Programming Contest 7 - Questions

[stuart]

Hi,

Any questions.... fire away.

Stuart

[Eric]

Alright so i know that you can use client side scripts but the project is only evaluated on the php.. most of the things that you would want for an online php editor have to be done client side so most of the entries would just be a textbox with a bunch of javascript ... ?

[stuart]

That depends on how it's developed!!

Im not sure how possible these things are, but here are a few examples of what php could be used for:

Debugging/Analysing/testing/Backing-up/Browsing/Adding/Deleting/Editing.... etc

[masticore]

What are client-side requirements ? IE-only or also other browsers like mozilla/opera/etc ?

[stuart]

no restrictions!! so if you write it for IE6+... as long as the basic functionality still works on opera/mozila etc.

So if you have a script that will do lots of cool things on IE... that is fine but the main functionality should also run on non-javascript browsers.... even if the jazzy client-side scripts fail. So it may be a good idea to do a check for browser version and/or client-side script enabled!! to know what to give the browser.

Saying that... it's up to you, these are only suggestions.

Sorry that this is a double, the first post didn't come into this catagory. I was wondering if we are allowed to utilize mysql in this contest? (As well as permissions for a server-side IDE that you would require.)

Thank!

Jon

[stuart]

Yes you can use MySQL in the contest.

[ospinto]

so this editor should be a basic text editor? so you should be able to edit your php page online and save it, right?

[gurglet]

Is tar.gz file format okay, or should it just be zip?

[stuart]

Originally posted by ospinto@Mar 31 2004, 09:46 PM
so this editor should be a basic text editor? so you should be able to edit your php page online and save it, right?

That's it, yes