Web Programming

Description

This course is a comprehensive introduction of common, primarily open-source, technologies used to develop and maintain web sites on the Web. A variety of client-side and server-side technologies are covered. Students will download and install the Apache Web Server, PHP, and MySQL database. The course will cover programming concepts, client server architecture, database access, HTML, Cascading style sheets, and Javascript. Students will write a full-scale web application as their final project.

Program

Information Systems Program

Objectives

• 1. Write HTML files without using web generation tools.
  2. Specify the difference between client-side and server-side web programming.
  3. Master the basic syntax of JavaScript as a client-side scripting language.
  4. Understand the principles of cascading style sheets to control the styling and lay-out of a webpage
  5. Describe how server-side scripts work.
  6. Use PHP to develop data-driven web sites.
  7. Use AJAX and JQuery to build internet applications.