WEB DEVELOPMENT 2
INLS 672

Description

This course builds on the static website design skills learned in INLS 572 to develop dynamic, database-driven web applications. Students will gain experience with the technologies for developing dynamic content: web servers, scripting languages, and database. Experience with HTML and CSS is assumed, and familiarity with JavaScript is recommended. Topics will include

• Introduction to dynamic web content
• Development servers (WAMP, MAMP, LAMP)
• PHP
• SQLite
• JavaScript

Basic knowledge of HTML is required, and familiarity with CSS and JavaScript is recommended.

Objectives

• Learn the core technologies for the development of dynamic and interactive websites and database-driven web applications
• Develop several practical web applications that integrate these technologies
• Develop a knowledge base that allows you to learn more about these web technologies and others, on your own

Resources

• Robin Nixon (2012). Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript & CSS 2nd Edition
• Zend Developer Zone: PHP 101
• Zend Server Free Edition is a free, web development server that includes Apache, PHP, MySQL, and SQLite. Instructions on how to download, install, and use will be provided in class.
• SQLite and SQLite Manager (Firefox add-on)