Web Programming, CSC 435, Spring 2014 |
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Basic Info | |
| Instructor: Prof. Bei Xiao (bxiao AT american.edu) | |
| Teaching assistant: TBA | |
| Time: Mon/Thurs 4-5:15 pm | |
| Location: SCAN 157 | |
| Office hours (Tentatively): Dr. Xiao: Wednuesday 4-5:30pm; Thursday 11-noon (SCAN 110) |
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| Syllabus: syllabus.pdf | |
Textbook and materials:
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| Prerequisites: Introduction to Programming, CSC 280. | |
| Grading policy: 50% homework assignments, 15% mid-term exam, 25% final project, 10% class participation. | |
| Homework policy:
Homework is all about programming. No plagiarism: only high-level discussions are allowed (i.e., not relating to a single line of code), and you have to declare who you discuss with. Homework is due before class start on the assigned due date (4pm ). The late home work has 50% grade reduction. Any homework that is turned in 2 weeks after the due date will receive zero grade. Homework is posted through Blackboard and is expected to turn in through Blackboard on time. I will also post homework on the course website. So please check the website for updated schedule. | |
| Attendance: We will do lots of live-programming, discussion, and quiz in class. Again, it is very much like learning a foreign language. Class participation is an important chance to practice your skills. | |
| Computer and software Please bring your laptop to class and Firefox installed. I recommend Sublime Text 2 as the script editor. But TextMate, TextPad or TextWrangler are good choices as well. | |
| Brief description: The Web is intertwined with our lives. No matter if you decide to be a politician, a musician, a small business owner, a scientist, an artist, a doctor, a journalist, or purely an interesting person, web design is an extremely useful skill. Web development is useful in advertising (personal homepage), entrepreneurship, (web API), journalism (news media and blog), multi-media (Flickr), social networks (Facebook), e-commerce (Amazon), user experiences and crowd-sourcing (Amazon Mechanical Turk), and online games (Phantasy star online). This course presents the fundamental technologies behind the Web, as well as techniques for designing, developing, and evaluating Web-based applications. Topics will include HTML, CSS, Dynamic HTML and JavaScript, CGI, PHP, database SQL, and dynamic web programming using Ajax (given time). Our goal is to have a basic understanding of the web environment and be able to a build a dynamically-generated, database-backed page that has personalized experience based on user accounts and original design. I hope you have lots of fun! | |
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