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CS 655
Information Delivery on the Internet
Fall 2002

Class Information

Class Time: M,W,F 11:30 AM-12:20 PM
Class Room: Jabara Hall 128

Contact Information

Instructor: Chin-Chih Chang
Office: 209 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3917
Office Hours: M,W,F 10:30-11:30 AM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: chang@cs.twsu.edu

Teaching Assistant:Abdul Basit
Office:242 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3729
Office Hours: T,F 3:30-5:00 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: axbasit@cs.twsu.edu

Course Description

This course introduces the programming tools and skills required for building and maintaining server sites on the Web. It covers client-side tools such as HTML, JavaScript, and applets, as well as server-side tools such as CGI and servlets.

Prerequisites: CS 300 - Data Structures and Algorithms I

Textbook

Programming the World Wide Web
Robert W. Sebesta
Addison Wesley, 2002, 480 pp, ISBN: 0-201-70484-6

Table of Content

Syllabus

A copy of the syllabus may be found here (PDF)

Lecture Notes

Fundamentals (PostScript) (08/23/02, 08/26/02, 08/28/02)
Introduction to HTML (PostScript) (08/30/02, 09/04/02, 09/06/02, 09/09/02)
Basics of Perl, (PostScript) Regular Expressions (09/11/02, 09/13/02, 09/16/02, 09/18/02, 09/20/02, 09/23/02)
Using Perl for CGI Programming (PostScript) (09/25/02, 09/27/02, 09/30/02, 10/02/02, 10/04/02, 10/07/02)
A Brief Introduction to Java (10/09/02, 10/14/02, 10/16/02)
Web Server and Servlets (10/18/02, 10/21/02, 10/23/02, 10/25/02, 10/28/02, 10/30/02, 11/01/02)
Database Access with Java (11/04/02, 11/06/02, 11/08/02, 11/11/02, 11/13/02, 11/15/02)
Cascading Style Sheets (11/20/02, 11/22/02)
Introduction to XML (11/25/02, 12/02/02, 12/04/02)
Introduction to JavaScript
JavaScript and HTML Documents
Dynamic Documents with JavaScript
Java Applets

Blackboard

Tutorials

Programs

Programming Assignment 1 (Due 10/18/02) (Rounding in Perl?)
Programming Assignment 2 (Due 11/25/02)
Programming Assignment 3 (Due 12/06/02)

Sample Programs in Perl
Sample Programs in Java
Sample programs in the textbook (ZIP format)
Display your HTML files.
Run your CGI program. (If your CGI can not run on kirk:6550, please try kirk:6555.)
Tips on accessing kirk:6550
Run your applets.
Run your servlets.
Create a database. (Sample Database)
Run your Perl DBI programs.
Run your JDBC programs.
Examples: Find Friend in JDBC, Find Friend in Perl, Address Book in Perl

Exams

Test 1 (Friday, 10/11/02 in class, Chap 1, 2, 4, 5) (Study Guide) (Solution) (Statistics)
Test 2 (Monday, 11/18/02 in class, Chap 11 - 12.6) (Study Guide) (Solution) (Statistics)
Final Exam (Monday, 12/09/02 in class, Chap 1-5, 10-12, A) (Study Guide) (cs898n) (W3 Schools Quizzes) (Solution) (Statistics)

Worksheets

HTTP Session
Apache Binary Installation, Apache Installation
Run Tomcat
XML Examples (You need to use Navigator 6.0 above or Internet Explorer 5.0 above to view them.)
Contact
CD Navigation
CD Application

Homework

Homework 1 (Due 09/16/02) (Comment from TA)
Homework 2 (Due 11/04/02)
Homework 3 (Due 11/25/02)
Homework 4 (Due 12/09/02)

Electronic Handin

Students should submit their programs in the electronic form with the handin program.

Download

putty (To connect to the machines in the Computer Science Department, you need to use the SSH (Secure Shell) in this program.)
SSHSecureShellClient from ssh.com, WinSCP

Chin-Chih Chang (chang@cs.twsu.edu)

CS 655 Information Delivery on the Internet Fall 2002