For SLIIT Students : Before a Interview

Here are some good tips to do well in a interview.
These tips are from my personal experiences, learn from my mistakes.

1) Dress well. (Blue is good)

2) Do some IQ question to sharpen your IQ score.

3) Human resource manager will ask you to tell about your self, so be ready for that with at least 8 points (ex: you got a diploma/degree, experience, leadership etc..)

4) Learn facts about the company (at least 5 points).

5) Brush up your knowledge in :
OO Concepts.
Algorithms like, how to check a Prime Number, Fibonacci, Factorial, Sort, Search.
Learn how to validate Fields.
Remember that using Error Logs you can recover from crashes.

6) Never lie about your skill. you will get caught.

7) Engineering manager will ask about projects you done. so prepare well for do a good description of your projects.


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SLIIT: Crutin DBMS III Mid Term Marks

Today I received SLIIT Crutin DBMSIII Mid Term Marks.
I got 40 marks out of 60. It's more than I expected.
The good thing about curtin degree is that you get to see the papers and it helps you to find your weaknesses in exams.

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SLIIT : XML is important

All SLIIT student should understand that XML is a important tool to learn.
Most companies now change there data exchanges media to XML, so it is better to have good knowledge on XML.

W3Schools:"XML is a cross-platform, software and hardware independent tool for transmitting information."

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SLIIT : Virtusa

for next year, students be prepared for the exam from Virtusa, they will come to recruit SLIIT student who are doing Curtin and SLIIT 4 year. they will come around mid July or august so be prepared when they come.
Brush up your knowledge In :
1) Sorting, searching algorithms.
2) Basic Venn graphs.
3) Basic English.
4) Adding elements to a binary trees.

The best method is to contact someone you know in Virtusa and get some Intel about the paper.

I will also like to congratulate my dear friends who got interviews from Virtusa
1) Asitha
2) Dilan
3) Kesara

GOOD LUCK!!!

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SLIIT : How about video learning

I think it is about time we start video learning in SLIIT. Lecturers can make the lecture videos available in the courseweb. It will be a great help when a student misses a class.
Main drawback of this system is that nobody will ever come to lectures when you can get the video from the courseweb.
It is our responsibility to use the resources correctly and wisely.

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SLIIT Calender

SLIIT Calender is the best tool you can have when planning your exams because it has all the SLIIT events printed on each date.
I always hang it in front of bed.
SLIIT Calender is one of the best Administration decisions they took.
It helps students and act as a very powerful advertising media, everyone who comes to my room ask about SLIIT when they see the Calender.
Make Good use of this free tool.

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SLIIT : Old Text Books

This is a really funny thing to say by a Librarian :

"Outdated text books available at the library NOW. Just take them home.
SLIIT Librarian" - notice is in the courseweb.

I wish that she can say this for every book in the Library :-)

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SLLIT : Curtin Back to Back Assignments

SPD361 Assignment with no due date
SETM Assignment 2 - Due on 4:00 pm Friday 14 September.
CC Assignment - Due on 24th August

This is really crazy, how can we possibly do these Assignment, all given at the same time.
Maybe I'm lazy or maybe it's for real IT Geeks who have fun with a computer.
Is this the life we want???? WORK WORK WORK

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Curtin Midterm is over :-)

Wow, one curtin midterm is over :-) but another two to go with the finals.
Today SPD2 and Computer Communication(CC) papers were alright but not easy.
I will make a post about XML serialization for SLIIT and Curtin students because it is much more easier than it looks ;-)

There is a CC assignment that needs to be finished before 24th August (8.30 a.m.)

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SLIIT : Curtin SPD 2

SPD2 : This Subject is really hard for curtin students.
Tiers and layers in J2EE and .NET
XML serialization - easy than it seems
JSP and ASP
Architecture of a .NET assembly
database access(JDBC)
and many more.........

SPD2 is a fun subject yet the content is too wide and complex to cover in one semester, In my opinion SPD should be divided in to two more subjects.

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SLIIT : Need .Net, Oracle free

Got system problems with .NET Visual Studio 2005???

You can always try Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions, No super large Installs, computer crashes and memory waste.

You can install each of .Net tool separately as you like for FREE.
Visual Web Developer 2005
Visual Basic 2005
Visual C# 2005
Visual C++ 2005
Visual J# 2005

For download visit:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa975050.aspx

You can also find Free Express Edition Of Oracle here :
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html

Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions Beta 2 Available:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/future/bb421473.aspx

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SLIIT : Curtin DBMS III (DS362) Midterm

Curtin DBMS III (DS362) Midterm paper was bit harder than I expected.
Paper was easy but the problem was with the time.
Mainly mistakes that I have done was careless ones :-(
Hoping for the Best :-)
Good Luck for every Curtin and SLIIT students who are doing there midterm.

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SLIIT - Never Forget People Who Helped You

You maybe like or dislike SLIIT but you should never give false or spread bad things about SLIIT just because you have low grade or hard subjects.

SLIIT not maybe the best place but yet it helped us where government failed, to provide us with a degree for a very reasonable price. So please don't tell outsiders false things about SLIIT, It will harm us and future brothers and sisters who come to SLIIT.

Only SLIIT students can keep SLIIT alive.
Most campuses(government/private) watching till the SLIIT fall down.
Like a bunch of vultures they are waiting for the dead SLIIT body to feed on.

