1. Course Introduction MIS 3501, Fall 2016 Brad N Greenwood, PhD
Department of MIS
Fox School of Business
Temple University
8/30/2016

2. Agenda Objectives and Mechanics of the course
How the course fits into the MIS major
Value proposition of the course
Approach we take
How to succeed
Final Notes (of Caution)
A Note of Administrivia
Eric Koeck is the Diamond Peer for the Course -
He is disturbingly knowledgeable
Having trouble with installations of XAMPP et. al.?
We have two other iTAs –
Rhea Prabhu -
Noah Mercado -
Tentative hours for the iTAs
M 3-5 (A602)
T 5-8 (A602)
W Evening digitally

3. This Course
The purpose of this course is to give you relevant, hands-on experience, with the development of database driven websites and internet based applications.
Our Specific Goals
Learn the basic structure and syntax of the PHP language
Handle user input via form processing and URL tokens
Interface PHP pages with MySQL databases
Perform other programming-related activities (upload files to a server, manage file directories, authenticate users, etc.)
Gain the knowledge necessary for continued, independent development of programming skills
More broadly, two goals exist
Provide you with scalable, relevant, experience which will enhance your ability to incorporate future technologies into your tool kit
Augment your ability to communicate across the organization

4. The Mechanics Graded Materials Exams (3) 75% Quizzes (2) 20%
Participation 5%
Exams are hands-on technical exercises completed in a fixed amount of time. They are open book, note, and limited open internet.
There will be two quizzes given in the semester. These are constructed to prevent the remedial aspects of the class from holding you back.
Participation grades are determined through a confluence of two major factors:
Did you complete the technical challenges and turn them in on time?
Did you participate in the in-class exercises?
Portfolio Points – 200 if you haven’t taken 2501 / 400 otherwise

5. Course Overview
MySQL
Weeks 6 & 7
HTML & CSS
Weeks 1 & 2
PHP
Weeks 3 – 5
PDO
Week 8 & 9
To do:
Organize your code with MVC (week 11)
Work with forms (week 12)
Use cookies and sessions (week 14)
** This is all in the syllabus. You should really read the syllabus.

6. Here you will apply concepts that originally encountered in MIS2502.
Quizzes and Exams
All quizzes and exams are “hands on” evaluations of technical skill. All are an engineering style exams.
Here, you will be launching fully integrated, database driven, websites
Next week
HTML Quiz
Exam 1
MySQL Quiz
Exam 2
Exam 3
Basics of PHP
Here you will apply concepts that originally encountered in MIS2502.

7. The MIS Major IT Competency Data Value Extraction (i.e. Analytics)
Digital Design (i.e. Process Innovation)
Project Management
Hardware (i.e. Firm Architecture)
Software (i.e. technical mechanics)
The MIS Major

8. Value Proposition (Conceptual)

9. Value Proposition (Organizational)
The agents party to the project have competing incentives
Developers will overcharge you if you do not demonstrate legitimacy
You must speak code
Clients have unrealistic expectations
You must speak English
Managers are maximizing revenue
You must speak consultant
For those of you thinking: “I’m gonna be a CIO, I don’t need to understand code”
How will you be promoted to any managerial position if your projects are under-delivering and over priced?
Or: “Developers are nerds! Nerds cant talk to clients. I’m secure.”
This developer already has taken your first project management job because she is socially and technically competent, i.e. stronger than you…

10. Value Proposition (Practical)
Founders of Top Unicorn Firms
Uber - Travis Kalanick (UCLA) Computer Engineering
PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX – Elon Musk (Penn, Stanford) Physics and Economics
AirBNB - Nathan Blecharczyk (Harvard) Computer Science
Palantir - Joe Lonsdale (Stanford) Computer Science
Our Advisory Board says …. “We want the best of both worlds.”
We want self-starters who can tackle any technical problem.
We want business savvy, team players.
We want programmers.
We want self-starting, business savvy, team players that can write code.

11. Why PHP? PHP is Well Represented You need to start somewhere. Facebook
Amazon
E-Bay
DropBox
Uber
Snapchat
Wikipedia
Wordpress
Etc….
You need to start somewhere.
PHP has a massive install base
PHP is a mature, well-established language
PHP is open source
PHP focuses on server side scripting
PHP Database Objects can interface with all major RDMS systems (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB)
The then goal is to put you into a position where you can onboard technologies into your toolkit seamlessly. These include Python, JavaScript / Node.js, C#, etc

12. Approach We Take Drinking from a Firehose HTML (Build a Website)
PHP (Embed Functionality)
Databases (Management)
Model-View-Controller (Application Design)
Server Launch (Non-static web design)
Data Structures (arrays etc)
Why?

13. Learning to code is not like this…
The teacher tells me the answers
I memorize the answers
I tell the answers back to the teacher
I get a good grade.
I win!
I move on to the next task

14. Learning to code is like …
SWIMMING
RUNNING
RIDING A BIKE
MARTIAL ARTS
JUGGLING
PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT

15. How To Succeed Do The Work Do Not Fall Behind
Don’t just watch the video
The challenges are key
In class exercises
Do the reading
Come to class prepared and ready to engage

16. Final Notes
In this class, we will expose you to many technologies. Some you will have an affinity for, others you may not. At these moments your greatest ally is discipline.
The first thing we will do is get your Unix accounts stood up.
Median Unix Administrator Salary ($102,000 /yr)
You should have MySQL, NetBeans, and XAMPP installed already
Median Database Admin Salary ($97,000 /yr)
Median System Architect Salary ($114,000 /yr)
Get your game faces on
Any questions?