1. CSC 2720 Building Web Applications General Info

2. People Instructor  Yuan Cheng Jiun (CJ)  cjyuan@cse.cuhk.edu.hk Teaching Assistant  Xu Zheng Lin  zlxu@cse.cuhk.edu.hk

3. Time and Places  Lecture  M9-10 (ERB 408)  H10 (ERB 404)  Tutorial  To be arranged with the TA  Some tutorial sessions may be held in the computer lab

4. About the Course  This course aims at introducing the concepts and technologies involved in building web applications.  How to build a web application?  What standards/technologies are involved?  For each selected standard/technology  What is it and what roles does it play in a web application?  What can it do?  How does it compare to similar technologies?  How to use it?

5. Course Outline  Introduction  Client-side standards/technologies  HTML, CSS, JavaScript  Server-side technologies  Server-side Scripting (Java Servlet, JSP, JSF, etc.)  Database Access  Frameworks for building web applications  Security issues  Emerging technologies

6. Learning Outcomes  Understand the fundamental concepts and technologies involved in building a web application  Be able to implement interactive web applications  Be able to compare and contrast competing web standards and technologies  Be able to setup, install, and customize pre-built web applications

7. Course Materials  Course Webpage (http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cjyuan/csc2720)http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cjyuan/csc2720  Download lecture/tutorial notes (slides)  Links to useful resources on the web  WebCT (http://webct.cuhk.edu.hk/ )http://webct.cuhk.edu.hk/  Login with Campus Wide EMail (CWEM) account  Download assignment specification, and submit assignment solution  CU Forum ( https://cuforum.cuhk.edu.hk/) https://cuforum.cuhk.edu.hk/  Login with Campus Wide EMail (CWEM) account  Announcement  Discussions

8. Reference Materials (No Textbook)  Deitel, Deitel & Nieto, "Internet & World Wide Web: How to Program (3rd Edition)," Prentice-Hall. [Wide variety of topics]  W3 Schools (http://www.w3schools.com/) [HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.]http://www.w3schools.com/  The Java Tutorial (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/)http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/  Netbeans Tutorials and Guide (http://www.netbeans.org/kb/trails/web.html)http://www.netbeans.org/kb/trails/web.html  Wikipedia

9. Course Assessment  Assignments and Lab exercises: 20%  Project (2-3 students per group): 20%  Midterm Exam: 20%  Final Exam: 40%

10. Software Tools  JDK 6 (Update x) – Java compiler and runtime environment JDK 6 (Update x)  Netbeans IDE 6.0 – Visual development tool for building Java-based applications. Netbeans IDE 6.0