(SYS-CON Media) - Whether you're a company of one or 100, managing knowledge
is a core concern and implementing a knowledge base is a sensible way to
capture your content. Dokuwiki is a practical open source Web application for
creating a knowledge base that's easy for novice Webmasters to set up but
flexible and full-featured.
The Dokuwiki Web site (www.splitbrain.org/projects/dokuwiki) describes the
Dokuwiki as "a simple to use wiki aimed at a small company's documentation
needs. It works on plain text files and thus needs no database. It has a
simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the data files remain readable
outside the wiki." Dokuwiki runs on a variety of Web servers, including
Apache and IIS and requires PHP 4.3.x or higher. If you do not have your own
Web... (more)
The anticipation of learning a new programming language can sometimes leave
us frozen on the starting line, not knowing what to expect or where to start.
In this two-part article by Michael Badger, we will:
Take a tour of the Scratch interface Create a couple of sample projects Learn
some basic Scratch programming concepts Get our minds racing
Our specific objectives include:
Learning how ... (more)
In Scratch it's easy to create projects that incorporate dynamic information
using variables. However, variables have a limitation; they store only one
value at a time. Sometimes, we want a variable to store multiple values.
Welcome to lists. In Scratch, a list allows us to associate one list (a
variable) with multiple items or values in much the same way we create a list
before going to ... (more)
Effective problem solving in Linux has nothing to do with knowing what the
right answer is; it's about asking the right questions to find the right
answers. You can efficiently solve problems and enhance your Linux experience
by using a series of five questions to resolve configuration issues and error
messages.
The individual questions that follow seem simple, but taken together they
p... (more)
Scratch 1.4 Beginner's Guide Cover
Packt Publishing announced that Scratch 1.4 Beginner's Guide is now available
for purchase. This hands-on tutorial teaches you the basics of computer
programming using Scratch, a drag-and-drop language, so you can teach your
students how to think and create digitally using a friendly environment.
This book provides teachers, parents, and new programmers w... (more)