[General] Topics for next meetings

[Abdulaziz AL-Asfour]

Salamu Alaykom and Eidkum Mubarak All...

As we discussed in the last meeting, we suggested that we choose "technical
topics" to discuss and practice each week. If you have any topics you want
to discuss in the meetings, feel free to drop a topic with a guideline. We
can of course discuss more than one main topic during the meeting. You can
also suggest to adjust my study plan.

My Suggestion topic is "MySQL 5" Database Management System (DBMS). I
divided the study time among the month January 2007 according to the topics
discussed. The goal is to improve Database/MySQL skills, prepare for "MySQL
5 Certifications", and develop projects based on PHP/MySQL.

Please prepare your laptop with any Linux/Unix/BSD flavor and have your
MySQL 5 packages ready (Or guidelines on how to install them)....
I suggest Fedora 6 or Ubuntu 6.10 or a VMWare that has any of them.

The suggested study materials are:

   - "MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide" by Paul DuBois, Stefan Hinz,
   and Carsten Pedersen
      - Note: you can find it on torrent sites, emule, or I can give
      you an electronic copy next meeting. please, if you like it buy it from
      amazon or any book store :)... If anyone has an FTP or HTTP
account, I can
      also upload it.
      - http://www.mysql.com website.


Study Plan:

   - 3 Jan 2007
      - Introduction to DBMS and MySQL (PHP - Optional)
      - Installing MySQL and phpMyAdmin (Zend Studio - Optional)
      - Playing with some SQL commands.
      - Discussing a guideline for studying MySQL 5.
      - Discussing a PHP/MYSQL project plan/competitions to be done by
      the end of Feb 2007.
      - 10 Jan 2007
      - Discussing MySQL Developer Exam I topics.
      - 17 Jan 2007
      - Discussing MySQL Developer Exam II topics.
      - 24 Jan 2007
      - Discussing MySQL DBA I Exam topics.
      - 31 Jan 2007
      - Discussing MySQL DBA II Exam topics.

See you all next meeting inshallah.
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