CS-422 Web Application Development

Spring 2006

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News

FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, 05/24/2006, 2:00-4:00 PM CC49. 

05/18 Study guide and additional slides added to the course schedule.

04/13 Course schedule page updated. There IS class today!

03/14 Lab 1 posted in the course schedule.

03/03 Initial Version.

Course Description

This course deals with applying software engineering practices to the development of Web sites of varying complexity and functionality, from a simple Web page to a data-driven commercial Web site capable of secure e-commerce transactions. Topics covered include image processing, client-side scripting (JavaScript) and server-side (Perl and PHP) scripting that interacts with relational databases (PostgreSQL). HTML and XML are covered in some depth, including Cascading Style Sheets and XSLT.

Course Information

Professor: Mark Hornick
Office: CC27
Lecture: TR 8:00-8:50 AM Room CC53
Lab: W 8:00-9:50 AM Room: CC49

Course Outcomes

• Understand markup languages like HTML and XML and be able to use them to control web site layout.
• Understand client-side scripting with JavaScript and be able to use it to modify the appearance and operation of a web site.
• Understand the generation of HTML on-the-fly and be able to employ server-side scripting with PHP.
• Understand the basics of database design and the relationship between server-side scripting and databases and be able to design simple databases and create data-driven web sites.
• Understand the subtleties of deploying and maintaining an application that resides on multiple servers and is executed at remote sites on a wide variety of hardware and software.
• Understand how societal issues such as privacy and confidentiality are related to web site design.

Textbooks

Web Design in a Nutshell, Jennifer Niederst, 3rd Ed., O'Reilly, 2006, ISBN: 0-596-00987-9.

Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, David Lane and Hugh E. Williams, 2nd Ed., O'Reilly, 2004, ISBN: 0-596-00543-1.

Assignments and Grading

Assignment	Description	Value
Quizzes	Weekly Lab Quiz	15%
Labs	Four Individual Labs	15%
Team Project	E-Commerce web site	20%
Exams	Midterm Exam	25%
	Final Exam	25%

Course Policies

There is a 10% per day business day late penalty for lab reports submitted after the scheduled due date. There is an approximately one hour grace period for late reports.

If you have special educational needs, meet with me in my office in the first week of the quarter to discuss them.

It is your responsibility to be present for all exams. Please contact me in advance if you have a valid conflict with a scheduled exam!