COSC 3325 Course Schedule

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Tentative Course Schedule

Week #	Date	Topics Covered	Assignments
1	Aug. 25, 27, 29	A free perl web-text Another (maybe better) on-line Perl Text by Samuel Cozens Another perl book on-line but with web development in mind. Begin introduction to Perl. Perl features, execution of perl scripts . Perl variables, control structures, basic programming features. Perl control structures if, if else, if elsif else while, do while, for, foreach loops using next, last.	Assignment #1 In class assignment #1
2	Sept 3, 5 (no class Sept. 1)	Operators - arithmetic, compare, strings Scalars, arrays, hashes (associate arrays) in Perl. Examples of use of each. Using arrays with file i/o, join, split, chop, shift unshift, push, pop. A complete Perl tutorial Web Security FAQ A nice tutorial on using perl's CGI module	Assignment #2 using perl. In class Assignment #2 using perl.
3	Sept 8, 10, 12	file i/o - read/write/append ARGV, explanation of using regular expressions in perl with examples Regular expression testing tool for perl The CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network for lots of previously written Perl modules.	In class Assignment #3 using perl.
4	Sept 15, 17, 19	Web programming introduction, terms commonly used client vs server side programming. Intro to perl and cgi using forms with perl scripts security issues, using CGI.pm form inputs various types. GET and POST NO class FRIDAY, SEPT 19th, I will be in the lab on Thursday, Sept. 18th from 330-5pm in place of Friday's class. Security issues with cgi	Assignment #3
5	Sept 22, 24, 26	More security issues with perl scripts Work on In-class Assignment with cookies and regular expressions.
6	Sept 29, Oct 1, Oct 3	Pattern matching and regular expressions checking parameters, verifying user data Exam #1 Friday, Oct. 3	Assignment #4 In-class Assignment #4
7	Oct 6, 8, 10	MONDAY meet in Lab work to work on in-class assign #4 Introduction to PHP, language basics, syntax, variables, operators, control structures, history of php. html and PHP, built in functions, operators The official PHP manual Another php tutorial for help.	In-class assignment #1 php. assignment #1 php PHP Intro Chapter 1 PHP
8	Oct 13, 15, 17	Parameters in php, form elements, arrays	in-class assignment #2 assignment #2 php Chapter 2 PHP
9	Oct 20, 22, 24	_GET and _POST data and html form elements funtions, built in and user-defined, variable scope. Regular expressions, strings, input validation code reuse with include() assignment #3 php assignment #4 php	Chapter 3 PHP
10	Oct 27, 29, 31	PHP require(), include() and include_path. File system functions and file input and output, error handling Exam #2 To Be Announced	Chapter 4 PHP
11	Nov. 3, 5, 7	Begin mysql connectivity with php, compare/contrast to perl creating queries and forms for queries, Example program that uses a database for managing a phone list Here is a link to the actual running script. brief review of mysql syntax, commands, creating tables, insert,update,retrieval, deletion Another example using SESSIONS in PHP and the actual php program.	PHP Exam-Assignment Chapter 5 PHP
12	Nov 10, 12, 14	Session, cookies, output control, file uploads http headers, setting session ids, session variables, limiting access, password protection Intro to javascript and ajax	Chapter 6 PHP Chapter 7 PHP
13	Nov 17, 19, 21	Javascript and ajax introduction XMLRequest variables A simple Ajax page The javascript used in the example and the php file used by the xmlhttprequest Another example of javascript written with separate methods and here is the script that uses those methods. Yet another example html page that uses this set of javascript methods And here is the php file sending the response back to the request...	assignment #1 ajax
14	Nov 24	AJAX exam	exam ajax
15	Dec. 1, 3, 5	Finish up ajax review for final Final exam as scheduled next week for MWF 12:00pm classes
16	Dec 8-11	Final Exam as scheduled by Registrar.