This page lists the various Mission Control sessions that will be taking place in the 2014 Orbital session. Please refer back to this page when new details are posted. We’ll try our best to also to announce the sessions through announcements, and ensure that the tutorials (when possible) are recorded and broadcast for your viewing convenience.
Here’s the new 2014 schedule! Mission Controls are every week (on Tuesday nights from 6-8pm at various venues) with exceptions to be noted below (and announced).
2014 Mission Controls are structured into three distinct types, corresponding to different months (May / Jun / Jul). Beginning topics will be discussed in May; Intermediate topics in Jun and alternative frameworks to be discussed in Jul.
| S/N (date) | Topic | Presenter | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 (20 May) | Twitter Bootstrap | Min | SoC SR3 | Video here. Notes here. |
| #2 (27 May) | jQuery | Karan Kamath | Plug-In @ Blk 71 | Video here. Notes here. Exercises here. |
| #3 (3 Jun) | Introduction to Databases and |
Tam | SoC SR3 | Video here. Notes here. Slides here. Past video on NoSQL vs. SQL here. |
| #4 (Mon 9 Jun) (please note the special date) | Today’s Web Attacks And How They Impact Your Online Social Life | Julian Ho | SoC SR3 |  http://training.securitystartshere.org/ Notes here. |
| #5 (17 Jun) | Visual Design Basics for Non-Designers | Damith | SoC SR2 | Notes here (contains links to slides and video) |
| #6 (24 Jun) | FaceBook Login 2.0 and OpenID | Wee Sun | Plug-In @ Blk 71 | Notes here. Video here. |
| #7 (1 Jul) | Map APIs | Yos Riady | SoC SR3 | Notes here (has links to code and slides). Video here. |
| #8 (8 Jul) | Python/GAE unit testing | Wang Gaoxiang | Plug-In @ Blk 71 | Video here. Notes here. |
| #9 (15 Jul) | Introduction to Swift | Min | SoC SR3 | Notes here. Video here. |
| #10 (22 Jul) | Introduction to Node.js | Zhi An | Plug-In @ Blk 71 | Notes here. |
| #11 (29 Jul) | Introduction to Ruby on Rails | Muhammad Muneer | SoC SR2 | Slides here. Video here. Docs here. |
Below lists the 2013 schedule, for posterity.
| S/N (Date) | Topic | Presenter | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 (21 May) |
Magento eCommerce platform (advanced) | Paypal | SR3 | |
| #2 (28 May) |
Twitter Bootstrap (beginner) | Min | Plug-In@Blk 71 | Video at: http://youtu.be/Xzww_fRgJlM |
| #3 (4 Jun) |
Presentation Power (Prezi, sourcing free photos, sounds; beginner) | Min | SR3 | Video at: http://youtu.be/N3PtOQxoxVM |
| #4 (11 Jun) |
Basic Security (beginner) | Camillus | SR3 | |
| #5 (18 Jun) |
Google Cloud SQL Workshop (register here) |
GDG/IDA | Plug-In@Blk 71 (6-9pm) | Notes here |
| #6 (25 Jun) |
Simple Database Design (beginner) | Tam | SR3 | Notes here |
| #7 (2 Jul) |
Node.js (beginner) | Pallav | Plug-In@Blk 71 | Video at http://youtu.be/R4-h8BtPgqw. Notes here. |
| #8 (9 Jul) |
SQL vs. No SQL (intermediate) | Tam | SR3 | Video at http://youtu.be/B-lSJdHrMoo. Notes here. |
| #9 (16 Jul) |
Google App Engine for PHP (register here) |
GDG/IDA | Plug-In@Blk 71 | |
| #10 23 Jul) | Agile Methodologies | Winston | SR3 | |
| #11 (30 Jul) |
OneMap | IDA | Plug-In@Blk 71 |