CSCI 322 - Web Concepts II

The following, is general information concerning CSCI 322.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is the second of two courses that will introduce the student to the technical side of Web concepts. In today's fast paced communication-centered world, the World Wide Web is an important source for a plethora of information. Even though there is a wealth of tools for building Web sites, they cannot do it all. You still need to know "what's under the hood" to be an effective Web master.

Web Concepts II concentrates on server-side concepts and will introduce the student to the basic building blocks of Web site functionality: operating systems, Web servers, transport protocols, databases & SQL and server-side programming. To reinforce the concepts, the student will learn technologies that are widely used in the Web community today. We will cover such technologies Linux, Apache & IIS, HTTP and URL's, MySQL and PHP.

COURSE GOALS & OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

Understand the basic concepts behind an e-commerce style Web site,
Understand how the 2 most popular Web servers function and how those 2 programs are similar and different,
Understand the details of HTTP and URL's,
Build a Web-based database and use SQL to add, modify, delete and retrieve data to/from the database,
Use PHP to do basic programming activities,
Use PHP to perform basic e-commerce style activities,
Understand the issues, both technical and non-technical, relating to Web site security and information privacy.

DESIRE 2 LEARN

This course uses Desire 2 Learn (D2L) as a course management tool and as the main course communication tool. Items found on D2L include:

Class announcements
Course Syllabus
A tentative schedule
Current grades
Course handouts

DOWNLOADS

There are several program that you will find useful throughout the semester. If you will be doing some of your work at home, you may need the programs listed below.

Lab 2 contains a discussion of FTP and the use of the SSH FTP client. The campus computer labs also use the SSH FTP client. You can download this program here: SSH Windows Client v3.2.9. Download the executable file to your home machine and run it. Follow the directions as presented by the inatallation procedure.
Labs 3 and 6 through 8 make use of an editor. Notepad++ is a very nice and easy to use editor. It works just like Windows Notepad (which you may use if you do not want to use Notepad++) but has some additional features that support programming. You can download this program here: Notepad++. Download the executable file to your home machine and run it. Follow the directions as presented by the inatallation procedure.

MISCELLANEOUS

If you are a registered student, with a student ID, you can get software from WISC for a greatly reduced price.

If you have any comments about this page or CSCI 220, drop me an email: knautz at uwp dot edu.

Updated: Sept 2006 by THK.