1. School of Computer Science and Information Technology COSC1300 / COSC1301 Web Servers and Web Technology COSC1300 / COSC1301 Web Servers and Web Technology Course Introduction Week 1

2. Web Servers and Web Technology Administrative Matters Course content can be found at www.wswt.net. www.wswt.net You must check the course Blackboard for any official announcements. The official means of communication is the discussion forum. Be sure to: Read all posts to the forum Post to the correct threads Feel free to answer questions posted by other students DO NOT POST ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS! Semester 1, 2012 2 RMIT Department of Computer Science and IT

3. Web Servers and Web Technology Asking Questions You should ask questions to the tutors during the tute/lab sessions. Outside the tute/lab sessions, your first point of contact is the discussion forum. Chances are some other students may have asked the same questions and your question has been answered. You are responsible to read the forum to see what questions have been asked. Asking the same question may not necessarily be answered. If your query is personal, or directly related to assignment answer, you can email the head tutor. Semester 1, 2012 3 RMIT Department of Computer Science and IT

4. Web Servers and Web Technology Technical Issues To complete your tutorials/labs, you will need access to the servers listed below. If you do not already have access to them, please contact RMIT ITS (www.rmit.edu.au/its) or Duty Programmers Desk (Building 14, Level 9, Room 2) :www.rmit.edu.au/its Yallara ( yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au ) Numbat ( numbat.cs.rmit.edu.au ) iWeb1 ( iweb1.cs.rmit.edu.au ) iWeb2 ( iweb2.cs.rmit.edu.au ) Semester 1, 2012 4 RMIT Department of Computer Science and IT

5. Web Servers and Web Technology iWeb Machines There are two dedicated machines for Web Servers and Web Technology: iweb1.cs.rmit.edu.au iweb2.cs.rmit.edu.au Directories for all student accounts in /iweb/username Your yallara home directory is mounted on iweb machine, therefore you can see your yallara home directory from iweb machine, but not vice versa. These machines are not backed up, therefore regularly copy all assignment files Semester 1, 2012 5 RMIT Department of Computer Science and IT

6. Web Servers and Web Technology Unix Basic In order to successfully complete this subject, it is advisable that you learn a bit about Unix basic commands. In this course, you will use Unix commands to do the followings: Change directory. Create a file. Edit a text file. Copy and move a file. Create a directory. The first lab gives an introduction to Unix and Iweb machine. Additional materials are available online, such as: http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/orientation/UnixSurvivalGuide.pdf Semester 1, 2012 6 RMIT Department of Computer Science and IT