round(1 + Math.random() * 10); 

          if (acc >= 100) { message = "Game ends. Computer wins." } else { 

            acc += comp; 

            message = "Game is under way."; 

          }  

        }

      } // end of process the state (we don't need to store (or retrieve it, for that matter)) 

      document.getElementById("acc").firstChild.nodeValue 
        = oldAcc + " + " + arg + " + " + comp + " = " + acc + " (" + message + ") "; // print state 

      document.forms[0].arg.value = ""; // get ready for new input    
    }
  </script>
  </head><body bgcolor=white>

  <form> 
 
    <table cellpadding=6> 

    <tr> <td> The value of the game is currently <span id="acc"> 0 (zero). </span> </td> </tr> 

    <tr> <td> Please enter a number (between 1-10): <input type="text" name="arg" size=4> </td> </tr> 

    <tr> <td> When ready, please press <input type="button" 
                                              value="Proceed"
                                              onClick="calculate()" 
                                       >
         </td> 
    </tr> 

  </form> 

  </body>
</html>

Thu Nov 13
Make sure you check Lecture Notes Eighteen for the JavaScript shopping cart.

The code is linked in the middle of the notes (available directly here).

Here also is the announcement for the Spring 2004 Mobile Programming Competition: 

===========================================================================

                         S535  Mobile Technologies
                                Spring 2004
                       Information Systems Department
                         Kelley School of Business

   This course will explore the technologies for programming mobile
   devices such as the Pocket PC and the Tablet PC.  The course will
   primarily revolve around a semester long team project for each
   platform.  Students will be expected to develop using platforms for
   mobile devices such as J2ME and the .NET Tablet PC environment.
   Graduate student standing and a good programming background are the
   only pre-requisites.  The final deliverable will be evaluated by a
   panel of experts composed of representatives from the industry and
   Information Systems faculty.  Prizes will also be awarded to the
   teams delivering the best final project for each platform.

   Two sections are being offered in the Spring

      S535-5404:  Prof. Vijay Khatri
      S535-5405:  Prof. Raja Sooriamurthi

   both will meet Fridays 9:00 -- 12:00

If interested in further details please contact raja@indiana.edu

Wed Nov 12
The folder 
/l/www/classes/a348/software/makar
contains three Flash MX games, all of which use XML in some (non-network related) way.

Tue Nov 11
Here are the assignments of graders to students for the last three homework assignments: 
  103,BL,1403,15004,BAYLISS,  CHRISTOPHER DAV,CBAYLISS   qianwang  1
  103,BL,1403,15005,BIGLER,  MICAH GREGORY   ,MBIGLER    sshayan      1
  103,BL,1403,15006,BROWN,  ROBERT EDWARD    ,ROEBROWN   sshayan      2
  103,BL,1403,15007,CLENDENING,  WENDY RENEE ,WCLENDEN   qianwang  2
  103,BL,1403,15008,DE LEURY SCHALK,  DAVID R,DDELEURY   qianwang  3
  103,BL,1403,15009,GREENFIELD,  MITCHELL SCO,MSGREENF   sshayan      3
  103,BL,1403,15010,HERMSDORFER,  MARK JAMES ,MHERMSDO   ferdinc         1
  103,BL,1403,15011,HORNING,  DAVID RYAN     ,DHORNING   ferdinc         2
  103,BL,1403,15012,KLOPFER,  BENJAMIN MICHAE,BKLOPFER   sshayan      4
  103,BL,1403,15013,LAKE,  BRIAN EDWARD      ,BLAKE      qianwang  4
  103,BL,1403,15014,LEE,  MIN-HSIANG         ,MINHLEE    ferdinc         3
  103,BL,1403,15015,NAGAYA,  CHIAKI          ,CNAGAYA    sshayan      5
  103,BL,1403,15016,NGUYEN,  LINH TUYET      ,LTNGUYEN   ---(dropped)---
  103,BL,1403,15017,OFFICER,  AARON M        ,AOFFICER   sshayan      6
  103,BL,1403,15018,PHILLIPS,  PATRICK ALLEN ,PAAPHILL   ferdinc         4
  103,BL,1403,15019,REEVES,  SALOME          ,SAREEVES   ---(dropped)---
  103,BL,1403,15020,REINERT,  DRAKE P        ,DREINERT   qianwang  5
  103,BL,1403,15021,ROYALTY,  ANDREW W       ,AROYALTY   sshayan      7
  103,BL,1403,15022,THOMPSON,  JEFFREY E     ,JEETHOMP   sshayan      8
  103,BL,1403,15023,WELDON,  GEORGE MATTHEW C,GWELDON    sshayan      9
  103,BL,1403,15024,WILKINSON,  ROGER LEWIS  ,ROLWILKI   sshayan     10
  103,BL,1403,15025,YEUNG,  KING HUNG        ,KHYEUNG    ---(dropped)---
  103,BL,1415,15026,ANNAIAH,  KIRAN HOSAHALLI,KANNAIAH   ---(dropped)---
  103,BL,1415,15027,AUGIER,  MANUEL          ,MAUGIER    ferdinc         5
  103,BL,1415,15028,BARTELT,  VALERIE LISA   ,VBARTELT   ---(dropped)---
  103,BL,1415,15029,BRAUN,  JARRED M         ,JAMBRAUN   qianwang  6
  103,BL,1415,15030,BUULOLO,  MAKARIUS       ,MBUULOLO   ferdinc         6
  103,BL,1415,15031,CHANG,  YOUNG JOON       ,YJCHANG    qianwang  7
  103,BL,1415,15032,COSTELLO,  JAMES CHRISTOP,JCCOSTEL   sshayan     11
  103,BL,1415,15033,DOSHI,  RAHUL RAJNIKANT  ,RDOSHI     ferdinc         7
  103,BL,1415,15034,EMIGH,  WILLIAM GARETH   ,WEMIGH     qianwang  8
  103,BL,1415,15035,FLYNN,  CHRISTIE SUE     ,CHFLYNN    qianwang  9
  103,BL,1415,15036,GAN,  TING               ,TIGAN      ferdinc         8
  103,BL,1415,15037,GAO,  RONGKE             ,RGAO       qianwang 10
  103,BL,1415,15038,LA VAN,  ERICA HELEN     ,ELAVAN     sshayan     12
  103,BL,1415,15039,MORISSET,  IMAN SHABAZZ  ,IMORISSE   qianwang 11
  103,BL,1415,15040,SIBO,  WALID             ,WSIBO      ---(auditing)---
  103,BL,1415,15041,WANG,  GENG              ,GEWANG     ferdinc         9
  103,BL,1415,15042,WHITE,  PAUL E           ,PEWHITE    ferdinc        10
  103,BL,1415,15043,YAN,  YAN                ,YAYAN      ---(dropped)---
  103,BL,1415,15044,YUDISTIRA,  WAHYU        ,WYUDISTI   ferdinc        11
  103,BL,1403,15045,KERY, ROBERT             ,RKERY      qianwang 12
  103,BL,1403,15046,HUH,W                    ,WHUH       ferdinc        12

Fri-Mon Nov 7-10
Here's the message of last Wednesday (about homework): 
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:25:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348/A548 Update

Dear A348/A548 Friends,

Homework Five has just been determined: you are to code your Midterm Exam
problems in JavaScript using the tecnhique demonstrated/explained in class,
and showcased in Lab Nine. Check the What's Due? (updated) for due dates.

If you have any questions and/or concerns please let me know. I will see
everybody in labs this week. (Homework Six and Seven will ask you to code
the same problems in Java Servlets and Java Server Pages. There won't be a
Homework Eight, there is a milestone for the project before the break, and
then another one when you turn it in at the end.

... Adrian

Sat-Thu Nov 1-6
Homework Assignment Five has been determined:

Implement your Midterm problems in Javascript (guidelines in Lab Notes Nine).

Homework Assignment Six and Seven will ask you to

Fri Oct 31
Grades should be posted (most have been posted yesterday).

Wed-Thu Oct 29-30
Here's an example of conditional output in PHP:
<html><head><title>Conditional output</title></head><body bgcolor="white">

<? if ($arg % 2 == 0) { ?> Even <? } else { ?> Odd <? } ?> 

<form>

Type a number: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p>

</form></body></html>
Here's the basic idea behind stamped transactions: 
<? session_start(); 

   if (session_is_registered("alpha")) { } else {
     session_register("alpha"); $alpha = 0; 
   }

   if (session_is_registered("stamp")) { } else { 
     session_register("stamp"); 
   }

   if ($stamp == $stampCopy) {
     $stamp += 1; 
     if ($fun == "add") {
       $alpha = $arg + $alpha; 
     }
   } else {
     echo "Sorry!<hr>"; 
   }
 ?> 

<html>
<head><title>Calculator</title></head>
<body bgcolor=white>
<form>
Your balance currently is: <?=$alpha+0?> <p> 
Argument: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 
Function: <select name="fun">
<option value="non"> click me!
       <option value="add"> deposit
       <option value="sub"> withdraw     
     </select> <p> <input type="hidden" name="stampCopy" value="<?=$stamp?>"> 

When done push <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> </form>
</body>
</html>
Notice that this now carefully matches the EXACT behaviour of this second one.

This in spite of using server side sessions to keep state.

It's all about side-effects on the server side during reloading, remember? 

<?
   if ($fun == "add") {
     $acc += $arg; 
   } 
 ?> <html>
<head><title>Calculator</title></head>
<body bgcolor=white>
<form>
Your balance currently is: <?=$acc+0?> <p> 
Argument: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 
Function: <select name="fun">
<option value="non"> click me!
       <option value="add"> deposit
       <option value="sub"> withdraw     
     </select> <p> <input type="hidden" name="acc" value="<?=$acc+0?>"> 

When done push <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> </form>
</body>
</html>
Here's also the function we discussed last night.

Use it in your shopping carts for the next lab (lab eight). 

<?
   function get_book_cats($isbn) {

       $conn = db_connect(); 

       $query = "select dgerman_php_catboo.catid, catname 
                 from dgerman_php_categories, dgerman_php_catboo 
                 where '$isbn' = dgerman_php_catboo.isbn and
                       dgerman_php_categories.catid = dgerman_php_catboo.catid"; 

       $result = @mysql_query($query); 


       if (! $result) return false;



       $num_cats = @mysql_num_rows($result); 
       if ($num_cats == 0) return false; 



              $cat_array = array(); 

              for (
                   $count = 0; 
                   $row = @mysql_fetch_array($result); 
                   $count++
                  ) 
                $cat_array[$count] = $row; 

       if (! is_array($cat_array)) {
                     echo "No categories currently available. <br>"; 
              }



              foreach ($cat_array as $row) {

                     $url = "show_cat.php?catid=".($row["catid"]); 
                     $title = $row["catname"]; 



                     do_html_url($url, $title); 

              }


   } 
 ?>
I will only show you a prototype after the break, to see how it works.

