1. 803405 Development of Internet Applications General Information

2. CSC2720 – Introduction to Internet All copyrights reserved by C.C. Cheung 2003. 2

3. Course Description The main objective of this course is to examine the myriad of technologies that contribute to the plethora of sophisticated information systems and applications readily available via the World Wide Web today. The technologies include markup for structure and meta-information (XHTML, XML), mark-up for presentation (CSS), scripting for interactivity via the client application (JavaScript), pattern- matching, and server-side functionality. 3

4. Textbook and References Internet and World Wide Web: How to Program (4th Ed.), Deitel, P.J. & Deitel, M.J. (2008), Upper Saddle River, NZ; Pearson 4

5. Course objectives After completing this course students must be able to: 1. Students will put their programming skills to use in constructing a complete end-to end information system solution. This will often be their first opportunity to construct a non-trivial system of software. 2. Students will be introduced to a number of topics that are covered in more detail in other courses. This introduction serves two purposes: – it gives all students exposure to important technologies and components (e.g., networks, database systems and languages, clients, middleware development tools). – Students will be better prepared to choose follow-on courses that explore some of these topics in much greater detail, improving their ability to tailor their degree. 5

6. Learning Outcomes After completing this course students must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and ability to: – Explain how the client-server model of computing applies to information delivered via the Internet and WWW. – Describe the part that the Internet and WWW play in the development of information systems for organizations – Design, develop and deploy for public consumption a single maintainable web site with static content that employs XHTML and CSS. – Explain the purpose of client-side scripts and name the predominant client side technologies in use. – Describe rich internet applications. – Write simple SQL queries to insert, update, and delete data from a single table of a relational data store. – Create a web application that delivers database data. 6