I really enjoyed my internship, both from a personal and professional development perspective. West is an excellent company and its motto, “People are our greatest asset,” can easily be seen in the everyday work […]

By far and away the skills that have been drilled into the business curriculum are group projects and collaborative work. In each of my business classes, I have been required to work in groups ranging from 2-5 […]

As I have interacted with and spoken to various IT professionals here at West, I have found that hard technical skills in IT are an important, experiential process throughout ones career. With that in mind, […]

Catherine… 7am – 3pm is fantastic; I wish I could do that. My internship is a little farther away that I thought. I commute about an hour both ways and work a 9 hour day… so it’s 11 hours total. But, I am […]

In these early stages of my internship, I have relied heavily on my teamates and deparment heads to guide me to the right answers. West takes a great deal of care in ensuring it has fosters an “ask a lot of […]

This summer I am an IT Intern at West Pharmaceutical Services. I will enjoy this internship at West’s global headquarters in Lionville, PA. For those of you unfamiliar with West and what they do; West is the […]

When should a Web site use a cookie?

Cookies are a method of storing state information for web pages. Web sites can utilize cookies to store small pieces of information about users like names and a counter to […]

How can you anticipate the various errors users may encounter?

Testing the code is essential when determining the different errors that end users may encounter. By debugging the code, a programmer can begin to […]

This article articulates the harsh realization that today’s technology workforce is ill-equipped. Learning coding, at worst, will give anyone a competitive advantage in the business environment. Fox is now […]

What would you consider the basic rule for granting permissions to users?

Basic rules for granting permissions begin with the level of access needed.

1. User
2. Group
3. Other

A. Read
B. […]

2. What is an “all-in-one” form and when should it be used?

An “All-in-One” form is a single script that is utilized to display a client side form and to process its data. It is used for simple forms that […]

Why would you want to count variables and words in a string? Can you provide an example?

You may have the need to count characters in a password to ensure that a user selects a password with a minimum number of […]

In While loop the condition is tested first and then the statements are executed if the condition turns out to
be true. It is used for a block of code that must be executed at least once.

In do while the […]

Since variables refer to a specific piece of data, statement must be written in order to retrieve it and a value must be assigned to the variable.

This assigned value is called an identifier and follows these […]