Week 3 FYP2

Week 3
Date: 17/02/2014 (Monday)

Title: Download and installing software

In week 3, i downloaded the software needed and testing around with the software. This a process to get familiarize with the software that later will be used to develop the system.

1) MySQL query browser

MySQL is the world’s second most widely used open-source relational database management system. It basically will make the computer to become the source of the database. It is a popular choice of database in web applications and compatible with every computer operating system ( Linux, MacOS, Windows). It is a free software that can be downloaded by anyone. MySQL Query Browser is the Graphical User Interface tool in MySQL. It allows users to easily add database in the computer for it to be linked to any other software such as Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express.

2)  Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express

Microsoft Visual Basic is a third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft for its COM programming model first released in 1991. Microsoft intends Visual Basic to be relatively easy to learn and use. Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express is the year 2010 version of Visual Basic. It is a free development tool which enabling the user in designing and programming simple or complex applications. It is the stripped down version of the full program Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 (paid version). Although it is a stripped down version, it is good enough to construct the program of this project. 

3) Notepad++

Notepad++ is a text editor and source code editor for Windows. It differs from Notepad, the built-in Windows text editor. Notepad++ supports tabbed editing, which allows working with multiple open files in a single window. Notepad++ opens large files significantly faster than Windows Notepad. Notepad++ supports syntax highlighting and code folding for over 50 programming, scripting, and markup languages. It attempts to automatically detect the language that a given file uses, using a modifiable list of file extension bindings. Users may also manually set the current language, overriding the extension's default language. The program also supports auto completion for some programming languages. In this project, Notepad++ is used to construct the coding for the website by using Personal Home Page (PHP) language. PHP language is used because it can be associated with WampServer and MySQL Query Browser.

4) WampServer

WampServer allows the user to create a web application with PHP and MySQL. In this project, WampServer is used to simulate the real working website, transforms the computer into a web server (hardware that helps to deliver web content) and to link the website to the database in MySQL Browser Query. In default mode, WampServer will automatically connect the website to the database in MySQL Query Browser. 

5) QuickMark

 

QuickMark is a Window application to scan Quick Response code (QR code). It uses the computer’s camera to scan the QR code. QuickMark is free and can be downloaded from the internet. In order to scan the QR code, the code must be placed in front of the computer’s camera. QuickMark will then decode the pattern of the code and provide the product’s identification (output) to the user.