You need to obtain the same effect in your carts, and understand it.

Therefore the question is:

Fri-Tue Oct 24-28
No news is good news (I suppose).

I am grading (not really).

I hope grades for the exam will be available in labs this week.

Thu Oct 23
Exam in class today.

Here's the message of yesterday: 

Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:44:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348/A548 Reminder


Reminder that your code must be posted by 6pm tonight so
I can make up individual questions for the exam tomorrow.
You can include if you want four questions that you would
like me to ask you tomorrow. This way (maybe) I can focus
on what you think you know best and/or would like to see on
an exam. I will start making up the exams at 8pm tonight, so
there is a 2 hour twilight-zone kind of period in which one
could (in  principle) still post questions and code.

Labs this week are meant to help you with the exam if you
need any help.

... Adrian

Tue-Wed Oct 21-22
Thanks to Jeff Thompson for helping with the program of last night.

The errors were:

  1. we need to compare strings not numbers in change
  2. we need to remove the extra (debugging) output
  3. better use show_state just developed instead of printState

And here's the program: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI; 
use DBI;
use MD5; 

$DB = "DBI:mysql:a348"; 
$username = "a348"; 
$password = "a348AG"; 

$DB_TABLE = "dgerman_midterm"; 

$SECRET = "something secret"; 
$EXPIRE = 30 * 60 * 60 * 24; # one month
$MAX_TRIES = 10; 
$ID_LENGTH = 8; 

$q = new CGI; $arg = $q->param('arg'); 

$DBH = DBI->connect($DB, $username, $password, { PrintError => 0 }) 
       || die "Couldn't open database: ", $DBI::errstr; 

my ($session_id) = &get_session_id(); # actually prints a header to recall with id 

print $q->header, $q->start_html, $q->start_form; 

my $state          = &get_state($session_id);

# $state = &change_state($state); #-----------------------------

$message = $state->{message}; 
$acc     = $state->{acc}; 
$turn    = $state->{turn}; 

if ($message && $arg) { # thanks to Christie Flynn for catching this!

  &process($arg); 

} 

$state->{message} = $message; 
$state->{acc} = $acc; 
$state->{turn} = $turn; 

# &printState; #------------------------------

&show_state($state); 

&save_state($state, $session_id); 

print 
      qq{ 
        <!-- You entered $arg. -->
        <p> 
        Enter number: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 
      }, $q->end_form; 


print $q->end_html;

sub get_session_id {

  my ($id) = $q->path_info =~ m:^/([a-h0-9]{$ID_LENGTH}):o;

  return $id if $id and &check_id($id); 

  my $session_id = &generate_id; 
  die "Couldn't make a new session_id" unless $session_id; 

  print $q->redirect($q->script_name() . "/$session_id"); 

  exit(0);   

}

sub generate_id {

  my $tries = 0; 

  my $id = &hash($SECRET . rand()); 

  while ($tries++ < $MAX_TRIES) {
    last if 
      $DBH->do("INSERT INTO $DB_TABLE (session_id, message, acc, turn) VALUES ('$id', 'Welcome', 0, 'user')"); 
    $id = &hash($SECRET . rand()); 
  }

  return undef if $tries >= $MAX_TRIES;

  return $id; 

}

sub hash {
  my $value = shift; 
  return substr(MD5->hexhash($value), 0, $ID_LENGTH);   
}

#--------------------------------(last one needed)-----------

sub check_id {
  my $id = shift; 

  return $id 
    if $DBH->do("SELECT 1 FROM $DB_TABLE WHERE session_id = '$id'") > 0; 

  return $id 
    if $DBH->do("INSERT INTO $DB_TABLE (session_id) VALUES ('$id')"); 
  return ''; 
}

#--------------------------------(retrieve acc)--------------

sub get_state {

  my $id = shift; 

  my $query = "SELECT * FROM $DB_TABLE WHERE session_id = '$id'"; 

  my $sth = $DBH->prepare($query) || die "Prepare: ", $DBH->errstr; 

  $sth->execute || die "Execute: ", $sth->errstr;

  my $state = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;

  $sth->finish; 

  return $state; 

}

sub show_state {

  my ($state) = @_; 

  print  qq{
          Message: $state->{message} <p> 
          Acc: $state->{acc} <p> 
          Turn: $state->{turn} <p> 
        };

}

sub save_state {
  my ($state, $id) = @_; 
  my $sth = $DBH->prepare(<<END) || die "Prepare: ", $DBH->errstr; 
UPDATE $DB_TABLE
  SET message = ?, acc = ?, turn = ?  
  WHERE session_id = '$id'
END
  $sth->execute(@{$state}{qw(message acc turn)}) 
  || die "Execute: ", $DBH->errstr; 
  $sth->finish; 
}

sub printMessage() { print "$message<p>"; } 

sub showAccumulator() { print "Current accumulator: $acc <p>"; } 

sub showTurn() { print "The $turn moves. <p>" ; }

sub printState() { 
  &printMessage();
  &showAccumulator();
  &showTurn();
}

sub process {

    local ($arg) = @_; 

    if ($arg >= 1 && $arg <= 10) { # this comes from the user 

        &change($arg); # see below 

        &showAccumulator(); # print part of state 
        &showTurn();        # print part of state 

        if ($acc == 0) { } # game has ended!...  
        else {
            $comp = int(rand(10 + 1)); # make this int(rand(10)) + 1 instead (Christie Flynn) 
            print "Computer is adding: " . $comp . "<p>"; # other printing 
            &change($comp);
        }
    } else {
        print "Sorry, " . $arg . " not a valid input value. <p>"; 
    }

}

sub change { # arg is the input, state is this  

    local ($arg) = @_; 

    $acc += $arg; # check for legal moves elsewhere (in process, for example) 

    if ($acc >= 100) {
        $message = "The " . $turn . " has won.\nNew game, enter number.";  
        $acc = 0; 
        $turn = "user"; # new game 
    } else {
        $message = "Game is in progress..."; 
        # if ($turn == "user") { $turn = "computer"; } 
        if ($turn eq "user") { $turn = "computer"; } # notice the eq 
        else { $turn = "user"; }
    }
}
There's one more (small) fix we need to bring, can you see it?

Mon Oct 20
Help Session tonight in Lindley 102 at 7:15pm (until 8:15pm).

Sat-Sun Oct 18-19
Here also is a copy of Pavel Anaschenko's Summer 2003 PHP version of the Hangman game.

(Lecture Notes Fifteen help you get started. Pavel started from that too.)

Here's the PHP from last night.

Easy as Pi. Happy.

Last name: Bean. First name: Mr.

Fri Oct 17
Here's the CGI with hidden fields developed yesterday: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI; 

$query = new CGI; 
$arg = $query->param('arg');
# state is composed of $message, $acc, $turn

print $query->header, $query->start_html, $query->start_form; 

$message = $query->param('message'); # retrieve state
$acc     = $query->param('acc'); 
$turn    = $query->param('turn'); 

if ($message) { 

  # print "State has been processed. <p>"; 

  &process($arg); 

} else {

  $message = "Welcome."; 
  $acc = 0; 
  $turn = "user"; 

  print "State has been initialized. <p> "; 
}

print qq{ 
  <input type="hidden" name="message" value="$message"> 
  <input type="hidden" name="acc"     value="$acc"> 
  <input type="hidden" name="turn"    value="$turn"> 

};

&printState; 

print 
      qq{
        <p> 
        Enter number: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 
      }, $query->end_form; 

sub printMessage() { print "$message<p>"; } 

sub showAccumulator() { print "Current accumulator: $acc <p>"; } 

sub showTurn() { print "The $turn moves. <p>" ; }

sub printState() { 
  &printMessage();
  &showAccumulator();
  &showTurn();
}

sub process {

    local ($arg) = @_; 

    if ($arg >= 1 && $arg <= 10) { # this comes from the user 

        &change($arg); # see below 

        &showAccumulator(); # print part of state 
        &showTurn();        # print part of state 

        if ($acc == 0) { } # game has ended!...  
        else {
            $comp = int(rand(10 + 1)); # change to int(rand(10) + 1) (see above)
            print "Computer is adding: " . $comp . "<p>"; # other printing 
            &change($comp);
        }
    } else {
        print "Sorry, " . $arg . " not a valid input value. <p>"; 
    }

}

sub change { # arg is the input, state is this  

    local ($arg) = @_; 

    $acc += $arg; # check for legal moves elsewhere (in process, for example) 

    if ($acc >= 100) {
        $message = "The " . $turn . " has won.\nNew game, enter number.";  
        $acc = 0; 
        $turn = "user"; # new game 
    } else {
        $message = "Game is in progress..."; 
        if ($turn == "user") { $turn = "computer"; } # in Perl we should do this with eq instead 
        else { $turn = "user"; }
    }
}
Notice how identical it is to the Java program.

Thu Oct 16
Remember the basic structure of a web script: 

1. // parse input 

2. // retrieve state 

   if (state exists) { 
     // process state (could print in the process) 
   } else { 
     // initialize state  
   } 

3. // store state 

4. // show state 

5. // prepare for new input
For this reason your mock up should use an infinite loop.

