Ajax Enabled Query Tool - The Capstone Experience
Robert Dollinger, Rachel S. Ford, Brad Helf, Kevin S. Reimer · 2008
The Web Based AJAX Enabled Query Tool (AEQ tool) is an educational software that uses technologies specific to Rich Internet Applications to support activities related to database classes. Years of teaching experience revealed multiple areas of the instructional process that would benefit of a tool like AEQ: (1) Remote, on-line access to database servers via the Internet – traditionally, students do their work in the on-campus labs. Available remoting approaches to get into the campus network are slow and often unreliable. The AEQ tool allows direct, on-line, authenticated access to the databases. (2) Unified query tool- the tool acts as an SQL client for various types of on-campus databases (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL and others) by using one single, specifically tailored, Web based interface. (3) Course content provider and development tool- students will be able to test the pre-loaded classroom query examples against the databases used in the classroom, as well as edit and test their own queries. (4) Collaborative learning tool- when using the AEQ tool, students will be able to login either into a private individual space or into a shared working environ-ment, where they can engage in group activities, exchange messages, view live the queries