COMP519: Web Programming Course Notes Toggle navigation COMP519 Home Course Notes Meeting Times Other info Assessments HW1 (Creating a Home Page) HW2 (JavaScript Programming) HW3 (CGI Programming) HW4 (PHP and mySQL Registration Page) January Exam Marking descriptors Contact Note: This webpage uses JavaScript (via Bootstrap and JQuery) for its menu structure. With JavaScript disabled, you won't have access to the entire set of weblinks provided from the menu. Tentative Schedule for the Autumn 2015 Term WEEK TOPICS READINGS HANDOUTS ASSIGNMENTS 1 Overview history, Internet and Web. (long,print) HTML basics hypertext, tags & elements, links, images, lists, tables. (long, print) books: [WS, Ch. 1-5] online resources: W3C, ISOC W3 Guide to HTML, W3 school, HTML5 Reference, Jens Oliver Meiert's HTML Elements Index, HTML Goodies, HTML escape character code reference, Unix Primer, A Unix tutorial, vi (text editor) Primer, pico Tutorial Brief Course Overview Setting up your HTML directory Assignment 1 (Creating a Home Page): due 21 October 2015 (5pm) 2 Style Sheets inline, document, external. (long) (print) books: [WS, Ch. 12-17] online resources: CSS Tutorial CSS3 Introduction Jens Oliver Meiert's CSS Properties Index HTML color code chart, Can Color-Blind Users See Your Site? Bootstrap (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework) Modernizr (HTML5 and CSS3 feature detection using JavaScript) Document Type Declarations Information on Meta tags see Assignment 1 3-4 JavaScript basics data types, control, functions, strings and arrays, classes (long, print) JavaScript form elements, event-driven programming (long, print) books: [WS, Ch. 19-23], [PJ, Ch 3-11], [TYJ, Hour 1-14] online resources: Cut-n-Paste Scripts, EarthWeb W3 school jQuery (JavaScript library for cross-browser support) AngularJS (MVC-like framework JavaScript library) Modernizr (HTML5 and CSS3 feature detection using JavaScript) A complex JavaScript example Assignment 1 to be turned in (21 October) Assignment 2 (JavaScript Programming): due 18 November 2015 (5pm) 5-6 Combining Java & JavaScript calling Java from JavaScript accessing JavaScript & HTML from an applet (long, print) Java applet examples (zipped file) from notes Internet and Web protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, caching, cookies (long, print) Basics of Python basic program, scalars, operations, lists, tuples, strings files, controls, conditionals, regular expressions (long), (print) (python-files.zip) books: [WS, Ch. 25], [PJ, Ch. 18], [LP, Ch. 1-20] online resources: TCP/IP, HTTP, Python.org, Python course at codecademy, Python program to generate random permutations Python program to solve instances of the "pancake sorting problem" Sample input for the pancake sorting problem Assignment 2 to be turned in (18 November) Assignment 3 (CGI and Python): due 2 December 2015 (5pm) 7 Python and CGI Programming CGI in server-side programming environment variables in Python POST and GET methods extra path information a basic counter (long, print) (cgi-files.zip) online resources: Python (ver 2) CGI support Python CGI Programming tutorial Environmental variables available in Python See Assignment 3 8-9 Introduction to PHP basic workings variables, operators, and controls some useful functions working with forms, cookies, files, time and date a basic form checker (ppt, pdf, php-files.zip) books: [WS, Ch. 29-31], [PPHP, Ch. 1-6] [LPHP, Ch. 3-6] online resources: php.net (general reference site) A Simple Tutorial PHP Manual W3 school The PHP Resource Index Assignment 3 to be turned in (2 December) Assignment 4 (PHP and MySQL Registration Page): due 18 December 2015 (5pm) 9-10 basic mySQL/PHP mySQL database a data table basic queries a basic PHP/mySQL application (ppt, pdf) advanced mySQL/PHP more on SQL queries and PHP/SQL functions (ppt, pdf) PHP objects and sessions (ppt, pdf) books: [WS, Ch. 29-31], [PPHP, Ch. 1-8, 11] [LPHP, Ch. 8-10, 12-13] online resources: W3 schools PHP/mySQL Tutorial Discussion about SQL injection attacks Introduction to mySQL prepared statements Top 7 PHP Security Blunders PHP Security Guide PHP Security Tutorial See Assignment 4 11 Emerging technologies Ajax Basic Ajax syntax and examples ppt pdf Introductory XML (lecture notes provided by Christoph Ambühl) ppt pdf books: [AJAX, Ch. 1-14] online resources: jQuery library (cross-browser support for Ajax) Assignment 4 to be turned in (18 December) FINAL EXAM Last updated: 09 December 2015.