Take a look at the example we developed in Java. 

import java.io.*; // I/O package needed 

class State {

    String message; // describes the state of the game 
    int acc;        // the actual state of the game  
    String turn;    // part of the state used internally 

    State() {
        this.message = "Welcome to the game, enter a number."; 
        this.acc = 0; 
        this.turn = "user"; // user is always the first to move 
    }

    void process(int arg) {

        if (arg >= 1 && arg <= 10) { // this comes from the user 

    	    this.change(arg); // see below 

            this.showAccumulator(); // print part of state 
	    this.showTurn();        // print part of state 

	    if (this.acc == 0) { } // game has ended!...  
	    else {
		int comp = (int)(Math.random() * 10 + 1); 
		System.out.println("Computer is adding: " + comp); // other printing 
		this.change(comp);
	    }
	} else {
	    System.out.println("Sorry, " + arg + " not a valid input value."); 
	}

    }

    void change(int arg) { // arg is the input, state is this  

        this.acc += arg; // check for legal moves elsewhere (in process, for example) 

        if (this.acc >= 100) {
            this.message = "The " + this.turn + " has won.\nNew game, enter number.";  
            this.acc = 0; 
            this.turn = "user"; // new game 
	} else {
            this.message = "Game is in progress..."; 
	    if (turn.equals("user")) { turn = "computer"; } 
            else { turn = "user"; }
	}
    }

    void printMessage() { System.out.println(this.message); } 

    void showAccumulator() { System.out.println("Current accumulator: " + this.acc); } 

    void showTurn() { System.out.println("The " + this.turn + " moves."); }

    void printState() {
        this.printMessage(); 
	this.showAccumulator();
	this.showTurn();
    }
}

class Program {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

	ConsoleReader c = new ConsoleReader(System.in);
	State a = null;
        String arg = ""; // input 
 
        int num_arg;  // converted input 

	while (true) {

	    try {
		num_arg = Integer.parseInt(arg);
	    } catch (Exception e) {
		num_arg = 0;
	    }

            // get state: a is it, perhaps you can't retrieve it, 
            // because you're at the beginning so in that case init.
            if (a == null) { 
                a = new State(); // initialize 
            } else { 
              a.process(num_arg); // process state (could print in the process...)
              // don't process the newly initialized state (there's nothing to it)
            }  

	    a.printState();
            // store state: a is it 
            System.out.print("------------------------------------\n" + 
                             "Enter a number: "); // prepare the new input 

            arg = c.readLine(); 
	} 
    } // main 

}

class ConsoleReader { 
    ConsoleReader(InputStream inStream) { // constructor 
	reader = new BufferedReader(
                   new InputStreamReader(
                     inStream));     
    }
    String readLine() { // instance method 
	String inputLine = "";
	try {
	    inputLine = reader.readLine(); 
	} catch (IOException e) {
	    System.out.println(e); 
	    System.exit(1); 
	} 
	return inputLine; 
    }
    int readInt() { // instance method 
	String inputString = readLine(); 
	int n = Integer.parseInt(inputString); 
	return n; 
    }
    double readDouble() { // instance method 
	String inputString = readLine(); 
	double x = Double.parseDouble(inputString); 
	return x; 
    } 
    private BufferedReader reader; // instance method 
}
(This is finally in its most adequate form.)

Today in class we will produce four different programs out of it in 45 minutes.

Wed Oct 15
Grades have been updated.

Tue Oct 14
There will be a help session next Mon 10/20 at 7:15pm in LH102.

Here's the Summer 2003 version of the What's New? page.

Fri Jul 25 has the server-side Fibonacci code!

Mon Oct 13
Review: by popular request, here are the questions of last Tuesday evening.

(With answers: in white! Highlight to reveal.)

  1. What five-letter English word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
    (Answer: SHORT-er)

  2. What four-letter English word becomes shorter when you add three letters to it?
    (Answer: SHO-rt-E-r)

  3. How many bricks do you need to complete a brick house in England?
    (Answer: just one (the last one) in England or anywhere else)

  4. Take away my first letter: I remain the same. Take away my fourth letter: I remain the same. Take away my last letter and I remain the same. What am I?
    (Answer: mailman)

  5. What is the number of letters in the correct answer to this question?
    (Answer: four (in English. It can be trickier in other languages))

  6. What English word is pronounced incorrectly by more than half of then Harvard and Yale graduates?
    (Answer: incorrectly)

Hope you enjoyed them.

Thu-Sun Oct 9-12
Here's the source for the SQL notes.

I used the old edition though.

The script developed in class is here.

Here's the rest of the code developed in class on Thu: 

import java.io.*; // I/O package needed 

class State {
  String message; 
  int acc; 
  String turn; 
  State() {
    this.message = "Welcome to the game, enter a number."; 
    this.acc = 0; 
    this.turn = "user"; 
  }
  void change(int arg) {
    this.acc += arg; 
    if (this.acc >= 100) {
      this.message = this.turn + " has won.\nNew game, enter number.";  
      this.acc = 0; 
      this.turn = "user"; 
    } else { 
      this.message = "Go ahead, enter a number."; 
      if (turn.equals("user")) {
        turn = "computer"; 
      } else {
        turn = "user"; 
      }
    }
  }
  void message() {
    System.out.println(this.message); 
  } 
  void accumulator() {
    System.out.println("Current accumulator: " + this.acc); 
  } 
  void whoseTurn() {
    System.out.println(this.turn + " moves."); 
  } 
}

class Program {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ConsoleReader c = new ConsoleReader(System.in); 
    State a = null; 
    while (true) {
      if (a == null) a = new State(); 
      a.accumulator();
      a.whoseTurn(); 
      a.message();  
      int arg = c.readInt(); 
      if (arg >= 1 && arg <= 10) {
        a.change(arg); 
        a.accumulator();
        a.whoseTurn(); 
        a.message();        
        if (a.acc == 0) { } 
        else { 
          int comp = (int)(Math.random() * 10 + 1); 
          System.out.println("Computer is adding: " + comp); 
          a.change(comp); 
        } 
      }             
    } 
  }
}

class ConsoleReader { 
    ConsoleReader(InputStream inStream) { // constructor 
	reader = new BufferedReader(
                   new InputStreamReader(
                     inStream));     
    }
    String readLine() { // instance method 
	String inputLine = "";
	try {
	    inputLine = reader.readLine(); 
	} catch (IOException e) {
	    System.out.println(e); 
	    System.exit(1); 
	} 
	return inputLine; 
    }
    int readInt() { // instance method 
	String inputString = readLine(); 
	int n = Integer.parseInt(inputString); 
	return n; 
    }
    double readDouble() { // instance method 
	String inputString = readLine(); 
	double x = Double.parseDouble(inputString); 
	return x; 
    } 
    private BufferedReader reader; // instance method 
}
Here's the first transformation: 

<? session_start();
   if (session_is_registered("message")) { } 
   else { $message = "Welcome."; session_register("message"); } 
   if (session_is_registered("acc")) { } 
   else { $acc=0; session_register("acc"); } 
   if (session_is_registered("turn")) { }
   else { $turn = "user"; session_register("turn"); } 
 ?>
<html>
  <body>
    Message: <?=$message?> <p> 
    Accumulator: <?=$acc?> <p> 
    Turn: <?=$turn?> <p> 
    <? if ($arg >= 1 && $arg <= 10) { 
         $acc += $arg; 
         if ($acc >= 100) {
           $message = $turn + " has won.\nNew game, enter number.";  
           $acc = 0; 
           $turn = "user"; 
         } else { 
           $message = "Go ahead, enter a number."; 
           if ($turn == "user") {
             $turn = "computer"; 
           } else {
             $turn = "user"; 
           }
         }
     ?>       
      Message: <?=$message?> <p> 
      Accumulator: <?=$acc?> <p> 
      Turn: <?=$turn?> <p> 
    <? 
         if ($acc == 0) {

         } else {
           $comp = rand(1, 10);   

           echo "<p>Computer is adding: ";
           echo $comp; 

           $acc += $comp; 

           echo "<p>Accumulator becomes: ";
           echo $acc; 

           if ($acc >= 100) {
             $message = $turn + " has won.\nNew game, enter number.";  
             $acc = 0; 
             $turn = "user"; 
           } else { 
             $message = "Go ahead, enter a number."; 
             if ($turn == "user") {
               $turn = "computer"; 
             } else {
               $turn = "user"; 
             }
           } 

         }
       } 
     ?> 

    <form method="POST" action="<?=$SCRIPT_NAME?>"> 
      Enter number here: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 
      Press <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> when done. 
    </form> 
  <body>
</html>
Yes, we can improve this, but what matters is something else.

That we can think out the whole problem in a "style" then automatically convert it.

Wed Oct 8
The script we started last night. 

<html>
  <head><title>First to 100 wins!</title></head>
  <body bgcolor="white">

  You are sending me this number: <? echo $arg ?> <p> 

<? if ($arg >= 1 && $arg <= 10) { ?> 

  The computer chooses: <? $comp = rand(1, 10); 
                           echo $comp; ?> <p> 

<? } else { echo "Nevermind..."; } ?> 

  The accumulator is: <? $acc = $acc + $comp + $arg; echo $acc; ?>

  <hr> 

  <form method="POST" action="/exam/one.php"> 

  The accumulator currently is: <?= $acc ?>  <p> 

  Enter your number here: <input type="text" name="arg"> 
<p>   

  Press <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> to submit. 

  <input type="hidden" name="acc" value="<?=$acc?>"> 

  </form>
  </body>  
</html>
Information on creating your nobackup or scratch folder (to install PHP).

Tue Oct 7
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 15:59:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348/A548 Update


Dear A348/A548 Friends,

The Midterm Exam is on Oct 23, in class. Here's why I am writing about
it as early as the beginning of this week. The general collection of
topics that we are currently studying in A348 can be briefly summarized
as follows:

  a) CGI programs that keep state on the client side---that use hidden
  fields to keep state and CGI.pm for basic CGI processing (read/parse)

  b) CGI programs that keep state on the server side---using a RDBMS
  such as MySQL, and also DBI.pm for the MySQL connection and CGI.pm for
  the basic CGI processing. Such programs also need to generate session
  IDs in the exact same way that program(s) in Lab Six are doing.

  c) PHP programs that keep state on the client side (w/ hidden fields)

  d) PHP programs that keep state on the server side (w/ sessions)

Please choose four different problems and implement each in a different
way by Wednesday October 23. There are many (solved) examples already on
the website. Lab Seven solves a problem in three different ways. The four
of us will help you with any questions you have, but on Thursday Oct. 23,
in class, you will have to take four questions on your four programs, one
question per program, as your midterm exam. The exam is closed-book, as
you will basically know the questions beforehand. We'll try to explain
this in more detail in class on Tue this week. Let us know if you have
any questions and/or concerns.

Graduate students will have to propose a problem as well (it has to be
approved by us too) and post it on their web site by Monday October 13
(a week from today). Please take a look at the posted notes for labs and
lectures through the week of the exam.

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a348/spr2003/notes/midterm.html

Milestone feedback to be posted later today.

... Adrian

Mon Oct 6
Web site updated a bit (the class notes part).

Sun Oct 5
Here's an Access database with the data for Homework Three in it.

There are also some queries developed but they're not necessarily the answers. 

Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:23:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: Milestones 2 and 3


Dear A348/A548 Friends,

Appointments are over. I was impressed by the depth and breadth
of your interests and by the sheer seriousness (devotion) to the
projects that you have chosen. So here's what I would like you
to post for Milestones 2 and 3.

a) For Milestone 2 please write a brief summary of our appointment.
Write freely and mention what we did, what we discussed, what we
decided we should do, and what your thoughts are with respect to
all of this. I am going to post my own recollections on Monday,
to the class web site.

b) For Milestone 3 please carry out the tasks outlined above in
Milestone 2 and write a short report summarizing your results and
conclusions. Make a statement about your project describing your
renewed perspective on it after these experiments.

