SE 498: Advanced Web Development, Spring 2015
Instructor:
Rob Hasker (414-277-7326)
Office hours: See my home page: https://faculty-web.msoe.edu/hasker/
Text: Agile Web Development with Rails
4, by Ruby, Thomas, & Hansson, The Pragmatic Bookshelf,
2013. ISBN 978-1-937785-56-7.
Supplements, available online:
Course Description:
Advanced methods for building interactive, database-backed web sites and
applications. This course introduces using various frameworks to develop
rich, maintainable applications. The Ruby on Rails framework is covered
in depth, but other frameworks will be covered as well. Additional topics
include integrating search engines and web application security.
Prereq: SE 2840, Web Application Development, or CS 321, Computer Graphics.
Format: 2 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, 3 credits
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the model-view-controller paradigm and its application to
web application development
- Develop a database-backed, interactive website using the Ruby on Rails
framework
- Design RESTful interfaces
- Identify the strengths and disadvantages of a number of website
technologies such as PHP, ASP.NET, Node.js, or Apache Struts
- Integrate a search engine into a website
- Evaluate web application security
Grading
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Percentage |
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| Labs, assignments, and quizzes: |
20% |
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| Project |
20% |
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| Presentation |
20% |
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| Midterm Exam |
20% |
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| Final Exam |
20% |
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| Total: |
100% |
Communication
Course materials will be posted at my class web
site https://faculty-web.msoe.edu/hasker/webdev/. I
also use email extensively; I expect you are reading your MSOE email at
least once a day.
Assignments, labs, and quizzes
Lab solutions which do not run or which do not produce some correct output
will be worth 0 points. However, you can get partial credit for partially
working solutions. Do not hesitate to ask for help on labs and assignments
either in my office or by email. Unless a specific policy is announced,
late solutions will be penalized at 5% per day.
Assignments are individual unless we explicitly state otherwise.
It is OK to look at another student's code with them to help them fix an
error, but it is not OK to have a copy of another student's code at any
time or in any form. Electronic tools may be used to identify plagiarism,
and students guilty of either copying or "loaning" out their code will be
penalized.
Programs will be graded for both correctness (does it
work right?) and presentation (does it look good on the printed
page?). I will not be handing out an extensive style sheet for this
course, but at a minimum you must do the following:
- Use meaningful names for identifiers.
- Format your programs consistently and nicely, including
- using 2 spaces to show indentation,
- ensuring that lines are no longer than about 80 characters, and
- adding blank lines between functions and between classes
Be sure your editor does not introduce tab characters into files.
- For Rails projects, include the following information at the top of
the readme.txt file at the top level of the project:
- Your name
- Assignment name
- Course
Reasonable accommodations will be provided for students with physical,
sensory, cognitive, systemic, and psychiatric disabilities. Please discuss
any accommodations you may need with your instructor.
Attendance
Do not skip class! If you do happen to miss, be sure to check for
new materials and get the notes you missed from a friend before the next
class period. You are responsible for anything missed! If you need to be
excused from class for MSOE activities or religious observances, be sure to
me know in advance. If you're sick, it's obviously not a good idea to come
to class. This includes days on which there are exams; just be sure to
contact me as soon as you can get to a phone or computer. The instructor
will determine if a make-up exam will be taken or the weight of the final
will be increased.