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Re: Database project in PERL
by ww (Archbishop) on Jan 12, 2012 at 18:59 UTC
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OK, Lesson 0: there is no PERL. There is a language called Perl, and its reference implementation perl, commonly found in /usr/bin/perl, /usr/local/bin/perl, or c:\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe.
Alexander
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What about this: Get some cheapo network enabled temperature/humidity sensors (i like to use these for server room monitoring) and put them up on various places in a building. Then go ahead and implement some data logging, statistics and maybe real-time warning.
This is not that hard to implement, you get real-world data, plus you may save your university some real money by helping them optimize the use of the climate control (or show them the need to install one).
This could be a multi-year project for many students, extending the system. Maybe implement a web page showing current and historical data and predictions based on that. Play "connect the dots" from your access logs and try to find out what the people are looking for.
While this system might not have a real "wow!" effect at first, it can really be helpful. They may ask themself many question that such a system can answer: Is it cooler in the cafeteria than outside (so, should i go early and get one of the limited places inside)? How warm is the water in the swimming pool? Is the heating in the chemistry lab still broken (do i need to long johns again)?
Of course, beeing students, there are of course the uhm, not so legalized questions that the system will also help to answer, like "Is the humidifier at our dorms pot vegetable plantation working correctly and is climate control putting out the optimum temperature?". Not that i would endorse such activity, but i know how groups of young, bored people tend to think. ;-)
"Believe me, Mike, I calculated the odds of this succeeding against the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid… and I went ahead anyway." (Crow in "MST3K The Movie")
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Re: Database project in PERL
by rspishock (Monk) on Jan 12, 2012 at 19:35 UTC
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Find a specific area of the IT/CompSci field that interests you and use that as a starting point.
For example, if you find forensics interesting, you could work on building an asset tracking system that would be used to create a chain of evidence. The db could be sorted device type (HDD, cell phone, GPS, etc.) S/N, date received, date removed from inventory, etc.
This is just an example of a project that I'm working on, but maybe it'll help you get started. The key is to find something that interests you, that way you'll remain motivated to finish it.
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Re: Database project in PERL
by tobyink (Canon) on Jan 12, 2012 at 19:47 UTC
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How about an implementation of R2RML in Perl? I've written a module called RDF::RDB2RDF::R2RML which does a one-way mapping as a dump, but a live two-way interface would be feasible, and probably at a suitable level of difficulty.
Whatsmore, it's a tool that Perl currently lacks, and I know a lot of people would welcome.
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Re: Database project in PERL
by Not_a_Number (Prior) on Jan 12, 2012 at 19:51 UTC
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BrowserUK++
Or your cookery recipes:
SELECT * FROM recipes WHERE main = 'cod' AND prep_time < 15;
Or your gardening expertise:
SELECT * FROM flowers WHERE colour = 'red' AND height < 20 AND ...;
Or your photos, or your facebook* stuff...
In brief, choose one of your interests. That way, your project might possibly be of some use outside your current academic studies.
* Disclaimer: I know nothing about facebook. I have an account, apparently, for I occasionally get requests from people I don't know (or I've forgotten that I knew) to be 'friends'. I usually refuse.
Update: added disclaimer
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Re: Database project in PERL
by marto (Cardinal) on Jan 12, 2012 at 18:56 UTC
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What are you asking? How to use Perl and databases, or are you asking for ideas for some sort of graduate project you can then implement in Perl?
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People do their best work when they are working on something that they are interested in. Are you interested in something? Something that you can do with a computer?
To give you an idea of what I am talking about, look at BrickLink, for trading Legos. There are a ton of pieces and are cataloged by dozens of colors and they breakdown kits but the number and type of pieces in each kit. It is tedious and we are not talking about a lot of money either. This web site was written simply because the guy loved working with Legos and saw a problem he could solve.
Looking at it, I could do a much better job than he did (of course he built it 10 years ago). On the other-hand, I would have never completed it because it was something I was not interested in.
A computer is a tool, not an end to itself and you need to find that something that you want to spend your time with. To use that tool to make something, even when it is frustrating, because you will get it done.
If you cannot find that thing that interests you, I would stop pursuing a graduate degree right now.
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Re: Database project in PERL
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 12, 2012 at 19:05 UTC
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Re: Database project in PERL
by erix (Prior) on Jan 12, 2012 at 18:32 UTC
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Re: Database project in PERL
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 12, 2012 at 21:48 UTC
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