Try to have the second milestone posted by Fri 10/10 and the third
one completed by next Thu 10/16. I posted an Access database with
the data for Homework Three and I think Homework Four should be
quite accessible after the lecture on Thu.

If you need help or have any questions please let me know. Have a
great weekend and we will see you next week.

... Adrian

P.S.. If you did not come to an appointment this week and did not
talk to me about it I will contact you individually, by e-mail and
I will also include this info in the summary I will post on Monday.

Fri-Sat Oct 3-4
Don't forget the following when installing PHP:

  1. archive is in /l/www/classes/a348/software
  2. change your ~/.cshrc to use /usr/local/gnu/bun/make
  3. make sure you use /nobackup or /scratch (instead of /tmp)

Thu Oct 2
Here's the link for homework three, finally done. (And the notes, again).

Wed Oct 1
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 08:37:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348/A548 Reminder


Please don't forget that the minute paper for tomorrow will be
a summary of Lecture Notes 10 and 11. The minute paper for Tue
next week will be a summary of the PHP installation steps, both
to be brought to class from home, and up to two pages in length.

I will start e-mailing back feedback on the appointments today.
Homework Three will also be finalized and posted tonight. Let me
know if you need any help or have any questions.

... Adrian

Tue Sep 30
Extremely valuable source of information. (Just search for your book).

Mon Sep 29
Here's the link to the appointments scheduling script.

Here's the message sent to the distribution list today: 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:02:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: Individual Appointments


Dear A348/A548 Friends,

Under What's New entry for Mon Sep 29 (currently on top) there's a
link to a program that allows you to make appointments for this week.
Please choose a time slot and register for such a short meeting with
me. I have all the feedback I need to give you but I want to discuss
this project milestone with you in person. I'll give you extremely clear
instructions to set up a mock-up for your project or a simple experiment.
This should give you a bit more insight into your choice of a project.

Then (after our meeting) you'll have until Oct 9 (or so) to do the small
experiment and summarize your findings and/or subsequent thoughts about
your project.

Please register for one of the available times this week. I am going to
send individual messages to remind you, especially if I have not seen you
in lab this past week or the week before. It's easy to fall behind. But
it's possible to catch up in time, and I want to show you how to do that.

Hope to see you this week. Here's the direct link to the script:

http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:11400/cgi-bin/fall2003milestone2-3/schedule

Come to think of it this script is also a possible project.

Otherwise note that the web site has changed (and will change one more
time tonight) and that there is now a Homework Three that should give you
the opportunity to design a database and write some SQL to extract info.
from it. Homework Four will be about PHP, when we start it, soon.

... Adrian

Sun Sep 28
Here's a link to the list of class web servers.

Complete milestones 2-3 guidelines to be posted Monday.

Meanwhile notice the slight change of schedule with new Homework Three (below).

Fri-Sat Sep 26-27
Based on these notes we will assign the following as Homework Three.

(This should help everybody get a good grasp of SQL).

Thu Sep 25
Message sent to the list today: 
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:30:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348/A548 Milestones


Milestones 2 and 3 are about to merge and in the following way: we
now know what to ask you do for your Milestone 2, so we will try to
communicate that to you over the next few (2-3) days. Then you will
have two more weeks to do two things:

a) report that you did what we asked you to do for Milestone 2, and
b) tell us what you think of your project after these experiments

For Milestone 2 we will give you specific tasks, very practical, so
you get a feel for how the programming for what you chose to work on
might be like. And you can make a lot of progress this way.

I will have more info (as I said) over the next two days.

... Adrian

P.S. I publicly thank Qian, Fulya and Shakila for being the outstanding
AIs that they are (so far, as always). Please let us know if or when you
need help.

Wed Sep 24
When grades are posted they'll be available here.

(Choose A348-1403 as the course).

Tue Sep 23
Update the following into your passwd file:
dgerman:e5WZe30aYm0Z.

Fri-Mon Sep 19-22
We're working on posting all grades.

Previous protected password was kling0n must change soon.

We'll contact you soon on the second milestones.

Thu Sep 18
Web site updated.

Homework Two now due Tuesday Sep 23.

Current grades to be posted soon.

Labs this week focus on: crontab, protected and a simple quiz.

Here's the code you need to start from for the quiz: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

$x = localtime;

print $x;
The quiz asks you to start from this and make it into a web script.

Here's a link provided by Jarred.

(Note though we use Flash MX. I will explain the difference in class).

Here's a note to myself I need to provide more links.

Tue-Wed Sep 16-17
The code discussed in class on Tue is available in Lecture Notes Six.

Lecture Notes Five are also useful: they help with Homework Two Part One.

Sat-Mon Sep 13-15
Feedback on Project Milestone One sent to the distribution list: 
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:06:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Fall2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: Project Proposals


Dear A348/A548 Friends,

Since the project is a group enterprise I am hereby giving
you some feedback in a fairly public manner. Grades will be
posted individually but I would like to encourage everybody
to check the project proposals that are being posted across
the web space of this class. So, let's start in alphabetical
order:

  103,BL,1403,15004,BAYLISS,  CHRISTOPHER DAV,CBAYLISS

Nice page. Milestone one reveals a conservative position. OK.

  103,BL,1403,15005,BIGLER,  MICAH GREGORY   ,MBIGLER

Interesting proposal.

  103,BL,1403,15006,BROWN,  ROBERT EDWARD    ,ROEBROWN

No Milestone One posted. At least not in sight.

  103,BL,1403,15007,CLENDENING,  WENDY RENEE ,WCLENDEN

Project idea: very good. Minor details to be clarified.

  103,BL,1403,15008,DE LEURY SCHALK,  DAVID R,DDELEURY

Can't find Milestone One. Please post.

  103,BL,1403,15009,GREENFIELD,  MITCHELL SCO,MSGREENF

Very basic, very good and challenging proposal.

  103,BL,1403,15010,HERMSDORFER,  MARK JAMES ,MHERMSDO

Proposal a bit conservative. No problem. Teammate listed.

  103,BL,1403,15011,HORNING,  DAVID RYAN     ,DHORNING

Great idea: explore! Perhaps look into VoiceXML as well?

  103,BL,1403,15012,KLOPFER,  BENJAMIN MICHAE,BKLOPFER

Movie database. With XML. Sounds good.

  103,BL,1403,15013,LAKE,  BRIAN EDWARD      ,BLAKE

Good idea. Start describing clearly the rules of the game.

  103,BL,1403,15014,LEE,  MIN-HSIANG         ,MINHLEE

Interesting. But: I can't see your page properly in Netscape.

  103,BL,1403,15015,NAGAYA,  CHIAKI          ,CNAGAYA

Chat application. OK.

  103,BL,1403,15016,NGUYEN,  LINH TUYET      ,LTNGUYEN

Can't find Milestone One on the website. Please post.

  103,BL,1403,15017,OFFICER,  AARON M        ,AOFFICER

Proposal OK. Describe the rules of the game for the neophyte.

  103,BL,1403,15018,PHILLIPS,  PATRICK ALLEN ,PAAPHILL

An excellent and challenging default project! Great choice.

  103,BL,1403,15019,REEVES,  SALOME          ,SAREEVES

Proposal is very good. Question: "whixh"---that's Gaelic, right?

  103,BL,1403,15020,REINERT,  DRAKE P        ,DREINERT

Same as HERMSDORFER,  MARK JAMES. Default (group) project. OK.

  103,BL,1403,15021,ROYALTY,  ANDREW W       ,AROYALTY

Proposal is interesting. Need a simple, scaled-down starting point.

  103,BL,1403,15022,THOMPSON,  JEFFREY E     ,JEETHOMP

Proposal oriented towards a real life case/situation. Very good idea.

  103,BL,1403,15023,WELDON,  GEORGE MATTHEW C,GWELDON

Project idea is OK. Please sketch a user's manual for it (for now).

  103,BL,1403,15024,WILKINSON,  ROGER LEWIS  ,ROLWILKI

Not bad. But project proposal needs a lot more resolution for now.

  103,BL,1403,15025,YEUNG,  KING HUNG        ,KHYEUNG

Idea is OK but needs more resolution.

  103,BL,1415,15026,ANNAIAH,  KIRAN HOSAHALLI,KANNAIAH

Web site down. Likely has dropped the class. Why, may I ask? :-)

  103,BL,1415,15027,AUGIER,  MANUEL          ,MAUGIER

Can't see project proposal. Looking forward to it. Nice snowy picture.

  103,BL,1415,15028,BARTELT,  VALERIE LISA   ,VBARTELT

Web site in default state. No project proposal?

  103,BL,1415,15029,BRAUN,  JARRED M         ,JAMBRAUN

Don't forget to glitz up your page. Game proposal is OK. Specifics.

  103,BL,1415,15030,BUULOLO,  MAKARIUS       ,MBUULOLO

Project idea is very good.

  103,BL,1415,15031,CHANG,  YOUNG JOON       ,YJCHANG

Auction system. Great idea. Works with GAN, TING.

  103,BL,1415,15032,COSTELLO,  JAMES CHRISTOP,JCCOSTEL

Great idea. Perhaps you can upload XML, and process with XSLT.
(Thanks for the update on Myron).

  103,BL,1415,15033,DOSHI,  RAHUL RAJNIKANT  ,RDOSHI

Good proposal. A bit on the conservative side but that's OK.

  103,BL,1415,15034,EMIGH,  WILLIAM GARETH   ,WEMIGH

Shared whiteboard. (Remind me to show it in class on Tue).

  103,BL,1415,15035,FLYNN,  CHRISTIE SUE     ,CHFLYNN

There are a few unknowns in your proposal. But you know that.

  103,BL,1415,15036,GAN,  TING               ,TIGAN

Online auction.

  103,BL,1415,15037,GAO,  RONGKE             ,RGAO

Shopping cart.

  103,BL,1415,15038,LA VAN,  ERICA HELEN     ,ELAVAN

An XML project. I suggest IceWorld, a platform game in Flash.

  103,BL,1415,15039,MORISSET,  IMAN SHABAZZ  ,IMORISSE

I have such a game available for you to study and extend it.

  103,BL,1415,15040,SIBO,  WALID             ,WSIBO

An independently developed auction site. Proposal looks interesting.

  103,BL,1415,15041,WANG,  GENG              ,GEWANG

Project proposal is a bit in need of enhanced resolution: not sure
what DDR stands for. East Germany used to go by that name during the
Cold War. Also paper-rock-scissors is not a multiplayer game, is it?
Not if you play against the computer.