Never Forget People Who Helped You

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SLIIT : DBMS III is on 10th

I'm so busy and cannot do a quality post today.
DBMS III is on 10th and I have done very little studying,
Curtin DBMS III mid term paper will have questions from Oracle OO Sql queries, OO ER Mapping, JDBC and PHP questions.

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SLIIT Schools Program (TDIT)

SLIIT has started a new Schools Program.
Program awards Teachers with a Diploma in Information Technology (TDIT).
This Diploma (TDIT) will help school teachers to do a quality teaching for children in their GIT subject for A/L and O/L ICT subject.

Sri Lankan IT industry has a great future.
Government has done a great job to promote ICT  to school level.
Yet there are practical issues making it a reality. As a developing nation our schools have very bad IT facilities, most schools don't even have a computer lab. hopefully things will change and our country will have a better future.

Any person who like to donate computers to schools please visit www.icta.lk

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SLIIT : How I write my exam

1) Go to the exam hall early (Never forget my ID card).

2) Get a good idea of the surrounding (you know what I mean).

3) Fill out the DIT in every given answer paper.

4) No panic when I get the paper.

5) I take some 5-10 minutes to read the whole paper.

6) My hand writing is ugly, so I underline important points.

7) No panic even if I don't know the answers.

8) Never leave blanks for question even if i don't know the answer.

9) Forget everything after the paper.

Golden Rule : NEVER LEAVE BLANKS TO QUESTIONS, write anything that comes into your mind.

Remember every point counts :)

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SLIIT : Why ITA is so important??

Internet Technology and Applications (ITA) is a great subject to Polish your HTML and web scripting knowledge.

The end semester assignment you get in ITA is great way to improve your skill in web development.

Try to do your assignment on your own, This will help you in your 2nd year project as well.

Subject contains how to add, edit, delete values from a database via a web scripting language. This is exactly what you need in your second year project with a good creative thinking.

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SLIIT : How to get a Scholarships - part 2

This post is specially for Newcomers and First year students @ SLIIT

Year 1 - Semester 2

Software Technology (ST)
All about data structures, Sorting, Searching, Stacks, Queues.
Really easy if you go to practicals.
Make sure you get the basic stuff like Stacks, Queues and Link List correct, they are the easiest to score.
Searching - easy if you done your IPE right.
Sorting is the only part which is bit tricky, you need to memorize all the algorithms.

Data Communications & Computer Networks I (DCN I)
Really easy from the book, do some past papers.

Database Mgmt.Systems I (Oracle/SQL server) (DBMS I)
DBMS will never get this easy, So score while you can.
Basic sql stuff, if you need help go here www.w3schools.com
Do past papers.

Foundations of Computer Science (FCS)
A maths subject,
I had good friends who pulled me out of this subject. :)
Do past past papers, it's the only way(practice).

Internet Technology and Applications (ITA)
Very easy subject with basic HTML stuff, java scripts, A bit ASP, and e-commerce.
Do your practicals.
Do some past papers.
(This subject is very important in your future studies, I will make a separate Post about it later)


Always remember to complete your Tutes, you get direct questions from them.
To get more info goto How to get a Scholarships - part 1

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SLIIT : Attention First Year Students - 1 semester

This post is specially for Newcomers and First year students @ SLIIT

Don't be lazy in your first year, it's the easiest year you will get a Scholarships full or partial according to Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 or more out of 4.0
Full Scholarships - 3.8
Half Scholarships - 3.5

Getting a Scholarships is really easy than you think, I was too lazy and missed my chance :(

Here are the secrets:

1) Do your midterm really well.

2) Let' see what we got in Year 1,
    Semester 1 Subjects

Introduction to Programming Environments (C++ / UNIX) - IPE
This subject is really important for your future studies.
Get the basics right and you'll be a great programmer in later years.
Never cut practicals for this subject - I mean never never

Information Systems - IS
From the book.
Really easy.
Do some past papers and you'll be fine.

Computer Fundamentals - CF
From the book.
Get the binary, memory and gates stuff right.
Do past papers.

Mathematics for Information Technology - MIT
The pattern is always the same, practice some past papers (if you have done maths in A/L, this would really easy)

Technical Communication - TC
Easiest of all subject, If you have a sound knowledge in English you'll be fine.

3) Do at least 3 years of past paper before the exam.

4) Teach your friends about what you know.

If you need more help on subjects please feel free to send me a mail to kusalsmail@yahoo.com

Good Luck

Tomorrow I will discus about year 1 - semester 2

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SLIIT : Curtin Mid Term

SLIIT, Curtin midterm is just around the corner,

Semester 2 Subjects :
Database Systems 362
Computer Communication 352
System Programming & Design 361
Software Engineering Tools And Metrics 352

Aug 10 will be DS 362
Hopefully CC and SPD2 has been rescheduled to Aug 14 :)
No Mid term for SETM but there's a Hard assignment to complete before Aug 10

Good Luck to everyone who is doing their Midterms in SLIIT :)

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SLIIT : Where was I

In my first two years I was in SLIIT Metro Campus



For my third year(Curtin Degree) I had to go to SLIIT Malabe campus

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SLIIT : Am Late to start a blog

Am Late to start a blog about SLIIT since am in my 3rd year, but it's never too late for start anything :)

After my A/L's I was really happy to find out about SLIIT.
As a IT under graduate the Course is hard and challenging, Sometimes I even wonder if this is the right place for me, not because I don't like SLIIT but for the nature of the course.
Now as a 3rd year Curtin student I feel that, A course should be hard, so that it can maintain its standards with the ever changing IT world.

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