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Web Programming
Summer Semester

Week # Date Topics Covered Assignments
1 May 15 Introduction to web programming, html, http basic html tags. XHTML standard and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
xhtml and html reference
Validation of pages
A nice introduction to css
A very good explanation of style sheets by Dave Raggett
Design Guidelines for webpages -
Examples of bad web design.
A nice design site with interesting information.
The famous Zen Garden site using css
Jacob Neilsen's design guidelines.
Tutorials for css on-line
Examples of the 2 and 3 column layout
on-line tutorial/guide for css
A good explanation of the Box Model
a simple web page template to start with Assignment #1
2 May 22 Begin introduction to Visual Basic and the .net platform. A nice visual basic tutorial on-line .
A nice emacs editor for windows machines that you might want to use for editing files.
Instructions for installing IIS web services on your home machine if you are running XP pro.
More install help
Assignment #2
Read ch. 3 in book
3 May 29th No Class Memorial Day Holiday
5 June 5 The .NET framework overview, tutorial on ASP.NET Assignment #2
6 June 12 Software Requirements Assignment #3
7 June 19 Software Design Work on Project 1
8 June 26 Datasets in vb.net
Help with datasource, datatable nice reference.
class example .aspx from last week no datasets
And the .aspx.vb code-behind
Today's Example from class the June26.aspx file
The today example vb file
Project 1 due by Monday, July 10th
9 July 3 Group Project work day, Meet with group to work on Project #1 no class meeting, work on VB projects at group's discretion
10 July 10 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.
A very nice introduction to php by David Mintz
In class assignment #1 for PHP.
Obtain EASY PHP for windows (thanks to M. LaForest)
Input form controls w3 standard.
Assignment #1 PHP
simple guide to unix and emacs basic commands
11 July 17 Forms GET and POST, flat file manipulations functions in PHP . connect, query
A sample php file that reads from a data file, similar to what is needed in assignment #1 in php
Php-more reading 2nd chapter by Mintz and 3rd chapter by Mintz
In-class php Assignment #2 to be completed in class.
CLASS PHP file from TODAY phonelist.php this example works, same as done in class. rename back to phonelist.php and be sure you have temp dir path correct.
Begin work on project #2
12 July 24 Database manipulation - forms , connections, queries for using mysql. Sessions in PHP - cookies, data saving. Php-more reading 4th chapter by Mintz and 5th chapter by Mintz Work on PHP projects More help with mysql queries tables etc.
In class Assignment #3 php
PHONELIST example from class 7/24 here is the file, you MUST edit the heading in the file to make it work.
Work on project #2
13 July 31 Php-more reading 6th chapter by Mintz and 7th chapter by Mintz
Class Example with add/remove/update
Work on project #2
14 August 7 Group Presentations for Project #2