  103,BL,1415,15042,WHITE,  PAUL E           ,PEWHITE

Data warehouse. Great idea. Pictures and text.

  103,BL,1415,15043,YAN,  YAN                ,YAYAN

Web site not responding.

  103,BL,1415,15044,YUDISTIRA,  WAHYU        ,WYUDISTI

Shopping cart. A bit conservative. OK, I guess.

  103,BL,1403,15045,KERY, ROBERT             ,RKERY

Proposal OK. Who is the mentioned partner? Platform is Windows or Unix?

End of comments to Milestone One.

Please let us know if you need help.

... Adrian

P.S. Per one student's request here's a list of student projects
(links no longer work) from a while back (Fall 2000)

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a348/fall2000/students.html

At that time there were no "default" projects as we have today.

Once again: if you need us, please let us know.

Fri Sep 12
This is the code we developed in class yesterday: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

print qq{Content-type: text/html\n\n}; 

print qq{<html><head><title>My First Script</title></head><body>\n};

$input = $ENV{"QUERY_STRING"}; 
$me = $ENV{"SCRIPT_NAME"}; 

print "($input)<hr>"; 

foreach $k (keys %ENV) {
  if ($k eq $input) {
    print $k, " ==> ", $ENV{$k}, "\n<br>"; 
  } else {
    print qq{<a href="$me?$k">$k</a>\n<br>}; 
  }
}

print qq{</body></html>\n};

Thu Sep 11
Don't forget that you need to post Project Milestone One today.

You need to have it posted on your web site by Sunday night for sure.

Wed Sep 10
Check Jan 25 entry for the script we use to grade your Lab One.

Schedule of Office Hours (to be posted today) looks like this:

Adrian Mon 9:30-10:30am LH201D
3:30-4:30pm
Tue 3:35-4:35pm
Wed 2-3pm
Thu 3:35-4:35pm
Fri 2-3pm
Shakila Wed 3:30-5:30pm LH201 Suite
Fulya Thu 1:15-2:15pm LH201 Suite
Mon 2-3pm
Qian Mon 1-3pm LH112

Tue Sep 9
Here's how you make your archive available for Lab One: 
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% chmod 711 ~
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% chmod 711 ~/public
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% chmod 644 ~/public/whoa.tar.gz
Don't forget to move the file there, first (from lab1).

Is your Lab Assignment One accessible?

Find out here.

Mon Sep 8
Message sent to A348/A548 Fall 2003 Distr. List: 
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:22:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348/A548 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348/A548 Update


Dear A348/A548 Friends,

Congratulations for your interest and dedication during the first week
of classes in this semester's A348/A548. Last week we installed Apache
under Unix. At this point you should have a basic understanding of how
information is stored, requested, and distributed on the web.

This coming week we will learn: a few more Unix commands useful in the
maintenance of Apache, a bit of Perl, and the concept of CGI.

In labs expect to be given a brief pop quiz on the contents of the lab
from the week previous (always).

You should also try to have your web site up and running by Tuesday at
the end of the day. When we go to labs on WedThu we'll try to give you
feedback on your web sites.

See you in class tomorrow and in labs later this week.

Please let us know if you need help or have any questions.

... Adrian

Sat-Sun Sep 6-7
If you're still trying to open an account here's the address: 
http://itaccounts.iu.edu/
Please let us know if you run into any problems.

Thu-Fri Sep 4-5
Is your Lab Assignment One accessible?

Find out here.

Wed Sep 3
Get the Apache compressed archive from: 
/l/www/classes/a348/software

Tue Sep 2
Fall semester starts, here's the list of port assignments.

Mon Jun 9
Here's the new ClassPak (final version for Summer II).

Sat May 10
Final grades will be up soon.

Fri May 9
MIME 2003 tonight in TV251 at 6:30pm.

Our presentation will contain:

Hope to see you there.

Thu May 8
Here are questions to think of for the final.

Sat May 3
Please make an appointment to discuss your project here.

Fri May 2
Please submit your A348/A548 semester course and instructor evaluations.

They're in QuizSite administered by the department.

You should find them indexed by the instructor name and course number.

Thu May 1
Here are details about the final exam (under May 1 lecture notes).

Wed Apr 30
Homework Five will still be accepted before the end of the day today.

Tue Apr 29
Here's a note (or, rather, two) from Jocelyn Bauer who's working on her project: 
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:16:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Jocelyn Bauer <jobauer@cs.indiana.edu>
To: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Perl LWP

Thanks for your help this morning.  I have just been messing around with
the Perl LWP for a little bit and have gotten it to do what I wanted.  I'm
able to call my servlet from my cgi script and have the servlet write to a
file.  I'll have to work on having the servlet write to the database now.  
Thanks again.

- Jocelyn

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:20:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Jocelyn Bauer <jobauer@cs.indiana.edu>
To: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Somemore

By the way, here is what I did in case others have the same questions:
I couldn't get it to work with the plain get method from the LWP::Simple
probably because my servlet took post requests.

use LWP 5.64;
use CGI;

my $other = 'http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:11836/stupendous/servlet/StockData';

$name = $query->param('uname');
$pass = $query->param('pword');

my $browser = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $response = $browser->post( $other,
    [ 'uname' => $name,
      'pword' => $pass
    ]
  );

Thanks a lot for both notes and congratulations!

Mon Apr 28
Here's a note I forgot to post yesterday, from Tawanna. 

Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:33:13 -0500
From: TaWanna <taessex@indiana.edu>
To: dgerman@cs.indiana.edu
Subject: monday office hours

Professor German,

I will be unable to hold office hours Monday April 28, 2003
11:30-1:30.  I will also be unable to attend the 1:30 meeting.  I have
an appointment that I have to attend.  I will send you the grades for
my lab section.

TaWanna Essex
My most sincere apologies for not posting this on time.

Sat-Sun Apr 26-27
Here's some help with the last homework assignment: 
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*; 

public class One extends HttpServlet {

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, 
                      HttpServletResponse res) 

        throws ServletException, 
               IOException {
        
        res.setContentType("text/html"); 
        PrintWriter out = res.getWriter(); 

        String one, two; 

        String what = req.getParameter("picture"); 

        if (what == null) {
            what = ""; 
        }

        if (what.equals("one")) { one = "One"; } else {
            one = "<a href=\"/examples/servlet/One?picture=one\">One</a>"; 
        } 

        if (what.equals("two")) { two = "Two"; } else {
            two = "<a href=\"/examples/servlet/One?picture=two\">Two</a>"; 
        } 

        out.println("<html><head><title>Mamma mia!</title></head><body bgcolor=\"white\">" + 
                    "<table border><tr><td>" + 

                    one + 

                    "</td><td>" + 

                    two +

                    "</td><td>Three</td><td>Four</td></tr>" + 
                    "<tr><td colspan=4 align=center>Picture</td></tr>" + 
                    "<tr><td colspan=4 align=center>Caption</td></tr>" + 
                    "</table></body></html>"); 
        
        

    }
This was for the portfolio, as a servlet, and you need a JSP version of it, too.

Now help for the calculator, as JSP. 

<html><head><title>My calculator</title></head><body>

<% Integer a = (Integer)session.getAttribute("acc");

   if (a == null) { a = new Integer(0); } 

   String argument = request.getParameter("arg"); 

   if (argument == null) { argument = "0"; }

   int conv; 

   try { 
     conv = Integer.parseInt(argument); 
   } catch(Exception e) { conv = 0; } 

   a = new Integer(a.intValue() + conv); 

   session.setAttribute("acc", a);

 %>

<form>
The accumulator is now: <%= a %> <p> <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> </form>

</body></html>
This is only the starting point, and you need a servlet version of it as well.

Fri Apr 25
Here's a JSP we posted before and (I am sure) has passed unnoticed: 

<% int count, right; String message = "Hello and welcome to the addition quiz!"; 
   if (session.getAttribute("count") == null || request.getParameter("reset") != null) { 
     session.setAttribute("count", new Integer(0)); count = 0; 
     session.setAttribute("right", new Integer(0)); right = 0; 
   } else { 
     count = ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("count"))).intValue(); 
     right = ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("right"))).intValue(); 
     try { 
        if (Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter("answer")) == ((Integer)(session.getAttribute("answerKey"))).intValue())
              right += 1;
        else 
              right += 0; 
     } catch (Exception e) { } 
     count += 1; 
     message = right + " out of " + count; 
     if (count == 10) { 
       message = "Final result: " + message + ". New game started "; count = 0; right = 0; 
     } else 
       message = "Your performance thus far: " + message;
     session.setAttribute("count", new Integer(count)); 
     session.setAttribute("right", new Integer(right)); 
   }
   int one = (int) (Math.random() * 100 - 50), 
       two = (int) (Math.random() * 100 - 50); 
   session.setAttribute("answerKey", new Integer(one + two)); 
 %>
<html>
<body>
<form action="<%=request.getContextPath() + request.getServletPath()%>">
<%=message%> <p> Question <%=count+1%>. <%=one%> + <%=two%> = <input type="text" name="answer"> <p> <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> <input type="submit" name="reset" value="Reset"> <p> </form>
</body>
</html>
It is clean and compact, and a pleasure to study (I hope).

(The long lines, you ask? I am really happy it's so easy to use them on the web.)

Thu Apr 24
If the server-side is set up one can also play Sea Commander here (in pairs).

Wed Apr 23
Here's the little humorous poem we talked about in class yesterday:

1800's. Inscription on a Far West Tombstone.

Here lies John Bunn(*):
        he was killed by a gun.
______________________________
(*)His name was not Bunn, but Wood.
But Wood wouldn't rhyme with gun.
        But Bunn would.

That's far owt (to remind us of the servlet context's name).

Tue Apr 22
If my server is started up one can play Don't Fall! here (in pairs).

If the server is not started you won't be able to connect.

Of course, the server could be started on client demand (as a servlet).

For now, though, we'll be operating it manually.

Mon Apr 21
Here's all the supporting code for the Flash MX projects.

Fri-Sun Apr 18-20
Homework Five (last) posted.

Evaluations ready to go (CSCI-A348-Instructor_Name)

They will stay open until May 15, but please turn them in before that.

Thu Apr 17
Notes updated.

Tue-Wed Apr 15-16
I will post the two multiplayer games here soon.

Wed-Mon Apr 9-14
The final exam will be

You are also invited to the T540 Final Exam the next day:

With the next few lectures we wrap up

  1. Tomcat and server-side Java
  2. Java on both ends of the client-server paradigm
  3. Java RMI, XML, and XML-RPC

After this we will develop some multiplayer games.

