Lab 0: Get started - Put Yourself on the web


(29-7-2002 to 1-8-2002)
(not graded)
 

Lab objectives

This lab has three parts:
  1. Learning how to use the browser and browsing the site of Esc101 (http://www.iitk.ac.in/esc101).
  2. Familiarization with basic commands of the shell in Linux and use of GNOME or KDE desktop environments.
  3. Familiarization with the BlueJ environment for programming with Java.
If you are completely new to computers and have never used one before ask the Tutor or teaching assistant to help you get started. Look at chapter 1 of Literature -> Miscellaneous -> Getting Started with ESc 101 Lab .
A Unix primer on the ESc site (the underlined text in italics means visit the link Literature then under section Miscellaneous, visit Getting started with ESc 101 Lab A Unix Environment Primer).

Launch the Netscape browser by clicking on the Netscape icon. Enter the site address:
http://www.iitk.ac.in/esc101
and hit enter. Browse the site and also become familiar with the various browser buttons and pull down menus in the Netscape browser.

Go through chapter 2 to 5 of "Getting started with ESc 101: A Unix Environment Primer" in the "Literature" section on the site. Try out the various shell commands. Become familiar with the GNOME or KDE desktop environment.

Open the BlueJ tutorial (Follow the links Literature -> Miscellaneous -> Bluej Tutorial ) in your browser window. Keep this open since you will need to refer to this tutorial repeatedly.

Start the BlueJ environment by running the Bluej script from the shell prompt.

Create a directory called "esc101" in your home directory. Open the BlueJ editor, save a file called "index.html" with the following lines within the "esc101" directory.

Cut and paste these lines into your BlueJ editor, and replace %YOUR-NAME% with your name, and add your name, roll num, hall/room number, and Home address. Also replace the parts in "[" to "]" with your own words:

<HTML>
<TITLE> Web page for %YOUR-NAME% </TITLE>
<BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE" >

<CENTER>
<H1>Welcome to the web page of %YOUR-NAME% </H1>
</CENTER>
<IMAGE ALIGN=right SRC="mypicture.jpg" ></IMAGE>

<UL>
<LI> Name: 
<LI> Roll No: 
<LI> Hall / Room:
<LI> Home address:
</UL>


<H2> Prior Programming Exposure </H2>



[Write a sentence or a paragraph on whether you have played games on
a computer, browsed the internet, written any programs (if so
how complex), prepared web pages, or if you have absolutely
no exposure. etc. ]



<H2>What I expect to learn from this course </H2>



[This should be a writing in plain english of any length - 
from one paragraph to one page.  You should discuss his/her 
expectations.]




<H2> List of Lab Submissions </H2>

<UL> 
<LI> Lab 0: Familiarization (This page). 
</UL> 

</BODY>
</HTML>
This file you have just created is an web page. It is your own web page. We will upload it to the esc101 website so that anyone in the world can see it. Next lab we will take digital images which you will be able to insert here.

Now view this file in netscape with the following commands

	cd esc101
	netscape index.html
Also, you need to give read & execute permissions to all others for the file thus created with the command 
	chmod 755 . ..
	chmod 744 index.html
BEST OF LUCK!!!