Wedding of two SLIIT Batchmates

How fast the time pass by. 3 years ago we were so free. Now we have been sucked into the race of making money and to the Zombie Theory ;-)

This photo was taken around 2006



This is now 2009 April



I wish all the best for Shiksha and Saveen.

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SLIIT IS ALSO LIKE OTHERS

I have seen some blogs out there that say SLIIT is not upto the standard and SLIIT students have difficulty finding jobs. Here is my view on that.

First I must say that SLIIT course covers all you need to know about IT and more, after the 3rd year you will be a all rounder. In the 4th year you can master a specific area of your choice. you can goto the SLIIT website and see the course content.

So is there a problem finding jobs??? yes and no

I cannot speak for the people who did not do their studies well, but I know there are lot of good and talented people out there in SLIIT.

I heard people been accused in interviews just because they are from SLIIT, even before starting the interview. most companies have people from Morotuwa and they think they are the best, when those people(Not all)interview others they only like to see Morotuwa students come through.
Students in Morotuwa are the best in our schools, but the system they got through to universities is another story, they only know how to study without doing a single sport competitively in their life. so how come they learn how to win and loose?? they will behave in interviews just like I said till they die. (I'm not talking about all, I personally know really good people from Morotuwa.) the same apply to other government universities as well.

I agree, because of students who have not done their studies hard, will goto companies and leave a black mark in all SLIIT students, but companies should have a brain not to judge all students only by few individual performances.

Good Luck To All
Jaya Wewa

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How to choose from Curtin Vs SLIIT Degree (Curtin SLIIT)

You are going to 3rd year and wondering which path to choose from Curtin Vs SLIIT degree??
Here are some tips from my personal experiences.

Curtin degree is not that hard than most people say, I also did the Curtin degree and passed all subjects without repeating a single exam.

Benefits of Curtin degree,
1) You have to do 4 subjects but SLIIT degree has 5.
2) Degree is recognized all around the world.
3) you get a degree in 3 years.
4) you can do the 4th year as well for double degree.

Bad side of Curtin degree,
1) Expensive than SLIIT degree.
2) Repeat is also expensive.
3) Exam papers are created by Curtin
4) Since repeats are expensive the pressure in exams is much more than SLIIT degree.

Good Luck
JAYA WEWA!!!

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Finally The Ultimate Goal

It's done, finally I got my degree :-)
What a great relief.
Many of my friends got through the exam as well.

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SPD 2 Midterm Marks

Yesterday I got my SPD2 marks for the second midterm.
I had 30/50 which is fine with me :-)
Most students had good results for the paper.

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SLIIT : Saddest Day Of My SLIIT Life

Today is the saddest day of my SLIIT life.
Curtin CC 2nd midterm marks were given to students and I missed it, because I was late when I saw it in the courseweb.
The sad part of it is that all other students went to that and no one even bothered to call me or my GF when we were missing :-(
I know it's not their fault but I feel really sad about it.
Today I learned one of the best lessons in my life, Yes you guessed it right.

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SLIIT: Learn Your Regular Expressions

Regular Expressions is a really powerful tool you need to learn as a IT person.
If you like to learn regular expressions quickly and easily visit this tutorial,
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/RegexTutorial.asp
Also download the Expresso and do the tutorial given in the help section.

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SLIIT : Sample answers for curtin students

What is .NET assembly?
It assembles multiple physical files, into a single deployment, versioning and security logical unit.

How does a java deploy java packages?
.jar

How does .NET deploys its namespace?
.dll and .exe

What is the purpose of a component?
A software component is a system element offering a predefined service and able to communicate with other components.

Reasons to use Components?
Growing number of (freely) available libraries and programs worth to be
re-used
Exchangeable software units
Support of distributed parallel run time systems
Avoids linkage of may be incompatible libraries
Longer lifetime of implementations

State two advantages JAVA has over C#
Fully cross platform APIs including support for Graphics, Windowing and Multimedia.
LOTS AND LOTS of libraries available. Many are free and/or open source.

State two advantages C# over JAVA
The best way to write Windows desktop and web applications
The CLR is well designed and arguably better than the JVM
Good support for taking advantage of the native OS


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Gold and silver medals for SLIIT in NBQSA

Great achievement by our students :-)

Please visit this blog for more info : SLIIT wins gold and silver medals in NBQSA

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SLIIT : Need More Videos

It's really sad to see less SLIIT videos in the net.
when you type "SLIIT Videos" in Google you get only few videos.
I'm working on making some videos about SLIIT and SLIIT life, but it will take time.
I would also like to see you guys make some videos and upload them to youtube.

Good Luck

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SLIIT BUS

I must agree that this is a very nice service offered by the SLIIT to its students.
It's much more cheaper and faster to go home than a normal public bus.
This is also a very good advertising for SLIIT, when the bus go in the road people stop to take another look at it because of its logos.

From Kollpity to Malabe
7.30am
1.30pm
6.30pm

From Malabe to Kolpity
12.40
5.40
7.40

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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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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 - 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 : 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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