T540's (Networked Game Design with Java) Final Exam is a collection of 10 individual presentations. Their final exam is your preview into an exciting domain (multiplayer game design) in which your knowledge of the A348/A548 material would give you a head start. In the next few days I hope to demo this, in class.

Tue Apr 8
Lecture notes completely up-to-date now.

Fri-Mon Apr 4-7
Over the next few days my office hours are as listed here.

Please come during these times to make sure I am here.

Thu Apr 3
Gan's office hours updated.

Wed Apr 2
Homework Four and Lab Eight are due today.

Lab Nine is due next week on Wednesday.

Tue Apr 1
Please start scheduling individual appointments here.

Sat-Mon Mar 29-31
Lecture Notes Twenty and Lab Notes Ten posted.

Fri Mar 28
The lecture notes for last night lecture posted now.

Here's also an online reference.

Thu Mar 27
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:04:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>
To: A348 Spring 2003 Distr. List <dgerman@indiana.edu>
Subject: A348/A548: Brief Update 


Today in class we will only focus on Javascript. The goal
is to understand DOM so we can write Homework 4. Then, to
understand the Javascript shopping cart, so we can finish
the Remove button, which will be Lab Assignment Nine.

Let's make Lab Eight due next Wednesday, instead of today
and tomorrow. This way we can briefly discuss is (5 min.)
today at the beginning of the lecture.

Lab Notes Eight have been updated. Lab Notes Nine will be
updated later today to reflect these new changes.

Also, I have posted grades for all midterms yesterday. We
can discuss them in individual appointments next week and
grades can go up or down depending on how appointments go
when we discuss your programs.

Hope you're doing well. I am writing up new notes for the
lecture today to help a bit more with Homework Four.

... Adrian

Wed Mar 26
Midterm grades finally posted.

Now we have a starting point for individual appointments.

We will start scheduling them shortly.

Mon-Tue Mar 24-25
There's more than one way to create a duplicate of a table:

  1. Here's what the documentation has to say.

  2. I suggest you first create the table then use INSERT INTO.

  3. Alternatively one can create a new table as a result of a query: 

    create table alpha_copy as select * from alpha;
  4. Finally, here's the working version of the Lab Eight assignment.

    (Note the new Categories entry in the individual book descriptions).

Sun Mar 23
Welcome back!

Gan's office hours changed, now: Wed LH112 7-9pm.

Mon-Sat Mar 17-22
Happy Spring Break!

Sat Mar 16
Here's the function we discussed last night.

Use it in your shopping carts for the next lab. 

<?
   function get_book_cats($isbn) {

       $conn = db_connect(); 

       $query = "select dgerman_php_catboo.catid, catname 
                 from dgerman_php_categories, dgerman_php_catboo 
                 where '$isbn' = dgerman_php_catboo.isbn and
                       dgerman_php_categories.catid = dgerman_php_catboo.catid"; 

       $result = @mysql_query($query); 


       if (! $result) return false;



       $num_cats = @mysql_num_rows($result); 
       if ($num_cats == 0) return false; 



              $cat_array = array(); 

              for (
                   $count = 0; 
                   $row = @mysql_fetch_array($result); 
                   $count++
                  ) 
                $cat_array[$count] = $row; 

       if (! is_array($cat_array)) {
                     echo "No categories currently available. <br>"; 
              }



              foreach ($cat_array as $row) {

                     $url = "show_cat.php?catid=".($row["catid"]); 
                     $title = $row["catname"]; 



                     do_html_url($url, $title); 

              }


   } 
 ?>
I will only show you a prototype after the break, to see how it works.

You need to obtain the same effect in your carts, and understand it.

Therefore the question is:

Sat Mar 15
Here's an example of conditional output:
<html><head><title>Conditional output</title></head><body bgcolor="white">

<? if ($arg % 2 == 0) { ?> Even <? } else { ?> Odd <? } ?> 

<form>

Type a number: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p>

</form></body></html>
A bit weird looking, don't you think?

One gets used to this in no time, though. (Try it.)

Fri Mar 14
Here's a link to the WildTangent web site.

Thu Mar 13
Here are the two programs of Tuesday: 
<?
   if ($fun == "add") {
     $acc += $arg; 
   } 
 ?> 

<html>
 <head><title>Calculator</title></head>
 <body bgcolor=white>
   <form>
     Your balance currently is: <?=$acc+0?> <p> 
     
     Argument: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 
     Function: <select name="fun">
       <option value="non"> click me!
       <option value="add"> deposit
       <option value="sub"> withdraw     
     </select> <p> 

     <input type="hidden" name="acc" value="<?=$acc+0?>"> 

     When done push <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> 
   </form>
 </body>
</html>
That was the first one, here's the second one: 
<? session_start(); 

   if (session_is_registered("alpha")) { } else {
     session_register("alpha"); $alpha = 0; 
   }

   if (session_is_registered("stamp")) { } else { 
     session_register("stamp"); 
   }

   if ($stamp == $stampCopy) {
     $stamp += 1; 
     if ($fun == "add") {
       $alpha = $arg + $alpha; 
     }
   } else {
     echo "Sorry!<hr>"; 
   }
 ?> 

<html>
 <head><title>Calculator</title></head>
 <body bgcolor=white>
   <form>
     Your balance currently is: <?=$alpha+0?> <p> 
     
     Argument: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 
     Function: <select name="fun">
       <option value="non"> click me!
       <option value="add"> deposit
       <option value="sub"> withdraw     
     </select> <p> 

     <input type="hidden" name="stampCopy" value="<?=$stamp?>"> 

     When done push <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> 
   </form>
 </body>
</html>
Second one nicely matches the functionality of the first one now.

Wed Mar 12
There is a grace period of one day for the Midterm Exam.

I plan to briefly survey what's been posted and notify you of any problems.

Then on Thursday morning the Midterm exams should be posted and finished.

This way I can post grades by Friday night.

Tue Mar 11
Midterm Exam is due today.

Lecture notes for the week posted.

Today we

Homework Four will be due after the break.

Mon Mar 10
Code to be posted today to address the fundamental difference between

  1. keeping state on the server side, vs.
  2. keeping state on the client side

One should be able to define the problem by now.

One should also be very close to a solution.

Here's the code: 

<? session_start(); 

  if (session_is_registered("acc")) { } else { session_register("acc"); } 

  if (session_is_registered("stamp")) { } else { session_register("stamp"); } 

  if ($stamp == $stampCopy) {  
    if ($fun == "add") { $acc += $arg; }
    $stamp = rand(0, 100000); 
  } else { ?> Sorry!! <p> <? } 

 ?>

<html><head><title>Calculator</title></head><body bgcolor="white">

This is the calculator. <p> 

Currently your accumulator is: <?=$acc+0?> <p> 

<form>

Please type an argument: <input type="text" name="arg"> <p> 

... and choose an operator: <select name="fun">
<option value="non"> click me!
<option value="add"> Deposit 
<option value="sub"> Subtract
</select>

<p> When done please 

<blockquote>... push <input type="submit" value="Proceed"></blockquote>

<input type="hidden" name="stampCopy" value="<?=$stamp?>">

</form>

</body></html>
You see why this is a(lmost a) solution?

Also thanks to Mike de Palma for the following pointers:

  1. The code in save_state was not showing properly.

    Fixed (see below, under Thu Mar 6) the code now looks like this: 

    sub save_state {
  my ($state, $id) = @_; 
  my $sth = $DBH->prepare(<<END) || die "Prepare: ", $DBH->errstr; 
UPDATE $DB_TABLE
  SET one = ?, two = ?, three = ?  
  WHERE session_id = '$id'
END
  $sth->execute(@{$state}{qw(one two three)}) 
  || die "Execute: ", $DBH->errstr; 
  $sth->finish; 
}
    This was also noticed by Jocelyn Bauer, on Sunday.

  2. Second, for accuracy here the new generate_id: 
    sub generate_id {
  my $tries = 0; 
  my $id = &hash($SECRET . rand()); 
  while ($tries++ < $MAX_TRIES) {
    last if 
      $DBH->do("INSERT INTO $DB_TABLE (session_id) VALUES ('$id')"); 
    $id = &hash($SECRET . rand()); 
  }
  return undef if $tries >= $MAX_TRIES;
  return $id; 
}
    Compared to Lab Six the $acc is not there.

  3. And finally, here's initialize: 

    sub initialize { 
  my $state = shift; 
  $state = {} unless $state; 

  $state->{one} = 1; 
  $state->{two} = 1; 
  $state->{three} = 2; 

  return $state; 
}
    There was no need to initialize in Lab Six.

Sun Mar 9
List of proposed problems for the Midterm Exam increasing.

(New problems submitted by graduate students are being added to the list).

Sat Mar 8
Wildlife as sees it:

... both courtesy of Brandon McGhan (bmcghan).

Fri Mar 7
Minute paper count updated and posted in QuizSite.

Thu Mar 6
Here's what's different in the program developed in class on Tuesday:

  1. The table will be a different one. 
    $DB_TABLE = "dgerman_mar4";
  2. The structure of the table is different too. 
    

  3.  You should work with a hash table for a state (instead of just $acc)

    my $state          = &get_state($session_id);
// ... 
sub get_state {
  my $id = shift; 
  my $query = "SELECT * FROM $DB_TABLE WHERE session_id = '$id'"; 
  my $sth = $DBH->prepare($query) || die "Prepare: ", $DBH->errstr; 
  $sth->execute || die "Execute: ", $sth->errstr;
  my $state = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;
  $sth->finish; 
  return $state; 
}
    

  4.  One needs to initialize now if the state is new. 

    if (! $state->{one}) { $state = &initialize($state); }
    

  5.  Calculation produces a whole new state now. 

    $state = &calculate($state); 
// ...
sub calculate { 
  my $state = shift; 
  $state->{one} = $state->{two};
  $state->{two} = $state->{three}; 
  $state->{three} = $state->{one} + $state->{two};
  return $state; 
}
    

  6.  The entire state needs to be saved not just the accumulator. 

    &save_state($state, $session_id);
// ... 
sub save_state {
  my ($state, $id) = @_; 
  my $sth = $DBH->prepare(<<END) || die "Prepare: ", $DBH->errstr; 
UPDATE $DB_TABLE
  SET one = ?, two = ?, three = ?  
  WHERE session_id = '$id'
END
  $sth->execute(@{$state}{qw(one two three)}) 
  || die "Execute: ", $DBH->errstr; 
  $sth->finish; 
}
    

  7.  Status report reports the entire state (not just the accumulator). 

    sub status {
  my ($state) = @_; 

  print  qq{
          One: $state->{one} <p> 
          Two: $state->{two} <p> 
          Three: $state->{three} <p> 
        };

}
    

 


 
 


Wed Mar 5
 
 

I plan to post portions of the Fibonacci program here tomorrow. 
 Also a 
comparison between the PHP and the Perl/CGI/DBI.pm access to databases. 
 


