====== Web Applications ======

**Supporting**: [[eg-259:lecture4|Lecture 4]].
 
  - Follow the link to the [[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html|Apache Friends]] version of a portable [[wp>LAMP_%28software_bundle%29|LAMP]] stack [[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html|XAMPP]]. Determine the latest version and operating systems supported. Read the [[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html|windows installation instructions]].
  - Follow the links to explore the features of [[http://www.splitbrain.org/projects/dokuwiki|DokuWiki]], [[http://www.mediawiki.org/|Mediawiki]], [[http://drupal.org/|Drupal]], [[http://drupal.org/|Joomla]] and [[http://wordpress.org/|WordPress]]. In each case determine the latest version and the application's installation requirments. Which of these can be installed with XAMPP on Windows?
  - Read the Wikipedia articles on [[wp>Collaborative_software|Collaborative Software]], [[wp>Computer_supported_cooperative_work|Computer-supported Cooperative Work]], [[wp>Computer-supported_collaboration|Computer-supported Collaboration]] and [[wp>Social_software|Social Software]]. Pick out any features of the systems described that could help you in your learning of this module, your group project work, personal development and social life. Make a table of your results like this:

^ Collaboration Feature ^ Useful for this module ^ Useful for group projects ^ Useful for personal development ^ Useful in my social life ^


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