 
 


Tue Mar 4
 
 

Here's a message from Tawanna: 
 


Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 17:16:39 -0500
From: TaWanna <taessex@indiana.edu>
To: Adrian German 
Subject: office hours

Because I will be in Illinois for interviews, I will not hold office
hours this Monday March 3.  Instead, I will hold office hours on
Wednesday, March 5 at the same time (11:30-1:30).

TaWanna Essex


Note that this helps with Wednesday (if you need help). 
 

Also, this is only for this week. 


 
 


Mon Mar 3
 
 
Here's a sketch of what we plan to cover by the end of next week: 
 


     


  1.  Wrap up the review for the Midterm Exam 

  2.  That means we'll finish the Hangman game

  3.  We will also review the intro to PHP again

  4.  We'll discuss PHP arrays, functions, sessions

  5.  We'll compare and contrast PHP and DBI.pm database access

  6.  We'll discuss the next default project (the PHP Shopping Cart)

  7.  We'll start discussing client-side scripting (DHTML and Javascript)

  8.  We'll probably describe Homework Assignment Four too, and 

  9.  ... finish with yet another shopping cart, in JavaScript. 


 


 I am going to make a demo of the WildTangent web 
driver as acccessed from JavaScript too. 
 


 
 


Sat-Sun Mar 1- 2
 

 


Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:04:17 -0500
From: Rob Henderson <robh>
To: dgerman@cs.indiana.edu
Subject: burrowww /tmp usage


There are quite a number of users in the burrow that appear to
be building php and/or apache in /tmp on burrowww.  On all the
department Suns, /tmp is a memory filesystem so this is chewing
up a lot of virtual memory on the system.  Whenever a user needs
a large temporary space, they should use /scratch or /nobackup and
they can see:

  http://www.cs.indiana.edu/Facilities/FAQ/General/storage.html

for information about how to use these.

I'm not sure if these students are in your class or not, but
perhaps you could spread the word that /tmp is not a place 
to be putting lots of files?

Thanks a bunch!!

        --Rob

 


Fri Feb 28
 

 

I am in Chicago over the weekend (Sat-Sun) returning Monday for office hours.


 
 


Wed-Thu Feb 26-27
 
 

Please note: 
 


 
 

All homework and lab work that was 

 


 No late homework or lab work will be carried over the break. 


 
 


Tue Feb 25
 
 

In class today we'll be solving problems getting in A Midterm Mood. 


 
 


Mon Feb 24
 
 

Lecture and lab notes for this week
posted. 
 

For the Midterm Exam you only need 
to provide FOUR (not sixteen) solutions. 
 

If you are a graduate student you don't need to solve your problem. 
 

But you can if you want to, and it could be one of the four. 
 

Send your problem 


 

A document containing the possible problems to be posted soon. 
 


 
 


Sat-Sun Feb 22-23
 
 

The Midterm Exam becomes a Take-Home Exam starting tomorrow and due Mar 11. 


What you would have to do (more details to follow pretty soon): 
 


    


  1.  Choose four problems (like the ones posted below)


  2.  I will try to have about 10 posted to choose from 


  3.  Then implement the four in four different ways


  4.  One where you keep state on the client (in CGI/Perl)


  5.  One where you keep state on the server (in CGI/Perl)


  6.  One where you keep state on the client (in PHP)


  7.  One where you keep state on the server (in PHP)


 
 

As graduate student you have to do one more thing: 
 


    


  1.  Suggest a good problem for this exam other than the ones listed. 


 


 So I will try to have the problems listed here soon. 


 
 


Fri Feb 21
 
 

Here's another problem you could get on an exam. 
 

Implement a CGI script that would behave more or less like this: 
 


prompt> java Vendor
Welcome. We sell stamps ($3.40) Please enter money:
enter> nickel nickel dollar dollar quarter
Thanks. Your credit is $2.35 I need $1.05 more.  
enter> cent cent
Thanks. Your credit is $2.37 I need $1.03 more. 
enter> dollar quarter
Thanks. Your credit is $3.62 The stamps are yours.
Your change is: $0.22
Thanks for using this program. 
 

This being a web script, it should provide the behaviour of your
calculator. 
 


 
 


Thu Feb 20
 
 

Nothing lasts forever, so enjoy the snow while you can. 
 

 
 


 
 


Wed Feb 19
 
 

For the upcoming lab please use


/l/www/classes/a348/software


That's where you can get php-4.1.0.tar.gz that you need to install. 


 
 


Tue Feb 18
 
 

At this point we can already post sample exam problems. 
 

That, in fact, is what I will be doing today. 


 Here are problems that you could have 
been asked to implement for Homework Two: 
 



    


  1.  The Sum Game 
(whoever reaches 100 first WINS!). 
     


  2.  The Paper, Scissors, Rock Game 
     


  3.  The Hangman 
Game (keeping state on the client-side). 
     


  4.  The Guess-The-(Secret-)Number Game 


 


 
 


Mon Feb 17
 
 





 

 

Things we have discussed, that you could review: 


 
     


  1.  Chapters 1-8 in Spainhour. 


  2.  Chapters 12, 14 (CGI.pm) in Spainhour.


  3.  Chapters 17, 18 in Spainhour. 


 


 There are also a couple of chapters in Hall/Brown. 
 

I'll let you identify those on your own (for now). 


    
 
 


 
 


Sat-Sun Feb 15-16
 
 

Congratulations to 
Zaimi (myusof) 
 

We start with this form: 


<html>

<form method="GET" action="http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:43025">

<input type="text" name="uname"> <p> 
<input type="text" name="pword"> <p> 

<input type="submit" value="Proceed"> <p> </form>

</html> </html>
 

We set up the first of the Java servers (the one that simply reports). 
 


burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% pwd
/nfs/paca/san/r1a0l1/dgerman/server
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% ls *.java
HTTPServer.java
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% javac *.java
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% java HTTPServer 43025  
Have opened port 43025 locally.
Client has made socket connection.
got: GET /?uname=mjordan&pword=nba HTTP/1.1
got: Host: burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:43025
got: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011206 Netscape6/6.2.1
got: Accept: text/xml, application/xml, application/xhtml+xml, text/html;q=0.9, image/png, image/jpeg, image/gif;q=0.2, text/plain;q=0.8, text/css, */*;q=0.1
got: Accept-Language: en-us
got: Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, compress;q=0.9
got: Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1, utf-8;q=0.66, *;q=0.66
got: Keep-Alive: 300
got: Connection: keep-alive
got: Referer: http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:11400/test.html
got: 


Then we change the way we send information (to POST): 
 


<html>

<form method="POST" action="http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:43025">

<input type="text" name="uname"> <p> 
<input type="text" name="pword"> <p> 

<input type="submit" value="Proceed"> <p> </form>

</html> </html>


Now the server's reply is different: 
 


burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% java HTTPServer 43025
Have opened port 43025 locally.
Client has made socket connection.
got: POST / HTTP/1.1
got: Host: burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:43025
got: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011206 Netscape6/6.2.1
got: Accept: text/xml, application/xml, application/xhtml+xml, text/html;q=0.9, image/png, image/jpeg, image/gif;q=0.2, text/plain;q=0.8, text/css, */*;q=0.1
got: Accept-Language: en-us
got: Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, compress;q=0.9
got: Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1, utf-8;q=0.66, *;q=0.66
got: Keep-Alive: 300
got: Connection: keep-alive
got: Referer: http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:11400/test.html
got: Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
got: Content-Length: 23
got: 
got: uname=lbird&pword=dribl
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% 



 
 


Fri Feb 14
 
 

 
 Happy Valentine's Day!


 
 


Thu Feb 13
 
 

A few more clarifications about Lab Four. What you need to do: 
 


     


  1.  Place eOne (provided) in cgi-bin. 

  2.  Then do Part A of Experiment One as illustrated. 

  3.  When done explain the process and the result. 

  4.  (Write this in a document that summarizes your findings). 

  5.  Then do Part B also as illustrated (use your own port, etc). 

  6.  Again summarize. This time compare and contrast with Part A. 

  7.  This was the part about HTTP. Next comes the part about CGI. 

  8.  There's an eTwo that needs to be placed in cgi-bin

  9.  Once you place it there you connect with telnet for Part A. 

  10.  When you're done, summarize. Your document is growing. That's good. 

  11.  Now create eTwo.html in your htdocs

  12.  (Notice that it's sending data to eTwo) 

  13.  Summarize what you see in your on-going document in protected. 

  14.  (At the end you will be turning in this document for us to read and grade). 

  15.  At this point the question is about the difference between GET and POST. 

  16.  Repeat both experiments with special characters included as indicated. 

  17.  (Notice the responsibility you have as a browser, to encode). 

  18.  In Part 3 after the summary there is an Experiment Three. 

  19.  It has three parts: Part A, Part B, and Part C.  

  20.  Part A relies on eThree.html (provided). 

  21.  (eThree.html calls eTwo, the script). 

  22.  Part B relies on eThree a new script. 

  23.  (eThree is almost identical to readParse).

  24.  Call this script from the URL. 

  25.  Summarize what you just did and what you saw as the result. 

  26.  Describe the things that must have happened between the
moment when you sent your request in the browser and the moment
when the reply was posted back on your screen. Your document (stored
in protected is even bigger now). 

  27.  Part C starts with a simple script, called process. 

  28.  It asks you to use eThree.html modified to send data to it (process). 

  29.  That's easy: just change the ACTION attribute. 

  30.  You then need to enter values as indicated, also call process directly. 

  31.  When does encoding happen, and why? 

  32.  (That's what you should be focusing at this stage in your document). 

  33.  Your document is now finished.

  34.  Add a link (make sure it's clear where it is) to it. 

  35.  Keep it under protected, this is your lab assignment. 

  36.  Show the document to your AI and (s)he will read it and grade it. 

  37.  That's the undergraduate part. 

  38.  Graduates need to work with the three Java programs presented. 

  39.  That means: GenericClient, SimpleBrowser, HTTPServer. 

  40.  Whatever they do with them they should report in a separate document. 

  41.  Essentially things to do are described in the notes where the programs are presented. 

  42.  Hope this helps. 


 


 
 


Wed Feb 12
 
 

Remember that there is a semester project for this class. 
 

The plan for tomorrow's lecture: 
 


 


 
 


Mon-Tue Feb 10-11
 
 

Lab this week introduces you to MySQL. 
 


 
 


Sat-Sun Feb 8-9
 
 

Lecture Notes Ten and Eleven are a comprehensive review of what we have
done so far. I hope you enjoy it. It does use 
CGI.pm though, which means one needs to 
check Lecture Notes Nine first. Lecture Notes Eight and Nine are a review 
of OOP concepts in Perl (for CGI.pm and DBI.pm
later) and Java. It contains only what we'll need later. 
In class on Tuesday we will cover Lab Four, mostly. 
 

Congratulations to Xiaomin Liu for her 
helloSix 
program. 
 


 
 


Fri Feb 7
 
 

QuizSite and 

Postem 
(A348-1239) updated. 
 

Two quizzes for your practice in 

QuizSite (dgerman-A348). 
 


 
 


Thu Feb 6
 
 

Please look at the present time in the broadest perspective. 
 

Lecture and lab notes for the next two weeks have been posted. 
 

Please take a look at Homework Assignment Three as well. 
 


 
 


Wed Feb 5
 
 

Some references for where we're at: 
 

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 



 
 


Tue Feb 4
 
 

The experiment we started today contained a form: 


burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% pwd
/nfs/paca/san/r1a0l1/dgerman/apache/apache_1.3.26/htdocs
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% cat one.html
<html>
  <head><title>Nothing</title></head>

  <body bgcolor=white>

    <form method=GET" action="/cgi-bin/anotherOne">

      Param alpha: <input type="text" name="one"> <br> 

      Param beta: <input type="text" name="two"> <p> 

      <input type="submit" value="Push me!"> 


    </form>

  </body>
</html>
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% 


The form was sending data to the following script


burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% cd ../cg*
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% pwd  
/nfs/paca/san/r1a0l1/dgerman/apache/apache_1.3.26/cgi-bin
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% cat anotherOne
#!/usr/bin/perl

&header; 

$input = $ENV{QUERY_STRING};

@pairs = split(/&/, $input); 
foreach $pair (@pairs) {
  ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair); 
  $value =~ s/%(..)/[$1]/g; 
  $in{$name} = $value; 
}

foreach $k (keys %in) {
  print $k, " --> ", $in{$k}, "\n"; 
}

&trailer;

sub header {
  print "Content-type: text/html\n\n<html><pre>"; 
}

sub trailer {
  print "</pre></html>"; 
}
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% 


We changed both the script and the form a few times. 
 

Next time we finish ReadParse and discuss HTTP. 
 

We'll be covering a lot of Java in the process, so get ready for that too. 
 


 
 


Mon Feb 3
 
 

A quick reminder (or explanation) about the grades: 
 


    


  1.  A 90 is an A (the lowest, but an A). 


  2.  Any points above that could be used to goof off, later. 


  3.  I am not saying anyone will goof off, but I don't want anyone to.


  4.  So for basic proper assignment completion with no flaws: a 90. 


  5.  Do more, be creative, show off your knowledge to get more points. 


  6.  My task (and goal) is to bring everyone to a level 
where one can achieve a 90. 


  7.  Which one can and must do on one's own, of course. 


  8.  But we want to help you at every step. 


 


 

The grading scale is listed here. 


 
 


Sat-Sun Feb 1-2
 
 

Lecture and lab notes for next week have been 

posted. 


 
 


Fri Jan 31
 
 

Here's the code we developed in class yesterday:


#!/usr/bin/perl

&header;

$user = $ENV{QUERY_STRING};

if ($user) { 
  @pairs = split(/&/, $user); 
  foreach $pair (@pairs) {
    # print $pair, "<p>"; 
    ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair); 
    # print $name, " has a value of ", $value, "<p>"; 
    $in{$name} = $value; 
  }
} else { $user = "Welcome!"; }

$number = $in{number} + 1; 

print qq{ 
  <form>
    The current number is: <font size=+3>$number</font> </h1> 

    <input type="hidden" name="number" value="$number"> <p> 

    Press <input type="submit" value="Proceed"> to see the next number. 

  </form> 
};

&trailer; 

#-------------------------------------------------

sub header {
  print qq{Content-type: text/html\n\n<html>
    <head><title>Program Two</title></head>
      <body bgcolor="white">
  }
}

sub trailer {
  print "</body></html>"; 
}


For the time being you can try it 
 
here. 


 
 


Thu Jan 30
 
 

Here's an adequate introduction to Apache: 
 

 


 There's a lot in the book that we won't have time to cover. 


 There are a few other references which are just as useful. 


 I will be posting them here soon. 


 
 


Wed Jan 29
 
 

Grades will be updated today (Wednesday). 
 

Here's the script developed in class yesterday: 
 


burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% pwd
/nfs/paca/san/r1a0l1/dgerman/apache/apache_1.3.26/cgi-bin/one
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% cat alpha
#!/usr/bin/perl

print qq{Content-type: text/html\n\n}; 

$user = $ENV{"QUERY_STRING"}; 

$one     = "Lindley 01"; 
$two     = "Lindley 07"; 
$three   = "Lindley 08"; 
$four    = "Lindley 09"; 
$picture = "Picture"; 
$caption = "Caption"; 

if ($user eq "one") { 
  $picture = "<img src=\"http://www.cs.indiana.edu/dept/img/lh01.gif\">";
} else { 
  $picture = "<img src=\"http://www.cs.indiana.edu/l/www/classes/a202-dger/sum99/a202.gif\">"; 
}

print qq{ 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Program One</title>
  </head>
  <body bgcolor="white"> 

    <table border cellpadding=2>

      <tr> <td> $one <td> $two <td> $three <td> $four 
      <tr> <td colspan=4 align=center> $picture 
      <tr> <td colspan=4 align=center> $caption 

    </table>

  </body>
</html>

}; 
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% 


Call it with: 


http://burrowww.cs.indiana.edu:11400/cgi-bin/one/alpha?one


(Remember that if you call it with a different 
query string it produces a different answer). 
 


 
 


Tue Jan 28
 
 

Here's the program that we developed in class last Thursday: 
 


burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% pwd
/nfs/paca/san/r1a0l1/dgerman/Jan23
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% ls -ld *
-rwx------   1 dgerman  faculty       390 Jan 23 19:00 one
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% cat one
#!/usr/bin/perl

$balance = 0; 

print "Hello!\necho> "; 

while ($line = <STDIN>) {
  # print "$line"; 
  if ($line =~ /^bye$/i) {
    print "Goodbye!\n"; last; 
  }
  ($fun, $arg) = split(/ /, $line, 2); 
  if ($fun =~ /^add$/i) {
    $balance += $arg; 
  } elsif ($fun =~ /^sub$/i) {
    $balance -= $arg; 
  } else { }
  print "Balance now becomes: $balance\n"; 
  print "echo> ";   
}
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% ./one
Hello!
echo> add 1
Balance now becomes: 1
echo> add 4
Balance now becomes: 5
echo> sub 2
Balance now becomes: 3
echo> 
Balance now becomes: 3
echo> add something else 
Balance now becomes: 3
echo> bye
Goodbye!
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% 


 Prototypes for the second assignment posted: 
 


    


  1.  Lindley Portfolio


  2.  Basic Calculator 


 


 
 


Mon Jan 27
 
 

Lecture and lab notes for the week have been 
posted. 


 
 


Sun Jan 26
 
 


From: Matthew Caine Garrett <magarret@cs.indiana.edu>
To: Adrian German <dgerman@cs.indiana.edu>

One thing I forgot to mention; Because of the difficulty with working
with command line interfaces I noticed with a lot of students in both of
my lab sections in working with command line, I'm going to suggest, [...]
that they take the UNIX Basics workshop. 

It's Tuesday, January 28 from 5:30-8:30 in IMU M088. [This would give just
about anyone] ample opportunity to bone up on command line usage.



 
 


Sat Jan 25
 
 

This is what we use to grad your Lab One assignments: 
 


#!/usr/bin/perl

$username = $ARGV[0];

if ($username eq "") { `yes | rm -ir wh* exp* `; print `ls -ld * `; exit; }

`cp /u/$username/public/whoa.tar.gz . `;

`gunzip whoa.tar.gz`;

`tar xvf whoa.tar`;

print `du -a exp*`;

print `more exp*/doc*/doc?.txt`;

print "Should I delete it? ";

$answer = <STDIN>;

if ($answer eq "yes") {
  `yes | rm -ir wh* exp* ` ; print ` ls -ld * `;
}


If for some reason you don't have Lab One done by Fri night, 


 
 
 

They are structured ways to help you catch up. (Or, catsoup). 
 

But first 
 
     


  1.  try to turn things on time, and then 


  2.  (if you can't, and want to ketchup) ask. 


 


 
 


Thu-Fri Jan 23-24
 
 

Here's how you make your archive available for Lab One: 


burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% chmod 711 ~
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% chmod 711 ~/public
burrowww.cs.indiana.edu% chmod 644 ~/public/whoa.tar.gz
 Don't forget to move the file there, first (from lab1). 
 

Is your Lab Assignment One accessible? 
 
 
Find out here. 


 
 


Wed Jan 22
 
 

Please use the following link if you want to download and install SSH: 


http://kb.indiana.edu/data/aelc.html


The necessary info is somewhere on that page. 
 

(It's under Secure Communications in IUware). 
 


 
 


Tue Jan 21
 
 

Lecture and Lab Notes for this week posted. 
 

Schedule of office hours updated. 


 
 


Sun-Mon Jan 19-20
 
 

Monday (Jan 20, 2003) I am available 
 if you need me. 





 
 


Sat Jan 18
 
 

 
A web-based bulletin board 
has been set up for this class. Please use it 
to post questions and read answers to frequently asked questions. 
Keep in mind that you can always also contact us individually 
by e-mail. Don't be afraid to post, and remember: if at first you don't 
succeed, try posting something that is politically incorrect. It will go 
through.


 
 


Thu-Fri Jan 16-17
 


 Usernames 
listed on the students
page can now proceed with the creation of CSCI Burrow accounts. For some
obscure (and completely accidental) reasons many usernames have not been 
authorized until Friday morning at about 8:56am. So please try now and let me know if you run into any problems. 
 


 
 


Wed Jan 15
 


Here are some pointers to what we will do the first week: 
 


    


  1.  Lecture Notes One 


  2.  Lecture Notes Two 


  3.  Lab One 


 


 Also the files location is /l/www/classes/a348/software 
 


 
 


Tue Jan 14
 


First lecture in LH102 at 5:45pm. 
 

This semster's list of port assignments has been posted. 


 
 



Mon Jan 13
 
 

Spring Semester 2003 starts. 


 



 


 

 Updated by Adrian German for  A348/A548